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SIXTH GENERATION

34. Charles DIXON III was Church of England (Protestant) after 1730.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was born on 8 Mar 1730 in Kirleavington (near Yarm), E. Riding, Yorkshire, England.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽¹⁶⁸⁾ "Planters and Pioneers" lists birth date of 15 May 1729 at Kirkleavington, Yorkshire. He was a Bricklayer about 1749.⁽⁶⁹⁾ ⁽⁶⁸⁾ Charles Dixon was brought up as a bricklayer, but at age 19 engaged in paper manufacture. He was a Paper manufacturer in 1759 in Hutton Rudby, England.⁽⁶⁹⁾ ⁽¹²²⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He resided Hutton Rudby, England in 1759.⁽¹²²⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was Methodist on 21 Sep 1759 in Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He emigrated on 16 Mar 1772 from Fort Cumberland NS.⁽⁶⁹⁾ Sailed from Liverpool 16 March 1772 on "Duke of York" to Halifax NS, then to Fort Cumberland, arriving 21 May 1772.

See also "Planters and Pioneers, N. S., 1749-1775, by Esther Clark Wright, p. 96-97. He resided Sackville NB/NS on 8 Jun 1772. Bought 2,500 acres in what is now Sackville. He was elected as Named Justice of the Peace in 1775 in Sackville NS.⁽¹²²⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was elected as Appointed Judge of Common Pleas in 1778 in Sackville NS.⁽¹²²⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was Methodist in 1802 in Sackville NS.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽¹²²⁾ Gave land in Sackville for Methodist preacher's house. Named Trustee of house with others, including Thomas Roach. He died on 21 Aug 1817.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽¹⁶⁸⁾ Will of Charles Dixon dated 9 July 1816 and proved 25 Aug 1817 as noted in "Early New Brunswick Probate 1785-1835" by R. Wallace Hale, page 124, published 1989 by Heritage Books, Inc., 1540E Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie MD 20716. He was elected as Member, New Brunswick Legislature 1786-1793 and later.⁽⁶⁹⁾ He was a Collector of Customs c1794.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ Clipping from unidentified newspaper 18 Sept 1943 in MS in Archives reported Charles Dixon as Collector of Customs. He had a brother/sister named Edward.⁽¹²²⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ Like a number of the Dixon men, Edward became blind in his later years. He had a brother/sister named Sister, married a Mr. Scotson.⁽¹²²⁾ He was married to Susanna COATES on 24 Jun 1763 in England.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽¹⁶⁸⁾ Dixon's grandson quotes a paper written by Charles Dixon saying that Charles married at the age of 31, which would have been 1761.

"Pioneers and Settlers" by E. C. Wright lists marriage date as 4 July 1763.

35. Susanna COATES was born in 1736.⁽⁶⁹⁾ She was christened on 27 Mar 1737 in Hilton, Yorkshire, England.⁽¹⁶⁹⁾ She emigrated in 1772. Also emigrating at the same time on the "Duke of York" was Thomas Coates of Thirlby-Near-Thirsk, Yorkshire; his wife Ann (Hood?) and children -- James, Robert and Mary. Probably a brother of Susanna. She died on 13 Jun 1826 in Sackville NB.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽¹⁶⁹⁾ She had a brother/sister named Isabella c1747.⁽⁶⁹⁾ Isabella married John Trenholm, settled at Point De Bute, NS; died 10 March 1817 in her 70's. John Trenholm died 24 Oct 1817 in his 70's. At least 1 son, John Jr. She resided Sackville, New Brunswick.⁽⁶⁷⁾ She was Related to thread mfrs. in Manchester, England.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ Children were:

i. Mary DIXON (I) was born on 5 Jul 1764 in England.⁽¹²⁹⁾ She resided Fort Lawrence in 1780.⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ She died on 22 Dec 1837.⁽⁶⁸⁾ She was Methodist.⁽⁶⁸⁾
ii. Charles Jr. DIXON was born on 10 Jan 1766 in England.⁽¹²⁹⁾ He emigrated in 1772 from from England to Nova Scotia.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was (1) Methodist about 1780.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He served in the military in 1782 in Fort Cumberland NS.⁽⁶⁸⁾ Charles Dixon Jr., with other youths from Sackville, was taken to Fort Cumberland to perform garrison duty. He was Traveled through US in 1803.⁽⁶⁸⁾ Charles Dixon with a young neighbor, Timothy Richardson, journeyed to Cincinnati, Ohio, much of the time on foot. There they had a boat constructed and floated to New Orleans. They then took passage by sea for New York; Charles became ill with ague, but eventually took ship for home, with a stay at Mount Desert because of bad weather. He resided (2) Kirkland, Ohio in 1837.⁽¹⁷⁰⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He emigrated in 1837 from Kirtland, Ohio.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was (2) Mormon about 1837.⁽¹⁷⁰⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ He resided (3) Quincy IL in 1838.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He resided (4)Kirtland, Ohio in 1839.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was ill with Became blind about 1846.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was buried in 1855 in Davenport, Iowa.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He died on 22 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, UT.⁽¹⁷¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁰⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ Death record of Nova Scotia -- Colchester -- lists Charles Dixon, born in England, died 1866-03-13.

Dixon and Roach Families ms. says Charles died on trip to Salt Lake City, aged about 89. He became a Mormon and went to Kurtland UT (or Kirkland, Ohio) in 1837.

"History of Sackville" says he was blind and had a fatal fall en route to Utah.

Dixon history says he left Ohio in spring of 1854 to travel to Salt Lake City. At Rock Island (IL), he fell from the steps of the hotel because of his blindness; the injuries were fatal. He died 22 May (presumably 1854). He was buried at Davenport, Iowa. The family continued their journey. He resided (1) Sackville NB.⁽⁶⁸⁾ He was a Farming.⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ Charles Dixon Jr. also tried his hand at brewing ale, built windmills, speculated in shipbuilding, not successfully.
iii. Susanna DIXON was born on 24 Jul 1767 in England. She died in 1835.⁽⁶⁸⁾
iv. Elizabeth DIXON (I) was born on 25 Aug 1770 in England. She died on 26 Jun 1859.
17 v. Ruth DIXON (1st wife).
vi. Martha DIXON (I) was born on 3 Jun 1774.⁽¹²⁹⁾ She died c1846.⁽¹²⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ History of Sackville says Benjamin Wilson drowned at sea in 1824 and Martha Dixon Wilson died in 1849, aged 74..
vii. Edward (Edwin) DIXON (I) was born on 20 Sep 1776.⁽¹²⁹⁾⁽¹⁷⁰⁾ History of Sackville names him Edwin, not Edward. He died c1861.⁽¹²⁹⁾
viii. William Coates DIXON was born on 23 Feb 1778.⁽¹²⁹⁾ He died in 1865.⁽¹²⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁷⁰⁾
ix. DIXON.