John Dixon

Events

Date of Baptism: 12 November 1609.

Place of Baptism: Eccles, Lancashire.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Joshua Dickson.

Mother: Catherine Scholes.

John's baptism record names his father. Catherine is named in her marriage record. The marriage and baptisms in Eccles are consistent with John's residence in Clifton, which was in the parish of Eccles, and with the will of Roger Dixon of Ringley, in which John and his brother Joshua "bookend" Alice Kenyon, who was definitely a daughter of Joshua and Catherine.

Spouse: Isabel Shippobothome. Married 4 February 1632/3 in Bolton.

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Joshua Dixon (died about 1712) married Ann Browne 1663.

Sarah Dixon married someone surnamed Farneworth.

John Dixon (baptized 11 February 1636/7 in Prestwich, Lancashire - buried 28 April 1694 in Prestwich, Lancashire) married (1) Elizabeth Holland 28 October 1663 in Prestwich; married (2) Sara Gandy 14 February 1684 in Oldham. Sara was the widow of Henry Hardman.

Elizabeth Dixon (baptized 10 May 1640 in Prestwich, Lancashire) married John Heap 29 December 1664 in Eccles, Lancashire.

Mary Dixon (baptized 11 May 1642 in Prestwich, Lancashire) married someone surnamed Hogges.

Catherine Dixon married Thomas Fyldes 23 August 1666 in Prestwich.

Lydia Dixon married someone surnamed Lomax.

Ellen Dixon married Thomas Heap 11 November 1679 in Middleton, Lancashire.

Evidence

from the Eccles parish registers:

1609 Baptisms

Johannes filius Josua Dicsones 12^o die eiusd. [November]

from the Bolton parish registers:

Marriages Feburary 1632

John dikson of prestwich p[ar]ish

Issabell Shippobothome of this p[ar]ish maryed -- 4

from the Prestwich parish registers:

1637

Bapt Febr 11 Johes filius Johes Dickson de Clifton

1640

Bapt Maij 10 Elizabethat filia Johis Dickson de Clifton

1643

Bapt Maij 11 Maria filia Johis Dickson de Clifton

The will of John’s son John:

In the Name of God Amen This Twenty first day of July in the yeare of our L.^d God one thousand six hundred ninety three. I John Dixon of Prestwich in the County of Lanc:^r Whitster, being infirme and weake of body, but of sound and perfecte minde & memory I blesse god of the same, doe in order for the setlinge of peace and quiett amongste my relacons after my decease constitute ordaine & make this my laste will and Testam^t in manner & forme followinge, hereby disanulling & makeinge voyde any other or former wills by mee att any tyme heretofore made. And firste of all I commende my soule into the hands of almighty god my heavenly father and my body I committ to decent and Xian buryall to bee interred att the parish Church of Prestwich or else where it shall please God to appointe att the discretion of my Exrer:^rs herein hereaft^r named. Trusting to have a glorious resurreccon to immortall life through the onely merritts of Jesus Christ my alone saviour & blessed redeemer. and then as to such outward & worldly Estate as it hath pleas^d God (of his abund^t Goodnesse) to blesse mee withall I doe order and dispose of the same as herein hereafter followeth. and firste of all it is my will & minde and I doe hereby order and appoynte, that all my Juste and due debts (which att the tyme of my death I may happen to owe to any person or persons whatsoever Togather with my funerall Expences, and the Charges of the probate of my will, bee p:^d and discharg:^d forth and out of my whole personal estate, and then all the reste residue & remaynder of my whole goods Cattells Chattells debts moneys gold & other cleare personall estate whatsoever and wheresoev:^r I divide into three equall parts. One third parte whereof I Give unto Sara Dixon my loveing wife, in lieu and full sattisfaccon of her Claymes to my whole estate. A second third parte whereof I give and bequeath unto Mary Dixon my little daughter to bee p^d unto her by my Excet:^rs soe soone as shee attaine the age of one and twenty years or lawfull marryage. and I doe order my Excer:^rs to make the beste improvemts thereof they can by interest, and yearly to allowe & pay it (aft^r my death till shee comes to the age of one & twenty years, or marriage for her mentaynance & education); and for the laste third part of my s:^d estate & by mee not yett dispos^d of. out of the same I give unto my loveing father John Dixon fourety shillings. Itm I give unto William Hardman my stepson Five poungs, and to Adam Hardman & Sara Hardman his brother and sister Ten pounds apeece, and to my Three Excer:^rs hereaft^r named twenty shillings apeece, and then all the residue and remaynder thereof I give unto my s:^d daughter Mary Dixon to bee p:^d her by my excer:^rs (with interest yearly as afores:^d for her mentaynance) so soone as shee attaynes the age of one and twenty yeares or marryage. and if my s:^d daughter Mary Dixon shall happen to dye before shee attaines the age of Twenty one years or lawfull marriage. Then all such parte or porcon of my estate as should have beene p^d unto her att the tyme afores:^d if shee had lived, shall from & immediately aft^r her death (onely allowing forth of the same all funer[a]ll charges) bee divided into eight equall parts or shares. which s^d eight parts I doe give unto these eight persons followinge share and share alike. To witt. To my loveinge wife Sara Dixon, To my brother Joshua Dixon, To my sist^r Sarah Farneworth, to my sister Elizabeth Heape, to my sister Mary Hogge, To my sister Catharin Fyldes, To my sister Lydea Lomax, and to my sister Ellen Heape. They all upon receipt of their shares giveing my Excer:^rs a full discharge and lastly I doe Constitute ordaine and make my loveing wife Sara Dixon and my brother in law John Gandy, and my Kinsman John Fox Exrecutors of this my last will & Testam:^t hopeing they will see the same faithfully Executed and performed as my truste is in them. In wittnesse whereof I the s^d John Dixon have hereunto sett my hands and seale the day & yeare firste above written./.

John [seal] Dixon

Seal^d sign^d publish^d and declared to bee his laste will & Testam^t in the sight & presence of./

Jacob Scholes

John Heyalt

Robt Garbside

[Proved 17 October 1694]

References

Parish registers of Bolton-le-Moors (St Peter). Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 21 May 2020.

Parish registers of Eccles. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 25 December 2020.

Parish registers of Prestwich. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 25 December 2020.

Will of John Dixon, whitster of Prestwich, Lancashire. Proved 17 October 1694 in the Consistory Court of Chester.

Will of Joshua Dixon of Clifton. Proved 1712 in the Consistory Court of Chester.

Will of Roger Dixon of Ringley, yeoman. Proved 1661 in the Consistory Court of Chester.