2453.Edward Dix. Born ca 1609/10. Edward died in Watertown, MA on 9 Jul 1660.30
From Bond’s Watertown:30
“Edward Dix embarked at Gravesend, Jan. 16, 1635, aged 19, and in the same vessel came Jane Wilkinson, aged 10. He was admitted freeman, May 4, 1635, and his name is on the earliest list of proprietors of Wat.” In volume 2, however, “It was for a time supposed that Edward Dix and Jane Wilkinson, who embarked at Gravesend in Jan. 1635, were married after their arrival, and became the ancestors of all the Dix families in Watertown and that vicinity. This supposition is not yet, I think entirely disproved, although later investigations have rendered it questionable. It is now supposed that Edward Dix, of Watertown, was the ‘Edward Deekes’ who subscribed at the church gathering in charlestown, Aug. 27, 1630 (and must therefore have come over in the fleet with Gov. Winthrop, or very soon after) and the ‘Edward Dixe’ who was adm. freeman Mar. 3, 1734-5. Perhaps he returned to England for a wife. In subscribing at Charlestown, his name immediately succeeds that of Henry Bright, who also went to Watertown; and, in the list of freemen, his name is in the midst of other Watertown names. He was a selectman 1650, and he had been a constable previous to Ap. 1651, when he, and others with him, were fined by the Court, each 10s. for not providing half-bushels for standards, when constables. Ap. 2, 1661, wid. Susanna Dix brought suit against Sergt. John Wincol and John Dix, Exrs. of Edward Dix, for her dowry. Verdict for the plaintiff, viz., one-third rents and the costs, 13s.”
Edward Deekes was admitted to Boston church as member number 49. He was admitted freeman on 4 Mar 1635 in Watertown. He was selectman in Watertown in 1649.
Edward first married Jane. Jane died in Watertown, MA on 18 Feb 1642.