 Edward "Edward Deekes possibly" DixBorn ±. 1609, died 09 Jul 1660 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, approximately 51 years http://webpages.charter.net/mroman/dix.htm THE DIX FAMILY EDWARD DIX [934], d. Watertown, MA 9 Jul 1660,[7/23] m(1) JANE ____,d. Watertown, MA before 25 Jun 1660, m(2) Susanna ____. It is believed that the Edward Dix of Watertown was the "EdwardDeekes" who subscribed at the church gathering at Charlestown on Aug.27, 1630 and was admitted freeman on March 4, 1634-5. If this is so,then he must have come to America in the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 orvery soon afterward. One account states that at the age of 19 heembarked at Gravesend, England on Jan. 16, 1635 and that JuneWilkinson, age 20 came on the same vessel and later became his wife.Since Edward was granted land in 1636 he must have been older than 19in 1635 and thus this account is either incorrect or pertains toanother Edward Dix. Banks states that Jane Deeks came to America inthe Winthrop Fleet in 1630.[1] Edward Dix's name is 49th in the list of church members in the FirstChurch of Boston. His name is also on the earliest list of proprietorsof Watertown, where he had land granted to him as early as 1636.[1] Awidow Deborah Dix of Watertown moved to Wethersfield, CT at an earlydate.[6] What relation she was to Edward is not known. On Dec. 10, 1649 Edward was chosen one of the seven Selectmen for thefollowing year[3/1:19] and he had been a constable previous to April1651, when he and others were fined 10 shillings each for notproviding half bushels for standards. He had married a second timebefore his death in 1660.[1] Edward owned 167 acres of land when the first inventory of grants andpossessions was taken in Watertown by 1639. These included 1) ahomestall of eleven acres more or less bounded on the east by HenryBright, Sr. and Thomas Hastings, west by Stone Street, north byBenjamin Crispe, and south by Thomas Bartlett; 2) two acres of meadowin Beaverbrook meadow bounded south with upland of his own, north withthe common ground, and east by George Munnings; 3) three acres ofupland bounded south with the highway, west by John Flemming, and eastby John Nutt; 4) thirty acres of upland being a great Divident in thethird division, lot 4; 5) ten acres and a half of upland beyond thefurther plain, lot 36; 6) three acres of plowland in the furtherplain, lot 57; 7) three acres of meadow in the remote meadows, lot 62;and 8) a farm of 105 acres of upland in the fourth division.[5/1:27]Edward still held this land, minus the 105 acre farm, when the secondinventory was taken in 1644. The plowland was then described asbounded south with the river, north with the highway, east by WinifredWoolcott, and west by Timothy Hawkins.[5/1:84] Edward's will, dated June 25, 1660 and proved Oct. 2, 1660, mentionedhis wife, his son John, and three daughters. Only one daughter wasnamed. She was Abigail, wife of Thomas Parks. The will was witnessedby Hugh Mason and Thomas Hastings. [4/1:243] Inventory of the estatewas taken Oct. 8, 1660 by Michael Barstow, Hugh Mason, and ThomasHastings and amounted to 254.03.10 including a dwelling house, barn,and 14 acre homestall. There was a total of 289 acres ofland.[4/1:245] John Dix, Jr. was about 20 years old in 1660 and hechose Sergt. John Wincoll as his guardian. A Deborah Dix married Richard Barnes of Marlborough, MA. She has beenattributed to the family of Edward Dix, but Bond disputes this claimon page 753. REF: [1] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick C. Warner, 1949(pg.175) [2] The History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 [3] Watertown Town Records, 1894 [4] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 6296) [5] Watertown Town Records, 1894 (Lands, Grants and Possessions) [6] The History of Ancient Wethersfield - Henry R. Stiles, 1904(pg.267) [7] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - WatertownRecords, Vol. 1, 1894 [8] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records,Vol. 2, 1900 Children[2/198]: 1. Abigail, b. Watertown, MA 2 May 1637,[7/5] d. Watertown 3 Feb1690-1, m. 1 Dec 1653 Thomas Parks, b. Eng. abt.1628, d. Newton, MA 11Aug 1689 2. Mary, b. Watertown 2 May 1639,[7/7] d. 18 Jun 1675, m(1) Watertown5 Feb 1662-3[7/24] Abraham Browne, Jr. (son of Abraham Browne andLydia), b. Watertown 6 Mar 1639-40,[7/4] d. bef. 28 Sep 1667,[2/119]m(2) 2 Sep 1668 Samuel Rice, bap. Berkhampstead, Eng. 12 Nov 1634,d. 24 Feb 1684-5 Chil:[2/119] 1) Lydia Browne, b. 11 Nov 1663, m. 31 Dec 1686 George Woodward (sonof George Woodward and Elizabeth Hammond), b. 11 Sep 1660, [2/657] d.1696, res. Brookline, MA; 2) Abraham Browne, b. 1665, d. Marlboro, MA May 1678; 3) Mary Rice, b.1669; 4) Edward Rice, b. 1672; 5) Abigail Rice, b. 1674; 6) Joseph Rice(births 3-5 are recorded in Marlboro, MA to Samuel Rice and Elizabeth,probably the Samuel Rice who married in Sudbury 8 Nov 1655 toElizabeth King, thus not Mary Dix's children) 3. John, b. Watertown 4 Sep 1640,[7/8] d. Watertown 7 Nov 1714,[8/53]m. Watertown 7 Jan 1670-1[7/33] Elizabeth Barnard (dau. John Barnardand Phebe Whiting) Chil.: 1) Elizabeth, b. 4 Dec 1671, m. 1694 Nathaniel Stearns; 2) John, b. Watertown 6 Mar 1672-3, m. Watertown 29 Nov 1697 MarthaLawrence, b. 1676; 3) Mary, b. 27 Feb 1674-5, d. 10 Jun 1676; 4) Abigail, b. 15 Mar 1676-7, m. 10 Dec 1701 Jonathan Grout ofSudbury; 5) Rebecca, b. 1 Mar 1678-9, d. 31 Mar 1679; 6) Deborah, b. 20 Jul 1680, m. 12 Feb 1710-1 Samuel Phillips; 7) Edward, b. 25 Sep 1682; 8) Joseph, b. 8 Sep 1686; 9) Jane, bap. 13 Oct 1689 4. Rebecca, b. Watertown 18 Feb 1641-2,[7/9] m. Watertown 18 Feb1667-8[7/30] Thomas Flagg (son of Thomas Flagg and Mary), b. Watertown28 Apr 1645[7/12] chil.:(see Flagg family)[2/220] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © Michael J. Roman, 1968-2000, all rights reserved. Theinformation contained herein may be printed, copied, and/ordistributed in part or in whole for personal use only provided thiscopyright notice is attached to the printout, copy, or distribution.Commercial use is expressly prohibited. Married 04 Mar 1635 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA (25 years married) to:  Jane WilkinsonBorn ±. 1609, died before. 25 Jun 1660 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA Children: 1. Abigail DixBorn 21 May 1637 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, died 03 Feb 1691 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, 53 years 2. Mary "Dikes" DixBorn 02 May 1639 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, died 18 Jun 1675 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, 36 years http://www.edmund-rice.org/ERA5gens/p35.htm179 Mary Dix1 (F) b. 02 May 1639, d. 18 Jun 1675 Mary Dix was born on 2 May 1639 at Watertown, MA; (literally 3rdmonth) under the name Dikes. She was the daughter of Edward Dix andJane Wilkerson. Mary Dix married Samuel Rice, son of Deacon EdmundRice and Thomasine Frost, in September 1668 at Sudbury, MA; (not foundin the published records). Mary Dix died on 18 June 1675 atMarlborough, MA; under the name Rice, the Rice Genealogical Registerindicates Concord as the place of death and the year as 1675. Thedeath, however, is not found in the vital records of Concord. For thatmatter, the death is not entered in any other town's vital records,but it does appear in the county records with the place as Marlboroughand the year as 1678. Unfortunately, a 1678 death would conflict bothwith Samuel Rice's third marriage in 1676 and the 1678 birth of hisson Joseph (both recorded in Concord). Therefore, we must assume thatthere was either a copying error in the county records or possibly atranscription error in the published Marlborough vital records.2,5,6 The births of all three children of Samuel and Mary Rice are alsoentered in the Marlborough vital records under Samuel and his firstwife Elizabeth.7 Her married name was Rice. She was also known asDikes.8 Her married name was Brown. She and Samuel Rice retired duringthe King Phillip's War in 1675 at Concord, MA.9 Children of Mary Dix and Samuel Rice: Mary Rice+ (06 Aug 1669 - 22 Oct 1736) Edward Rice+ (29 Jun 1672 - 20 Jul 1741) Abigail Rice (10 Mar 1673/74 - a 1684) 1. [S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 3. 2. [S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 3. 3. [S295] Fred G Barker, Watertown, MA Vital Records, p. 1:7. 4. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 8. 5. [S22] Mass Marlborough, Marlborough, MA, Vital Records, p. 386. 6. [S225] Charles Hudson, Marlborough, MA, History, p. 432. 7. [S22] Mass Marlborough, Marlborough, MA, Vital Records. 8. [S295] Fred G Barker, Watertown, MA Vital Records, 1:7. 9. [S213] Letter, Robert W., MD Goodenow to Dennis Rice, 27 August1997. 3. John DixBorn 04 sep 1640 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, died 07 Nov 1714 Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA, 74 years 4. Rebecca DixBorn 18 Feb 1642 Watertown, Middlesex, MA | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Edward "Edward Deekes possibly" DixMarried/ Related to: Susanna PRIVACY FILTER | |||