Nixon Family
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The following is a retype from EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS, with Some
Accounts of Their Descendants, by Clarence V(Vernon) Roberts, assisted by
Warren S. Ely, Originally published Philadelphia, 1925, Reprinted Genealogical
Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore MD 1975. Comments in ( ) are note
inclusions from the publisher/writer; Comments in [ ] are from me personally:
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XXXVI
1. WILLIAM NIXON, one of the first Elders of Richland Preparative
Meeting, was born
in Staffordshire, England, in 1680. He produced at Abington Monthly Meeting, 8
mo. 28, 1723, a certificate for himself, his wife Mary, and two children from
Rudly Monthly Meeting in Staffordshire.
In 1725 he took a certificate to Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, and settled
on a part of the Morris Morris tract in Richland Manor, in Milford Township,
bordering on the westerly line of Richland Township, adjoining Edward Roberts,
which was conveyed to him by deed dated 7 mo. 23, 1727. He was named by
Gwynedd Monthly Meeting as one of the first overseers of the "Swamp" Meeting
and was named as one of its first Elders when it was formed into a Monthly
Meeting in 1742. He died there 12 mo. 14, 1747-48, and a memorial of the
Meeting says "William Nixon one of the first Elders appointed at our first
Meeting when it was first erected into a Monthly Meeting died the 14th of ye
12th month 1747/8 in ye 67th year of his age. He was a constant, zealous
attendant of meetings for worship and discipline." His wife Mary, born in the
same year as himself, survived him ten years, dying 4 mo. 21, 1758. Children
of William and Mary Nixon:
2 Mary, b. 7-27-1713; d. 12-23-1794; m. Samuel Shaw (See No. 1,
Chapter XLIII)
3 Samuel, b. 11-30-1715; d. 1-29-1747; m. Margaret Evans
3. SAMUEL NIXON (William1), son of William and Mary, born in
Staffordshire, 11 mo. 30,
1715, accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania in his eighth year. He died in
Milford 1 mo. 29, 1747-48, nearly a year before his father. By the will of the
latter his wife was given the use of the 143 acres of land on which the family
lived until her son became of age, when it was to pass to his son. Samuel
Nixon married at Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, 9 mo., 1741, Margaret Evans, daughter
of John and Ellen Evans of Gwynedd. She was born 5 mo. 29, 1719, and died 12
mo. 29, 1758. She married, second, in 1751, William Hicks. (See No. 4,
Chapter XXI.)
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Child of Samuel and Margaret (Evans) Nixon:
4 Samuel, b. 12-11-1743; d. -1798; m. Susannah Roberts
4. SAMUEL NIXON (William1, Samuel2), son of Samuel and Margaret (Evans)
Nixon, born in
Milford Township, Bucks County, Pa., 12 mo. 11, 1743, died in the year 1798.
He inherited his grandfather's farm in Milford and lived thereon. He married,
5 mo. 11, 1769, Susannah Roberts, daughter of Abel and Gainor (Morris) Roberts,
of Richland. (See No. 12, Chapter XL). She was born 12 mo. 13, 1748, and died
2 mo. 26, 1818. She married, second, 9 mo. 2, 1799, William Edwards. (See No.
11, Chapter XIV). Children of Samuel and Susannah (Roberts) Nixon:
- Margaret, b. 2-25-1770; m. Shipley Lester (See No. 31, Chapter
XXVII)
- Sarah, b. 8-26-1771; m. Evan Foulke (See No. 48, Chapter XVI)
- William, b. 4-29-1775; m. Martha Roberts
- Hannah, b. 1-27-1777; m. Israel Lancaster (See No. 24, Chapter
XXVI)
- Mary, b. 1-25-1779; m. Isaac Parry
- Tacy, b. 5-15-1781; d. 5-19-1872; m. first, Isaac Burson (See
No. 24, Chapter X). Second, --------Shoemaker
- Abel, b. 4-13-1783; d. prior to 1846; unm., a carriage maker in
Richland
- Samuel, b. 12-27-1785; m. first, Peninah Roberts; second,
Barbara ---------
- Beulah, b. 1-1--1790; m. ------- Patterson
- Abigail, b. 3-19-1792; d. prior to 1846; m. -------- Vickers
7. WILLIAM NIXON (William1, Samuel2, Samuel3), son of Samuel and Susannah
(Roberts)
Nixon, was born in Milford Township 4 mo. 29, 1775. He inherited from his
grandfather Abel Roberts a farm of 70 acreas in Richland, and purchased
additional land of his brother Abel, on which he lived until 1 mo., 1812, when
he removed with his family to Charlestown Township, Chester County, taking a
certificate from Richland to Uwchlan Monthly Meeting. He married at Richland
Monthly Meeting, 1 mo. 2, 1800, Martha Roberts, daughter of Edward and Mary
(Burson) Roberts. She was born in Richland 7 mo. 24, 1780. (See No. 43,
Chapter XLI). Five children were born to them in Richland and four more in
Chester County. These children are mentioned in the will of their grandfather
Edward Roberts, of Charlestown Township, Chester County, in 1823, he having
removed to Chester County about one year previous to the removal of his sons-in-
law, William and Samuel Nixon. [Page 394] Children of William and Martha
(Roberts) Nixon:
- Hannah, b. 11-13-1800
- Sarah, b. 3-16-1802
- Samuel, b. 4-7--1805
- Edward Roberts, b. 2-5--1808; d. 3-1--1808
- Mary Roberts, b. 3-10-1810; m. James M. Hibberd
- Susannah, b. 6-12-1812
- Peninah
- Martha
- William
9. MARY NIXON (Williiam1, Samuel2, Samuel3), daughter of Samuel and
Susannah (Roberts)
Nixon, born in Richland, 1 mo. 25, 1779, married at Richland Monthly Meeting,
12 mo. 6, 1810, Isaac Parry, of Warminstrer, Bucks County, Pa. He was born on
the old Parry homestead in Warminster, 6 mo., 1774, and died there 10 mo.,
1857. He as a son of Isaac, grandson of Jacob, great-grandson of Thomas, Jr.,
and great-great-grandson of Thomas Parry, Sr. The latter emigrated from
Carnarvonshire, Wales, when a young man, married Jane Phillips in 1715, and
settled in Moreland Township near the present site of Willow Grove, where he
died in 1751, aged 71 years, leaving eight sons and two daughters, who left
numerous descendants. Thomas Parry, Jr., located in Warminster, where a number
of his descendants still reside. Isaac Parry inherited the old homestead and
lived his whole life thereon. He married, first, Sarah Hopkins by whom he had
three children. Children of Isaac and Mary (Nixon) Parry:
- Isaac, unm.
- Thomas, m. Lydia Conard
- Samuel
- Isaac C.
- Susannah
- Mary, m. Joseph Saunders, of Phila.
12. SAMUEL NIXON (William1, Samuel2, Samuel3), son of Samuel and Susannah
(Roberts)
Nixon, born in Milford 12 mo. 27, 1785, studied medicine and practiced for a
short time in Richland, before his removal in 1813 to Charlestown Township,
Chester County, where he continued to practice. He married, first, in Richland
about 1809, Peninah Roberts, daughter of Edward and Mary (Burson) Roberts.
(See No. 45, Chapter XLI). She was born in Richland 4 mo. 7, 1788, and died in
Chester County. He married, second, Barbara -----------, who in 1846 joined
him in a deed for the land in Richland which his brother Abel had died seized.
Children of Samuel and Peninah (Roberts) Nixon:
- Henrietta, b. 2-14-1810
- Mary Ann, b. 1-25-1812; d. 9-5-1813
- Ann
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14. ABIGAIL NIXON (William1, Samuel2, Samuel3), daughter of Samuel and
Susannah
(Roberts) Nixon, was born in Richland 3 mo. 19, 1792. She married --------
Vickers. She died prior to January 3, 1846, when her children joined with
other heirs of Abel Nixon in the conveyance of real estate of which Abel had
died seized. Children of -------- and Abigail (Nixon) Vickers:
- Edwin
- Mary Ann
- Thomas
- William M.
19. MARY ROBERTS NIXON (William1, Samuel2, Samuel3, William4), daughter of
William and
Martha (Roberts) Nixon, was born in Richland 3 mo. 10, 1810. She was but two
years of age when the family removed to Charlestown Township, Chester County,
and was reared in that township. She married in 1827, James M. Hibberd, son of
Aaron and Martha (Mendenhall) Hibberd. He was born in Carroll County, Md., 4
mo. 10, 1804, and died in Baltimore, Md., 12 mo. 30, 1883. He was a
manufacturer of woolen goods on Tuscarora Creek, in West Virginia, near
Martinsburg, from about the time of his marriage until 1855. In the latter
year he removed to Westfield, Ohio, and in 1856 to Richmond, Ind. About 1859
he and his wife and their younger children removed to Quakertown, Pa., where
they lived for four or five years. They then removed to Baltimore, where he
died, as above stated in 1883. His widow, Mary R. (Nixon) Hibberd was living
in Baltimore as late as 1886. Children of James M. and Mary R. (Nixon) Hibberd:
- Martha Ann, b. 3-18-1828; d. 8-15-1829
- Aaron William, m. Mary Finley
- Sarah Jane, b. 6-7--1832; m. in Berkley Co., Va., 11-9--1852,
Gideon George Dare, son of Henry and Catharine. Res. Baltimore, Md. No
children
- Tacie S., b. 9 -1835; m. Henry C. Dalby, living in Phila., 1886
- Samuel, b. 12 -1836; d. 12-29-1840
- Allen, b. 12 -1840; m. S. Florence Barnes. Living in Phila.
1886
- Lydia D., b. ----1842; unm., living with her sister Tacie, 1886
- James Edward, b. 3-22-1849; unm., living in Baltimore in 1886
- Henry Homer, b. 6 -1851
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David Wallace Tourison, Sheridan, Wyoming, 19 FEB 2002
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