Sarah (Dixon) Martin (aft. 1724 - bef. 1800)

Descendants

Died before 4 Nov 1800 before age 76 in Chatham Co. SC

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Disambiguation: Sarah Dixon, wife of George Martin, is frequently seen conflated with Sarah Dixon wife of David Pusey. They are not the same person and numerous internet genealogy sites give erroneous information and familial connections which may be undocumented or simply in error. The parents of Sarah Dixon, wife of George Martin, are unknown/undocumented at this time. She should not be reconnected as daughter of John Dixon and Sarah Hollingsworth, as there is no evidence she is their daughter and statements in the Goshen Monthly Meeting minutes that the wife of George Martin was not Quaker. T Stanton 8 May 2022 (Quakers Project)

Biography

Her parentage and date of birth are unknown. See Research Notes for frequently seen erroneous information which previously appeared on this profile.

She married George Martin in 1746 or 1747.^[1]

Sarah was born in 1746-1747 and was dead before George wrote his will.^[2]

George Martin's Will

following transcription posted by Janet Ariciu in Rootsweb:

CHATHAM COUNTY WILLS L - M - N

George Martin Will - Dated 4 Nov., 1800

I George Martin of Chatham County and State of North Carolina Thinking it needful for the telling of my ______ goods? do make this my last will and testament making void all former wills and confirming this present writing.

Firstly, I will that my executors herein after named to pay all my just debts and Expence of Burial.

Secondly, I give and bequeath to my sons Adam Martin and Samuel Martin the tract of land whereon I now live containing three Hundred acres as my deeds describes to be equally divided between them the West end for Adam and the East End Samuel with their paying fifty Dollars, or property to the value Each of them to be equally divided Between their brothers and sisters Viz: Margaret George Jane John Rachel Mary Sarah Catharine and Ann.

Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hanah Sixty two silver Dollars or the value there of in good property. Also one Feather bed bedstead and furniture. Also one pewter dish, two pewter plates and one skillet and one breeding sow.

Lastly, I appoint my sons Adam Martin & Samuel Martin to Execute this my last will and testament. In wittness whereof I set my hand and seal this 4th day of November, 1800.

George Martin {Seal}

Witnesses: James Underwood Senr., James Edwards

CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, RECORD OF WILLS
ORIGINALS - NCSA Microfilm # C.022.80001
VOL. A 1798-1819

Note about Chatham County

Chatham County, North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from Orange County, North Carolina.^[3]

Orange County, North Carolina, was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County.^[4] (For more information about counties formed from Orange county, see page 3, The State of North Carolina with Native American Ancestry: The Formation of the Eastern and Coastal Counties in North Carolina, by Milton E. Campbell.)

As far as I can determine, there is no indication that this family lived in a county in South Carolina named Chatham (or Orange). There is a George Martin who was born 1763 in Orange county, Virginia,^[5] but I don't think he's of this family.^[6] Moses Martin, Sarah Dixon's nephew through her husband George, was born in Bedford County, Virginia & served in the War for Independence (Service: NC, Died: Pulaski County, Kentucky).^[7]

Residences of George Martin

Note: The Mendenhall Family Association (in its Family Group Sheet for [ Mendenhall Person: I61347 George ) shows Sarah born in in Orange County, North Carolina, but also shows her married to George in Pennsylvania and the mother of his children there. Janet Ariciu's page (for George) shows her birth in Chester, Pennsylvania, which is more likely.

Following information from Mendenhall researcher Herbert Standing, Earlham, Iowa, posted in Rootsweb July 22, 2003:

George Martin removed with his parents in 1737 from "Aston Township, now Delaware County, PA, ... to Caernarvon Township in Lancaster County, PA, not far from the Chester County, PA. ... Moses Martin, Sr. died in 1739.... His family continued on in Caernarvon Township, but in the early 1750's a number of his children, with their families, moved to the Southland, probably four of whom accompanied the Quaker migration to North Carolina.... It appears that the families of George Martin, Moses Martin, Jr, and Susanna Martin and her husband William Adams, made the journey ca. 1754-1756, probably sojourning in Bedford County, VA in 1755. It is not known just where the George Martin and William Adams families first settled in North Carolina. Seven of the children of George Martin are recorded as being born in what was then Orange County, NC. Two of his daughters, Rachel and Mary, were married at Rocky River Meeting, then a Preparative Meeting of Cane Creek MM, in 1781. The family of William and Susanna (Martin) Adams had moved to Surry County, NC by 1787 and became members of Deep Creek MM, now located in Yadkin County, NC. Yadkin County was set offf from Surry County. Deep Creek MM was set off from Deep River MM in present-day Guilford County.... John Martin, son of George Martin, also settled in Surry (Yadkin) County. He married Margaret Hadley, daughter of Simon and Bridget (Foote) Hadley."

Research Notes

The following which originally appeared in the narrative biography is erroneous. It has been left here so that it is not reintroduced as fact.

Sarah Dixon was born after 1724 (the year her parents married)^[8] Her father, John Dixon, died in 1742 in Delaware; her mother, Sarah (Hollingsworth) Dixon had died in 1738.^[9] in Chester county.^[10]

Also in error, previously under See also:

• this post:

SARAH, b. October 7, 1706 in Rockland Manor, New Castle County, Delaware, m. (1) September 5, 1724 to John DIXON, (2) July 17, 1747 to George MARTIN, (3) on an unknown date to Aaron Harlan MARCH

This Sarah (Hollingsworth) Dixon married second Daniel Nichols who mentioned some of her children and grandchildren in his will.

Sources

1. ↑ see Family Group Sheet at Mendenhall Person: I61347 Mendenhall.org
2. ↑ statement added by Mouraine Baker, July 18, 2015
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Chatham County
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Orange County
5. ↑ according to his pension application (pdf transcript)
6. ↑ It's possible, though. Herbert Standing's post says "the families...probably sojourning in Bedford County, VA in 1755." Orange County, Virginia is further north than Bedford County. Perhaps one of the families settled there rather than continuing south. (See Wikipedia's articles on the Virginia counties of Orange and Bedford.) Also, the widow filed in Bedford county.
7. ↑ Pension application (pdf). See also his DAR record:
   

   Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 19, 2015), "Record of Moses Martin, drummer", Ancestor # A074433.

8. ↑ date ranges given in Glenn Dixon's gedcom were born sometime between 1722 and 1748, died sometime between 1728 and 1831. Initial guess for birth year to facilitate merging and matching was 1735, which isn't feasible with a 1746 or 1747 marriage.
9. ↑ source citations for these dates are needed
10. ↑ Janet Ariciu's Rootsweb entry for George Martin (accessed July 19, 2015)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dixon-1162 created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Glenn and others.