Catherine Wethered (1744 - 1826)

Born 9 Feb 1744 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Thomas Dixson — married 9 Apr 1761 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 12 May 1826 at age 82 in Westmorland, New Brunswick

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Biography

At some point prior to 1761, Dixson travelled south to Massachusetts and met Catherine Wethered (or 'Weatherhead'),[1] whom he married in Kings Chapel in Boston on April 9 that year. That same year, Dixson received a land grant at Fort Beauséjour, but later moved to Point de Bute, New Brunswick.[1]

Catherine was mentioned on a memorial in Saint Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada with a death date of 12 May 1826.^[1]

Research Notes

FS has birthplace as CT, FG has birthplace as MA.

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #133372471 (accessed 8 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Catherine Wethered Dixson (1741-12 May 1826), citing Saint Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by Scott A (contributor 50170331).

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dixson

• https://web.archive.org/web/20181211042719/http://newscotland1398.ca/hist/nshistory04.html

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCTW-K5N

• https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=ae419371-e5b1-407e-b7cc-020d4013fb8b&r=1&ni=83516

Notes

Birthdate assumed to be close to her husband's.