I have some information on part of the Dix family of Wethersfield, CT. Hannah Dix daughter of Leonard Dix and Sarah surname unknown was the wife of John Reynolds, Jr. and the mother of my John Reynolds (Jr.)... Here are a few notes I have on her...baptisms are from records of the Reverend Stephen Mix and the notes I have on her father Leonard Dix... I have been to our library and reviewed all the published data on Leonard Dix and Deborah Dix; Watertown, MA Vital Records; Torries early marriages; histories of Watertown MA; Wethersfield, Brandford, New Haven and Windsor CT.

The only record of a Deborah Dix was the notation of her birth 7/20/1680, d/o John and Elizabeth Dix; There is no other record of her anywhere else. This Deborah is too young to be the mother of Leonard Dix.

But she may be the Deborah Dix who married Richard Barnes in Marlborough, MA. NO: DEBORAH DICKS MARRIED RICHARD BARNES 12/16/1667, 12 YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF THE ABOVE DEBORAH.

The only Dixs in the proprietor land records in early Watertown, MA are that of Edward Dix and Joseph Dix.

In 1633, the 'Griffin' left England for Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among those on board were 3 emminant ministers: Mr Cotton (who remained in Boston); and Misters Hooker and Stone. Mr Hooker was a pastor, ordained for a congregation at Newtowne (Watertown, MA), that came over with him from the area of Earl's Colne in Essex, England (neighboring Wethersfeild).

Abt 1635, Mister Stone accompanied Mister Hooker and members of his congregation for the Connecticut River area. The group moved to CT along with land agents from Cambridge, MA, who had already scoped out the area.

Before them, in 1634, John Oldham led some of the impatient inhabitants of Watertown, MA overland and began a settlement at (1636 Watertowne Ct -> 1638 Wethersfeild, so named by the General Court at Hartford.")

Leonard Dix may well have gone to CT in any of these groups or immigrated directly there from England, if he was not Dutch. Land records indicate he was there by 1645.

I found no birth or marriage record for him, nor records of the births / baptisms of his children. Some of the early church records were lost or never existed. NOR have I found the name Leonard in any of the records of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Netherlands. Leonard does not appear to be a Dutch name.

I know not where the identity of Leonard's children was obtained, although it may have been from his will probated in Hartford, Ct.

Since the earliest publications, there is still no definative proof of the pedigree of Leonard Dix of Wethersfield, CT. All I can say with any certainty is:
He is not the son of Edward Dix of Watertown, as Edward's children's births /baptisms are on record.
The Deborah Dix of Watertown is not his mother.
He married Sarah.
Ultimately lived in Weathersfield, CT where he later died.



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I posted most of this info this on the DIX forum yesterday