John
Nixon
Sr.
Born in Prince William, York, New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of Hamilton Nixon
and Agnes (Robinson) Nixon
Brother of
Margaret Jane (Nixon) Kelly, Esther (Nixon) Bishop, Robert Nixon Sr. and Elizabeth Ann Nixon
Husband of
Anne (Dickinson) Nixon
— married
29 Dec 1853 in Wakefield, Carleton Co., NB
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Jane Nixon, Anna M. Nixon, Robert Horace Nixon, John Burton Nixon, Alexander W. Nixon, George Carleton Nixon and Susan Nixon
Died
at about age 66
in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2013
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Contents |
Biography
John was born about 1828. He was the son of Hamilton Nixon and Agnes Robinson. He passed away in 1894.[1]
In the 1861 census John is identified as being 'sick/infirm'.
d. Lower Brighton (Carleton Co.) 25th Dec., John NIXON, age 65 years 8 mos., left widow, three sons and two daughters. Bro. Nixon was a great sufferer for three months. The solemn occasion was imporved by Elder David Brooks, assisted by Revs. Trafton and Swim. Carleton Sentinel, January 13 1894.
Both John and his wife Anne (Dickinson) were buried in the Lower Brighton Cemetery near Woodstock New Brunswick
NB archives contains links to 1830/31 Probated wills and includes Hamilton Nixon's will leaving the bulk of his estate to his sons, Robert and John. John's sisters were to each receive a cow.
Census Return
- 1851 Canadian census
- http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1851_pdf/e092/e002292090.pdf
- 1861 Canadian census
- http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108533_00050.pdf
- 1871 Canadian census
- http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396658_00163.pdf
- 1881 Canadian census
- http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008133018.pdf
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- John is exec. for his fathers will.
- http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=7720bf07-ad34-44c9-8748-f2bb2a03419f&r=1&ni=218953
- http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&abstract=8836§ion=NameIndex
- Lower Brighton Cemetery, Carleton County, NB transcribed by Eugene Quigley (August 2002)
- Ruby May (Burlock) Dickinson (Family Group sheets)
- Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (Volume 91 Number 44)
- http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA
- Find A Grave: Memorial #118691104
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Eugene Quigley for starting this profile.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
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