John Henry Dixon (1755 - 1824)

Born 7 Oct 1755 in Orange, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Dicks) Massey — married 15 Aug 1799 in Orange County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1824 at age 68 in Orange County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

John is the father of Joseph Dixon, born out of wed-lock to Rachel Haworth. Both John and Rachel were members of Cane Creek Quaker Monthly Meeting at the time. In Aug 1775 there was a court hearing in Chatham Co., NC: "John Dixon was fined four pounds and ordered to pay five pounds a year for five years for the maintenance of a base-born child begotten on the body of Rachel Haworth." Rachel Haworth was born in about 1756 and is the seventh child of Stephanus and Rachel Haworth. They were disowned from Cane Creek. Several years later Rachel condemned her misbehavior and was granted readmission. She married in 1780 with blessing of both sets of parents, and had about 14 more children.

John, on the other hand, continued to live in the Quaker community throughout his life, but did not rejoin the society. He worked as a farmer, married twice, and had many other children.

Sources

• [FindAGrave](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100725128/john-dixon)

• Cane Creek Monthly Meeting records of 1755 have several mentions of John Dixon and Rachel Haworth: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Minutes, Vol. I, 1751-1796, state, " John Dixon complained of for [sic] being charged by the oath of Rachel Haworth of being the father of her child, and after repeated labour with him, the meeting now disowns him. "

• North Carolina Compiled Census and Census Substitutes 1790-1890. John was on an early tax list in Chatham County, NC.

• U.S. Federal Census Records:

1790 Chatham County, NC 6 living in household.

1800 Hillsborough, Chatham County, NC 8 living in household.

1810 Chatham County, NC 8 living in household.

1820 Paoli, Orange County, IN 6 living in household.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YT-DZH : 29 December 2014), John Dixon and Ruth Massey, 15 Aug 1799; citing Orange,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,295.

Profile History

WikiTree profile Dixon-1233 created through the import of DIXON.GED on Oct 11, 2011 by Glenn Dixon