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Sarah (Raylton) Dixon (1732 - 1796)

Sarah Dixon formerly Raylton
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 13 Sep 1753 in Coniscliffe, Durham, Englandmap
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Mother of , and
Died at age 63 in Cockfield, Durham, Englandmap
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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Sarah Raylton 1732-1796 Land Owner Sarah was born in Bowes, Yorkshire in 1732 the daughter of John Raylton & his wife Barbara nee Dixon. Barbara was the daughter of Ralph Dixon & the sister of George Dixon I . Sarah marries her first cousin George Dixon II at Coniscliffe in 1753. She dies at Cockfield on 18 Apr 1796 & is buried at Raby on 21 Apr. Her will is dated 24 Mar 1796 & was proved at Durham on 30 May 1797. She left land, coal mines & quarries, value £880-£1,000 [2017 values £35,000-£44,000].


"Sarah Raylton, daughter of John Railton & Barbara Railton, was born on 28 August 1732 in Bowes, Durham, England.[1].


Sarah died on 18 April 1796 (age 63) and was buried on 21 April 1796 in Staindrop, Durham, England.[2]

Her will, dated 24 mar 1796; probated at Durham 30 may 1797" [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Birth: "England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837"
    The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1333
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7097 #427752 (accessed 21 September 2022)
    Name Sarah Railton
    Event Type Birth
    Birth Date 28 Aug 1732
    Birth Place Bowes, Durham, England
    Gender Female
    Father John Railton
    Mother Barbara Railton
    Meeting Monthly Meeting of Darlington, Register Book for Cotherston, Barnard Castle, and Bowes
    Piece Description Piece 1670: Monthly Meeting of Bristol: Burial notes (1761-1765)
  2. ↑ Burial: "England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837"
    The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 49
  3. ↑ "The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale. Materials for a history of a yeoman family" by George Blundell Longstaff MA MD FRCP [1849-1921] published 1906 in London by Mitchell Hughes & Clarke. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924029786807;view=2up;seq=8
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