'Dixwell1'
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links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Dixwell of Brome, Dixwell of Churchover, Dixwell of Coton
'Dixwell1'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dixwell of Brome, Dixwell of Churchover, Dixwell of Coton
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| According to BEB1841, "This family was originally of Dixwell Hall, and lords of the manor of Dixwell, in the county of Hertford". | |||||||||||||||
| William Dixwell of Tengreth, Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Sampson (dau of Adam Sampson of Coton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Dixwell of Coton or Cotton, Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mitchel (dau (sb sister?) & heir of Henry Mitchel or Michell of Dodford) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Dixwell of Coton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Grey (dau of Humphrey Grey of Enville (Withbroke?)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Dixwell of Coton & Churchover (a 1563) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Knight (dau of John Knight of Brookehoult or Broxholme (and/or Muscott)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Humphrey Dixwell of Churchover ,Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Loe of Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Price of Washingley | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sampson Erdeswick of Sandon | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anna Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Dixwell of Coton (d 1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abigail Herdson (d 1635, dau of Henry Herdson of Stourton, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Dixwell of Coton (b c1573, a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brent (dau of Roger Brent of Pillerton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Dixwell (b c1596) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends with this generation. BEB1841 (Dixwell of Coton Hall) provides the following but jumps from the above William (father of Charles) to his grandson Brent. It is a presumption that it was the eldest son Charles (rather than one of his brothers) who was father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Brent Dixwell of Coton Hall (d 10.06.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sandys (dau of John Sandys of Loveline) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir William Dixwell, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Bart of Coton Hall (d 14.01.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1712) Mary Cave (dsp 11.02.1712/3, dau of Sir Roger Cave, Bart of Stanford by Mary Bromley) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - John (b 1688-9, d 27.03.1701), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (a 1619) - Brent (b c1600), William (b 1609), Abibail (b c1599), Katherine (b c1604), Elizabeth (b c1606) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Haukesworth | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Jacob Dixwell (b c1606, a 1619, dspm by 1641?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mark Dixwell of Brome | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 suggests that Mark, nephew and successor of Sir Basil, was son of William but various web sites report that he was son of Edward. Not mentioned by Visitation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Read (dau of Matthew Read, sister/heir of William of Folkestone, m2. Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Basil Dixwell, 1st Bart of Brome | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Peyton (dau of Sir Thomas Peyton, Bart of Knowlton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Bart of Brome, Governor of Dover Castle (dsp 25.03.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Temple (d c1718, dau of Sir John Temple, Bart of East Sheen) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Longueville (dau of William Longueville, son of Sir Thomas of Bradwell Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Oxenden (d 21.02.1702, Master of Trinity Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Bennett Dixwell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Diggs, Bart of Chilham Castle (dsp 1666) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Dixwell, Governor of Dover Castle, later in New Haven, Connecticut (b c1607, d 03.1689, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| Not mentioned by either BEB1841 or Visitation, it is thought that John, identified on various web sites as one of those who was a signatory of the death warrant of King Charles I, fits here in the family tree. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1677) Bathsheba How | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | 1 son and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Humphrey Dixwell of Watford | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Sir Basil Dixwell, Bart of Terlingham then Brome (Kent) (d unm 1641) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barbara Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Brent of Pillarton | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Benedict Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Francis Dixwell (7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Margaret Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Watson of Lidington | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Elizabeth Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Digby of Welby | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Margery Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Dixwell of Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Susanna Dixwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Burnaby of Watford | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue - Erasmus, Fawstin | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BEB1841 (Dixwell of Brome), Visitation (Warwickshire, 1619, Dixwell)
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