Thomas
Dixon
lV
Born in Isle of Wight, Virginia,
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Dixon III
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
William Dixon [half], Elizabeth (Dixon) Montgomery, Jemima (Dixon) Calhoon [half] and Jemima Dixon [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Hickman) Dixon
— married
15 Jun 1763 in Edgecombe, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Mourning (Dickson) Jackson, Nicholas Dixon, Hickman Dixon Sr., Unity (Dixon) Ellis, Thomas Dixon, Charity (Dixon) Jones, Elizabeth (Dixon) Simmons, Sarah (Dixon) Ellis, Keziah (Dixon) Hickman and Lula Leota (Dixon) Sheeley
Died
at about age 64
in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2012
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- Thomas was born about 1740, likely in Isle of Wight County, VA, to Thomas Dixon.[1]
Marriage
- He and the widow Sarah "Sally" Hickman Sellers Dixon obtained their marriage license on 15 Jun 1763 in Edgecombe County, NC, and were married on or sometime after that date.[2]
Land Grants
Deeds
Estate
- He died intestate.[3] On 25 Nov 1799, his widow, Sarah "Sally" Hickman Sellers Dixon, petitioned for three freeholders to act with a justice of the peace to allot her a provision for one year.[3] Her dower in Thomas' lands was laid out on 29 Jan 1803, being a 269 1/3-acre tract of land.[3]
- William Hickman petitioned for four freeholders to divide up a 750-acre tract that belonged to Thomas and appropriate shares to Thomas' eight children: Nicholas Dixon, Unity Dixon Ellis, Sarah "Sally" Dixon Ellis, Hickman Dixon, Thomas Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon Simmons, Charity "Cherry" Dixon Jones, and William's wife Keziah Dixon Hickman.[3]
Death
- Thomas died sometime in Sep 1799.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Probate records, 1730-1961; indexes, 1760-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/frontier/search-bifrost/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JDBK-S?i=814&cc=1867501&cat=299030: accessed 12 Aug 2019), Edgecombe > Wills (alphabetically arranged) A-Di, v. 1-3 1758-1830 > image 815 of 819; citing Superior Court of Edgecombe County, Edgecombe County Courthouse, Tarboro, NC.
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP91-14W9 : 28 November 2018), Thomas Dixon and Sarah Sellers, 15 Jun 1763; citing Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V121-XJ5 : 13 March 2018), Thomas Dixon, 1799; citing Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,069,860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Caryn (Jackson) Mills 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A103084 [compare], Ancestry member kippnjax
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~0.78%
Nancy Martin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch tr2106024 [compare], Ancestry member nancym4966
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch tr2106024 [compare]
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~0.39%
Beverly (Hubbard) Godfrey :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bgodfrey11, FTDNA kit #152944
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~0.39%
CC Clark :
23andMe, GEDmatch M478989 [compare]
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~0.39%
Dave Seving :
23andMe, GEDmatch M072154 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dave7711
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~0.39%
Frederick Gregg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A946022 [compare], Ancestry member RickGregg49
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~0.39%
Anonymous Dixon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZW7170954 [compare], Ancestry member dixon_kennethd
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~0.39%
Gwen (Worthington) Ginn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #535784
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~0.39%
Anonymous (Hilse) Burnett :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A434212 [compare], FTDNA kit #N66701
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Janne (Shoults) Gorman
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55306054/thomas-dixon
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Matthew Jackson
Dixon-1676 and Dixon-10954 appear to represent the same person because: They have the same name, and death date. Birthday is close. They have the exact same grandparents. and the father's name matches. I think the fathers of both are duplicates also.
posted
on Dixon-10954 (merged)
by Matthew Jackson
Rejected matches › Thomas Dick (abt.1740-)
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