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Mary Nixon (Newby)

Also Known As: "Trotter"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Perquimans County, NC, United States
Death: before July 1747
Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gabriel Newby; Mary Newby and Mary Tomes
Wife of William Trotter and Dr. Phineas Nixon, Sr.
Mother of Dorothy Conner; Gulliema Elizabeth Lamb and Mary Elliott (Nixon)
Sister of Isabel Pierce; Elizabeth Nixon; Joseph Newby; Samuel Newby; William Newby and 10 others

Managed by: Suzan Martin
Last Updated:

About Mary Nixon

Mary Newby

  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date: 13 January 1700, Perquimans, North Carolina
  • Death: Perquimans, North Carolina
  • Father: Gabriel Newby
  • Mother: Mary Toms
  • Spouse: William Trotter, Phineas Nixon
  • Children: Dorothy Trotter, Mary Nixon; Elizabeth Nixon; Rebecca Nixon; Thomas Nixoný

Birth:

  • Quaker record shows "ye 3 of ye 11 month 1699" as the birth date. The Quaker "11" month was January in the following year before 1752, and 10 days are added for leap year correction since 1582, yielding 13 Jan 1700 as the Gregorian date. Date: 13 JAN 1700

Marriage:

  1. William Trotter married Mary Newby in 1726 in Perquimans County, NC, United States. He died in 1729.
  2. She then married in 1731 to Dr. Phineas Nixon, his 1st wife; he married Mary Pierce second.

Children

Dorothy was the daughter of William Trotter and Mary Newby. William died in 1729 and Mary then married Phineas Nixon in 1731. Mary died before 4 month 1747. Phineas remarried in 1748 to Mary Pierce.

Elizabeth was the first of two daughters Phineas and Mary Newby Trotter had. Phineas didn't have any more children until after 1740 when he married Mary Peirce.


References

  • Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes and Records, 1680-1762; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes AncestryImage Mary Troter Marriage Date 3 Aug 1726 Marriage Date on Image 03 Sixth 1726 Marriage Place Perquimans, North Carolina Spouse William Troter Event Type Marriage Monthly Meeting Perquimans/Piney Woods Monthly Meeting Yearly Meeting North Carolina Yearly Meeting Meeting State North Carolina Meeting County Perquimans
  • North Carolina Wills, 1663-1789; Author: North Carolina. Secretary of State; Probate Place: North Carolina AncestryImage Name Wm Trotter Probate Date 10 Jan 1729 Probate Place North Carolina, USA Inferred Death Year Abt 1729 Inferred Death Place North Carolina, USA Item Description Wills, Vol 31-33, Swa-Whid
  • Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1713-1736; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes AncestryImage Name: Mary Trotter Marriage Date: 3 Feb 1730/1 Marriage Place: Perquimans, North Carolina Spouse: Phinehas Nixon Event Type: Marriage Monthly Meeting: Perquimans Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Yearly Meeting: North Carolina Yearly Meeting,Meeting State: North Carolina Meeting County: Perquimans.
  • U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. AncestryImage View U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943. Name: Mary Trotter Marriage Date on Image: 09 Tenth 1731 Translated Marriage Date: 9 Dec 1731 Marriage Place: Perquimans, North Carolina Monthly Meeting: Perquimans Monthly Meeting Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I Supplement
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2020, 6:04:00 UTC
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newby-14 (links to Ancestry records)
  • Millennium File No Image Text-only collection AncestryImage
  • History of Perquimans County, Page 286. AncestryImage Conner, Demsey for "Est of Dorothy Trotter (Orphan of William, & Mary dec'd) out of the hands of Phineas Nixon, her Guardian, now wife of sd Conner.” —, 4 mo 1747.
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Mary Nixon's Timeline

1700
January 13, 1700
Perquimans County, NC, United States
1726
1726
Perquimans County, NC, United States
1731
December 18, 1731
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Colonial America
1734
July 9, 1734
Little River, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, USA
1747
July 1747
Age 47
Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA