Ancestral Glimpses » Mary Wilson (± 1625-1688)

Persönliche Daten Mary Wilson 

• Alternative Name: Mary (Peddington) Wilson
• Sie ist geboren rund 1625 in Runnington, Somerset, ENGLAND.
• Alternative: Sie ist geboren rund 1632.
• Sie ist verstorben im Jahr 1688 in Somerset County, Maryland, British America.
• Alternative: Sie ist verstorben am 15. Februar 1691/2 in Somerset County, Maryland, British America.
• Ein Kind von George Wilson
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 29. Dezember 2017.

Familie von Mary Wilson

(1) Sie ist verheiratet mit Ambrose Dixon.

Ambrose. He married a widow named Mary whose first husband was Henry
Peddiiington (Pedenden, Pedlington and other varied spellings). Her
husband had died by 1647, leaving her with one son - Henry Jr. As Mrs
Peddington she appears twice in the early court records:

26 Nov. 1638 - Whereas Henry Pecidenden made it appeare unto this
court that there is 200 acres of land dew to him for the
transportation of 4 persons into the County (can't read) Give him a
small neck of land Iyeinge in Hungars (for transportation of) Henry
Peddenden, Mary his Wife, Christopher Bryan, James Hardyn [so Mary was
already rnarriedto him when they arrived)

Ambrose is listed as a headright in 1649. As Nugent says in her book
Pioneers and Cavaliers, land for headrights was often, if not
usually,claimed years after the person had actually come into the
country. The reason was that it cost money to do the paperwork and
surveying that uses involved in patenting land and few early settlers
had money tospare until they had been in the colony for some years.
Henry Peddington is first mentioned in the Court Records in 1635 but
doesn't claim his free land until 1638. Ambrose Dixon is first
rnentimed in the Court Records in 1640, but isn't named as a headright
until 1649.

In 1661 he ironed Edmund Scarburgh and several others in riding
against the Indians in defiance of the law. A Court Order of 10 May
1651 says:

Whereas Mr Edmunci Scarburgh, Mr Thomas Johnson, Mr Richard Vaughan,
Captain Jan Dollinge, John Robinson,, Toby Norton, Richard Baily,
Ambrose DIXON, Richard Hill, JenkinPrice And divers others Inhabitants
andfree men in the Upper parte of the parish in the Countie of
Northampton Did in a Hostile manner (contrary to the known laws of
Virginia And the League made with the Indians) upon the 28th day
Aprill last past Rayse a partie of men to the number of fiftie persons
with Armes and ammunicon And upon the aforesaid date marched amonge
the Indians with a Resolucon to take or kill the Queen of Pocamoke,
shott at Indians, slashed and cut (can't read), Took Indians prisoner,
And bound one of them with a Chayne, which, said Accons caused the
Indians to invadethe county, to the great danger of our lives and
estates, It is therefore ordered that the Sherriff shall forthwith
Arrest the Bodies ofall the abovesaid parties. .. (goes on to say they
are to remain in custody until they post bonds to appear in person at
James City to answer the Governor and Council on 21 May)

The same year, 1651, Ambrose DIXON is among those that signed the Oath
of Fidelity to the Commonwealth (the king had been beheaded and
themonarchy dissolved, Cromwell was in power)

12 Oct. 1652 Ambrose DIXON and Stephen Horsely (Horsey) patent 600
acres in Northamptor County for transportation of 12 persons among
whom is Mary Dixon.

29 Oct. 1655 - Whereas it appeareth to ye Courte that a dogg and bitch
of Ambrose Dixon followed one Tho: Ward and was by a semant of Mr Jno
Tilnagefound aworrying of two sheep of ye said Tinage which dyed ofthe
biting of ye said dogge and bitch It is ordered that ye said Tho:Ward
shall forthwith make paymerd unto ye said Mr. Jno Tilnage 360 Ibs
tob. and caske with court charge it is further ordered if any man or
woman for further time shall walk with a dog or bitch that shall kill
any sheep that it be thereby charged that the party soe offending
shall pay the full value of the sheep worried or killed

When next Arnbrose appears in Court it is for refusing to pay tithes

Ambrose remained an independent thinker all
of his long life. When he was in his late 50's he again got into
trouble
with the authorities. It seems that he disposed of tobacco that the
Aunder-sheriff had confiscated on his property to pay his overdue
rents and
taxes. The "broad arrow" that is mentioned here is the same mark
thatwas
put on the door of his house by Col. Scarburgh in 1663. Since almost
no one
could read in those days, a sign that everyone understood was used.
The
"Broad arrow" was the sign that property had been confiscated by the
authorities and no longer belonged to the previous owner.
In 1677 (from Judicial Records 1675-1677) it says:
Whereas complaint hath this day beene made to me against Ambrose DIXON
of
the county of Somerset planter did in or neare about in month of
ffebruary
last past at ye tobacco house of ye said DIXON upon his plantation
after ye
marke and dispose of 5 hogsheads of tobacco which was by William
Stevens
undersheriff to Captain Thomas Waller of Somerset County marked with
an
broad arrow and intended to be weighed and received of him ye said
DIXON
towards defraying of his publick dues and his lordships rents and that
when
ye said William Stevens did accordingly goe about to weigh ye same and
to
take an exact accompt thereof both for his owne satisfaction and for
ye
satisfaction of him ye said DIXON that then ye said DIXON (in contempt
of ye
power and authority of ye said Stevens) did openly and violently by
force of
armes and divers threatening and abusive speeches withstand and oppose
ye
said undersheriff and would not suffer him to execute his office but
disposed of ye said tobacco aforesaid If therefore ye said DIXON shall
not
attend ye next county court to bee held in ye said county repaire to
it ye
said court and therefore before ye commissioners of ye same openly and
in
public view of ye whole court prostrate himselfe upon his knees and
acknowledge his great error to his said Lord Proprietor and crave
pardon and
forgiveness for ye same promising ammendment for ye same and ye future
then
and you are hereby strictly willed and required to have ye body of him
ye
said DIXON at ye next provincial court to bee held att St Maries on ye
19th
day of June next to suffer such punishment for ye same as his said
Lordships
Justices shall think fitt to inflict upon him

Ambrose DIXON openly and in publique view of ye whole court did
acknowledge
his great error and humbly craves pardon and forgiveness for ye same

DIXON had clearly gotten in over his head this time and the justices
were quick to make an example of him. Whether they then sent him to
St.
Marys is never said, but probably they made do with his apology.

Ambrose DIXON wrote had his will written the 7th of April 1686:

Dau Elizabeth wife of Robert Dukes
one negro woman Called Betty Ginney and her increase also 1 horse

grandchild Thomas Potter sonn of Henry Potter 1 cow and calf 1 mare
and her
female increase 1 young female negro Thomas Potter to be put
to
scoole there to learne reading and writting and
arethmatik

son in law Edmund Beauchamp 1 cow and calf 1 young black mare called
Ginney
ye Younger

Elizabeth Willson ye wife of George Willson mare of ye bay coller with
a
white star in her forehead called by ye name of Jinney

wifes son Henry Penington one negro girl about 10 years old

James Brown 1000 lbs of good Merchantible tobacco in cask

rest to wife Mary Dixon except part Thomas Dixon lives on

son Thomas Dixon, son in law Thomas Cottingham, son in law Edmund
Beauchamp,
son in law Robert Dukes, son in law John Richards, son in law Henry
Potter
after decease of Wife to be equally divided

if Mary intermarry she is to injoy and posess 1/3 only promised to
make over to friends 1 acre of land for ye consideration of 12 pence
in
money received where meeting house now is
Mary Dixon executrix
Signed with his marke A

codicil - if any of my said children and sons in law shall in any way
trouble or molest illegaly my beloved wife, my executrix Mary Dixon in
or
about or concerning this my last will and testament their shares to be
void

Ambrose Dixon

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900sMay 2, 2004 4:38 PM

Personal Information

Name:Ambrose Dixon
Year:1661
Place:Maryland
Family Members:Wife Dixon, Mary; Child Dixon, Sarah; Child Dixon,
Grace; Child Dixon, Elizabeth; Child Dixon, Mary; Child Dixon,
Ambrose;Child Dixon, Thomas
Source Publication Code:2524.55
Primary Immigrant:Dixon, Ambrose
Annotation:Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land
Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record
ortranscript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical
and genealogical information may also be provided. The first
publication, The Early Settlers of Maryland, was indexed as source
number 8510 in PILI 1982.
Source Bibliography:GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers
of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p.
Page:68

Source Information: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists
Index, 1500s-1900s [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.,
2003. Original data: Filby, P. William, edit. Passenger and
ImmigrationLists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale
Research, 2003.

Sie haben geheiratet rund 1649 in Northampton, Virginia, British America.

Kind(er):

1. Thomas Dixon  ± 1646-1720 
2. Mary Dixon  ± 1650-???? 
3. Sarah Dixon  1650-± 1689 
4. Ambrose Dixon  1655-1655
5. Elizabeth Dixon  ± 1657-1687 
6. Grace Dixon  ± 1659-1753 
7. Alice Dixon  1663-1687 
8. Hannah Dixon  1666-1667

(2) Sie ist verheiratet mit Henry Peddington.

Sie haben geheiratet vor 1638 in ENGLAND.

Kind(er):

1. Henry Peddington  < 1647-????

Notizen bei Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson (widow Peddenton)
Birth: Mary Wilson (widow Peddenton) was born ca. 1625. 
Marriage: She md. Henry Peddenton I (Peddington?) ca. 1640. 
Administrator: Mary was named as administrator of an estate on 29 Jun 1647 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Henry Peddenton (or Peddington) was granted to Mary Peddenton, widow of the dec'd. Appraisers: John Browne, Levin Denwood, Garrett Anderson, Richard Bayly. (Notes: The relict and admtx of the dec'd md. Ambrose Dixon. A later reference shows Henry Peddington Jr., the son of Henry Peddington dec'd. 
Marriage: She md. Ambrose Dixon (Quaker) aft. 29 Jun 1647 at Northampton Co, VA. 
Court - Mary Wilson (widow Peddenton) was named in a court order on 28 Oct 1647 at Northampton Co, VA. It is ordered that Ambrose Dixon (who md. the relict & admrx of the estate of Henry Peddenton dec'd) shall pay unto Richard Jacob 145 lbs tobacco due under the hand of Peddenton.
Will - Mary was named in her husband's will on 7 Apr 1686 at Somerset Co, MD. She was shown as wife Mary in the will of Ambrose Dixon.

Family 1
Henry Peddenton I (Peddington?) b. 1604, d. b 29 Jun 1647
Marriage: She md. Henry Peddenton I (Peddington?) circa 1640. 
Child Henry Peddenton II b. ca. 1642

Family 2
Ambrose Dixon (Quaker) b. c 1620, d. 12 Apr 1687
Marriage: Mary Wilson (widow Peddenton) md. Ambrose Dixon (Quaker) aft. 29 Jun 1647 at Northampton Co, VA.
Children 
Mary Dixon+ 1 b. ca. 1650
 2.Thomas Dixon+ 5 b. ca. 1651
 3. Sarah Dixon+ 1 b. ca. 1653
 4. Ambrose Dixon Jr. b. ca. 1655
 5. Elizabeth Dixon+1 b. ca. 1657, d. 28 Feb 1687-88
 6. Grace Dixon b. ca. 1659
 7. Alice Dixon+ 1 b. 14 Feb 1663-64
 8. Hannah Dixon b. 9 Sep 1666, d. Oct 1667

Citations
Matthew M. Wise, Boston Family of Maryland, 2nd Ed, pp. 379-380 (Dixon Family of Somerset County).
Rob Hall, Ancestors of Hannah Furniss Tull.
James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 20 (adm. of Henry Peddenton (or Peddington), widow Mary).
Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves - CG, Northampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Orders, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 03, 1645-1651, p. 225 (28 Oct 1647 Court).
Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Somerest County Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710 (Liber EB 5), p. 30 (will of Ambrose Dixon, wife Mary).
F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, 1648-1725, 2nd Edition, p. 108 (Somerset Land Records).

Mary Wilson
born: Abt. 1625 in England
died: 1688 in Somerset County, Maryland

20 Sept.1644 - The deposition of Thomas Clifton taken in open Court. This deponent saith that Mrs Pedenden (later Mary DIXON) lost a peece of Ribbandine which goodwife Weede Boy found and gave it to Anne Smyth. Mrs Pedenden seeing the sayde Anne have it upon her head tooke her into the house by the arme and toore it out of her haire, John Hinman came to Mr Pedendens house and Fell into words of greate distaste, Whereupon the said Mr Pedenden told the said Hinman saying I never inform'd the Court with an untrust (and so on continued their argument).

4 July 1647: Henry Peddington is cited as deceased in his inventory dating to the 4 Jul 1647.[Henry Peddington, Inventory, 1645 - 1651, Northampton County Courthouse, Northampton, Virginia. Microfilm Reel# 3, folio 83, Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland.]
Mary Peddington is granted a commission of administration for the estate of her late husband. [Henry Peddington, Account, 1645 - 1651, Northampton County Courthouse, Northampton, Virginia. Microfilm Reel# 3, folio 88]
Ambrose Dixon is referred to as having md. the relict and administatrix of Henry Peddington within two separate court documents referencing the settling of debts, the earliest dating to the 28 Oct 1647 and one in Nov 1648. [Marshall, James Handley. Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia: 1632 - 1802, Maine: Rockport, Picton Press, 1994, pp. 307, 224-25]
It appears Ambrose and Mary Dixon were md. bet. 4 Jul and 28 Oct 1647. Mary brought with her into the "new" family her son Henry Peddington Junior from her previous marriage. [http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/settlers/profiles/dixon.html]
"Certificate was this day granted unto Ambrose Dixon for three hundred acres of land providing that the said Ambrose, his executors or assigns, shall be responsible unto the said Henry Peddington Jr., for one indenture when it shall be requested."Mary Dixon is one of the six individuals who signed as attesting witnesses, which marks her first appearance as a wife and no longer as the widow Peddington. [Ambrose Dixon, Order, 1651 - 1654, Northampton County Courthouse, Northampton, Virginia. Microfilm Reel# 3, p. 87.]
In 1652 we find a Mary Dixon transported into the colony of Virginia by Ambrose Dixon and Stephen Horsey, of Northampton Co. [Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founders, by Clayton Torrence, p. 303]
More complete data than above excerpt:
1652 Mary DIXON was transported into colony of Virginia by Ambrose DIXON and Stephen HORSEY, Jr. of Northampton County 1 Apr 1663 Immigrated from Virginia to Maryland w/ Husband, son Thomas and daus. Elizabeth, Mary & Sarah 1663 Transported wife Mary; dau. Mary Jr, Elizabeth, Grace, Sarah; son Thomas -- Liber 5, Folio 255, Records of Land Patents (1633-1680) [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3166817&id=I422]
While living in Northampton County, Ambrose and Mary had six children of their own: Mary, Sarah, Thomas, Ambrose Junior [died young], Elizabeth, Grace, Alice, and Hanna [died young].
The exact dates of birth for the children aren't known, but by examining head right claims, one can ascertain all six were born around the Nuswattocks Creek area.[Maryland Land Office, Patent Records, 1661 - 1664, 5, 73, microfilm SR 7347. See subsection entitled, "The Maryland Migration". ]
After the family moved to Maryland, two more children were born.
28 Jul 1694: Son Thomas Dixon and John West admit that they owe Mary 300 pounds sterling and promise in Somerset County court to build a "sufficient good 20 foot square house...furnished by all consement benefit and behoof of her ye said Mary Dixon during her natural life as also ye said Thomas Dixon shall find and allow to the said Mary one sufficient servant to attend her...during her life as said with sufficienct of entertainment of meate drinke washing lodging apparell or other necessaries fitting and convenient for the said Mary during her natural life...as also the said Thomas Dixon doe well and truly perform the last will and testament of the said deceased Ambrose Dixon so far as is to be fulfilled and the Law require then the said obligation to be void and of none effect" (i.e., Thomas had to provide room, board and servant for the rest of her life or he forfeited 300 pounds sterling to her and lost his inheritance).
Her first husband was Henry Peddington who she md. in England bef. 1638. They both migrated to Maryland, but Henry died by 1647. By 1649, she had md. Ambrose Dixon.
Mary Pedington Dixon, may not be the mother of Mary Dixon Cottingham, as this was the second marriage of Ambroise who md. Mary Pedington a widow. Or Mary Dixon Cottingham, may not be the dau. of Ambroise.

Spouse: Henry Peddington or Pedenden
Spouse: Ambrose Dixon

Children:
1. Sarah Dixon
2. Mary Dixon (md. Thomas Cottingham)
3. Elisa Dixon (md. Robert Dukes)

Haben Sie Ergänzungen, Korrekturen oder Fragen im Zusammenhang mit Mary Wilson?
Der Autor dieser Publikation würde gerne von Ihnen hören!

Zeitbalken Mary Wilson

Klicken Sie auf den Namen für weitere Informationen. Verwendete Symbole:  Großeltern    Eltern    Geschwister    Kinder