Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Robert Dixon




Husband Robert Dixon 1

           Born: 1749 1
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           Died: 31 Dec 1775 - Quebec, Canada 1
         Buried: 


         Father: John Dixon (Abt 1724-1780) 1
         Mother: Arabella [Unk] (      -1775) 1





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General Notes: Husband - Robert Dixon


He was sergeant in Captain Matthew Smith's company of Paxtang, Colonel William Thompson's battalion of riflemen, in June, 1775; and fell at Quebec, December 31, 1775, "the first martyr of the Revolution," wrote William Darby.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 156.


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