Rebecca (Cox) Dixon (abt. 1722 - 1805)

Born about 1722 in Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware

Ancestors

Wife of John Dixon — married 26 May 1742 in Kennett MM, Chester, Province of Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1805 at about age 83 in Washington Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Newark Monthly Meeting's first minutes date from 1686, and deal with Friends Meetings in northern Delaware: Newark Union, New Castle, Centre, and later Hockessin and Wilmington. See the category page for Newark Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania (now Delaware) for more information about Newark MM.

Biography

Rebecca was a Friend (Quaker)

Rebecca/Rebekah Cox was born abt 1722 in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle-on-Delaware, daughter of Quakers William Cox and Catherine Kinkey.^[1][2]

Named in her father's will:

Will of William COX, 20 January 1767, Proved February 1767. Sons: Harmon COX, land on east side of Deep River. William COX, land on west side of Deep River. John COX , land lying on Mill Creek adj. William McFARSON's side of Deep River. Solomon COX, land on Little Brush Creek where Benjamin WILLIAM's formerly lived. Thomas COX, get the Mill. State of my 5 sons. Daughters: Rebecca DIXON in Pennsylvania, 4 shillings. Mary LINDLEY wife to James LINDLEY. Martha TERRELL wife to William TERRELL. Marjory NICHOLAS wife to Isaac NICHOLAS. Catherine HUNT wife to Elizor HUNT. Exor: My trustly and well beloved son and Cousin, William COX(son) and Isaac COX (cousin). Witness: John COX, William MOFFITT and John ALLEN, Orange County, North Carolina Will Book A, pg. 53.

Rebecca married Quaker John Dixon (son of Henry) at Hockessin MM, 26 May 1742.^[3] She and John were the parents of eleven children:^[4]

She died 15 Aug 1805 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA and was buried in Redstone Friend's Cemetery at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania,^[2][5]

Research Notes

by Adams-16917 12:59, 22 August 2016: John died in 1767; Rebecca presumably went to Fayette Co., Pennsylvania with son on his way to Ohio.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (in entry for John Dixon), Ancestry database on-line. Original data: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials, 1706-1806; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 275.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. 4, p. 83.
3. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Chester County, Kennett Monthly Meeting, Marriages, 1718-1821, Marriage Certificate of John Dixon and Rebecah Cox (Image 132).
4. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Chester County, Kennett Monthly Meeting, Births and Burials, 1706-1806, p. 18 (Image 25).
5. ↑ Find A Grave memorial page for Rebekah Cox Dixon (1722–15 Aug 1805), Find A Grave: Memorial #207407880, citing Redstone Friend's Cemetery, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.

See also:

• Kennett Monthly Meeting records
• Gilbert Cope's notes on Westland Monthly Meeting Friends
• Dixon, Willis Milnor. Kith and Kin. Los Angeles, Calif.: Press of White and Tyler, 1922. Page 5.
• Rootsweb online tree
• Find a Grave memorial page for William Cox (11 Dec 1692–20 Jan 1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #56833829, citing Mill Creek Friends Cemetery, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA (huge amt. of info here on family)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cox-1964 created through the import of heinakuu2011-6.ged on Jul 5, 2011 by Johanna Amnelin.
• WikiTree profile Cox-2634 created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon.