Henry
Dixon
aka Dickson, Dixson
Born about in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rose (Unknown) Dixon
— married
about 1660 in Ireland
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 55
in New Castle, Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Henry was born about 1633, probably in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland. He married Rose, possibly Rose Harlan, about 1660 in Ireland.[1]He and Rose were members of the Lurgan Monthly Meeting.[2] In 1683, they witnessed the marriage of William Dixon, assumed by genealogists to be their son, to Isabelle Rea in Seagoe, County Armagh, Ireland.[3] William is known to have immigrated to the American colonies with his sisters Dinah and Rose before 1690,[1] but whether Henry and Rose went with them is unclear.
Ben F. Dixon claims that Rose Dixon came to the colonies as a widow in the company of her children but cites no authority.[4] Similarly, Alpheus Harlan, among others, claims that Henry was an innkeeper at New Castle, Delaware[5]. Quaker researcher Herbert Standing disputes that claim, adding, "[I]t is difficult to find any records substantiating the fact that either the father or the mother came to Delaware."[2]
One incident involving Henry Dixon was recorded in the minutes for a Quaker men's meeting in Lurgan for 29 tenth month (December) 1676: "William Mathews and Vallentine Hollingsworth is desired to speake to Henry Dixson and Robart Thornbrough conserning their walking disorderly."[6] A member of the Quaker Ancestors Group explains the concept:
- The phrase "disorderly walking" dates back to some of the earliest Quakers writing of the late 1600's. The concept is that a true member of the Society of Friends walks a path throughout their lives whose proper bounds are prescribed by the Discipline. If they follow this path they remain a member in good standing. The phrase "disorderly walking" implies straying from the path required by Discipline and places the member in imminent danger of disownment.[7]
The date of Henry's death is unknown. No estate proceedings have been found for him. It is possible that he died in Ireland before his family members immigrated to America.
Children
According to Herbert Standing, Henry's children William, Dinah, and Rose were all members of the "Newark [Delaware] Meeting community."[2] Quaker records support their relationship to one another and to Henry. All three married in 1690. William married Ann Gregg, daughter of William Gregg.[1] Rose married Thomas Pierson.[8]Dinah married Michael Harlan. Henry is listed on the record as the bride's father, [9] and William refers to Harlan as his "brother" in his will.[10]
Research Notes
See this Free-Space Page for additional detailed research on this Irish Dixon fami.y for additional theories and information.
FamilySearch lists three additional children:
- Harlan Dixon, G8PX-3GB
- Michael Dixon, G8PX-ZT7
- Rachel Dixon, LBLC-GSD)
No records are attached to any of these supposed children.
Carol (Jennings) Thoma, 9 November 2022
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bell, Mary Gant. Dixon Family History. [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Standing, Herbert C. "Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn." Delaware History, Fall-Winter 1982, pp. 123-147.[2]
- ↑ Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750. Lancaster, PA: New Era, 1902. [3]
- ↑ Dixon, Ben F. "The Old Stamping Grounds." Unpub;ished manuscript.[4]
- ↑ Harlan, Alpheus H. History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan who settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1914. [5]
- ↑ Standing, Herbert C. The Quaker Family of Thornbrough of Ireland and Colonial America. Typescript: 1976 [6]
- ↑ "Quaker Offense of 'Disorderly Walking.'" Wild Rhododendrons: A Family Story. 17 January 2020. [7]
- ↑ Rose Dixon. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [8]
- ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYF-MKFD : 13 January 2021), Henry Dixson in entry for Michael Harlan, 1690.
- ↑ See William's WikiTree page.
- A.M.C., "Gregg-Dixon-Houghton, of Newcastle County, Delaware," The Literary Era, vol. 5, number 11, November 1898. [9] pg 331
- "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYN-8BRV : 13 January 2021), Dixon in entry for Dinah Dixon, .
- See also notes and sources on page for William Gregg.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Glenn Dixon
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Y-Chromosome Test 67 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2, MitoYDNA ID T12136 [compare]
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Categories: Lurgan Monthly Meeting, County Armagh
Dixon-3253 and Dixon-347 appear to represent the same person because: I don't recall why I had postponed these. I don't see why they can't be merged. Let me know if I missed something, otherwise, please merge. Thanks!
* Rose Dixon was detached as his mother, but she's still of an age to be his mother, and attached as wife of James, who's attached as his father (don't see the source for that either). I thought I remembered that we'd found something that said Henry's mother was also named Rose (although maybe not Rose Dixon ) ... but my memory has never been good and isn't improving with age!