Betty - you asked me: Perhaps Janice can post the DIX paragraph from the "History of Chelmsford." Does it say who their parents were? The following page references for Dix - in the book's Index are all transcribed below. Unless there is a family history in this book but which page number wasn't in the Index? Janice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts by The Rev. Wilson Waters, M. A., B. D. Printed for the Town by the Courier-Citizen Company, Lowell, Mass. 1917. Subject: Dix p.240 Boston, April 8, 1825 Roll of Chelmsford Minute Men who participated in the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1875: R. Wilson Dix J. A. Bartlett, Lieut. J. C. Hobbs, Ensign Rev. E. Fitz Gerald, Sergt. George Spalding, Sergt. Robt. Fletcher, Sergt. Chas Christy, Sergt. A. G. Green, Corp. N. P. Dadmun, Corp. E. B. Kittredge, Corp. Milo J. Proctor, Corp. Herbert H. Emerson A. C. Thissell C. Proctor Henry B. Hunt A. W. Allen G. W. Butterfield E. R. Marshall E. H. Warren E. Crosby Otis Adams, Jr. Geo. P. Mansfield Luther C. Upham George E. Hall Levi Lamphere I. L. Putnam James H. Hazen Saml. Hagerman Thos. Borden Asa H. Webber E. G. Nicless O. N. Thissell C. E. Parkhurst Isaac Dutton C. A. Parker C. H. Hall W. Whitfield George F. Reed J. H. McFarlin J. H. Willis John H. Lane R. Wilson Dix Henry Martin Frank Kelley C. D. Ticknor Timothy Adams W. E. Stone A. H. Park H. F. Ebert John Larey F. Sweetser ____ Pearson, Drummer. Willie Adams, Fifer. p.475 Joel Dix Pawtucketville (Dracut) In 1820, Feb. 1st. the General Court passed an act by which a number of the citizens of East Chelmsford were for parochial purposes set off from Chelmsford to the Pawtucketville society. They were "to enjoy all the parochial privileges of the society and pay their proportion of all necessary charges that may arise for such purposes." The names of those set off were: Joel Dix Phineas Whiting Nathaniel Wright John Ford Silas Hoar Artemas Holden James Bowers Jonathan Bowers Samuel F. Wood Nathan Tyler Josiah Fletcher John C. Hall Otis Tyler Nathan Tyler, Jr. Nathan Hunting Nathan P. Ames Joseph Dane Ephraim Osgood Simeon Parker Lewis Butterfield Zebulon Parker Jeduthan Parker Osgood Worcester Varnum Spalding Robert Spalding Micajah Bowers Bradley Varnum John Goulding Samuel Hunt Moses Chever, Jr. Amos Proctor. p.509 On November 25, 1851, the last boat owned by Dix and Rand and in charge of Samuel King, Passed through the Middlesex Canal. Its cargo consisted of eighteen tons of stone and two cords of pine wood. p.586 In 1895 the committee appointed by the town to arrange for the dedication of the new building of the Adams Library were: J. Adams Bartlett E. K. Parkhurst H. S. Perham Frank C. Byam Newell E. Parker S. Ingersoll Briant E. H. Shaw George F. Snow Wilson R. Dix The dedication too place May 8, 1895. p.604 History of Chelmsford. (in the year 1895) Surveyors of Lumber R. Wilson Dix George E. Spaulding Myron A. Queen Herbert C. Sweetzer Jay B. Plummer Stewart Mackay E. Hamlin Russell Melvin Walker Alvin H. Fletcher Francis O. Dutton. p.766 Civil List. 1881. R. Wilson Dix - Selectman 1882. R. Wilson Dix - Selectman 1883. R. Wilson Dix - Selectman also during 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 and 1888. p.767 R. Wilson Dix - Selectman in 1889. p.768 R. Wilson Dix - Selectman from 1903 - 1907. p.253 The War of the Revolution Middlesex SS June 1, 1775. Then John Ford within named personally appeared and repeated the Oath by Congress required to be taken by the officers of the Massachusetts Army. Jonathan Dix Before us: Jona Hastings & Jona. Dix - Justices of the Peace. Commission. Sigilium Coloniae [Seal] Massachusettensis Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay W. Greenleaf W. Spooner Caleb Cushing J. Cushing Jedh. Foster Eldad Taylor B. Lincoln John Whitcomb Moses Gill S. Holten Michael Farley I. Palmer John Taylor B. White Jabez Fisher. The Major Part of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England. To John Ford Gentlemen - Greeting. YOU being appointed Captain of a Company raised by this Colony as a temporary reinforcement to the American Army untill the first day of April next. By virtue of the Power vested in us, We do by these Presents, (rep- posing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly - You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your Superior Officers. Given under our Hands and the Seal of the Said Colony, at Watertown the Seventh Day of February in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776. By the Command of the Major Part of the Council - Perez Norton, Deputy Secy. End Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth God Bless America History & Genealogy Freely Shared Janice Farnsworth _http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm_ (http://tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/janice.htm) and Toni Feeney _http://www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/page7.htm_ (http://www.tfeeney.esmartbiz.com/page7.htm)