Ambrose Dixon (c. 1619[1] - April 12, 1687) was an early American pioneer who was born in England and emigrated to the United States at an early age where he lived in the Virginia Colony before moving to Maryland. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there often to colonize the area England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony
Dixon married Mary, the widow of Henry Peddington, between July 4, and October 28, 1647. [2] It has been stated that her maiden was Wilson.
In 1651, Dixon joined Edmund Scarburgh and others in riding against the Indians in defiance of the law. Colonel Edmund Scarborough (September 1617 - 1671 was an influential early settler of Virginia and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1642 to 1671 A Court Order of 10 May 1651 says:
"Whereas Mr Edmund Scarburgh, Mr Thomas Johnson, Mr Richard Vaughan, Captain John Dollinge, John Robinson, Toby Norton, Richard Baily, Ambrose Dixon, Richard Hill, Jenkin Price And divers others Inhabitants and free men in the Upper parte of the parish in the Countie of Northampton Did in a Hostile manner (contrary to the knowne Lawes of Virginia And the League made with the Indians) upon the 28th day of Aprill last past Rayse a partie of men to the number of fiftie persons with Armes and ammunicon And upon the aforesaid daie marched amonge the Indians with a Resolucon to take or kill the Queene of Pocamoke, shott att Indians, slashed and cut [can't read], Took Indyans prisoner, And bound one of them with a Chayne, which said Accons caused the Indyans To Invade the Countie, to the great danger of our Lives and Estate, It is therefore ordered That the Sherriff shall forthwith Arrest the Bodies of all the abovesaid parties And such other (upon inquiry) as hee shall have notice of (which went out against the indyans upon their Designe) To the Number of 50 persons and that hee keepe them in his custodie until they enter into bonds to make their personal appearance at James Citty to answer the premisses before the Governor and Council upon th XXIth day of this Instant Moneth (att the suite of our Sovereign King). Northampton County is a county located in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia. "[3]
He was a Quaker and had moved to Somerset Co. , Maryland by January 4, 1663, to escape religious persecution. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual/group by another group His home became the first Quaker meeting house in Maryland.
On January 4, 1666 he was appointed Surveyor for Highways. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. He was elected on March 3, 1671 he was elected a delegate in the Maryland Assembly representing Annemessex County, Maryland. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U He never attended.
He died in 1687 at his plantation Dixon's Choice. Fundamentally a plantation is usually a large Farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country on which Cotton, Tobacco He is the immigrant ancestor to thousands of Americans including the Indiana blacksmith Noah Beauchamp who murdered his neighbor in the 1840's. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union blacksmith is a person who creates objects from Iron or Steel by Forging the Metal; i Noah Beauchamp ( February 24, 1785 &ndash December 30, 1842) was a Blacksmith and an Indiana pioneer
References
- ^ Ambrose Dixon: The Man and the Legacy, James Edward Jensen
- ^ Ambrose Dixon: The Man and the Legacy, James Edward Jensen
- ^ Flemingmultimedia Genealogy
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