Ezra Dixon

[lyndenh55]

Help please looking for a birth for ezra Dixon collegeman/Greenwich pensioner found him in 1777 in adm73 and discharged ?(d/d)1823) I have baptisms for his 5 children

1 lucy Birth 18th jan 1781 baptism 11th feb 1781 St alphage greenwich
2 Samuel Birth 8th nov 1782 baptism 1st dec 1782 St alphage greenwich 1
3 Martha Birth 25th june 1786 30th july 1786 St alphage greenwich 1
4 Ruth Birth 4th may 1789 baptism 31st may 1789 St alphage greenwich
5 Catharine Birth 3rd apr 1791 baptism 26 apr 1791 St alphage greenwich 1
Ezra Dixon college man and wife Elizabeth

Then in 1807 married another Elizabeth?
Ezra Dixon
London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921
Spouse: Elizabeth Smith
Civil: 21 Jul 1807

Ada Dixon

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Spouse: Elizabeth Smith
Marriage: 21 Jul 1807 - St Saviour, Southwark
I also have him on his granddaughter Martha lambs non conformist baptism
At maze hill Bethel Indepent in 1813

There is this baptism

Ezra Dixon
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Mother: Elizabeth
Father: Joshua Dixon
Baptism: 22 May 1746 - Melton Mowbray,Leicester,England

But I don’t know whether it would tie up as no idea where born
Thank you

[Merry]

I note that the 1807 marriage bond says Elizabeth Smith was a widow, but the marriage PR entry says she was a spinster!

[Merry]

This burial may be his first wife:

St Alphage, Kent

27 Oct 1793 Elizabeth Dixon a collegeman's wife

[Merry]

Here's another child from the first marriage:

Baptism 19 Dec 1779 St Alphage
Elizabeth Mary dau of Ezra Dixon a labourer and Elizabeth

I can't read all of the birthdate but it's Nov something.

[Merry]

Ezra's burial:

St Alphage
Ezra Dixon bur 6 Jul 1823 aged 72

I think the address says Isaac St

[Merry]

The very first page of the navy records I looked at gives Ezra's date of death as 28 June 1823, so as you hadn't posted that here I was just wondering if you had viewed the images?

[Merry]

I can't get the image for this (below) to download or view in any way, but from this transcription his age might be a little more than 72 in 1823 would suggest and might Linster be Leicester(shire)??


Birth parish Linster
Age at pension 32
Year appointed or Pension granted 1777
Series ADM 73

[Merry]

lol whilst I was typing it actually opened (probably took longer than five minutes, but was worth it). I'll transcribe it here shortly.

[Merry]

Date: Nov 28 1777
Name: Ezra Dixon aged 32
If married? No
Children? No
Where born: Licester (sic)
Where lived last: same place
No of years service: 13
Brought up to: Woolen manufactory
Last ship belonged to: Lizard
If wounded in service: Right leg

Someone else is going to have to have a go at the last column, because I'm not sure what it says!

Anyway, I think you have his baptism!!

[lyndenh55]

i saw on adm 73-38-00065 on fmp the date 1823 which i assumed was date of discharge and probably his date of death but couldnt seem to find a burial hit a bit of a brick wall with this one this is brilliant have you got adm 73 ref for above info thanks

[Merry]

The one I transcribed from was definitely
Series/Piece ADM 73/53

The one with his date of death was either:

Series/Piece ADM 73/36 part 2 or
Series/Piece ADM 73/53

(I looked at the first page of both of those two, but don't remember which one had the date now.) This laptop absolutely hates fmp so I've only looked at those pages and don't have time now to wait for any of them to re-open. There were several otherpieces and pages within pieces I didn't look at at all.

[Merry]

The burial in 1823 had his first name mis-transcribed

The bap for his first child had the surname mis-transcribed.

[lyndenh55]

thanks again have got the info from fmp now