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william Dixon 1757 – 1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1757

Birth Location: in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland

Death Date: 17 May 1847

Death Location: Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England

Father: James Dickson

Mother: Margaret Nicholson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth LITTLE

Children(s): William Dixon, Peggy DIXON, James DIXON, Martha Dixon, Joseph Dixon

william Dixon was born in 1757 in in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland, the child of James Dickson and Margaret Nicholson. william Dixon married Elizabeth LITTLE, and had children including William Dixon, Peggy Or Margaret DIXON, James DIXON, Martha Dixon, Joseph Dixon. william Dixon passed away in 1847 in Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England.

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Biography

  • william Dixon was born in 1757 in in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland, the child of James Dickson and Margaret Nicholson.
  • william Dixon married Elizabeth LITTLE, and had children including William Dixon, Peggy Or Margaret DIXON, James DIXON, Martha Dixon, Joseph Dixon.
  • william Dixon passed away in 1847 in Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Dickson
1727 –
Birth Location: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , ScotlandEskdalemuir, Dumfries, Scotland
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Margaret Nicholson
1731 –
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, ScotlandMouswald, Scottland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth LITTLE
1761 – 1827
Birth Location: Holme, Cumberland, , England
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Children(s)

William Dixon
1786 – 1847
Birth Location: Edderside, Cumberland, England
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Peggy DIXON
1787 – 1812
Birth Location: Bromfield, Cumberland, England
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James DIXON
1790 – 1856
Birth Location: Bromfield, Cumberland, England
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Martha Dixon
1802 –
Birth Location: Salta, Allonby, Cumberland, England
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Joseph Dixon
1805 – 1868
Birth Location: Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England
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william Dixon's Ancestors

Self
william Dixon
1757 – 1847
Birth Place: in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Parents
James Dickson
1727 –
Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , ScotlandEskdalemuir, Dumfries, Scotland
Margaret Nicholson
1731 –
Dunbar, East Lothian, ScotlandMouswald, Scottland
Grandparents
James (Dickson -) Dixon
Isobel Nicol
william Nicholson\Nicolson
1695 –
Dunbar, East Lothian, , Scotland
Margaret Spiers\Speirs
1691 –
Elsdorf, Erftkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John Speirs\Spears
1661 –
Janet Lyall
1669 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

william Dixon's Descendants

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william Dixon (1 Aug 1757 – 17 May 1847) m. Elizabeth LITTLE (1 Sep 1761 – 8 Apr 1827)
  1. 1. William Dixon (07 Jan 1786 – 17 May 1847 / July 1847) m. Hannah STEELE (8 Feb 1793 – 02 Nov 1872)
    1. 1. John Dixon
    2. 2. Joseph Dixon
    3. 3. Robert Dixon (16 JAN 1830/20 Feb 1830 – 5 Apr 1907) m. Elizabeth Mitchinson (1833 – 1901)
      1. 1. Mary Dixon (abt 1857 – 26 December 1890) m. Thomas (Arthur) Saunders (6 Jul 1859 – 21 Oct 1927)
        1. 1. Robert (William) Saunders (1879 – 1918) m. Lillian
        2. 2. Arthur (George) Saunders (1882 – 08/10/1930)
        3. 3. John (Dixon) Saunders (1884 – 1952)
        4. 4. Thomas SAUNDERS (1886 – 1937) m. Flor (Maude Eileen) Gahan (abt 1890 – 1956)
        5. 5. Walter (Henry) SAUNDERS (1889 – 1943)
      2. 2. William Dixon (abt 1857 – 22 Jul 1916)
      3. 3. Hannah Dixon (abt /1859 – 9 Oct 1869)
      4. 4. Robert (Dixon) jr (3 mar 1862 – 9 jul 1938) m. Mary (Jane) Thomas
        1. 1. Robert (William) Dixon (Abt 1885 – 1961)
      5. 5. Anne (Elizabeth) Dixon (abt 1866 – 16-8-1879)
      6. 6. Ellenor Dixon (1875 – 16 JUL 1941) m. simon (jewell) Bond (1862 – 17 July 1941)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Jane (Bessy)) Bond (08 Jun 1906 – 4 Jan 1993) m. Harold (Henry Jefferson) Griffiths (07 Oct 1907 – 28 Nov 1995)
        2. 2. Lena (Martha) Bond (22 JUL 1908 – 28 JUL 1990 2 Aug 1900) m. alexander dunlop
        3. 3. Henrietta (Ann) Bond (10 JUN 1910 – 24 NOV 1993) m. Philip (Matthew Van) Vledder (1 Dec 1903 – 22 October 1971)
        4. 4. Ivy (Bertha Agnes) Bond (21 MAY 1912 – 24 MAY 1991) m. Roy (St Leonard) Hodgson (1905 – 14 MAR 1999)
        5. 5. William (Simon) Bond (15 NOV 1914 – 13 October 2007) m. Beryl (Ann) Linguey m. Audrey (Lillian) Ireland (10 APR 1926 – 19 JUN 2008)
        6. 6. George (Robert) Bond (27 AUG 1918 – 19 MAR 1945) m. Madeleine (Marcia) Fitzgerald (03/09/1917 – 06/06/2014)
      7. 7. Martha (Mitchinson) Dixon (1879 – 27 Feb 1931)
    4. 4. Susanna Dixon (1834 – ) m. John Clark (abt 1834 – )
      1. 1. George Clerk (abt 1863 – )
      2. 2. Hannah Clerk (abt 1865 – )
      3. 3. Mary Clark (abt 1867 – )
      4. 4. John Clerk (abt 1869 – )
      5. 5. Robert Clark (abt 1873 – )
    5. 5. Elisabeth Dixon
  2. 2. Peggy (Or Margaret) DIXON (5 Oct 1787 – 12 Sep 1812)
  3. 3. James DIXON (2 Mar 1790 – 21 Mar 1856)
  4. 4. Martha Dixon (10 Jun 1802 – ) m. Andrew Percival (abt 1808 – April 1877)
  5. 5. Joseph Dixon (4 Feb 1805 – 1868) m. Elizabeth Clarke (abt 1806 – )

william Dixon's Timeline

5 Records

1757
1 Aug 1757
Birth of william Dixon in in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1757
1 Aug 1757
william Dixon was baptized in Mouswald, Dmfrs, Scotland
Mouswald, Dmfrs, Scotland
1759
29 Apr 1759
Age 2
william Dixon was baptized in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
1841
1841
Age 84
william Dixon resided here in Bowness, Cumberland, England
Bowness, Cumberland, England
1847
17 May 1847
Age 90
Death of william Dixon in Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England
Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1757
    Event Place: in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 164; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Bowness; County: Cumberland; Enumeration District: 27; Folio: 5; Page: 11; Line: 8; GSU roll: 241280

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 1 Aug 1757
    Event Place: Mouswald, Dmfrs, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Apr 1759
    Event Place: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 570

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Bowness, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 164; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Bowness; County: Cumberland; Enumeration District: 27; Folio: 5; Page: 11; Line: 8; GSU roll: 241280

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1847
    Event Place: Bolton Law, Brofield, Cmbrln, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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