Person:Leonard Dix (1)

The Estate of Leonard Dix of Wethersfield

"Probate Records. Vol. VI, 1795 to 1700. Page 43-4.

Dix, Leonard, Wethersfield. Died 7 December, 1697. Invt. £53-08-00. Taken 17 January, 1697-8, by William Warner & Ebenezer Deming. Will dated 24 March, 1696-7.

I Leonard Dix of Wethersfield doe make this my last Will & Testament: Besides the Estate that I have already given to my two sons Samuel & John, as by their Deeds of Gift may appear, I do give unto my son John my great Brass Kettle & an Iron Pott, the Ketle that was Mr. Gardner's. I do give to my son Samuel the ½ of all the Iron Work and Tackling belonging to my Teame. I do give to my son Samuel the last Division of Land granted to me by the Inhabitants of the Town, and the Division of Land on the East Side of the Great River, being the Indian Purchase; also my great Musket and the long Fowling peice. Item. To my daughter Mercy my square, 2 broad Chisels, and a black heifer 2 or 3 years old. Item. To my daughter Hannah my warming pan and my Boston Kettle, a table wth a Drawer in it, and a meal Trough. Item. To my daughter Elizabeth a young brown mare. Item. To my son-in-law John Ffrancis, besides what he hath had already, 5 Shillings in pay. I give to my wife, the terme of her natural life, 1-3 part of the Lands for her maintenance, and which room in the house she sees cause to have, and also a Cow. Further, it is my Will that the Kettle given to Samuel and the two Kettles given to John that my wife shall have the use of them the time of her life. And further my Will is that my son John shall have my sorrill Horse. And further my Will is and I make my son Samuel my Executor.

LEONARD X DIX. LS.

Witness: James Treat, Thomas Fitch.

Court Record, Page 17—4 March, 1697-8: Will proven."^[2]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Leonard² Dix, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
   2:302-03.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Dix, Leonard, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   1:551.
3. ↑ Edward Dix, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
   551-53.

   The Great Migration sketch of Edward Dix identifies four children of Edward and his wife Jane. There appears to be no credible evidence connecting him with Leonard Dix of Wethersfield.

4. ↑ Edward Dix, in Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
   2:753.

   5. Deborah, &c. She was not a daughter of Edward Dix. Dr. T. W. Harris says, she was doubtless a widow, for she had sons Leonard Dix, John Dix, and William Dix, who were settled at Hartford, Conn. Who her first husband was is unknown to me; Richard Barnes was her 2d husband.