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Joseph was born on 24 February 1699, the son of John Dixon and Elizabeth Downham, at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
The Dixons came out of Lincolnshire. Old John Dixon, a carpenter, arrived in Spalding in the 1690s and married Elizabeth Downham there on May 1, 1698. They had several sons, the eldest being Joseph in 1699. In 1713 Joe was apprenticed to his father as a carpenter, but on the last day of 1713 the old man died and was buried on January 1, 1714, at Spalding. Young Joe was re-apprenticed to William Dalby in nearby Stamford. He became a pillar of the Stamford community, and married Mary Brookes, at nearby Paston, in 1721, the Rev. Thomas Gibson officiating. He was awarded his Freedom of Stamford in 1722. After his marriage he moved to St John's Parish, Stamford, walking every day to Dalby's yard in neighboring All Saints. When Richard came along in 1724 the family moved back to All Saints. Dalby died in 1730, with no suitable heirs to the big carpentry business he'd built up, and Joe took it over. That year he took on apprentice William Asgodby for 12 pounds. He would also take on most of his own sons when they reached 14. In 1737 he was elected the churchwarden of All Saints, a responsibility that most freemen didn't want but had to |
shoulder once in their lifetime as part of their civic duties. In 1743 Joe took on Vincent Wing as an apprentice for 15 pounds, and in 1746 Thomas Bradfield for the same sum.
His apprenticeship fee as a joiner and carpenter was huge for Stamford, reflecting his position in the community as a big businessman and wheeler dealer. On March 25, 1747 Joe bought the Cock Inn, a huge and very important Stamford hostelry at Scotgate, on the Great North Road. It came complete with five cottages or shops in its curtilage. Mrs. Margaret Fox sold it to him for 141 pounds and one shilling, plus 5 shillings to the intermediary Timothy Helmsley of Threadneedle Street, London. Later that year, his wife Mary died. On July 23, 1748, he married Ruth Brown, Edward Brown's widow, but they had no children (Ruth had a couple from her marriage to Ed, who had been a blacksmith) In 1755 Joe took on William Elliott as an apprentice, but by the late 50s he was gradually passing control of the business over to his eldest son John. Old Joe finally retired in 1759, when he was 60, and spent the last years of his life at 34 St Peters Street, Stamford, in a house leased to him by the Corporation of Stamford. John would continue this lease after his father died in 1777. |
| John | Born 12 Oct 1722 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Married Alice Newcome | ||
| Richard | Born 4 Nov 1724 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Married Anne Gibson | ||
| Thomas | Born 23 Jun 1726 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Married Anna Arch | ||
| Joseph | Born 18 Feb 1729 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Buried 27 Jul 1731 | ||
| Joseph | Born 26 Mar 1732 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Married Joanna Lane | ||
| William | Born abt 1733 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Died in Infancy | ||
| Sydenham | Born abt 1735 | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Remained single | ||
| (Female) | No Date | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Stillborn | ||
| Mary | Born 23 Jun 1739 | Stamford, Lincolnshire |
Married Edward Peake, Joseph Baker, Richard Reily |
| Joseph Dixon |
b: 24 Feb 1699 c: 5 Mar 1699 Spalding, Lincolnshire John Dixon and Elizabeth Downham |
| Mary Brookes |
b: abt 1695 c:17 Jan 1695 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire daughter of Jonathan Brooks and Mary Lilford |
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8 Oct 1721 Joseph Dixon Mary Brookes | Paston, Northamptonshire |
| John Dixon |
b: 12 Oct 1722 c: 30 Oct 1722 St John's, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
| Richard Dixon |
b: 4 Nov 1724 c: 18 Nov 1724 Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
| Thomas Dixon |
b: 23 Jun 1726 c: 30 Jun 1726 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
| Joseph Dixon |
b: abt 1729 c: 18 Feb 1729 All, Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes Buried 27 Jul 1731 |
| Joseph Dixon |
b: 26 Mar 1732 c: 15 Apr 1732 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
| William Dixon |
b: abt 1733 c: 21 Jul 1733 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes Died in Infancy |
| Sydenham Dixon |
b: abt 1735 c: 23 Mar 1735 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire son of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
| (Female) Dixon |
No Date Stamford, Lincolnshire daughter of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes Stillborn |
| Mary Dixon |
b: 23 Jun 1739 c: 24 Jun 1739 All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire daughter of Joseph Dixon and Mary Brookes |
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Mary (Brookes) Dixon |
Died 1747 Burial 5 Dec 1747, All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire |
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Ruth was Widow the of Edward Brown. There were no children: |
| Ruth Brown |
No Date Widow of Edward Brown |
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23 Jul 1748 Joseph Dixon Ruth Brown |
| Ruth (Brown) Dixon |
Died 1766 Burial 28 Nov 1766, All Saints, Stamford |
| Joseph Dixon |
Died 8 Jun 1777, Burial 11 Jun 1877, All Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire |