Nathan Dicks (abt. 1690 - aft. 1756)

Dix-1393 and Dicks-226 appear to represent the same person because: Both father of Sarah (Dix) Oldham, who also needs to be merged.

I found a marriage record for Nathan Dicks and Sarah Sharpless in the Quaker records on 7 Apr 1748.

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21642243?h=9f397b

If no one objects I will add the second marriage, will and other Quaker records to his profile.

According to the Quaker records Nathan died about 1760 and was buried on 3 Aug 1760. It also names him as the son of Peter Dicks. Here is a free link to review the doc. It seems likely that the will I posted is for this Nathan Dicks and this burial record corresponds to the date the will was probated. A question I have is who is this second wife Sarah?

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21642132?h=fbc4aa

I think this evidence is enough to state his death about 1760 in Chester County PA as certain.

I found this will among the probate papers of a man named Nathan Dicks that was made 19 Aug 1757. His wife is named as Sarah. Also named are Job Joseph and Abram Dicks. Is this the same man as Nathan Dicks that died after 1756 in Chester County? It seems to me that it certainly could be. Here is a free link to review the will document on Ancestry. What you you guys think?

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/21642084?h=385985

Job Joseph and Abram Dicks were Nathan's brothers. From Chester Co Will Abstracts, p 455-Peter Dix, Birmingham, 12/7/1703/4, 9/8/1704, Bk B-378.

In the Peter Dicks of Nether Providence. 10/31/1756. Codicil: August 21, 1760. September 3, 1760. To eldest son Joseph plantation in Nether Providence containing 133 acres bought of James Ewing and his heirs ""on the body of his present wife Anne begot or to be begotten."" To son Job 2 pieces of land in Springfield bought of Benjamin Maddock, also piece of land being part of the tract I now live on. To son John messuage and divers lotts of ground in Chester purchased of Robert and John Barber. To youngest son Roger messuage where I now dwell containing about 140 acres which I purchased of Swaffers children. Executors are to sell all remainder of lands in Chester and York county. Son Abraham and brother-in-law William Swaffer are Executors. Provides for wife Sarah. To daughter Jane Dicks £100 at 21. Remainder divided among all children except Nathan, ""whom I exclude from any share unless he pay the money now justly due me from him."" Codicil gives to Pennsylvania Hospital £50. Mentions £300 he had put into Grubb's Iron Works.

I am trying to establish whether or not my ancestor, Mary Dix/Dicks McGrew was a daughter of this Nathan Dicks as is widely reported in online genealogies. I note that you do not list a "Mary" as a daughter of this Nathan Dicks. Can you confidently exclude that possibility? What is the primary evidence for the children of Nathan Dicks? I have mostly only been able to find secondary sources on this, many of which report a daughter Mary, but without any consensus as to her date of birth.

Also, please note the Gettysburg Times article, "Mill Still Serves Community at 150" on the page of James McGrew (1706-1793), which reports that McGrew purchased the Mill property from Nathan Dicks (possibly his father-in-law) in 1749.

Do you have definitive evidence that Nathan Dicks/Dix Sr. ever made the migration to Guilford? I note that the wedding certificate for Nathan Jr. (just uploaded on Jr.'s page) indicates that he is the son of Nathan Sr. of York Co., PA, and Nathan, Sr.'s name does not appear on the wedding certificate, although his brother's (Peter's) does. It seems likely that Nathan, Sr. died in York County unless you have evidence to the contrary.

Dicks-344 and Dicks-226 appear to represent the same person because: Sometimes the search doesn't work so well, but these are clearly duplicates.