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Ambrose Dixon (bef. 1619 - 1687)

Ambrose Dixon
Born before in London, Middlesex, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1649 in Northampton, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 68 in Annemessex, Somerset, Marylandmap
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Contents

Biography

Ambrose was a Friend (Quaker)

Ambrose Dixon..."was known as an active Quaker, a dissident, and a leader among his peers."[1]

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Ambrose Dixon migrated from England to Virginia.
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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.

Event
Arrival date: 1661
Arrival place: Maryland
Source: #S-2087693654
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=2545245&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
APID: 3599::2545245
Event
Arrival Date: 1661
Place: Maryland
Source: #S-2085047485
Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1661; Page Number: 68.
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1369031&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
APID: 7486::1369031
Event:
Type: Arrival
Date: 1663
Place: Maryland
Source: #S-2085047485
Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1663; Page Number: 135.
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1369033&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
Arrival date: 1663 Arrival place: Maryland
APID: 7486::1369033
Source: #S-2076683358
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoold&h=745287&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
Death:
Date: 12 Apr 1687
Place: Annemessex, Somerset, Maryland, United States
Source: #S-2076683358
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoold&h=745287&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
APID: 5771::745287
Text: Death date: 12 April 1687 Death place: Somerset, MD, USA
Source: #S-2085047485
Page: Place: Maryland; Year: 1661; Page Number: 68.
Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1369031&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Sources

  1. Ambrose Dixon: The Man and the Legacy
  2. Ambrose Dixon The Man and the Legacy
  3. Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset Co., Maryland by Woodrow T.Wilson
  4. Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset Co., Maryland.
  5. Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Clayton Torrence

See also:

  • Thirty-Four Families of Old Somerset Co., Maryland by Woodrow T.Wilson
  • Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Clayton Torrence
  • Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume VI, page 11 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.)
Source: #S-2093685953
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18646117/person/723924461/facts
Source: #S-2093685953
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18646117/person/723924461/facts
Source: #S-2093685953
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18646117/person/723924461/facts
Source S-2076683358
Repository: #R-2093685954
Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths
Author: Edmund West, comp.
Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
Note:
APID: 5771::0

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Truitt Family Tree again.ged on 13 August 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.





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The Ambrose Dixon Society is on Facebook for anyone interested: [1].
posted by Matthew Redman
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.

posted by E Borgman