Ambrose Dixon..."was known as an active Quaker, a dissident, and a leader among his peers."[1]
Ambrose Dixon migrated from England to Virginia.
Ambrose appeared in Accomack/Northampton County Court Records, 7 September 1640. Here are the exact words and spelling:
"Forasmuch as it hath appeared unto this Court this present day that there is certen wages due unto Ambrose DIXON and unto some others For theire service and Labour done and performed [on board the] Pinnace called the Accomack which as yet remayneth unsatisfied It is thereupon thought Fitt and soe ordered By this Courte that as well the said Ambrose DIXON as allsoe the rest whose wages are remayninge behind and unpayed shall Bee satisfied and discharged unto them and eyther of them By and out of the Cargoe that lately came in the said Vessell called the Accomack as afforesaid fiz. For soe much as they and eyther of them shall justly make appeare to bee Due."
James Jensen believes the fact that Ambrose was representing himself in a court case means he must have been at least twenty one, which meant he would have been born by 1619.[2]
Ambrose Dixon appeared in Virginia in 1649 as having been transported
to the colony by Richard Bayly of Northampton Co. He was a caulker by trade. He evidently became in disfavor in that locality because of his sympathy for the Quakers, in fact, he became one of their leaders. For
this reason he moved to Maryland c1661 and settled at Annemessex, later
to become Somerset County.[3]
Ambrose owned an "850-acre plantation called Dixon's Choice. The first Quaker meeting place on the Eastern Shore was there and eventually it became Maryland's first sanctioned burial ground.[4]
Ambrose Dixon was truly the guide and guard of his brother "Friends" seeking refuge in Annemessex. He was a rugged soul, absolutely loyal to the faith which he embraced and an imcomparable leader among the Quakers in the Annemessex settlement, and later in Somerset County.[5]
Research Notes
No credible sources have been brought forth to prove his ancestry.
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Ambrose's birth date could not be 1628 for he would have been aged 12 when he appeared in court in 1640. The above research by Jensen concludes at the very latest Ambrose would have been born by 1619.
Also no primary source for William and Katherine (Berkeley) Dixon can be cited. The info on line regarding these two speculative parents is highly inaccurate and cannot be accepted as fact until some solid proof is turned up.
Also no primary source for William and Katherine (Berkeley) Dixon can be cited. The info on line regarding these two speculative parents is highly inaccurate and cannot be accepted as fact until some solid proof is turned up.