Hannah (Maddock) Nixon (1696 - 1723)

Born 18 Aug 1696 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Nixon — married 31 Jul 1716 in Dublin, Ireland

Died 1 Oct 1723 at age 27 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah Maddock was born in Dublin on 18 August 1696 to Quaker parents Hannah Fuller and Joseph Maddock. ^[1]

Her father, a fairly wealthy linen draper, died on 21 March 1716. (See his profile.) He left Hannah and each of her sisters £450 when they married or reached the age of 21. (Hannah was 19 at the time.)

Two months after her father's death, Hannah Maddock gave testimony against herself, saying that she had received and encouraged proposals of marriage from Benjamin Jessop (1695-) knowing that he had not first informed her mother or overseers (meaning the overseers of her father's will). ^[2]

Four months after her father's death, Hannah married Jacob Nixon, originally from Cumberland, in a Quaker ceremony. ^[3]

The couple had at least three children, Mary (b 1717), Joseph (b 1718, d 1719) and John (b & d 1720). ^[4]

Hannah died on 1 October 1723 and was buried in the Quaker burial ground in Cork St, Dublin. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0059&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F2503 : accessed 12 March 2021), birth of Hannah Maddock in Dublin on 18d 6mo (Aug) 1696, father: Joseph, mother: Hannah; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives
2. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11F-1%2F0166&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F344966 : accessed 27 July 2023), minutes dated 21d 3mo (May) 1716, Hannah Maddock received and gave encouragement to proposals relating to marriage from Benjamin Jessop without first acquainting her mother and overseers [to her father's will]. Self condemnation dated 19 3m 1716; citing Dublin disownments.1662-1756, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F1208B : accessed 12 March 2021), marriage of Hannah Maddock and Jacob Nixon son of John Nixon of Newtown Carlisle Cumberland England in Dublin on 31d 5mo (Jul) 1716; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-2%2F0327&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-2%2F0327 : accessed 27 July 2023), Family list of Hannah Maddock and Jacob Nixon; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1701-1726 and a few later, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
5. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-11%2F0477&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F4116 : accessed 27 July 2023), death of Hannah Nixon wife of Jacob Nixon on 1d 8mo (Oct) 1723, buried in Corke St; citing Dublin MM Family Lists, also some burials 1617, 1669-1774, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.