Barnaby Nixon

Biography

Barnaby Nixon was born on January 23, 1751, in Perquimans, North Carolina, United States. His parents were Dr. Phineas Nixon, I and Mary Nixon. He was a Friends Society Minister and a large Plantation Owner.

Barnaby married Sarah Hunnicut circa April 13, 1778, in Burley Friends Meeting, Prince George, Prince George County, VA, United States. Together they had the following children:

1. Rebeckah Nixon;
2. Samuel Nixon;
3. David Nixon.

He died on February 13, 1807, in Black, Surry, Virginia, United States.

• "Early Nixon's of Texas" by Pat Ireland Nixon, MD, Genealogies by Dr. and Mrs. Pat Ireland Nixon, Jr., Published by Carl Hertzog, El Paso, Texas 1956 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89082553272&view=1up&seq=11]

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• History of Illinois Republicanism: embracing a history of the Republican Gransdon-WilliamPennNixon[https://books.google.com/books?id=EupKAQAAIAAJ&q=William+Penn+Nixon...]

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• Newspaper article about his grandson WilliamPennNixon, son of SamuelNixon[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36483770/the_daily_sentinel/]background about Barnaby Nixon his views on slavery. Actually, Quakers starting the beginning of freeing slaves started earlier than with Barnaby Nixon.

 *   Views on Slavery [https://archive.org/stream/towardfreedomfor00hilt/towardfreedomfor0...] Important note, The Nixons did not believe in Slavery, they were the first American immigrants to free their slaves, when slaves were listed on Census Reports they were living at the Nixon's and working for them for wages. The Nixon Family

* Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 29 2019, 6:14:32 UTC