Ambrose Dixon (1619''Ambrose Dixon: The Man and the Legacy'', James Edward Jensen – April 12, 1687) was an early

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Quaker

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who was born in England and emigrated to America at an early age where he lived in the Virginia Colony before moving to Maryland. Dixon married Mary, the widow of Henry Peddington, between July 4, and October 28, 1647. It has been stated that her maiden name was Wilson. In 1651, Dixon joined Colonel Edmund Scarburgh and others in riding against the Indians in defiance of the law. A Court Order of 10 May 1651 says: He was a

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and had moved to Somerset Co., Maryland by January 4, 1663, to escape religious

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. His home became the first Quaker meeting house in Maryland. On January 4, 1666, he was appointed Surveyor for Highways. He was elected on March 3, 1671, he was elected a delegate in the Maryland Assembly representing Annemessex County, Maryland. He never attended. He died in 1687 at his plantation, Dixon's Choice. He is the

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ancestor to thousands of Americans including the Indiana blacksmith

Noah Beauchamp Lt. Noah Beauchamp (February 24, 1785 – December 30, 1842) was a blacksmith and an Indiana pioneer. He was also the first person to be legally hanged in Parke County, Indiana, after murdering his neighbor, George Mickelberry, over a dispute. ...

who murdered his neighbor in the 1840s.

References

External links

Ambrose Dixon: The Man and the Legacy

Ambrose Dixon Society
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