James Dawson^[1]

Abt 1760 - 1824  (64 years)

• Name	James Dawson  [2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1760	Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1824	New York, New York, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I100029	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Lydia Dexter,   b. Abt 1778, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Feb 1868, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1801	Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  James Dawson was born in Martha's Vineyard and was a salt-watersailor. He came to Henderson at an early date, settling at RobertsCorners. He married Lydia Dexter, whose parents came to theneighborhood in 1812, and their union was blessed with one son andthree daughters: Alexander who died at the age of 84; Caroline, whodied at nine years of age; Rosamond, who also attained the age of 84years, and Lucinda (Mrs. John B. Pierce), who resides at RobertsCorners. She was born in 1814, in a log house on the site where herpresent home stands. June 8, 1894, many of her friends met tocelebrate her 80th birthday. Possessing a cheerful disposition, hersociety is sought by young and old. (BIOGRAPHIES AND FAMILY SKETCHESfor the TOWN OF HENDERSON from The Growth of a Century by JOHN A.HADDOCK, 1895) 1820 Census -0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,2 DAR Patriot Lookup indicated that James Dawson was a sailor and borycirca 1790 in Mass and died in 1824 in NY. March 16, 2005 Living next to Luen Dexter and Leonard Dexter

  
  

• Sources

  [S3318] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S2253] WWW.Rootsweb.com, Dexter Mailing List posting by Mary McCoy 8/7/2003 (Reliability: 3). [S3355] Haddock, John A., Haddock, John A., The Growth of a Century, (Name: 1895;), Biographies and Family Sketches for the Town of Henderson (Reliability: 3). [S3331] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,Application Files, Lucinda Dawson Pierce Record Copy: National Number 36920, Record Copy. (Reliability: 3). [S2812] Town Clerk, Town of Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, Vermont, Windsor County, Woodstock, Vital Records of the Town ofWoodstock, Book B, p. 146, January 18, 1801 (Reliability: 3).