Robert Dickson, Jr.

Robert Jr apparently continued to use the surname his father changed , of Dixson. He emigrated to New England and eventually settled in Stonington,Connecticut where he died on august 1st 1778 in Hartford and is buried in Voluntown,Ct.. No info can be found about his Irish wife,other then she was from Ulster and what evidence I have found so far seems to point to her passing away before they left for the Colonies in America, their children are recorded in Church records as being born and baptized in Celliran church Parish, Tyrone, Omagh, Northern Ireland County Tyrone, but I found his residance in the Village of Carnmoney which was destroyed pretty much sometime around 1695 to 1708 it was/is on a hill top just north of Belfast overlooking the valley Belfast sits in. His Children from his Irish wife where 1-William Dixson born-about 1690 Celliran church Parish, Tyrone, Omagh, Northern Ireland, 2-Robert Dixson III born about 1699 Celliran church Parish, Tyrone, Omagh, Northern Ireland, 3- James Dixson (my Great7xGrandfather) born in 1701 in Celliran church Parish, Tyrone, Omagh, Northern Ireland , and 4- John Dixson born about 1703 in Celliran church Parish, Tyrone, Omagh, Northern Ireland and died Dec.25th 1794 in Duplin Co. North Carolina.

Now I have to wonder if the info others have posted is correct as they list James as being the Son of This Roberts parents (Robert Sr. and Priscilla Dixson) and also list Robert as having a James, both born on the same date and same location, but what is more puzzling is the question as to why he as either 1st cousin or uncle married Jenet Johnetta Dickson daughter of Robert Jr.s brother John and Agnes. The paper evidence does defiantly show that this Robert is the son of Robert sr. who was son of rev. David Dickson (but this is in question as some bios on Rev. David Dickson do not list Rev. David Dickson as ever having a son named Robert) and that he was brother to jennets father John Dickson and that James was his son and husband to Jennet. Perhaps Jennet was the daughter of Agnas but not John Dickson and was adopted by John Dickson when he and Agnas where wed. or he (James ) did actually marry his 1st cosine and had 9 children with her of which my ancestor Thomas Dixson was their 4th child, I find this a bit off considering that religiosity of the family, unless this was permissible in coven-tor Presbyterian theology. If I can ever sort it out I will correct this info.

After the civil war in the 1690s - 1700s the  Presbyterian fighters in Northern Ireland found that they where held in worse contempt by the church of Ireland (angelicans) then they treated  the Catholics, their marriages where not recognized as valid so any children where listed as being of natural conception not lawful so they could not inherit their parents property,hold public office, or even receive the sacraments  in church. The penal laws where just as enforced on them as they where on Catholics, which made life almost impossible for them in Ireland and they could not go back to Scotland as they where considered Traitors to the crown because they would not sign the black oath, so they then moved to New England-Boston with his brother John and his family,  and ended up getting/buying land in Voluntown, Ct. and lived out their days there.

GEDCOM Note

Biography == Robert was born in Antrim, or the North of Ireland in about 1675. He died 1766 in Somerset, Pennsylvania.

In 1719 Robert and his brothers Archibald and John emigrated from Northern Ireland to the U.S. landing at Boston, Mass.
He and other family members, brothers Archbald and John, emigrated to America arriving 1719 in Boston. He settled with family in New London County, Connecticut where he remained until about 1740 when he moved to Voluntown, Windham (now New London) county.
In 1740 he purchased 70 acres of land in Pungungwenuck (Pendleton Hill) near Voluntown and moved there. In 1748 he allowed inhabitants of Stonington to construct a highway passing through his property.

Robert had the following children:

William, b. about 1698; d. ?
Robert, b. 1699; d. 3 Sep 1775
James, b. 1701; d. 30 Mar 1787
John, b. ?; d. ?
(Taken and summarized liberally from The Harvey Book, chapter on the Dixon Family, by Pudas-6 on 13 May 2023)

Sources

≤references />Harvey, O. J. (1899). The Harvey Book: Giving the Genealogies of Certain Branches of the American Families of Harvey, Nesbitt, Dixon andJameson, and Notes on Many Other Families, Together with Numerous Biographical Sketches. United States: E.B. Yordy & Company.

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3HQT-8PS : accessed 9 November 2018), entry for Robert /Dickson/, cites sources; "Dean Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDV-231), submitted 26 October 2015 by Cynthia A Dean [identity withheld for privacy].*The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:944X-S23 : accessed 9 November 2018), entry for RobertDickson, batch A20662-5; citing FHL microfilm 456,776; submitter not specified.

See Also:

• 1766507337
• records of Jean Stratton Barto.

Acknowledgement ==*Dixon-3552 was created by Linda Rodger through theimport of MacintoshPalmer.ged on Jan 25, 2014. *This person was created through the import of Maidlow Family Tree.gedon 12 April 2011.