Peter Dixon

Full text of "Piscataqua pioneers, 1623-1775; register of members and ancestors;" (pg. 69): DIXON, PETER. He was the son of Peter Dixon who had a grant of land, 36 acres, in Kittery, 26 March 1679; about that time he married Mary Remick, daughter of Christian Remick. He built his house on that lot, at a spot a short distance below Boiling Rock, and that locality has ever since been called "Dixon's Point." The house of the late F. A. Dixon stands on the spot whre Peter built the first house that stood on the land. He was a ship-carpenter; he did not have a yard of his own, but worked in the Diamond shipyard many years. Children: (1) Mary, b. 23 Sep 1679; m. John Staples. (2) Hannah, b. 3 Feb 1684; m. 16 Dec 1701, John Morrell. (3) Ann, b. 17 Jul 1689; m. 14 Sept. 1708, Thomas Jenkins; d. May 1749. (4) Peter, b. 29 Feb 1692; m. Abigail Flanders. Descendant: Joseph H. Dixon