Dixon Family Line

Dixon Family Line

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Grandy's 5x Great-Grandmother:

My 7x Great-Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandmother:

Sarah Dixon (1722 - 1794)

Sarah McReynolds

Birthdate: bet. 1720-1722

Birthplace: Omagh, Fermanagh and Omagh, Ireland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Date of Marriage: 1736

Place of Marriage: Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland

Death: circa 1794 in Campbell County, Virginia

Parents:

Joseph Dixon

1680-1741

Janed Kennedy

1683-1741

Family

Spouse:

Joseph McReynolds

Joseph McReynolds, I

Also Known As: "McRannells"

Birthdate: ca. 1715

Birthplace: Killyman, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Death: ca. 1805 in Sequatchie College, "Indian Reserve" / Roane County (now Bledsoe County), Tennessee

Burial: Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Immediate Family:

Son of John Samuel McReynolds, Jr. and Elizabeth Shepherd

See: McReynolds Line

Children:

1. Robert McReynolds 1737-1814

2. Roland McReynolds 1739-1796

3. James McReynolds 1742-1807

4. John Dixon McReynolds 1745-1809

5. Elizabeth McReynolds 1747-1841

6. Clarinda McReynolds 1748-

7. Sarah McReynolds 1751-

8. Joseph McReynolds 1754-1826

9. William McReynolds 1759-1796

10. Samuel McReynolds, Sr. -1807

About Sarah Dixon

Name: Sarah DIXON 1

Birth: ABT 1720 in of Co. Tyrone, Ireland 1

Birth: ABT 1720

Death: BEF 1794 in Campbell Co., VA 1

Ancestral File #: 6

Change Date: 22 APR 2000 1

Father: Joseph DIXON

Marriage 1 Joseph MC REYNOLDS b: ABT 1716 in Killyman, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Ireland

Married: 1736 in prob. County Tyrone, Ireland

Reference:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ6K-46C

https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-McReynolds/6000000011104323451

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/family/McREYNOLDS/PS43/PS43_184.HTML

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ6K-46C/sarah-dixon-1722-1794

http://www.stallardfamily.org/genealogy/individual.php?pid=I133668&ged=stallardfamily.ged

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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

Janed Kennedy

1683-1740

Janed Dixon

Also Known As: "Jane ", "Dickson", "Jennet (1688-1791)", "Janed (1679-1741)"

Birthdate: 1683

Birthplace: Tyrone, Ireland [not: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Dominion of New England]

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Date of Marriage: [August 7, 1741 (at age 33)???]

Place of Marriage: [Voluntown, New London County, Colony of Connecticut???]

Death: August 29, 1761 in Oneco, Sterling, Windham County, Colony of Connecticut

Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut

Immediate Family:

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Jenet Dixon 1703–1754

2. Mary Dixon 1722–1790

3. Sarah Dixon (McReynolds) 1722–1794

4. William Dixon 1748–1809

5. Mary Ann Dixon 1752–1813

[not] About John Dixon [apparently Joseph Dixon]

Biography

John Dixon was born in Ireland, and later came to America, settling in Conn. [1]

John Dixon married for the 3rd time 7 August 1741 in Voluntown, CT, to Janet Kennedy (1720 - 1796).

Their daughter, Mary Dixon Kies, became the first woman in America to apply and receive a US patent.

Sources

↑ Killingly Historical Society, Danielson, CT

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/o/r/Barbara-A-Morshead/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1152.html

Short History1719 , Boston

John Dickson , son of Robert , was born in 1679 , and died May 6, 1759 . Early in 1719 , with brothers Robert and Archibald and others, he came with his family to Boston, Massachusetts . After a few months he went to New London, Connecticut , where he settled in the north parish of that town. About 1734 he removed to Colchester , where his brother Robert was living, and in February, 1726 , bought twenty-five acres of land with a house in the north parish of New London and returned thither. He married (first) in 1700 , in Ireland , Agnes -, and (second) May 3, 1726 , Anne Lester , granddaughter of Andrew and Ann Lester . He married (third) August 7, 1741 , Janet Kennedy , of Voluntown, Connecticut .

He came to America in 1719, originally settling Boston. Spring 1720 he along with a Charles Campbell purchased land, in New London, from Ceasar Sachem and Ben Ouaneco ( a Mohican Chief), they also bought additional land years following.

In 1724 John moved to Colchester and later back to New London in 1726. by December 1727 he had moved to Voluntown, Connecticut. there he was elected as Selectman of that township, and in 1729 became their first Townsman. At the inaugural meeting held in the New Meeting House on December 22, 1731 was also chosen as surveyor of highways.

On May 12, 1737 he was appointed as one of the three "Agents" (attorney) for the town. In 1740 he remained as moderator, then became Representative of General Assembly from 1743-1746.\ In 1747 he had moved to Killingly.

source: Harvey Book, pp 394-406.

John Dixon was born in 1695 in Celliran Parish, County Tyrone, Ireland. [ancestry.com]

[apparently Joseph Dixon]

Joseph Dixon (1680-1741)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dixon-693

https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Dixon/6000000006908784515

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDPY-7GP

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dixon-14

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59345413/john-dixon

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/swartz-rand-family-tree/I88890405.php

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Dixon/6000000013308344855

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dixon-693

Janet Kennedy Dixon Facts:

She was her husband's third wife; they were married by Rev. Samuel Dorrance.

In 1747, she, her husband, and their two children moved to Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, to a 100-acre farm owned by her husband.

Husband John Dixon died 06 May 1759 in Killingly.

She and her husband had 5 children:

William, born 16 November 1742, died March 1746

Mary, born 01 July 1744, died May 1751

James, born 12 April 1746

William Dixon, born 05 April 1748, died 23 October 1809

Mary, born 21 March 1752, married John Ker [sic] of Killingly

Notes

I cannot locate a death or burial record for her. She may have remarried after the death of her husband John Dixon who passed away in 1759.

A record in Find A Grave identifies her gravesite with her maiden name on it: Janet Kennedy. There is nothing in the burial record that indicates that the woman who was buried there was actually the Janet Kennedy Dixon of this profile. In fact, the surname Dixon does not appear on the gravestone. Until there is proof that this is the same woman, I removed the death date of 1796 associated with that record.

Sarah Kennedy Dixon References:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennedy-7

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/swartz-rand-family-tree/I88891040.php

https://www.myheritage.com/names/janet_kennedy

The dates are not matching up. Either she's not the mother of Sarah Dixon, or there's another Janet Kennedy and John Dixon...!?

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZLL-LW8/janet-kennedy-1724-1797

https://www.geni.com/people/Janet-Kennedy/6000000013321325087

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennedy-11953

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Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

About Robert Dixon

ROBERT DIXON

Robert Dixon, youngest son of Rev David Dixon was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1630 He identified himself early with the Presbyterians, and when his father was cast out of the University of Edinburgh, cast his lot with the Covenanters. He was a fugitive from the battle of Pentland Hills , Nov 28 1666 and with others fled through Lanarkshire into Ayr, across to the North of Ireland and settled in the Province of Ulster, probably in Antrim. About 1670, according to family tradition, he married there Priscilla, daughter of Hugh Kennedy.

Biography

Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical and Personal History Page 210 GoogleBooks

Robert Dickson , son of Rev. David Dickson , was born at Irvine , about 1630 , became identified with the Covenanters, settled in Ulster, Ireland , and died there before 1700 . He married Priscilla Kennedy , daughter of Hugh . They had at least four children--David , Robert , Archibald and John .

From "The Harvey book : giving the genealogies of certain branches of the American families of Harvey, Nesbitt, Dixon, and Jameson, a… " by Oscar Jewell Harvey, page, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, 1899 AncestryImage page 420

In early manhood he identified hinmself with the Presbyterian party of Scotland, and soon showed in many ways not only his belief in the rightness of the principles and tenets of the Covenanters, but that he was in complete accord with their policies and projects. When his father was ejected from his chair in the University of Edinburgh upon the coming of Charles II, to the throne of England, Robert Dickson of Irvine boldly and unreservedly cast in his lot with the Covenanters.

After six years of oppression and persecution under Charles II. the Covenanters came out in open hostility to the Government, and the battle of Pentland Hills was fought, 28 Nov. 1666. The disastrous ending of this battle sent those Covenanters who had taken part in it, and had escaped death or capture at the hands of the King's forces, fleeing in disorder through Lanarkshire into Ayr, where the Convenanting party then existed in greater strength than in any other shire, and included many men of wide reputation and influence. A few days later numbers of these fugitives, including Robert Dickson, sailed from Ayr across the North Channel to the North of Ireland. During the Irish rebellions in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the province of Ulster, embracing the northern counties of Ireland-Antrim, Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone-was greatly depopulated, and it became the favorite project with Elizabeth's successor, James I. (A.D. 1603-1625), to repeople that province with a Protestant population. To promote this object liberal offers of land were made, and other inducements held out in England and Scotland for persons to occupy this wide and almost vacant territory. [The Harvey Book]

Family

“Robert Dickson, or Dixson 3 (David 2, John 1), who, as previously noted, was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, about 1630, the son of the Rev. David and Margaret (Roberton) Dickson, and who died in the province of Ulster, Ireland, before 1700 (see pages 387 and 389), had:

4. i. David, b. about 1673; d._____

5. ii. Robert, b. about 1675; d. _____

6. iii. Archibald, b. about 1677; d. _____

7. iv. John , b. 1679; d. 6 May, 1759

“Early in 1719, in company with a number of their friends and neighbors, the brothers Robert, Archibald and John named above emigrated with their families from the North of Ireland, and a few weeks later landed at Boston, Mass.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cit e any refer ences or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be cha llenged and removed. (December 2006)

There have been two baronetcies created for people with the surname Dickson, once in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (More likely in Scotland - See Below) and once in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Dickson Baronetcy, of Sornbeg in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 February 1695 (Unlikely since Nova Scotia was French in 1695) for Robert Dickson. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the second Baronet in 1760.

The Dickson Baronetcy, of Hardingham Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 September 1802 for Archibald Dickson. The sixth holder of this creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Islington in 1910.

Dicks on baronets, of Sornbeg (1695)

Sir Robert Dickson, 1st Baronet (died 1711)

Sir Robert Dickson, 2nd Baronet (1694–1760)

- Robert Dickson , son of Rev. David Dickson , was born at Irvine , about 1630 , became identified with the Covenanters, settled in Ulster, Ireland , and died there before 1700 . He married Priscilla Kennedy , daughter of Hugh . They had at least four children--David , Robert , Archibald and John . John Dickson , son of Robert , was born in 1679 , and died May 6, 1759 . Early in 1719 , with brothers Robert and Archibald and others, he came with his family to Boston, Massachusetts . After a few months he went to New London, Connecticut , where he settled in the north parish of that town. About 1734 he removed to Colchester , where his brother Robert was living, and in February, 1726 , bought twenty-five acres of land with a house in the north parish of New London and returned thither. He married (first) in 1700 , in Ireland , Agnes -, and (second) May 3, 1726 , Anne Lester , granddaughter of Andrew and Ann Lester . He married (third) August 7, 1741 , Janet Kennedy , of Voluntown, Connecticut ..

from the book Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Robert Dixon, youngest son of Rev David Dixon was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1630 He identified himself early with the Presbyterians, and when his father was cast out of the University of Edinburgh , cast his lot with the Covenanters. He was a fugitive from the battle of Pentland Hills , Nov 28 1666 and with others fled through Lanarkshire into Ayr, across to the North of Ireland and settled in the Province of Ulster, probably in Antrim. About 1670m according to family tradition, he married there Priscilla, daughter of Hugh Jennedy. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b289966-00411/1519364?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120215092/person/102031406666/facts/citation/502041355945/edit/record#?imageId=46155_b289966-00419

GEDCOM Note

{geni:about_me} ===ROBERT DIXON===

Robert Dixon, youngest son of Rev David Dixon was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1630 He identified himself early with the Presbyterians, and when his father was cast out of the University of Edinburgh , cast his lot with the Covenanters. He was a fugitive from the battle of Pentland Hills , Nov 28 1666 and with others fled through Lanarkshire into Ayr, across to the North of Ireland and settled in the Province of Ulster, probably in Antrim. About 1670, according to family tradition, he married there Priscilla, daughter of Hugh Kennedy.

Biography

Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical and Personal History Page 210 GoogleBooks

Robert Dickson , son of Rev. David Dickson , was born at Irvine , about 1630 , became identified with the Covenanters, settled in Ulster, Ireland , and died there before 1700 . He married Priscilla Kennedy , daughter of Hugh . They had at least four children--David , Robert , Archibald and John .

From "The Harvey book : giving the genealogies of certain branches of the American families of Harvey, Nesbitt, Dixon, and Jameson, a… " by Oscar Jewell Harvey, page, Wilkes-Barre, Pa, 1899 AncestryImage page 420

In early manhood he identified hinmself with the Presbyterian party of Scotland, and soon showed in many ways not only his belief in the rightness of the principles and tenets of the Covenanters, but that he was in complete accordwith their policies and projects. When his father was ejected from his chair in the University of Edinburgh upon the coming of Charles II, to the throne of England, Robert Dickson of Irvine boldly and unreservedly cast in his lot with the Covenanters.

After six years of oppression and persecution under Charles II. the Covenanters came out in open hostility to the Government, and the battle of Pentland Hills was fought, 28 Nov. 1666. The disastrous ending of this battle sent those Covenanters who had taken part in it, and had escaped death or capture at the hands of the King's forces, fleeing in disorder through Lanarkshire into Ayr, where the Convenanting party then existed in greater strength than in any other shire, and included many men of wide reputation and influence. A few days later numbers of these fugitives, including Robert Dickson, sailed from Ayr across the North Channel to the North of Ireland. During the Irish rebellions in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the province of Ulster, embracing the northern counties of Ireland-Antrim, Londonderry, Donegal and Tyrone-was greatly depopulated, and it became the favorite project with Elizabeth's successor, James I. (A.D. 1603-1625), to repeople that province with a Protestant population. To promote this object liberal offers of land were made, and other inducements held out in England and Scotland for persons to occupy this wide and almost vacant territory. [The Harvey Book]

Family

“Robert Dickson, or Dixson 3 (David 2, John 1), who, as previously noted, was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, about 1630, the son of the Rev. David and Margaret (Roberton) Dickson, and who died in the province of Ulster, Ireland, before 1700 (see pages 387 and 389), had:

4. i. David, b. about 1673; d._____

5. ii. Robert, b. about 1675; d. _____

6. iii. Archibald, b. about 1677; d. _____

7. iv. John , b. 1679; d. 6 May, 1759

“Early in 1719, in company with a number of their friends and neighbors, the brothers Robert, Archibald and John named above emigrated with their families from the North of Ireland, and a few weeks later landed at Boston, Mass.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cit e any refer ences or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be cha llenged and removed. (December 2006)

There have been two baronetcies created for people with the surname Dickson, once in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (More likely in Scotland - See Below) and once in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Dickson Baronetcy, of Sornbeg in the County of Ayr, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 February 1695 (Unlikely since Nova Scotia was French in 1695) for Robert Dickson. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the second Baronet in 1760.

The Dickson Baronetcy, of Hardingham Hall in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 September 1802 for Archibald Dickson. The sixth holder of this creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Islington in 1910.

Dicks on baronets, of Sornbeg (1695)

Sir Robert Dickson, 1st Baronet (died 1711)

Sir Robert Dickson, 2nd Baronet (1694–1760)

- Robert Dickson , son of Rev. David Dickson , was born at Irvine , about 1630 , became identified with the Covenanters, settled in Ulster, Ireland , and died there before 1700 . He married Priscilla Kennedy , daughter of Hugh . They had at least four children--David , Robert , Archibald and John . John Dickson , son of Robert , was born in 1679 , and died May 6, 1759 . Early in 1719 , with brothers Robert and Archibald and others, he came with his family toBoston, Massachusetts . After a few months he went to New London, Connecticut , where he settled in the north parish of that town. About 1734 he removed to Colchester , where his brother Robert was living, and in February, 1726 ,bought twenty-five acres of land with a house in the north parish of New London and returned thither. He married (first) in 1700 , in Ireland , Agnes -, and (second) May 3, 1726 , Anne Lester , granddaughter of Andrew and Ann Lester . He married (third) August 7, 1741 , Janet Kennedy , of Voluntown, Connecticut ..

from the book Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Robert Dixon, youngest son of Rev David Dixon was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland about 1630 He identified himself early with the Presbyterians, and when his father was cast out of the University of Edinburgh , cast his lot with the Covenanters. He was a fugitive from the battle of Pentland Hills , Nov 28 1666 and with others fled through Lanarkshire into Ayr, across to the North of Ireland and settled in the Province of Ulster, probably in Antrim. About 1670, according to family tradition, he married there Priscilla, daughter of Hugh Kennedy. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b289966-00411/1519364?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/120215092/person/102031406666/facts/citation/502041355945/edit/record#?imageId=46155_b289966-00419

https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000013308699217?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000100818806821

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJZ-C2F

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dixson-16

https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Dickson-Sr/6000000013308511195

https://www.myheritage.com/names/robert_dixson

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/swartz-rand-family-tree/I88891030.php

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Grandy's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Children:

1. John Dickson 1620–

2. David Dickson II 1624–1700

3. Archibald Dickson 1626–

4. Alexander Dickson 1628–

5. Johne Dicksone 1631–

6. Robert Dixon 1633–1700

About Rev. David Dixon

Top image:

Dickson, sept of Clan Keith Tartan

Keith Clan Motto: Veritas Vincit (Truth Conquers)

Motto: From Latin, veritas vincit (“Truth Prevails”)

Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire. Dunnottar was held by the Keiths from the 14th century up until the 18th.