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William Dixey (1607 - 1690)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: perhaps of, Beverly, Essex, England
Death: June 24, 1690 (82-83)
Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Leift Dixey
Husband of Elizabeth Allen and Anna Dixey
Father of Mary Woodbury; Abigail Stone; Anna Judkin; Capt. John Dixey; Elizabeth Morgan and 2 others

Occupation: Mariner, yeoman, Ferryman
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Capt. William Dixey

  • Immigration: ? on board the Talbot - 1629 Cape Ann, Mass.

In his will, dated 21 February 1684/85 and proved 24 June 1690, Captain William Dixey calls himself "of Beverly, yeoman", "aged & infirm in body," and makes the following bequests: to five daughters Mary Woodbury, Anna Judkin, Abigail Stone, Elizabeth Morgan, and Sarah Gale, all his lands equally divided, "only if daughter Judkin sells it shall be sold unto no other person but Sara Hayward" who was to inherit it at daughter Judkin's death; to three daughters Abigail Stone, Elizabeth Morgan and Sarah Gale, all the household goods; to two grandchildren Elizabeth Dixey and Sarah Dixey, when they come of age £60 and 60 cords of wood due me from "my son Sam[ue]ll Morgan"; to daughters Stone and Gale each a cow; to grandson Jonathan Stone one horse, etc; to daughter Morgan one mare; to grandson Dixie Woodbury one mare; to grandchildren Anna Stone, Anna Gale, Anna Morgan each an ewe; to son-in-law Edmund Gale "my musket"; to Jonathan Stone "my carbine"; loving sons John Stone and Edmund Gale, executors; loving friends Sgt. John Hill and Lt. John Dodge overseers; codicil of 11 August 1688 makes John Stone sole executor.5 His inventory, taken 2 June 1690, showed an estate of £113 16s., and John Stone a creditor for diet and "tendance" at £31 10s.6,7


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Capt. William Dixey's Timeline

1607
1607
perhaps of, Beverly, Essex, England
1629
1629
Age 22
1634
1634
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
1636
October 25, 1636
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
1638
June 17, 1638
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
1639
October 19, 1639
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1641
October 17, 1641
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1643
July 2, 1643
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1647
1647
Of, Salem, Essex, Mass