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William Dixon 1757–1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 August 1757

Birth Location: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 17 May 1847

Death Location: Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Father: James Dickson

Mother: Margaret Nicolson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Little

Children(s): Martha Dixon, Robert DIXON, William Dixon, Margaret DIXON, James Dixon, Robert Dixon, Robert Dixon, John DIXON, Jenny Dixon, Joseph Dixon

In 1757, William Dixon entered the world in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Dickson And Margaret Nicolson. William Dixon married Elizabeth Little, and had children including James Dixon, Jenny Dixon, John Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Margaret Peggy Dixon, Martha Dixon, Robert Dixon, William Dixon. William Dixon passed away in 1847 in Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1757, William Dixon entered the world in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Dickson And Margaret Nicolson.
  • William Dixon married Elizabeth Little, and had children including James Dixon, Jenny Dixon, John Dixon, Joseph Dixon, Margaret Peggy Dixon, Martha Dixon, Robert Dixon, William Dixon.
  • William Dixon passed away in 1847 in Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Dickson
1726–1815
Birth Location: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Nicolson
1731–
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Little
1761–1827
Birth Location: Holme, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Martha Dixon
1802–
Birth Location: Allonby, Cumberland, England
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Robert DIXON
1783–1835
Birth Location: Cumberland, England
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William Dixon
1786–1847
Birth Location: Holme, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret DIXON
1787–
Birth Location: Bromfield, Cumberland, , England
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James Dixon
1790–1856
Birth Location: Bromfield, Shropshire, England
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Robert Dixon
1794–1829
Birth Location: 1659941, Cumberland, England
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Robert Dixon
1786–1847
Birth Location: Edderside, Cumberland, England
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John DIXON
1796–1856
Birth Location: 1659941, Cumberland, England
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Jenny Dixon
1800–
Birth Location: Bromfield, Shropshire, England
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Joseph Dixon
1805–1868
Birth Location: Holm, Cumberland, Illinois, United States
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William Dixon's Ancestors

Self
William Dixon
1757–1847
Birth Place: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Dickson
1726–1815
Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret Nicolson
1731–
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Dixon's Descendants

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William Dixon (1 August 1757–17 May 1847) m. Elizabeth Little (1 September 1761–8 April 1827)
  1. 1. Martha Dixon 1802– m. Richard Faraday 1799–1875
    1. 1. William (Dixon) Farraday 1825–1861 m. Jane Patrickson 1828–1886
      1. 1. Richard (B) Faraday 1855–1911 m. Sarah (Virginia) Petterson 1855–1925 m. Sarah (Virginia) Petterson 1855–1925
        1. 1. Stanley Faraday 1883–1939 m. Luz ((Lucille) Marguarita) PEREZ 1890–1978 m. Eva (M) Lochbaum 1888–1981
        2. 2. Richard (Buckingham) Faraday 1878–1918 m. Jeannie McIntyre 1883–1983 m. Lola Faraday 1887–
        3. 3. George (Arthur) Faraday 1906–1950 m. Rowena (Edna) Spooner 1887–1942 m. Myra (G) Grebe 1904–1991
        4. 4. Ellsworth (Howard) Faraday 1886–1941 m. Clara (Elizabeth) Kruekel 1888–1946
        5. 5. Virginia (Mignon) Faraday 1887–1957 m. Harry (Adolph) Zahn 1876–1937
        6. 6. Alice (Lorraine) Faraday 1890–1952 m. Arthur (Alfred De) Carvalho 1890–1969
        7. 7. Chester (Wadsworth) Faraday 1891–1963 m. Hazel (Marie) Coakley 1894–1951
        8. 8. Letha (Dorothy) Faraday 1894–1949 m. John Ottenor 1893–1983
        9. 9. George (Arthur) Faraday 1881–1950 m. Rowena Faraday 1887– m. Myra Faraday 1905–
      2. 2. Joseph Farraday 1853–1891 m. Emma Denyar 1852–
        1. 1. Emma Farraday 1880–
        2. 2. Annie (Elizabeth) Farraday 1881–1963 m. Walter Bailey 1881–1933
      3. 3. Jane Farraday 1859–1911 m. Thomas Gair 1859–
        1. 1. Martha Gair 1896–
        2. 2. William (Matthew) Gair 1885–1927 m. Mabel Steele 1886–1955
        3. 3. Mary Gair 1886–
        4. 4. David Gair 1889–1944 m. Sarah (Ellen) McAdam 1903–1950
      4. 4. Martha Farraday 1856–1908 m. Daniel (Shepherd Porter (Grocer &) Confectioner) 1856–1929
        1. 1. Eleanor Porter 1894–1976 m. William (Rule) Phillips 1896–1974
        2. 2. Elizabeth Porter 1885–1931
        3. 3. Margaret (Jane) Porter 1881–1960 m. William (Moore) Casson 1877–1936
        4. 4. Martha Porter 1891–1963 m. William (Miller) Irven 1890–1955
      5. 5. Frances (Patrickson) Faraday 1861–
    2. 2. Margaret Faraday –1828
    3. 3. Eleanor Faraday 1829– m. Edward (Francis) Lynam 1829–1892
      1. 1. Martha Lynam 1858–1961 m. George (Thomas) Blenkinsop 1855–1944
        1. 1. Lavinia Blenkinsop 1883–1962 m. John (Gilbert) Cornall 1879–
        2. 2. George (Edward) Blenkinsop 1888–1972 m. Norah Peck 1894–1967
        3. 3. Stanley (Lynam) Blenkinsop 1895–1975
      2. 2. John Lynam 1860–1912 m. Elizabeth Heap 1860–1900 m. Elizabeth Holden 1860–
        1. 1. Edward (Francis) Lynam 1887–1944 m. Eva Harvey 1894–
        2. 2. Richard Lynam 1890–
        3. 3. Eleanor Lynam 1892–1893
      3. 3. Richard Lynam 1854–
      4. 4. Kate Lynam 1870–
      5. 5. Joseph (W) Lynam 1873–
    4. 4. Joseph Faraday 1834–1925 m. Catherine Shepherd 1831–1922
      1. 1. Henry (Shepherd) Faraday 1859–1911 m. Mary (Emelia) Wallwork 1863–
        1. 1. Louisa (Beatrice) Faraday 1884–1885
      2. 2. Martha Faraday 1861–1861
      3. 3. Joseph (William) Faraday 1863–1925 m. Agnes Thompson 1868–1922
        1. 1. Sidney Faraday 1892–1970 m. Eileen (Mary) Burden 1899–1986
      4. 4. Kate Faraday 1866–1929
      5. 5. Eleanor (Beta) Faraday 1868–1940 m. William Burrows 1867–1936
        1. 1. William (Norman Faraday) Burrows 1900–1982 m. Esther Howard 1904–1978
        2. 2. Leslie (Faraday) Burrows 1903–1971 m. Nora (Findlay) Kirkpatrick 1905–2001
        3. 3. Kathleen (Faraday) Burrows 1906–1996
        4. 4. Doris (May) Burrows 1894–1895
      6. 6. John (Thompson) Faraday 1870–
      7. 7. Edward (James) Faraday 1873–1913
      8. 8. Richard Faraday 1862– m. Hannah Foley 1861–
        1. 1. Bessie (F) Faraday 1889–1969
        2. 2. Alfred (Dean) Faraday 1887–1922 m. Emma (Elizabeth) Lane 1875–1964
        3. 3. Kate (May) Faraday 1891–1969
  2. 2. Robert DIXON 1783–1835
  3. 3. William Dixon 1786–1847 m. Ann Wilkinson 1789–1841 m. Hannah STEELE 1793–1872
    1. 1. William (Wilkinson) Dixon 1818–1891 m. Charlotte Chase 1825–1904 m. Sabra (Almeda) Lake 1824–1908
      1. 1. Harvey (Dixon) Sr. 1844–1906 m. Kittie (Evelyn) Pritchett 1851–1924 m. Susan (Elizabeth) Harmon 1858–1916
        1. 1. Bailey (Allen) Dixon 1889–1967
        2. 2. John (Fredrick) Dixon 1879–1966
        3. 3. Samuel (Wilkinson) Dixon 1885–1900
        4. 4. Elsa (May) Dixon 1891–1904
        5. 5. George (Alfred) Dixon 1885–1921
        6. 6. Alice (Evaline) Dixon 1872–1963 m. Hyrum (Bracken) Lee 1865–1917 m. Arthur (Fielding) Burton 1873–1949
        7. 7. Harvey (Dixon) Jr 1874–1961
        8. 8. Sabra (Almeda) Dixon 1882–1966 m. Henry (Rolland) Owens 1883–1951
        9. 9. Riley (Lyman) Dixon 1884–1976
        10. 10. Philemon (Albert) Dixon 1891–1973
        11. 11. Kittie (Calpurnia) Dixon 1877–1933
        12. 12. James (Henry) Dixon 1878–1963
        13. 13. Sarah (Lucinda) Dixon 1882–1966
        14. 14. Elva (Lovina) Dixon 1895–1988
        15. 15. Susan (Ida) Dixon 1880–1969
        16. 16. Asael (Harold) Dixon 1888–1970
        17. 17. Mary (Elizabeth) Dixon 1871–1871
      2. 2. Lydia (Ann) DIXON 1848–1853
      3. 3. Sabra (Elizabeth) DIXON 1857–1865
      4. 4. Bailey DIXON 1859–1865
      5. 5. Esther (Ann) DIXON 1854–1865
      6. 6. Dudley DIXON 1864–1864
      7. 7. William (James) DIXON 1856–1862
      8. 8. John (Lake) Dixon 1865–1872
      9. 9. Riley (George) DIXON 1866–1918
      10. 10. Henry (A) Dixon 1843–1908 m. Amelia (Jane) Garner 1853–1941
        1. 1. Riley (Lake) Dixon 1878–1959
        2. 2. Amelia (Evaline) Dixon 1876–1944
        3. 3. David (William) Dixon 1874–1874
        4. 4. Chloe (Ann) Dixon 1884–1965
        5. 5. Ernest (Edmond) Dixon 1882–1919
        6. 6. Henry (Garner) Dixon 1872–1881
        7. 7. Coral (Carlson) Dixon 1897–
        8. 8. Alma (A) Dixon 1890–1890
        9. 9. Etta (Lydia) Dixon 1880–1920
        10. 10. Albert (G) Dixon 1887–1889
      11. 11. Alfred (George) Dixon 1869–1937
      12. 12. Emma (Jane) DIXON 1846–1863
      13. 13. Mary (Lucy) Dixon 1850–1882 m. Cyrus (K Rawson) Sr. 1846–1896
        1. 1. John (Franklin) Rawson 1872–1939
        2. 2. Cyrus (Edgar Rawson) Jr. 1870–1939
        3. 3. Walter (Horace) Rawson 1873–1951
        4. 4. Jessie Rawson 1880–
        5. 5. Edward (H.) RAWSON 1882–1882
        6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Rawson 1875–1880
        7. 7. Elsa (Sabre) Rawson 1881–1964 m. James (Harvey) Brown 1879–1966
        8. 8. William (Dixon) Rawson 1878–1959
      14. 14. Electa (Philomelia) Dixon 1852–1891
    2. 2. Jonah Dixon 1811–1890
    3. 3. Betty DIXON 1824–
    4. 4. Joseph DIXON 1826–
    5. 5. Susanna DIXON 1831–
    6. 6. Robert Dixon 1830–1907
    7. 7. Mary DIXON 1836–1837
  4. 4. Margaret (\ Peggy) DIXON 1787– m. Robert Lonsdale 1787–1869
    1. 1. Margaret Lonsdale 1813–1867
    2. 2. William Lonsdale 1809–
    3. 3. Ann Lonsdale 1807–1852
    4. 4. Thomas Lonsdale 1811–1812
    5. 5. Jane Lonsdale 1821–1891 m. John Hubbard 1817–
      1. 1. Robert Hubbard 1841–
      2. 2. Margaret Hubbard 1844–
      3. 3. Elizabeth (A) Hubbard 1845–1919
        1. 1. Edward (D) Bowdell 1872–
        2. 2. Georgina Bowdell 1877–
        3. 3. George Bowdell 1879–
        4. 4. Sarah Bowdell 1868–
        5. 5. Elizabeth (J.) Bowdell 1869–
        6. 6. Margaret (J. D.) Bowdell 1869–
      4. 4. Caroline Hubbard 1847–
      5. 5. Jane Hubbard 1850–
  5. 5. James Dixon 1790–1856
  6. 6. Robert Dixon 1794–1829
  7. 7. Robert Dixon 1786–1847
  8. 8. John DIXON 1796–1856
  9. 9. Jenny Dixon 1800–
  10. 10. Joseph Dixon 1805–1868

William Dixon's Timeline

3 Records

1757
1 August 1757
Birth of William Dixon in Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1785
20 Feb 1785
Age 28
William Dixon was married in Bromfield, Cumberland, England
Bromfield, Cumberland, England
1847
17 May 1847
Age 90
Death of William Dixon in Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 August 1757
    Event Place: Mouswald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1785
    Event Place: Bromfield, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1847
    Event Place: Bolton Low, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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