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The Nixon Family



Generation 1




1. Zachariah Nixon, Sr

Zachariah Nixon, Sr. was born about 1629, in Nottingham, Parish of North Masrom, England. He evidently migrated at an early age. His wife was born about 1633, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Generation 2.




2. Zachariah Nixon, Jr.

Zachariah Nixon, Jr., was born about 1655, in Perquimans County, North Carolina. He was first married to Mary Page, who was born about 1659, in Perquimans County, and there is a note here in the records that on 4 May 1680, �Mary Page laid down the body.�

He was married/2, 2 January 1681, in Quaker rites, Perquimans County, North Carolina, to Elizabeth Page, born in 1663, daughter of Isaac Page, deceased, of Albemarle, North Carolina. Zachariah�s records are found in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Mary may have also been the daughter of Isaac.

Isaac Page may have been the immigrant, and was probably the bricklayer living at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1658. On 30 July 1653, in Boston, Massachusetts, William Hibbens (pastor), married Isaac Page and Damaris Shattuck (2). Since they were married by a �priest� (any clergy not a Quaker,) they were not then members of the Society of Friends. Both had been fined as Quakers there, and moved to Albemarle in 1663/4.

Isaac died in North Carolina, Pasquotank Monthly Meeting, on 4 May 1680, �at a good old age,� �bearing a faithful testimony for the truth until his death.�

In his will, dated 30 April 1680, he mentions his daughter Damaris Morris, and her children; and provides for his daughter, Elizabeth, if she marries Samuel Hill.

Children:

  1. Damaris Page; married Morris
  2. Elizabeth Page, married Zachariah Nixon, Jr.

Ancestors of Damaris (2)

Daniel Shattuck and his wife, Damaris (1), came from England to New England. We do not have the date of their arrival, nor the date of his death. Damaris Shattuck (1) was prominent among the Quakers. On 15 March 1642, she had been married/1 Capt. Thomas Gardner, a distinguished merchant and citizen of Salem, Massachusetts.

Daniel was a husbandman of Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England. Damaris died 28d, September 1674.

Children:

  1. Samuel Shattuck, born about 1620; died 6 June 1698, Salem; married Grace____
    1. Grandchildren:
      1. Damaris Shattuck (3), born 11 September 1653
      2. Damaris Shattuck (2), see above.
      3. Mary Shattuck, res Boston; married Hams
      4. Hannah Shattuck, married George Gardner, stepbrother
      5. Sarah Shattuck; married 1652, Richard Gardner, stepbrother

Zachariah Nixon, Jr. took up 323 acres of land in Pasquotank County, in 1684, on Nebraska side of Little River. He died intestate, 3, December 1691; his land inherited by his �surviving� son, Zachariah. Elizabeth died 4 October 1726. All children were born in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Children:

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  1. Damaris Nixon, born 8 June 1682; married/1 11 August 1699, to Joseph Pierce; married/2, 3/wife of Richard Ratliff, Jr. (See: Ratliff family)

  2. Zachariah Nixon (3), 22 March 1684

  3. Barnabe Nixon, born 21 November 1687; died 30 January 1711

  4. Francis Nixon, born 20 August 1689

  5. Elizabeth Nixon, born 20 August 1689, married 1 January 1716, 1/wife of Joseph Newby, son of Gabriel Newby and Mary Toms

Generation 3.




3. Zachariah Nixon (3)

Zachariah Nixon (3), son of Zachariah Nixon, Jr. and Elizabeth Page, was born 22 March 1684, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 11 January, 1707/8, at Symons Creek Monthly Meeting, in Perquimans County, to Elizabeth Symons, who was born 22 February 1691, Perquimans County, daughter of Thomas Symons and Rebecca White. (See: Symons Family-Part IV)

Zachariah received a grant for land in Perquimans County, 21 January 1712/3, 105 acres, in the fork of Little River, and another grant in Chowan County, in the fork of Coniby Creek Swamp, in 1712. He had cultivated for several years, the land that he had inherited, and it was bequeathed to his sons, Zachariah (4) and Barnabee. Zachariah (4) later, in 1748, decided to move, and laid out part of his inherited land in half acre lots for a Town-ship, and for a common, known by the name of Nixonton, formerly called Wind Mill Point.

Elizabeth Symons Nixon died 22 February 1725, and Zachariah died 12 August 1739, Perquimans County All their children were born there.

His will, probated in Perquimans County, October 1739, names sons, John, Phineas, Zachariah, Barnaby, daughter Rebecca Toms, and grandchildren Joshua and Mary Moore.

Children:

  1. John Nixon, born 18 October 1708

  2. Phineas Nixon, born 7 January 1710

  3. Zachariah Nixon (4), born 15 April 1713

  4. Rebecca Nixon, born 11 June 1715; married Francis Toms, Jr.
    1. Grandchildren:
      1. Mary Toms, married/1 Nathan Newby; married/2 Samuel Moore

  5. Hannah Nixon, born January 1718

  6. Elizabeth Nixon, born 23 April 1720

  7. Barnabee Nixon, born 28 March 1724; died before 1771; married 1 January 1753, Symons Creek, Sarah Newby, perhaps daughter of Nathan Newby; Appears to have moved to Virginia, in Prince George County
    1. Grandchildren:
      1. Susannah Nixon, died 24 May 1785; married 1 May 1771 Morgan Jones

  8. Damaris Nixon, married Richard Ratliff (See: Ratliff Family)

Generation 4.




A. John Nixon

John Nixon, son of Zachariah Nixon (3) and Elizabeth Symons, was born 18 October 1708, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married/1 10 July 1729, to Elizabeth Newby, who was born 29 April 1706, died 10 July 1730, daughter of Gabriel Newby and Mary Toms. No children.

He was married/2 15 October 1732, to Elizabeth Moore, daughter of William Moore and Elizabeth ___. Elizabeth Moore died 4 February 1734. (See: Moore Family)

He was married/3 4 January 1736, to Mary Enerigin, who was born 4 January 1736, and died 12 October 1738, daughter of William Enerigin.

He was married/4 1 November 1740 to Dorothy ____, from Perquimans County, who was born 18 October 1708.

He was married/5 10 March 1753 to Hannah Albertson, born 15 February 1719, died 18 February 1793, daughter of Nathaniel Albertson and Abigail Nicholson. (See: Albertson Family)

John died prior to 1771.

Children:

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  1. Elizabeth Nixon, born 19 April 1733, Pasq. County; married 13 August 1758, Isaac Boswell

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  3. Miriam Nixon, born 16, November 1736; died 22 December 1761; married (1/w) 7 October 1756, to Thomas Newby, born 13 April 1733, son of James Newby and Naomi White (See: Newby Family)

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  5. Zachariah Nixon (5), born 20 August 1744

  6. Huldah Nixon, born 2 November 1746

  7. John Nixon, born 20 May 1748; married 27 March 1771, Jane Bundy (or Symons)

  8. Ezra Nixon, born 17 December 1751; died 14 December 1773

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  10. Mary Nixon, born 10 December 1753, Perquimans County

  11. Liddia Nixon, born 14 March 1756; died 12 November 1767

  12. Fredrick Nixon, twin, born 4 November 1758

  13. Abigail Nixon, twin, born 4 November 1758

  14. Dorthe Nixon, born 19 March 1761

  15. Hannah Nixon, born and died 18 February 1763





B. Phineas Nixon

Phineas Nixon, son of Zachariah Nixon (3) and Elizabeth Symons, was born 7 January 1710, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married/1 9 December 1731, to Mary Newby, who was born 3 November 1699, daughter of Gabriel Newby and Mary Toms. (See: Newby Family) Mary Newby had been married previously 9 December 1725 to William Trotter.

Phineas was married/2 on 2 May 1740, in Chowan County, North Carolina, to Mary Pierce, born about 1727, in Perquimans County, daughter of Thomas Pierce and Mary Jones (daughter of Peter and Mary Jones.)

Mary Pierce Nixon died in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Phineas, an elder in the church, died 28 December 1771. His will probated in Perquimans County, 11 March 1772.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Nixon, born 18 December 1732; married D-. Isaac Lamb, son of Henry Lamb. (See: Lamb Family, Part II

  2. Mary Nixon, born 9 July 1734; married Elliott Jones

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  4. Rebecca Nixon, born 27 April 1741; died 17 February 1773; married William Arnold;

  5. Thomas Nixon, born 12 February 1745

  6. Sarah Nixon, born 17 December 1746/7, married 19 October 1766, in Perquimans County, North Carolina to Benjamin Albertson, born about 1749, son of William Albertson and Sarah Pritchard (See Albertson Family-Part II) married/2

  7. Pierce Nixon, born 20 May 1749, Perquiman County, North Carolina; married 16 December 1770, to Peninah Smith

  8. Barnaby Nixon, born 23 November 1751, Perquimans County; married Sarah; famous Quaker Minister; died 1807; son Samuel Nexon 1781-1865, 1st man in North Carolina, to free his slaves; married Rhoda Hubbard (Butler) Cherokee ances; grandson William Penn Nixon

  9. Jemima Nixon, born 6 February 1755, Perquimans County; died 15 December 1791; married 4 February 1778, John Trueblood

  10. Hannah Nixon, born 23 September 1757, Perquiman County; married 19 January 1777, Henry Stanton

  11. Keziah Nixon, born 18 March 1760, Perquimans County; married 21 September 1788, to John Henley; married/2 to Samuel Pritlowe

  12. Phineas Nixon, born 4 April 1763, Perquiman County; died 28 July 1818; married Millicent Henley





C. Zachariah Nixon (4)

Zachariah Nixon (4), son of Zachariah Nixon (3) and Elizabeth Symons, was born 15 April 1713, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 10 June 1734 to Elizabeth Toms, born 20 November 169_, daughter of Francis Toms and Margaret Bogue Lawrence. (Elizabeth was the widow of #115. Jonathan Phelps, by whom she had 4 children-Henry, Elizabeth, Jonathan, and Mourning. See: Phelps Family, Part IV)

Zachariah seems to have died intestate. The will of his wife Elizabeth, was, however, probated in Perquimans County, in July 1769.

She named son Francis; grandchildren: Joseph Nixon, Zachariah, Miriam, Caroline, Christopher, and Samuel Nicholson. Margaret (who married Henry Phelps), Miriam Jonathan, Mourning, and Elizabeth Newby; grandsons: Zachariah Newby, Benjamin Phelps, and Jonathan Phelps, granddaughters Elizabeth Winslow, Dorothy Phelps, Mourning Henley and Elizabeth Toms. Executors: sons Zachariah and Francis.

Elizabeth (Phelps) Winslow was the daughter of Margaret Newby and Henry Phelps. She married Thomas Winslow

Children:

  1. Francis Nixon, born 2 February 1735; married/1 May 1763, Kesiah Pierce, daughter of Thomas Pierce (sister of Mary, wife of Phineas Nixon. She had been married/1 to Nathan Newby, (sons John, James, Samuel, and Thomas Newby, and probably the Newby granddaughters named in the will of Francis�s mother. (See: Newby Family) Francis�s will was probated Perquimans County, January 1773, naming his stepsons, but no children of his own. Kesiah was married/3, 5 July 1780 to Samuel Pritlowe

  2. Mehetabell Nixon, born 15 November 1738; probably died before 1769; married Joseph Nicholson, born 15 April 1736, son of Thomas Nicholson & Mary Hill (See: Nicholson Family-Part II)


  3. Zachery Nixon, born 10 October 1741, living in 1769
Generation 5.




A-3. Zachariah Nixon (5)

Zachariah Nixon (5), son of John Nixon and Dorothy ___, was born 20 August 1744, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 15 September 1771, to Mary White, daughter of John White (See: White Family Part IV for possible connections.) The children were all born in Perquimans County

Children:

  1. John Nixon, born 23 October 1772; married 1 October 1794, to Ann Morris

  2. Margaret Nixon, born 8 October 1775; married 22 January 1797, John Lawrence

  3. Zachariah Nixon (6), born 10 March 1778

  4. William Nixon, born 5 January 1781

  5. Benjamin Nixon, born 19 August 1784

  6. Frederick Nixon, born 23 July 1791; died 6 September 1793

  7. Sarah Nixon, born 14 July 1786; died 16 September 1793

  8. Ann Skinner Nixon, born 15 August 1794





B-4. Thomas Nixon

Thomas Nixon, son of Phineas Nixon and Mary Pierce, was born 12 February 1745, Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married at Wells Monthly Meeting, 13 March 1768, to Sarah Smith, daughter of John Smith. He died 2 November 1771. Sarah was married/2 24 January 1773, to Thomas Nicholson, and had 3 more sons. Thomas Nicholson died 4 March 1780, and Sarah died 20 May 1787.

Children:

  1. Nathan Nixon, born 11 May 1769, Pasquotank County, North Carolina

  2. Phineas Nixon, born 28 November 1770; married 13 October 1808, Miriam Jones, daughter of Joseph Jones; will probated in Perquimans County, in August 1813, - wife Miriam, unborn child; also Abigail, Charles, Mary Nicholson (daughter of Thomas,) Huldah Bundy (daughter of Josiah Jr.)





B-6. Pierce Nixon

Pierce Nixon, son of Phineas Nixon and Mary Pierce was born 20 May 1749 in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 16 December 1770, at Wells Monthly Meeting, to Penninah Smith, who was born about 1744, and died 17 May 1787, daughter of John Smith and Rachel White. The children were born in Perquimans County.

Children:

  1. Joseph Nixon, born 15 October 1771; married 26 June 1793, Elizabeth Murphy

  2. Rachel Nixon, born 1 December 1773; married 21 December 1799 Joshua Newby

  3. Thomas Nixon, born 30 January 1776

  4. Mary Nixon, born 22 February 1779

  5. William Nixon, born 26 October 1781; married 8 August 1804 to Ann (Ratliff) Maudlin, who died 12 June 1868, age 82, 3m, 8d, buried Clear Springs Meeting. (See Ratliff Family)

  6. Jacob Nixon, born 28 February 1784

Generation 6.




A-33. Zachariah Nixon (6)

Zachariah Nixon (6), son of Zachariah Nixon and Mary White, was born 10 March 1778 in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 8 May 1793, in Perquimans County, to Martha Toms, daughter of Foster Toms. The children were all born in Perquimans County.

Children:

  1. Joseph Nixon, born 12 September 1794

  2. Foster Nixon, born 7 October 1796

  3. Mary Nixon, born 21 November 1798

  4. Zachariah Nixon (7), 16 September 1800- 7 July 1806

  5. John Nixon, born 22 May 1803; died 28 January 1846

  6. Sarah Nixon, born 20 December 1805; died 18 July 1806

  7. Toms Nixon, born 14 May 1807

  8. Elizabeth Nixon, born 27 July 1811





B-41. Nathan Nixon

Nathan Nixon, son of Thomas Nixon and Sarah Smith, was born 11 May 1769, in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

He was married 6 March 1793, �at Wells Meeting House,� to Lydia Anderson. He was married/2 14 June 1798, in Perquimans County, to Margaret Bagley

Margaret�s father, Nathan Bagley, was born 22 March 1751, died about 1816, married Mary Low.

Nathan�s will was probated in Perquimans County in February 1810, naming his wife Margaret; son John; daughters Sarah and Pheribe; Executors: Brother Phineas, and Francis White. Mary died after 1823.

Children:

  1. Thomas Nixon, born 23 January 1794


  2. John Nixon, born 5 May 1795, Perquimans County; married 9 April 1815, to Anna Henby, who died 29 February 1804, daughter of Thomas Henby

  3. Lydia Nixon, born 19 January 1797

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  5. Sarah Nixon, born 13 September 1800, Sutton Creek Monthly Meeting, Perquimans County; married 1 February 1823 at Sutton Creek Monthly Meeting, to D-28. Caleb Lamb, son of Restore Lamb and Millicent Winslow. (See: Lamb Family-Part II)

  6. Phineas Nixon, born 21 April 1803

  7. Pheribe Nixon, born 31 October 1805

  8. Nathan Nixon, born 3 March 1809, died under age 8

Bibliography

History of Perquimans County, North Carolina by Mrs. Ellen Watson Winslow

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogies, by W. W. Hinshaw

Salem Mass. Vital Records - Year ending 1849 Births, Vol II, 1918

Inscriptions from the Burying Grounds in Salem, Mass. 1837 by Loring

Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, etc by Lemuel Shattuck, Boston (1833) Dutton and Wentworth Appendix, p 361

Webster Parry Collection of Quaker Families, edited by Edna Harvey Joseph

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston (1860-1862)

Colonel John Nixon 1733-1808- gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, See �Dictionary of American Biography, Vol VII, pp 530-531�