Ancestry of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood
Leader of the Rough Riders
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- 2nd Great-grandfather of Leonard Wood — 5th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 30
- Father:
- Christopher Nixon
- Mother:
- Mary -----
- Birth Date:
- 1 Mar 1727
- Birth Location:
- Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 24 Mar 1815
- Death Location:
- Middlebury, Addison, Vermont
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Weybridge, Addison, Vermont
- Spouse Name:
- Thankfull Berry
- Marriage Date:
- 7 Feb 1754
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
Sarah Nixon (Ahnentafel No:15 )
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
John Nixon held a rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army.
John Nixon was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
John Nixon's surname is also seen as Nixon.
A biography of Gen. John Nixon appeared in the Vermont Centinel (28 APR 1815) after his death.
John Nixon
View famous kin of John Nixon
Additional marriages for John Nixon
- Spouse:
- Hannah Drury Gleason
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Sources for John Nixon
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A083886.
- 2 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Sudbury, Vol. 1, p. 100, Birth record for daughter Sarah Nixon.
- 3 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Framingham, Vol. 1, p. 149, Birth record for John Nickson.
- 4 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, W.14.552, Pension application for daughter Sarah Cutler, widow of Abel Cutler.
- 5 Vermont Centinel (Burlington, Vermont), 28 APR 1815, p. 3, Obituary for Gen. John Nixon.
- 6 Weybridge, VT: Vital Records, 1755-1910, Cemetery record for Gen. John Nixon.
- 7 Cutler, Nahum S., A Cutler Memorial and Genealogical History: Containing the Names of a Large Proportion of the Cutlers in . . ., Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E. A. Hall and Co. (1889), 86.
- 8 Wikipedia, "Battle of Bunker Hill", (accessed 04/25/2021).