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The Dix's


Edward Dix (1616)
John Dix (1640)
John Dix (1672)
John Dix (1702)
Jonathan Dix (1745)
John Dix (1782)
Asa Clapp Dix (~1813)
John Edwin Dix (1816)
Mary Adelaide Dix (1819)
Edwin Augustus Dix (1860)
William Frederick Dix (1867)
Alison Joy Dix (1905)
Tennille Dix (1902)
Norman Brooke Dix (1909)
Eleanor Alice Dix (1941)
Joy Tennille Dix (1947)
Elizabeth Gay Brooke Dix (1952)
Ann Alexandra Dix (1957)

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William Frederick Dix

[ The following is from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History Of the Landed Gentry Including American Families With British Ancestry

Founded 1837 By Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., Ll.D.
Ulster King of Arms 1853-1892
Printed and Produced In England 1939]

DIX

WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX, of South Orange, New Jersey; Interested in Life Insurance, Secretary Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, May, 1906-1933; Captain E. Orange (N.J.) Rifles, Col. New York Military Police Reserve; Trustee Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn 1913; Chairman Board of Trustees, Carnegie Fund; Member Soc. Colonial Wars (Gov. 1910-12, dep. Gov. Gen. N.J. Soc. 1913); Member Soc. of Founders and Patriots (Gov. N.J. Soc. 1918-21, Sec. Gen. Court 1920-22); formerly Chairman Bd. of International Hospitality of New York; Consul-Gen. of Montenegro in New York 1918-21, in charge of Legation 1920-21; decorated by King Nicholas with Grand Cross of Order of Danilo I for services, Editor of The Churchman, 1894; Editor of The Home Journal, New York (name changed 1900-1906 to Town and Country), Author of The Face in the Girandole, The Lost Princess, Man and the Two Worlds, and many articles and poems, b. 18 Nov. 1867; educ. Princeton Univ. (1889); m. 2 June 1900, Alice, dau. of William Alexander Tennille, of E. Orange, and has had issue,

1. Tennille, b. 21 Nov. 1902; d. 12 Oct. 1930.

2. Norman Brooke, b. 19 Oct. 1909; m. 26 Oct. 1938, Eleanor Collins Clemens.

1. Alison Joy, b. 3 Nov. 1905; m. Cavaliere Carlo Gargiulo, of Sorrento, Italy, and has issue
Carla Dix.

Lineage. - This family was founded in America by Edward Dix, who sailed from Gravesend, England, 16 Jan. 1635, and became, 4 May, 1635, Freeman, and was one of the earliest proprietors of Watertown, Mass., b. 1616; m. Jane Wikkenson (b. 1615), and was father of

John Dix, of Watertown, b. 4 Sept. 1640; m. 7 Jan. 1670, Elizabeth Barnard, and d. 7 Nov. 1714, leaving a son,

John Dix, of Watertown, b. 6 Mar. 1672; m. 29 Nov. 1697, Martha Laurence, by whom he left issue,

John Dix, of Watertown (a Selectman there), b. 18 May, 1702; m. 28 Sept. 1726, Mary Cook, and d. 11 June, 1787, leaving a son,

Jonathan Dix, of Watertown, b. 23 Mar. 1745; m. 14 Jan. 1768, Mary Bullard, and left at his decease,

John Dix, of Watertown, b. 5 May, 1782; m. Mary Williams Brazier, and d. 1820, leaving issue,

John Edwin Dix, b. 9 Aug. 1816; m. 22 Sept. 1858, Mary Fisher Joy, and d. 19 Jan. 1901, leaving issue,

William Frederick, of whom we treat.

Arms. - Az. on a bend or. three martlets gu. on a chief or a crescent for difference. Crest. - A greyhound's head erased gu. ducally gorged gu. between two rings dexter sa. sinster or a crescent for difference.

Residencies. - 235, Tillou Road, South Orange, N.J., U.S.A., and Windward, Westhampton, Beach, Long Island, N.Y. Clubs. - Authors (Treas.); Princeton (New York); Westhampton Country (L.I.); Orange Lawn Tennis, and Rock Spring Country.

 


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Text from Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History Of the Landed Gentry



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