s/o Timothy Dix / Rachel Burbank
Timothy Dix died French Mills, Canada - Fort Covington, Franklin Co., NY, original name of the town was French Mills
He passed several years in a mercantile house at Amherst, NH and with his father and grandfather settled in Boscawen abt 1790. He purchased a township in the northern part of the state which bears his name.
At the commencement of the war of 1812 he was appointed major of a New Hampshire regiment which was afterwards transferred to the 14th Regiment US Infantry, a regiment that was recruited under the supervision in Maryland. Early in the spring of 1813 he marched from Baltimore to Sacketts Harbor, but during the summer was prostrated by fever.
He accompanied the expedition down the St. Lawrence in the fall against the advise of his physician, but having been promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and placed in command of the regiment, he would no remain behind.
On the 10th of October he was seized with a violent attack of pneumonia and borne from the camp at Chrystters Fields [Crysler's Field], Canada, by his son, John Adams, and two officers of his regiment, placed on a boat and died two days afterward. He was a man of strong character, of fine presence and courteous manner, greatly beloved by all.
m [1] 20 Mar 1791 Abigail Wilkins d 3 Dec 1808
They had known children - John Adams - Major General and 24th Governor of NY, Marion, Lucy Jane [more to add]
m [2] 03 Jul 1809 Lucy Hartwell d 30 Dec 1863
They had 3 known children - Roger Sherman, Timothy Browne, Catherine Hartwell
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819
s/o Timothy Dix / Rachel Burbank
Timothy Dix died French Mills, Canada - Fort Covington, Franklin Co., NY, original name of the town was French Mills
He passed several years in a mercantile house at Amherst, NH and with his father and grandfather settled in Boscawen abt 1790. He purchased a township in the northern part of the state which bears his name.
At the commencement of the war of 1812 he was appointed major of a New Hampshire regiment which was afterwards transferred to the 14th Regiment US Infantry, a regiment that was recruited under the supervision in Maryland. Early in the spring of 1813 he marched from Baltimore to Sacketts Harbor, but during the summer was prostrated by fever.
He accompanied the expedition down the St. Lawrence in the fall against the advise of his physician, but having been promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and placed in command of the regiment, he would no remain behind.
On the 10th of October he was seized with a violent attack of pneumonia and borne from the camp at Chrystters Fields [Crysler's Field], Canada, by his son, John Adams, and two officers of his regiment, placed on a boat and died two days afterward. He was a man of strong character, of fine presence and courteous manner, greatly beloved by all.
m [1] 20 Mar 1791 Abigail Wilkins d 3 Dec 1808
They had known children - John Adams - Major General and 24th Governor of NY, Marion, Lucy Jane [more to add]
m [2] 03 Jul 1809 Lucy Hartwell d 30 Dec 1863
They had 3 known children - Roger Sherman, Timothy Browne, Catherine Hartwell
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819
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