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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nixon, John 1725-1815 (search)
Nixon, John 1725-1815 Military officer; born in Framingham, Mass., March 4, 1725; was a soldier at the capture of Louisburg in 1745; served in the army and navy seven years; fought at Ticonderoga under Abercrombie, leading a company as captain. He led a company of minute-men at Lexington, and commanded a regiment at Bunker Hill, receiving a wound from which he never fully recovered. He was made a brigadier-general in 1776, and commanded a brigade in the battle of Stillwater, in which engagement a cannonball passed so near his head that it permanently impaired the sight of one eye and the hearing of one ear. Resigned Sept. 12, 1780. He died in Middlebury, Vt., March 24, 1815.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
ph,b. 14 Jan. 1757, removed to Harvard, was Deacon, and. 1827; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1760, d. unm. 22 Sept. 1837; Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec. 1764, d. unm. 1 May 1813; Mary, b. 11 Nov. 1767; Jonathan, b. 27 Jan. 1775. Joseph the f. res. in Menot. and d. 22 Sept. 1798, a. nearly 81; his w. Sarah d. 28 Oct. 180l, a. 71. 19. John, prob. s. of Thomas (11), by w. Betty, had Betsey, b. 16 Feb. 1776, m. Benjamin Harrington of Chs. 1 Oct. 1792; Abigail, b. 12 July 1778, d. 20 Nov. 1782; Eunice, b. 12 Sept. 1780; Lucy, b.31 May 1782, m. Stephen Tufts 9 Dec. 1798; Abigail, b. 29 Mar. 1784, m. John Niles 27 Mar. 1803; .John, b. 12 Oct. 1785; Reuben, b. 14 Ap. 1787, d. 8 May 1829; Mary, b. 12 Mar. 1789. His w. Betty d. 18 Mar. 1802, a. 51. 20. Abraham s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Mary Oliver 8 June 1747, and had Deborah, b. 1 Ap. 1748, d. 8 Oct. 1753; Oliver, b. 4 June 1751; Abraham, b. 25 Jan. 1754; Mary and Lucy, twins, bap. 10 June 1759; Samuel, bap. 1 Nov. 1761. This family prob. rem. as no f
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, F. (search)
ph,b. 14 Jan. 1757, removed to Harvard, was Deacon, and. 1827; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1760, d. unm. 22 Sept. 1837; Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec. 1764, d. unm. 1 May 1813; Mary, b. 11 Nov. 1767; Jonathan, b. 27 Jan. 1775. Joseph the f. res. in Menot. and d. 22 Sept. 1798, a. nearly 81; his w. Sarah d. 28 Oct. 180l, a. 71. 19. John, prob. s. of Thomas (11), by w. Betty, had Betsey, b. 16 Feb. 1776, m. Benjamin Harrington of Chs. 1 Oct. 1792; Abigail, b. 12 July 1778, d. 20 Nov. 1782; Eunice, b. 12 Sept. 1780; Lucy, b.31 May 1782, m. Stephen Tufts 9 Dec. 1798; Abigail, b. 29 Mar. 1784, m. John Niles 27 Mar. 1803; .John, b. 12 Oct. 1785; Reuben, b. 14 Ap. 1787, d. 8 May 1829; Mary, b. 12 Mar. 1789. His w. Betty d. 18 Mar. 1802, a. 51. 20. Abraham s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Mary Oliver 8 June 1747, and had Deborah, b. 1 Ap. 1748, d. 8 Oct. 1753; Oliver, b. 4 June 1751; Abraham, b. 25 Jan. 1754; Mary and Lucy, twins, bap. 10 June 1759; Samuel, bap. 1 Nov. 1761. This family prob. rem. as no f
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 20: (search)
he independence of America as a result very advantageous for all nations and especially for Russia, and who did not doubt that England would be forced to recognise it. The Marquis de Verac to Vergennes, 1 Sept., 1780. He could not grant the wished — for guarantee of the Dutch possessions in America, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in India; but in the course of September he drafted the Sept. convention which he held to be the only possible one between Russia and the republic. Ibid., 12 Sept., 1780. The draft did not include a general guarantee; but, if the republic should be attacked on account of the convention, the other powers were to take her part. A separate article declared the object of the armed neutrality to be the restoration of peace. At the same time couriers were despatched to the courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen; so that against the return of a favorable answer from the Hague all things might be prepared for receiving the Dutch republic into the league of neutral