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Group Administrator: Susan Branam slbranam@yahoo.com
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Welcome to the DIXON Surname DNA Project!
To participate all you need is a living male DIXON relative willing to provide a simple, painless cheek-rubbing sample.
This project is open to Dixons worldwide.
DIXON, DICKSON, DIXSON, DISON, or any reasonable
variant spelling welcome.
Males named Dixon may be tested. If you are female or a male researcher whose surname is not Dixon, you may find a male Dixon relative willing to do the test on behalf of your family line.
To join, click on the 'join this group' link on the upper left side of this page to order a test kit at the group rate.
****When joining, please also send genealogical/ pedigree information to the project administrator.**** Or, upload a Gedcom to FTDNA on your personal "My page" at Familytree.com. (FTDNA will send you a link to your "my page" when your results are back. You may use that link or log in with your kit # ( and create a password) at the main FTDNA page: www.familytreedna.com.
Joining involves ordering a test kit from FTDNA.
The 37 marker test is recommended as a minimum for genealogical purposes. (a 67 marker test is now available as of May, 2006)
It is also possible to order a basic test (12 markers) and order an upgrade later without re-testing. 12 marker results are generally not useful for genealogy, but can be used to determine your 'haplogroup' or ethnic backround.
Dixons who have tested at other labs may include their results in this project by contacting the project administrator at the email address shown on the join page.
We are sharing results with the DICKASON project and have had one cross-match.
Also we are comparing DNA results with the Border-Reivers project, which is a geographic-based project using a number of surnames, including Dixon. | Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
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Project Background, Goals, Results and News are copyright of the specific Surname Project Project Goals: Our main goal is simply in giving Dixon researchers a means to connect with others of their line to enhance their genealogical research.
We accept DIXONS from anywhere in the world to join our project which will complement our conventional paper research with DNA evidence.
DNA can be used to confirm or rule out relationships between family lines, and identify common ancestors.
Some researchers like to use DNA to explore their "deep ancestry" and may be able to learn something of their early ethnic origins. A 12 marker test may be sufficient for this, for those without interest in conventional genealogy. 37 markers is the minimum recommended for genealogical purposes. 67 markers is becoming a common starting point, and is necessary for some with common haplotypes. As the database builds, having 67 marker results available will become increasingly beneficial.
Some have used DNA to confirm descendancy for all branches of their immigrant ancestor.
For example, if the immigrant lived in a specific county in Virginia, and three men who lived in the same area have traditionally been believed to be sons of the same immigrant, then DNA tests can be done on descendants of each of the three men to prove or rule out a relationship.
For less common surnames, DNA is useful to determine whether all lines with the name are related or not. Some have used DNA to find whether similar sounding names have common roots.
For us, Dixon is a somewhat common name, with a multitude of different origins of the names, so we will see a number of unrelated groups forming as the project grows.
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I have added some Dixon family website links here to use up some of the empty real estate on the page....
LINKS
Dixon family websites:
For Henry/Rose DIXON:
Glenn Dixon's site:
http://thedixons.net/clan
and another for Henry & Rose:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Dixon.htm
Betty Green's new page:
http://carolinakin.com/directory.htm
For Lt. Col. Henry DIXON (Revolutionary War)
http://www.stlouistimeportal.com/dixon
This site contains links to other DIXON family Websites, including a web-ring:
http://www.dixongenealogy.com
for more general information on the DIXON surname:
the Border Reivers DNA project page for information on early British ancestry of some Dixon lines.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rdixon/genes/dixon/origins.htm
AND
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gallgaedhil/elliott_border_reivers_dna.htm | Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
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Project Background, Goals, Results and News are copyright of the specific Surname Project Project News: I did a little looking at the Sorenson website recently. www.smgf.org. I did find a match 19 / 19 with our Subgroup G.
The pedigree associated with that result gave the following
as their earliest known ancestor:
John Franklin DIXON
b. 2 Jan 1842 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
m. Lucinda Elsbeth HARRISON
Most members now have Gedcoms uploaded now so that those who match can view one another's pedigrees.
Most of our WAMH-matching members have now upgraded to 67, which has helped to sort out subgroups which might have a MRCA within a genealogical time frame. This particularly has helped in dividing the WAMH matches into subgroups W1 & W2.
All individuals who are WAMH matches are now in the 'W' subgroups.
A few individuals in the W groups are missing one marker value needed to label them as WAMH, but match other W group members at the 37 or 67 levels.
All in this group have common marker values and tend to have numerous irrelevant matches with other surnames.
The W groups are now mostly shown in the same color, light green, on the chart, to indicate that they all share the exact same 12 marker haplotype. (With a few exceptions noted...)
In other words, W1a, W2 W3 & W4 all match each other 12/12. They are divided into smaller groups based on their 37 or 67 results as they come available.
Group W-1a all live in the US and match closely enough to have a MRCA since immigration from Europe. Likewise, all of W2 match closely enough to have a MRCA within a genealogical timeframe. (One member of this group does not match DNA but has a paper trail connection to two others in the group; he will remain in this group unless a paper trail problem is uncovered, or he turns out to match a different Dixon subgroup on DNA, both of which are unlikely.)
Within group W1a are two members who are of a different surname, and are only 11/12 with the rest of the subgroup, but one is still a close match with the rest of this subgroup at 67 markers. The second individual with that surname doesn't have 67 marker results, but is a close relative of the first.
Group W3 is WAMH, and is 12/12 with groups W1 & W2. His results diverge from theirs past 12 markers.
W5 is one individual who is also WAMH, but is 11/12 with the other W groups, so is shown in a different green on the chart; results past 12 also diverge away from the other WAMH Dixons.
W4 has one member who only has 12 marker results available; he could belong in any of these other W subgroups but there is just not enough information to place him.
Group W-1b will probably be eliminated at some point. Both individuals in W-1b match 12/12 with a couple of members of W-1a.
Group W-1b has a slightly different 12 marker haplotype than most of group W-1a, matching Group W-1a on 11/12, or 12/12. They are also one marker off from being a WAMH match. This group may or may not have a common ancestor with each other and may or may not have a common ancestor with Group W-1a members.
The commonness of the haplotype muddies the waters for these WAMH and near-WAMH groups.
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archived News (2006)
We are sorry to report that Don Dickason, the founder and administrator of the DICKASON surname project has passed away of a heart attack on 17 July 2006. Don was partially responsible for this DIXON/DICKSON project being formed, and some of our members first tested through his project.
FamilytreeDNA has added the capability of uploading Gedcoms. Gedcoms would be viewable only by the individual, the project administrator, and any matching individuals.
This seems like a good feature to help people connect. Anyone with genealogy software can create and upload a Gedcom. I have added Gedcoms already for many project members, and will try to continue doing so. Any members who wish to upload a Gedcom or an updated Gedcom to replace what is there, is welcome to do so. | Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
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Project Background, Goals, Results and News are copyright of the specific Surname Project Project Results: As of 2/21/2008, we have 60 members.
Group Participants Surname Count:
(Current spellings used by project members not necessarily reflecting spellings used by ancestors; approximated count update on 3/20/08.)
DIXON 47
DICKSON 8
DISON 1
Other 4
The majority of members tested so far are estimated by FTDNA to belong to haplogroup R1b, the most common European haplogroup.
Haplogroup I is also fairly common among Dixons.
Other haplogroups represented in the project are E3a and E3b, and K.
Most of our R1b members are probably more specifically R1b1; but few have been confirmed with SNP testing.
For explanations about haplogroups:
http://www.kerchner.com/haplogroups-ydna.htm
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Genealogical information:
Early ancestors of project participants are listed below. Shown are the DNA testee’s /surname as currently spelled,/ and country of residence / earliest known male DIXON ancestor/. Other ancestors listed on this page were mainly born before 1850.
Participants are numbered and grouped into subgroups, based mainly on DNA haplotype, but also by paper trail connections where the DNA is questionable due to frequent mutations or low numbers of marker results available.
Participants are also divided into these subgroups on the Y- DNA results page.
Participants’ numbers below do not necessarily correspond to the order that they appear on the Y-DNA page, which is constantly changing as new DNA results come in.
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SUBGROUP A
Two members of this group go back to Halifax County, Virginia. While their common ancestor is not known, researchers on these lines already believed they were connected; and the DNA has confirmed that with a close match on 37 marker testing.
There is mystery, however, with the third member, and it whether he should be in this grouping.
This third member is stuck at a brick wall in Alabama. He matched them on 11 of 12 markers; and, since I’ve seen cases where a match on only 11 markers will hold up just as close with more markers tested (24 of 25 matching….) In this case, that did not happen, the match dropped to only 20 of 25 markers, which would not ordinarily be considered significant, probably having no relationship within the time frame since migration to America.
However, some researchers of the Virginia line believe there is a possibility of a common ancestor on this side of the Atlantic, due a compelling geographical connection. It seems that a relative of the Halifax, Virginia line, is found on the same page of the 1850 Alabama census as an ancestor of the Alabama line. If these two lines are indeed connected that closely, then they must have an unusually highly mutatable haplotype.
Since we’re all learning more about DNA as we go, I couldn’t put it beyond the realm of possibilities at this time.
It would be ideal to test another male from the Alabama line as well to explore that possibility of frequent mutations.
I have grouped this Alabama line and the Halifax, Virginia line together in the same subgroup for now, to be re-evaluated later.
Subgroup A genealogical information:
Participant A. 1. /Surname DICKSON/ USA/ Earliest Known Ancestor (EKA) :
John H. DICKSON, b. ca1836 per Alabama census, m. Martha A. TAYLOR 12 Sep 1872 Desoto Co., Mississippi. Lived in Tate Co., Mississippi and later Lonoke Co., Arkansas. John d. bef. 1889, when Martha married Jack A. JONES in Crawford Co., Ark.. John's d. place unkn.
"John H. DICKSON was *possibly* the son of David and Ellen DICKSON....good circumstantial evidence....not proven...." A census gives John's father from Tennessee and his mother from Virginia. Descendants lived Tate Co., Mississippi; Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas; Yell Co., Arkansas.
DNA donor (2004) is Generation #5.
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Participant A. 2. /Surname DIXON/ USA/ Earliest known ancestor:
Samuel L. DIXON, b. 1805, d.1847 Halifax, VA,USA
m. Rebecca FERGUSON 1831
Generation #2: Nimrod DIXON, b. 1845 d. 1905, Halifax VA,
m. Mary "Mollie" SMITH 1868.
DNA donor (2005) is Generation # 4.
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Participant A. 3. /Surname DIXON/ USA/
EKA:
Thomas Dickson: b. ca1692, Northern Ireland, m. Mary ? ca 1719 [m.(2) Mary Douglass ca. 1739], d. 1763 Halifax Co., VA, USA.
Generation# 2:
Benjamin Dickson: b. ca1721, Northern Ireland or Pennsylvania,
m. Winifred Finney ca1750 [m.(2) Elizabeth Whitehead 1780], d. 1806 Halifax Co., VA.
Generation #3: Thomas Dickson , b. ca1751, Halifax Co., VA,
m. Martha Adams 1771, d. 1812 Halifax Co., VA.
Generation #4: Benjamin Dickson, Jr., b. ca 1772, Halifax Co., VA.,
m. Elizabeth Farmer 1792, d. 1814 Halifax Co., Va.
Generation #5: Thomas J. Dixon: b. ca1798, Halifax Co., VA.,
m. Elizabeth Epperson ca1827, d. 1889 Halifax Co., VA.
Generation#6: Benjamin Franklin Dixon, b. 1836 Halifax Co., VA.,
[m. Ellen G. Smith 1866] m.(2) Susanna Frances Moore 1871, d. 1893 Halifax Co., VA.
DNA donor (2005) is # Generation 9.
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SUBGROUP B
These two members match perfectly on 12 markers, genetic distance zero.
One has not tested past 12 markers, so we don't know how the match would hold up with more results available. Fortunately, they appear to have an uncommon haplotype, with no random non-surname matches whatsoever, so this probably is a signicant match.
Both have Tennessee connections but we don't know who or where the common ancestor may be. With DNA results only available to 12 markers, it is impossible to guess whether the common ancestor was in Tennessee or much farther back in the British Isles, with the Tennessee connection being a coincidence.
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Participant #B. 1: /Surname DIXON/ USA/
EKA:
Thomas DIXON, b. 1825 Jackson Co., Tenn.
wife: Emaline Franklin
Generation #2: James "Jeff" DIXON
wives: Mary "Molly" LAWSON; Mary Magdalene SISCO
DNA donor (2004) is Generation #5.
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Participant B. 2. /Surname DIXON/ USA/ Earliest known ancestor (EKA) :
Henry DIXON, born Tennessee, m. Katherine ROBB;
Generation #2: Arthur DIXON, b. 1885, d. 1951 Chicago, Illinois.
DNA donor (2005) is Generation #5.
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SUBGROUP C
The common ancestor for these two participants would be back in the British Isles, since one line appears to have arrived in the US prior to 1830, and the other later in the 1800s, possibly during the potato famine in Ireland.
Participant # C.1. : /Surname DIXON/ USA/ EKA:
Thomas DIXON, b. ca1780 place unknown, d. 1840s probably in Illinois.
Thomas lived McMinn Co., Tenn., USA, 1828-1830; in Sumner Co., Tenn. 1832-36; then in Franklin Co., Illinois, 1836-1840+ He apparently died bef. 1850.
Generation #2: John DIXON, b. 1812 TN, d. 1860 Franklin Co., IL..
m. Elizabeth LAUNIUS, 12-25-1839 in Franklin County, IL.
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Participant #C.2. : /Surname DICKSON/ USA/ EKA: unknown
The grandfather of this DNA testee came from Belfast, N. Ireland in the mid. to late 1800s, settled in Butler, Taylor County, Georgia, USA. Some descendants went to Texas.
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SUBGROUP D
Participant #D. 1. : /Surname DIXON/ USA/ Earliest Known Ancestor:
Thomas DIXON 1700-1763, m. Judith WINGFIELD, Dinwiddie VA, USA.
Generation #2: John DIXON, m. Mary. Moved to Warren Co., Kentucky, owned the Dixon Cave at Mammoth Cave National Park (Cave was probably in Warren County at that time, now in Edmondson County I believe--SB.) ; later family locations Missouri, Hemstead Co., Arkansas., Lamar Co., Fannin Co.,Texas.
Gen. #3: Henry DIXON, m. Nancy HUBBARD ;
Gen. #4: Miller Hubbard DIXON, (1807-1855) ,
m. Nancy Missouri ZACHARY who was b. in Missouri. Miller Hubbard was born in “Virginia and moved at an early age to Warren Co. Ky. , thence to Missouri, where he married and soon after moved to Hemstead Co. Ark. In 1837 he moved to Lamar Co., thence to Fannin Co.; “ Miller H. was postmaster at Bonham, Texas, in 1848; buried at Hampton Cemetery, 3 miles SW of Bonham, TX.
Gen. # 5 Ephraim DIXON, b. 24 Dec. 1834, Hemstead Co., Arkansas. wife Emily, buried at Carson cemetery, north of Ector, in Fannin County, TX.
DNA donor (2004) is Generation #8.
This member actually has matched genetic distance 1 with a member of the DICKASON group and genetic distance 2 with another member of the DICKASON group. In turn these DICKASONs match loosely with other DICKASONS. They apparently have a fast mutating haplotype, since two of the DICKASONs are known third cousins yet match on only 23 of 25 (or genetic distance 2.)
I count this as a surname match. It is not known which side of the Atlantic there Most recent common ancestor may have been.
for more information on this DICKASON line see:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/DickasonDNA
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Subgroup F {one marker off from WAMH}
These match group W-1a at genetic distance 2 on 12 markers but the match falls to Gen. Dist. 10 on 37 markers.
Participant F.1.:
/Surname DIXON/ USA/ EKA: unknown
Origin Scotland. This participant tested through the National Geographic Genographic project, and has not provided genealogical information to the surname project administrator.
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Participant # F.2. :
/Surname DIXON/ USA/
EKA:
Thomas Dixon, b. County Tyrone, Ireland, 1704; d. 1770 Concord, Virginia.
Gen. #2: James Dixon, b. Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA, 2-14-1748/49; d. 12-11-1799.
Gen. #3: James Dixon, b. Bedford Co., Virginia, USA, 1780; d. 1836.
Gen. #4: David Dixon, b. Russel Co., VA, 1813; d. 12-1848.
Gen. #5 Charles Bickem Dixon, b. 8-1-1841; d.1-4-1918.
DNA donor (2006) is Gen. # 7.
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Subgroup G
Participant G.1.:
/Surname DICKSON/ USA/
EKA:
William DICKSON, b. ca 1614, England; d. 5 Aug. 1693, Middlesex, Massachusetts; arrived from England aboard the ship "Thomas" in 1635. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The family resided in several towns in the Boston area until the early 1800's when they moved to Cincinnati.
Gen. #2: John DICKSON, b. 21 Mar. 1654/55; d. 22 Mar. 1755.
Gen. #3: William DICKSON, b. 1698, Cambridge, MA; d. 15 Jan. 1768.
Gen. #4: Josiah DICKSON, b. 1724, Cambridge, MA; d. 11 Jun. 1775, Medford, MA.
Gen. #5: Jonas DICKSON, b. 2 Sep. 1755, Medford, MA; d. 23 Oct. 1821, Medford, MA.
Gen. #6: Joshua Gill DICKSON, Sr., b. 8 May 1790; d. 1 Jan. 1852, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gen. #7: Jonathan Bates DICKSON b. 1835, Cincinnati, OH; d. 1877, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Descendants in Hawai and California.
DNA donor is Gen. #10.
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Participant G.2.:
/Surname DIXON/ USA /
EKA:
Jacob Dixon, b. in West Virginia, ca 1865; (parents born in WV( from 1900 census)).
Married Mintie Belle MINER, ca.1886, place unknown; Died 1906 Mineral County, WV, but lived in Preston County at his time of death.
DNA donor (2006) is Generation #4.
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Participant# G.3.:
/Surname DIXON/ USA / Earliest Known Ancestor:
William Dixon (Dickson) of Cambridge, Massachusetts circa 1642; wife Jane, “ probably came from from the North East part of England. “
Generation # 2 John DIXON
Gen. # 3 John DIXON
Gen. # 4 John DIXON
Gen. # 5 John DIXON
Descendants moved from Mass. to Grand Cayman, then Roatan, Honduras
2007 DNA donor is Gen # 9[?]
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/Surname DIXON/ USA
This member has not provided genealogical information to the project.
Only 12 marker results available.
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Participant G.5:
[Formerly Participant H.2; has a paper trail connection to members of subgroup W-1c, but does not match DNA with them.]
/Surname DIXON/ UK/ EKA:
Thomas Dixon, b. 5 Aug 1627 in Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Generation #2. Joseph DIXON, b. 1 July 1683 in same, d. 9 Sep 1742 in same.
m. Mary Elizabeth Ingle
Gen. #3 John Dixon.
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Subgroup H
Subgroup H is not on the Y-DNA chart. The members of this subgroup have been moved due to newer information coming available, to W-2; W-1c and .
Participant H.1 See Subgroup W-2. This participant is now #W-2.1.
/Surname DICKSON/ USA/ (WAMH match)/ EKA:
Thomas Dixon, b. 5 Aug 1627 in Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Generation #2. Joseph DIXON, b. 1 July 1683 in same, d. 9 Sep 1742 in same.
m. Mary Elizabeth Ingle
G#3. William DIXON, b. 4 Jun 1716, d. 7 Mar 1764 in Bethabara, NC, USA.
m. Christina ORCHARD.
William DIXON was the immigrant to America, came on board the Moravian ship, “Irene,” to the colony in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and then was sent by the church to the Wachovia (currently North Carolina ) settlement of Bethabara as a storekeeper. There was a Moravian community in the Yorkshire area of England, and William joined there before being sent to America.
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Participant H.2:
[This member is now in subgroup G on the Y chart due to a DNA match, despite a paper trail connection to members of subgroup W-1c below.]
DIXON/ ENGLAND/ EKA:
Thomas Dixon, b. 5 Aug 1627 in Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Generation #2. Joseph DIXON, b. 1 July 1683 in same, d. 9 Sep 1742 in same.
m. Mary Elizabeth Ingle
Gen. #3 John Dixon.
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SUBGROUP I
Two members of this group share a known common ancestor and match 37/37...
Participant I.1:
/Surname DIXON/ USA /
EKA:
Henry Dixon, born 22 Mar 1774 in Ash, North Carolina
died 21 Dec 1854 in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky
Joyce Farmer, born 27 Sep 1774 in Bedford County, Virginia
died 1 Apr 1856 in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky
Gen. #2:
Martin B. Dixon, born 16 Mar 1805 in Grayson County, Virginia
died 1885 Johnson County, Kentucky
Ruth Ann Porter, born cir 1823 in Virginia
died aft 1880 in Johnson County, Kentucky
Gen. #3:
Robert Porter Dixon, born 7 Aug 1856 in Johnson County, Kentucky
died 5 Nov 1948 in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky
Marcella Borders, born 7 June 1866 in Lawrence County, Kentucky
died 29 Nov 1950 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
DNA donor is Gen. #5. (2006)
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Participant I.2:
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
Henry Dixon (Dickson) b. 3/22/1774 NC m. Joyce Farmer b. 9/27/1772 Bedford Co., VA
Gen. #2 Andrew Farmer Dixon b. 2/22/1801 Grayson Co., VA m. Abigail Kelly b. 4/8/1808 VA
Gen. # 3 Isaac Dixon b. 2/8/1839 Floyd Co., KY m. Ella Margaret May b. 12/6/1846 Johnson Co., KY
Gen. #4: Clark Dixon b. 12/4/1872 Johnson Co., KY m. Minta Alice Rice b. 8/2/1880 Johnson Co., KY
DNA donor (2006) is Gen. #6.
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SUBGROUP J [ or subgroup I-2?]
Members of this subgroup (J on the Y dna chart for now) are very low level matches for the most part, matching 11/12 with the matches dissipating with testing beyond 12 markers. However, since they share the surname and do at least appear upon one another's match lists, I have grouped them here.
Participant I-2/J.1 :
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
Henry Dixon (Dickson) b. 3/22/1774 NC m. Joyce Farmer b. 9/27/1772 Bedford Co., VA
This member actually has a paper trail connection to subgroup I, but does not match DNA to them. He may represent their original DNA signature; unless it could be a fluke that his DNA loosely matches other Dixons(?).
The next two members match each other closely, although having no known ancestor in common:
Participant I-2/J.2 :
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
John Dixon, b. abt 1832; d. ????; m. ???? to Mary Ann Myers
John Dixon's parents may have been George M. Dickson and Sarah Gardner.
Gen.# 2 William Henry Dixon, b. 1861; d. 11 Feb 1943; m. 15 Dec 1890 to Margaret Jane Williams
Gen. # 3 George Henry Dixon, b. abt 1894; d. 10 Jan 1943; m. 1926 to Ida Mae Baney, d. 1968
DNA donor (2007) is Gen. # 4.
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Participant I-2/J.3 :
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
Andrew DIXON, b. Scotland, d. ca 1890 Boston, Mass., USA.
Gen. # 2: John Ernest DIXON, b. 1879 Boston, Mass.; d.1948 Dallas, TX, USA.
DNA donor (2007) is Gen. #4.
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Participant I-2/J.4 :
/Surname DIXON/ CANADA / EKA:
John DIXON, b. ca 1822, Manchester, UK. No other information has been provided to the project
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Participant I-2/J.5:
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
No information provided to project yet.
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SUBGROUP K
Participant K.1:
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
James Monroe Dixon, Mar 04, 1827, likely Dale County, AL, DOD Jun 21, 1909, Dale County, AL; m. Mary Hewlett, b. Jun 19, 1834, likely Dale County, AL, DOD June 19, 1874, Dale County, AL Nancy E. (maiden name unknown) b. Jan 03, 1857, DOD unknown
James Franklin Dixon, Mar 21, 1855, Dale County, AL, Nov 14, 1940, Dale County, AL Nancy Segler, Jan 23, 1872, Dale County, AL, DOD June 29, 1949, Dale County, AL
2007 DNA donor is Gen. #4.
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Participant K.2:
/Surname DIXON/ USA / EKA:
No genealogical information available
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WAMH matches and near-WAMH (Group W‘s):
Quite a few DIXONs have turned out to be WAMH matches, and others are off just one marker from being labelled WAMH matches.
WAMH is a name that has been given to the most common haplotype within haplogroup R1b1. R1b1 is the most common Western European haplogroup and is common among those with ancestors in or from the British Isles.
Atlantic Modal Haplotype (AMH) is a specific 6 marker haplotype, which was expanded on by FTDNA and called "Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype (WAMH)."
The DYS markers and STR allele repeat values required to be categorized as AMH are:
DYS388=12, DYS390=24, DYS391=11, DYS392=13, DYS393=13, and DYS394 (aka DYS19) =14.
People with the WAMH haplotype tends to match with many people of other surnames due to these common marker values. For these, realistically, at least 37 markers need to be tested to say that there is a significant relationship even with the same surname in common; 67 markers would be better.
Some of our members who match perfectly on 12 markers and are WAMH, have gone on to have the match falls apart with 37 markers tested, reduced to genetic distance 8 or farther.
FTDNA estimates the chance of these two having a common ancestor in 500 years is only 28.90%; 600 years is 47.79% at genetic distance 8. So the more marker results available the better, when determining the validity of matches within these WAMH groups.
For more information on WAMH:
http://www.familytreedna.com/MatchWAMH.html
also
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/DNA/CommonHaplotypes.htm
and
http://www.dnaheritage.com/masterclass4.asp
SUBGROUP W-1a
All of our W-1a members are fortunately upgraded to 67 markers now.
The first 3 members of W-1a match each other within genetic distance 3 with 37 markers tested.
They also match on 11 of 12 markers with Group W-1b and W-2. But the match with W-2 falls away after the 12 marker level for the most part.
Note: subgroup W-1a and W-2 and W-misc members are WAMH matches. Subgroup W-1b are not WAMH matches, because they are missing only one key marker value that determines the label WAMH, but they still match on 11/12 markers with the other W subgroups.
I have divided the WAMH results into various subgroups to help differentiate which ones might have a common ancestor within a genealogical time frame and which might go back much farther.
Subgroups W-1a, W-1b, and W-1c may have a very distant common ancestor with one another. The other W subgroups W-2, W-3, are less likely to have a common ancestor with theW-1 subgroups.
I have created a new sub-group W-misc. for members who are WAMH matches with only 12 marker results available. They might move into another W subgroup if more results become available for them.
Participant W-1a.1.:
/ Surname DIXON/ USA / (WAMH match)/ EKA:
Henry DIXON, b.1633 Ireland; married Rose.
Family locations:
Protestant Northern Ireland. Henry's children came to what is now Northern Delaware, USA, with many other Quakers to Penn's Colony in the late 1600's.
Descendants went to Chatham County, N. Carolina, and beyond.
For more see website:
http://thedixons.net/clan
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Note: Participants #W-1a.2 and #W-1a.4 are likely connected in Bradley Co. Tennessee but lacked a confirming paper trail.
Participant #W-1a.2: /Surname DIXON/ USA/ (WAMH match)/ EKA:
Simon A. Dixon, (Gen. #1) born abt. Feb., 1853 in Tennessee;
1900, was in Dover, Pope Co., Arkansas census; 1910 census for Hughes Co., Oklahoma.
Some descendants went to California.
DNA donor is Generation #4.
This participant matches closely (GD 1) on 67 markers with #W-1a.2, and I except will also match to W-1a.1. He also matches at GD 1 with #W1-a.4, who probably has a closer paper trail connection.
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Participant W-1a.3:
/Surname DIXON/ USA/ (WAMH match) / EKA:
Jacob DIXON, born ca1775, d. 1807 in Delaware, USA. Listed on the 1800 Census
for Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, DE., m. Elizabeth WALKER.
Generation #2 : James DIXON, b. 23 April 1804 , DE., m. Hannah HEALD.
Generation #3: Joseph H. DIXON, b. 1 Oct. 1847, DE, d. 1901 Wichita, Kansas., m. Sallie SLACK, b. 1852 Chester County, PA.
DNA donor is Generation #6.
Family locations: Delaware; Pennsylvania; Wichita, Kansas; Iowa; Missouri.
This member recently upgraded to 67 markers, confirming a good DNA match (GD 2) with the Chatham NC Quaker line (W-1a.1); Also both have a Delaware connection.
Since testing they have refined their paper trail connection.
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Participant W-1a.4:
/Surname DIXON/ USA/ (WAMH match) / EKA:
Alfred DIXON b. ca 1800 NC, U.S.A.
Gen. #2 John Harvey DIXON b. ca 1835 Bradley Co., Tennessee, USA.
Gen. # 3 Henry Dixon , b. 1856 Bradley, TN, USA.
DNA donor 2006 is Gen. # 5.
Matches at GD 1 with member #W-1a.2; and at GD 2 with member #W-1a3. [at 67 markers.]
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Participant W-1a.5:
/Surname OTHER/ residence unknown/ (not WAMH match)/
EKA: unknown
This member has matched at genetic distance well with the descendants of Henry and Rose DIXON of Ireland. {although mismatch on one of the first 12 markers} despite having a different surname. See also #W-1a.6, a close relative of this participant. So there is some possibility of Dixon origins here, perhaps through an adoption or other NPE.
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Participant W-1a.6:
A close relative of W-1a.5.
/Surname OTHER/ residence unknown/ (not WAMH match; missing WAMH vital marker result)/
EKA: unknown
With 67 marker results, This participant is genetic distance 2, 3, or 4 from other members of this subgroup.
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Subgroup W-2.
The members of this group have a paper trail connection to one another, except W-1c.1.
Three members of this subgroup also had a presumed paper trail connection to a member of Subgroup G.
Participant W-1c.1
/Surname DIXON/ USA/ (WAMH match)/ Earliest known ancestor:
John DIXON d. 1801 Waynesboro GA, USA.
Wife Margaret.
Generation #2 : John DIXON, b. 1758, d. 1835 Georgia, USA.
m. Martha Elizabeth Amanda POYTHRESS.
Generation #3: Robert J. DIXON, b. 13 Jul. 1805 Waynesboro, GA.
Generation #4: Da | | |