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Nixon Family

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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.)

[Page 393] 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:

5. Margaret, b. 2-25-1770; m. Shipley Lester (See No. 31, Chapter XXVII)
6. Sarah, b. 8-26-1771; m. Evan Foulke (See No. 48, Chapter XVI)
7. William, b. 4-29-1775; m. Martha Roberts
8. Hannah, b. 1-27-1777; m. Israel Lancaster (See No. 24, Chapter XXVI)
9. Mary, b. 1-25-1779; m. Isaac Parry
10. Tacy, b. 5-15-1781; d. 5-19-1872; m. first, Isaac Burson (See No. 24, Chapter X). Second, --------Shoemaker
11. Abel, b. 4-13-1783; d. prior to 1846; unm., a carriage maker in Richland
12. Samuel, b. 12-27-1785; m. first, Peninah Roberts; second, Barbara ---------
13. Beulah, b. 1-1--1790; m. ------- Patterson
14. 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:

15. Hannah, b. 11-13-1800
16. Sarah, b. 3-16-1802
17. Samuel, b. 4-7--1805
18. Edward Roberts, b. 2-5--1808; d. 3-1--1808
19. Mary Roberts, b. 3-10-1810; m. James M. Hibberd
20. Susannah, b. 6-12-1812
21. Peninah
22. Martha
23. 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:

24. Isaac, unm.
25. Thomas, m. Lydia Conard
26. Samuel
27. Isaac C.
28. Susannah
29. 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:

30. Henrietta, b. 2-14-1810
31. Mary Ann, b. 1-25-1812; d. 9-5-1813
32. 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:

33. Edwin
34. Mary Ann
35. Thomas
36. 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:

37. Martha Ann, b. 3-18-1828; d. 8-15-1829
38. Aaron William, m. Mary Finley
39. 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
40. Tacie S., b. 9 -1835; m. Henry C. Dalby, living in Phila., 1886
41. Samuel, b. 12 -1836; d. 12-29-1840
42. Allen, b. 12 -1840; m. S. Florence Barnes. Living in Phila. 1886
43. Lydia D., b. ----1842; unm., living with her sister Tacie, 1886
44. James Edward, b. 3-22-1849; unm., living in Baltimore in 1886
45. Henry Homer, b. 6 -1851

[END] David Wallace Tourison, Sheridan, Wyoming, 19 FEB 2002