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Maryland Will Index
PIPER
1745 Christopher L 24 f 198 Som.
1759 Eleanor L 30 f 723 Som.
1674 John L.l1 f 605 St. Marys
1771 Rachel L38 f 343 Worc.
1704 Capt. William L3 f 402 Som.
1734 William L 21 f 165
PIPER, Rachel. w.d. 2 feb 1771 p. 17 may 1771 f. 56/57 Worc. Co
to: brother John
brother Nutter
sister Nelly
sister Ann
broth in law Levin STOTT, Nathaniel DIXON
wit. Jonathan CATHEL, Isaac DIXON, Thomas CAREY
PIPER
John, son of William m. 18 feb 1748 Ann piper, dau of Christopher Ref 1 Wic. 75
John, son of William m. 5 may 1758, Agnes Finney, dau of Wm Ref 1Wic.75
Tobias, m. 8 Aug 1676 Mary Empson Ref 9 Som. 401
MD. MARRIAGES
John Huill(Huitt) NUTTER m 13 aug 1727 Margritt Carlisle Ref 1 Wic. 28
John Huill(Huitt) NUTTER m. 4 Apr. 1735 Ann Nutter Ref 1 Wic. 29
Robert NUTTER m. c. Aug 1775 Sarah Bagwell Ref 1 CR. 6
WILLS SOMERSET CO.
NUTTER, Christopher Lib. 19 f 818
son Christopher
son William lands in Morumsco
brother Matthew
wife Margaret
test. Anna Makmorie, Sarah Austin,
John Jones, James Makormie.
PIPER, William of Stephney Parish w.d. 13 feb 1733/4 p. 4 jun 1734 Lib. 21 f. 165
sons John, Joseph
daus. Sarah, Anna
exec. Cousin James Dashiell
brother Christopher
cousins Huett Nutter, George Dashiell, John Caldwell Sr.
Test. Huett Nutter, Henry Ackworth, James Duncan
MARYLAND WILL INDEX/ LOWER SHORE
DIXON
1668 Ambrose Som 6/22
1697 Elizabeth Talb 7/264
1771 Elizabeth Som 38/228
1736 Isaac Talb 21/742
1750 Sarah Som. 27/520
1737/8 Sturgis Som. 21/839
1720 Thomas So. 16/100
1747/8 Thomas Som. 25/201
1701 William Talb. 11/169
1708 William Talb. 2/12,14?
1710 William Som. 13/46
1751 William Som. 28/102
1773 DICKESON, Isaac Som. Lib.39 f.517
DIXON, Sturgis Balt. 100 Som. Co. w.d. 5 Feb 1737 p. 14 Feb 1737/8
wife. Joice exec.
Test. Sergt. Smythyies, George West, Niblet Banks.
DIXON, Isaac Talbot Co. w.d. 1736 p. 22 mar 1736
son Christopher "Ending in Controversy", "Bonnet Hill" pt. of "Ashley", "Dixon's Outlet" and "Cottingham", dwelling plantation upon death to:
son Isaac upon condition he gives "Jerusalem" to youngest son John
dau Elizabeth
exec. Ratcliffe, Wilson, Atkinson, Barlett
SOMERSET COUNTY WILLS
DIXON, Thomas w.d. 1 Sept 1718 p. 5 may 1720 Lib. EB9
wife Susanna dwelling plantation on Ipsawansey Creek
upon her death to
son William- 100 a Dames Quarters on Annemessex
son Thomas-pt. Dames Quarter
sons Thomas and William marsh and lands
son and dau Henry and Alice Toadvine priv. Of keeping cattle on said lands
5 daus. Christianna, Abigail, Diana, Grace, and Alice 1 sh. ea already received their portions.
Wife exec.
Test. Wm. Planner, Samuel Handy, John Benson
DIXON, Thomas w.d. 8 Sept 1747 24 Feb 1748 Lib EB9
wife Sarah 1/3 dwelling plantation pt. "Dixon's Lott, Dixon's Choice, Dams Quarter"
"Bostonstown, pt. Dixon's Lott" utd to
son Thomas pt. Dixon's Lott Bostonstown
son Isaac pt. "Dam's Quarter and Dixon's Choice Enlarged"
brother William "Dixon's Addition" 167a bounds Capt. Thomas Williams"
dau Elizabeth Turpin
dau Mary Purnel
dau Sarah
son in law William Turpin
wit. Wm Smith, Outterbridge Horsey, Wm. Fordrod.
Thomas Dixon 28.150 A SO £763.1.11 £763.1.l0 May 16
Folios 150 & 151A. There are 2 folios numbered 151; for identification,
the first is
cited as 151A; the second as 151B.
Sureties: Outerbridge Horsey, William Smith.
Payments to: Isaac Dixon (accountant), Capt. David Willson, Capt. Thomas
Williams, Thomas Dixon, Ralph Milbourn, Henry Lowes, Capt. John Ponsonby
per Col. George Gale, Capt. John Dennis.
Legatees: Isaac (accountant), Thomas Dixon, Elisabeth Turpin wife of William
Turpin, wife (unnamed) of Levey Purnell, Sarah Dixon (minor).
Distribution to (equally): Thomas Dixon, Isaac Dixon, Sarah Dixon (aged
11).
Executors: Mrs. Sarah Dixon, Isaac Dixon.
DIXON, Ambrose w.d. 7 ap 1686 p. 10 aug 1688 Lib EB5
wife Mary dwelling plantation
son Thomas exec.
Son in law Thomas Cottingham
dau of Elizabeth wife of Robert Dukes
grandchild Thomas Potter son of Henry
grandchildren John, Richard and Henry Potter
son in law Edmund Beauchamp
Elizabeth Wilson wife of George Wilson
my wife son Henry Pendengton
DIXON, William Indian River Lib. EB5
son Sturgis
son William
son John
son Jonathan
dau Nancy
DIXON, Elizabeth w.d. 14 Nov 1819 p. 11 Sept 1821 Lib. JP4 f25
to Elizabeth widow of Isaac
set negro ------ free
Sarah White remaining property.
DIXON, Thomas w.d. 20 Dec. 1797 p. 22 ap 1800 Lib EB23 f10
dau Mary Cottingham
son William Dixon - land on Chappel Road
grandau Elizabeth Dixon Cottingham
grandau Sarah Cottingham
DIXON, William (of Thomas) w.d. 1 Mar 1806 p. 10 Feb 1807 Lib. EB23 f109
wife Mary
sister Ester Green
grandson/nephew? William Cottingham Green
DIXON, William w.d. 18 May 1811 p. 25 Nov 1817 Lib. EB23 f259
wife Elizabeth
nephews William (utd to his son Wm.) and Nathaniel
test Isaac Dixon, Thomas Furniss, Charles Hall
DIXON, Thomas Sr. (son of Thomas) w.d. 18 Sept 1794 p. 27 Jan 1795 Lib. EB17 f 356
Sarah Dixon Furniss (wife of Thomas Furniss) "Dixon's Choice and 216a Dixon's Choice Enlarged, Boston Town 32 a , Dixon's Addition 45 a and Neighbors Content 3 1/8a"
upon death to,
Wm. Furniss, son of Thomas
udt James Furniss
udt Nancy Furniss,
udt Thomas Furniss
udt John Furniss
wit. Wm. Turpin, Thomas Marshall, Wm. Moore.
DIXON, Sarah w.d. 1 Sept 1788 p. 12 Nov 1794 Lib. 17 f 325
sister Martha Ballard and her son? William Ballard
brother George Aires
dau Priscilla Aires
brother Littleton Aires
DIXON, Mary w.d. 5 Oct 1796 p. 13 Dec 1796 Lib. EB17 f 571
sister Elizabeth -lands left to her by father
brother Wm exec.
Test. Martha Dixon, Thomas Furniss, Wm. Dixon
DIXON, Ambrose w.d. 20 Jan 1783 p. 25 Aug 1792 Lib. 17 f225
wife Martha exec.
son William -lands-utd to grandson Wm. Dashiel Dixon
son Nathaniel- negro Abraham
son Outterbridge
dau Mary
dau Elizabeth- negro Pegg
son Ambrose- negroes Sam and Leah
DIXON, Elizabeth w.d. 10 Dec 1762 2 Mar 1771 Lib. EB5 f32
mentions husband William
son William- sterling sh.
son Ambrose
dau Mary Horsey
son Thomas
son Risdon
son Isaac
dau Elizabeth
son David dec'd/ brother David?
test. George Bosman, Wm .Dixon, George Livingston
DIXON, William w.d. 28 Nov 1747 p. 13 May 1751 Lib. EB4 f 47
wife Elizabeth
son Isaac marsh , lands and money (gold of Md.)
son Risdon "
son David "
son Ambrose "
dau Elizabeth
dau Mary Horsey
son Thomas exec. "First Choice"
DIXON, Sarah w.d 5 Feb 1750/1 p. 19 Feb 1750 Lib. EB4 f.1
dau Sarah
son Isaac
sons Thomas
Elizabeth Turpin, Isaac Dixon, Mary Purnell, Thomas Dixon 1 pistol? Ea.
Levi Purnel son of Sarah Purnell
test. Thomas Williams, Ambrose Dixon, Risdon Dixon
DIXON, Isaac 15 Jul 1788
son Isaac
son Thomas
grandchild Margaret Turpin ,dau of Sarah
wt. Wm Dixon, ------Schoolfield Lankford.
WORC. CO. WILL AND INVENTORY INDEX
DIXON
Ambrose 10-22-1802/6-7-1803 Adm. Nelly Dixon
Daniel 11-15-1809/11-15-1809 Adm. Wm. Q. Dixon
David /11-24-1794 Adm. Wm. Q. Dixon
Edwin 3-24-1903/4-20-1903 Adm. Oliver Collins
Isaac /9-5-1782 Adm. Francis Dixon
James D. /6-10-1873 Adm. John D. Aydelotte
----"-----/6-10-1873 2nd sale 7-6-1874
John M. /4-25-1854 Margaret Dixon?
Mary 12-1-1797
Nathaniel 11-20-1812/11-20-1812 adm. Wm. Dixon
Nelly 3-23-1813/ adm
Risdon /2-23-1776 adm Isaac
Thomas 10-12-1819/ adm.
WORCESTER CO. WILLS
DIXON, Ambrose w.d. 1 Jan 1800 p. 22 Oct. 1802 f. 346/347
wife Nelly (may be pregnant)
sons Nathaniel, Samuel, Outterbridge lands divided
daus Betty(Elizabeth), Nancy, Nelly(Eleanor)
wit. Wm. Richardson, Wm. Dixon, Samuel Dixon
DIXON, Mary w.d. 21 Oct 1797 p. 1 Dec 1797 f. 324
child viz. Wm. Q. Dixon, Henry Dixon, Tabitha Dixon, Daniel Dixon, Thomas Williams Dixon
mentions husband dec'd David Dixon
mentions dec'd dau. Susanna Dixon
DIXON, Nelly w.d. 13 Feb 1813 p. 23 Mar. 1813 f. 369
to brothers Ambrose, William, Huett N., Samuel
to sisters Mary Bruington, Anna Dixon, Sarah Dixon
brothers Nathaniel Dixon, William Dixon
mother unamed
wit. Daniel Smith, Samuel Dixon, Ann Dixon wife of Nathaniel
(her father)
DIXON, Nathaniel Sr. w.d. 12 Sept p.1812 20 Nov 1812 f. 348/349
children: Ambrose P.(Piper?), William, Samuel, Hugh Dixon, Mary Brueton
to youngest Nathaniel- all lands
to daus Sarah, Nelly, Anna
son Wm. Exec.?
Wit. Daniel Smith, Nathaniel Dixon Jr,. Nancy Dixon
BORN MARYLAND? Article by Ruth T. Dryden in OLD SOMERSET MAGAZINE by Roy Pollitt
5 March 1738 Jonathan DIXON of New Hanover, Bath Co. N.C. sold to John Mercy patented by William DIXON, who willed to son Sturgis DIXON, if no issue to son Jonathan. Sturgis died with no issue.
--------1738 Jonathan DIXON, of Bath Country, New Hanover, N.C. sold tract "Friendship" in Worc. Co. MD patented by his father William DIXON
VITAL RECORDS
Wm. Dashiel Dixon, son of Wm. Dixon and Ann Dixon, b. 7-24-1778 Coventry Parish
Ann Dixon wife of Wm., d. 7-29-1778
Thomas Dixon and Susanna Pollitt m. 8-9-1787 Coventry Parish
Isaac Dixon, son of Isaac b. 6-9-1796 Great Choptank Parish
NUTTER, PIPER, DIXON CONNECTIONS
Christopher NUTTER
dau. Sarah Nutter m. Capt. Wm. Piper d. 1704
child. viz.
William Piper d. 1734
Christopher Piper d. 1745
son. Matthew m. Anne Huett dau. of Rev John Huett
child viz.
Huett Nutter
Dixon
Information provided by Kate and Bill Matthews.
Ambrose Dixon, the Immigrant and a Quaker is well-known
in Lower Eastern Shore history as
being one of the "Guiding Lights" of early Somerset County. He
married Mary Wilison, daughter
of George Wilison, widow of Henry Peddenden. She had a son Henry, by her
first marriage.
Ambrose and Mary had issue: Mary, born circa 1650, married July 8, 1666,
Thomas
Cottingham, died 1681/6; Sarah, born circa 1653, married June 11, 1668 by
Mr. Stephen
Horsey, to Edmund Beauchamp, their son Thomas married Mary Turpin (see BEAUCHAMP);
Thomas; Ambrose, 1655-1662/3; Elizabeth, born circa 1657, married Robert
Dukes, their issue:
Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, John, and Sarah. Elizabeth Dukes died February
28, 1687, and was
buried with her father, Ambrose Dixon, in God s Acre at the Annemessex Meeting
House;
Grace, born circa 1659; Alice, born February 14, 1663/4, married Henry Potter,
son Thomas,
1679-1727 and daughter Hannah, born June 13, 1689; and Hannah, born September
9, 1666,
died October 1667 at Annemessex, Somerset County, MID.
Upon their arrival in the Colonies about 1649, the Dixons
lived in Northampton County, Virginia,
then moved to Somerset County, Maryland, about 1661 (three years before
its establishment)
because of religious conflicts, leading to civil disagreements with the
Government of Virginia.
Lord Baltimore, Proprietor of Maryland, had persistently urged his provincial
authorities to
protect his territorial rights of the Eastern Shore. Lord Baltimore s Maryland
boundary was being
encroached in the north (now Delaware) by Lord de la Warre; the southern
borders were being
manipulated by the machinations of the power-mad Colonel Edmund Scarburgh.
Lord Baltimore
anxiously offered land to those disaffected by the happenings in Virginia.
Ambrose Dixon and his
fellow Quakers and Dissenters, predominately Stephen Horsey (see STEPHEN
HORSEY),
Thomas Price, Henry Boston, George Johnson, William Coulbourne, Robert Hart,
and
Alexander Draper, accepted Lord Baltimore s offer of land in religion-tolerant
Maryland. They
settled on the Annemessex River. Ambrose patented land known as "Dixon
s Choice", his
homeplace, now known as the Sol Tull farm west of Marion Station, Somerset
County,
Maryland. It is thought that the back of the farmhouse now on that farm
was the original dwelling
built by Ambrose and Mary. Looking at it in reality and from an aerial photograph,
it looks as
though this could be true. Ambrose also held a piece of property on the
west side of Marumsco
Creek called "Dixon s Lott". In his following years, he accumulated
other properties, one of
which was "Dame s Quarter", a marsh suitable for grazing cattle.
Ambrose was a caulker by
trade, but he amassed a comfortable property of fertile lands and several
Negroes.
Even after Ambrose s entry into Maryland, he and his fellow
Quakers and Dissenters were
persecuted. Colonel Edmund Scarburgh, ardent Virginian and noted Indian-baiter,
in his
contrivance to force the settlers of the Annemessex and Manokin Rivers into
Virginia s
jurisdiction, continued to harass the settlers. He would bring his troops
into Annemessex, try to
arrest Ambrose and his friends, and upon their "disappearance"
would paint "ye broad arrow of
confiscation" (a broad yellow arrow) on the doors of their homes. Once
he called Ambrose, "a
prater of great nonsense, much lead by ye spirit of ignorance"; in
1663, he referred to Ambrose
as, "A receiver of many Quakers, his house a place of their resort.".
In November 1661, Ambrose appears as one of the first "surveyors
for ye highways" for the
State of Maryland. In November 1666, Ambrose Dixon, Ambrose London, Paul
Marsh, and
Roger Woolford were elected delegates to represent Somerset County in the
Lower House of
the General Assembly of the province to be convened March-April 1671, however,
when the
assembly met, only Marsh and Woolford appeared as Somerset delegates. No
explanation was
given for why Dixon and London did not attend. (Could it be because they
were both Quakers
and could not ‘swear an oath ?)
Undoubtedly, through the years, Ambrose and Mary s home
served as a meeting place for
Quakers in the area, confirming Scarburgh s reference to it as a "place
of their resort". Ambrose
gave the land for the Quaker Meeting House, God s Acre, from his property
sometime before
1687, for it is recorded that "Ambrose Dixon, Senr died and was buried
at the meeting house in
Annemessex the 12th day of Aprill Annoq Dotm one Thousand Six Hundred eighty
& seaven".
It is a great honor to have Ambrose Dixon as an ancestor.
Thomas Dixon, called "Captain" on Lord Baltimore
s Rent Rolls, was the son of Ambrose and his
wife, Mary. He was married first on August 12, 1672, by Captain William
Coulbourne, to
Christianna Potter; married second Susanna _________. Thomas and Christianna
had issue:
Ambrose, born November 13, 1673, baptized May 17, 1674, died 1718; Adria,
born
November25, 1675, died 1718; Thomas; Mary, 1683-1687; William, born August
16, 1686,
married Elizabeth __died 1751; Alice, married Henry Toadvine; Christianna;
Abigail; Diana; and
Grace. (The last four daughters may have been the children of Susanna ______
Thomas Dixon became a Chief Justice of Somerset County
being a Gentleman of the Quorum for
several terms. He represented Somerset in the Maryland General Assembly
from 1694-1697.
On September 18, 1694, Thomas Dixon, "as a member of the assemblie
from Somersett County
at St Manes subscribed to the belief "that there is not any transubstantiation
in the Sacrament of
the Lord s Supper or in the element of bread and wine at or after the consecration
thereof by any
person whatsoever." On October 18, 1694, Thomas Dixon, believing in
the building of free
schools, as did his father, Ambrose, donated 400 pounds tobacco to that
cause. In 1696, he
signed an address to King William as one of the Officers and Magistrates
of Somerset County.
Also in 1696, Thomas was appointed Vestryman of Coventry Parish, Somerset
County.
According to Lord Baltimore s Rent Rolls, he possessed
"Dixon s Choice"; the Somerset County
Rent Rolls give him additional properties: "First Choice", 200
acres on the north side of the
Pocomoke River at the head of Planner s Creek; "Dixon s Lot"",
1200 acres, between the Little
Annemessex and the Sound bearing toward the Nanticoke; "Dame s Quarter",
100 acres on
Annemessex Neck back to the woods.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., son of Thomas and his wife Christianna,
married Sarah Beauchamp, his
second cousin, and had issue: Isaac; Thomas; Mary married Levie Purnall,
they had a daughter
Sarah; Sarah married ___ White, they had a daughter Sarah; Elizabeth married
William Turpin.
Thomas, Jr., was a coronet in Colonel John Williams Colonial
Militia, with a record of service
from 1740 to 1748.
According to Lord Baltimore s Rent Rolls for 1744, Thomas,
Jr, held "Dixon s Choice", "Dixon s
Addition", "Dame Quarter", and "Boston".
Isaac Dixon, son of Thomas, II, married first August 13,
1753, Sarah Lane, and had issue:
Thomas; Isaac, born April 3, 1757; James, born February 26, 1759; and Sarah,
born July 12,
1760, married ___ Turpin, daughter Mary. It appears from Isaac s will that
Sarah had died and
he had married second Betty ___. Isaac Dixon lived the life of a gentleman
farmer in Somerset
County, Maryland.
Thomas Dixon, III, son of Isaac and his wife Sarah, married
August 9, 1787, Susan Pollitt (see
POLLITT) and had issue, all baptized at Coventry Parish, Somerset County,
Maryland: Sarah
Lane, born October 15, 1789, married Angelo Atkinson, had two sons, Thomas
Dixon, and
Levin, who married Mary Long, daughter of Josiah and Sally Long; Mary Dennis,
born March
13, 1791, married ___ Stevens; Susannah, born November 7, 1792; Nancy Ann
(see
COSTEN); Margaret, born January 20, 1797, married ___ Cottingham; and Thomas,
according
to Parish records he was not baptized, died October 12, 1811.
Thomas, III, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant under
Captain John Williams on
December 7, 1778 (Original Muster Rolls for Somerset County: Maryland Historical
Society,
Baltimore, Maryland).
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