John Dixwell1

#3270, b. 6 March 1680/81, d. 21 April 1725
FatherJohn Dixwell b. 1607, d. 18 Mar 1688/89
MotherBathshua Howe b. 15 May 1648, d. 27 Dec 1729

Spouse

Abigail Walker b. 22 Dec 1683

BMDB

     John Dixwell was born on 6 March 1680/81 at New Haven, New Haven, Conn.2 He married Abigail Walker, daughter of Thomas Walker and Susanna Collins, on 18 April 1723 at Boston, Suffolk, Mass; Thwing Collection, 18070; this was her second and his third marriage.3 John Dixwell died on 21 April 1725 at Boston, Suffolk, Mass, at age 44; Thwing Collection, 6905.4,5,6

Other Events

     John Dixwell and Mary Dixwell were siblings, and their spouses were second cousins.
ChartsDescendants of John the Shoemaker
Descendants of John the Shoemaker, Smith List
Descendants of Edward Dixwell
Descendants of Edward Howe
Descendants of Thomas Walker
Deacon's Descendants

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 2:055.
  2. Donald Lines Jacobus Families of Ancient New Haven, 8 vols. (Rome, New York: Clarence D Smith, 1923), 3:544.
  3. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Document 150) (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1898), 112.
  4. "Boston Church Records" The Records of the Churches of Boston (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGS, 2008), New North Church, 96.
  5. M. Halsey Thomas, The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, 2 vols. (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973), 2:1029.
  6. Oliver Ayer Roberts, History of . . . the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, 4 vols. (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895), 2:019.