William Nixon (abt. 1786 - aft. 1851)

Born about 1786 in Westward, Cumberland, England

Husband of Mary (Knubley) Nixon — married 16 Aug 1816 in Isel, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William was born about 1786.
He married Mary Knubley (or Humbley) in 1816 in Isel, who was born about 1773 in Holme Cultram, Cumberland.
They had a daughter Isabella, who married a Robinson, who had Thomas and Jane.
Isabella was born about 1820 at Isell, Cumberland, per her 1851 census.
Thomas and Jane Robinson were born about 1849 and 1851 (resp'ly) in Clifton, Cumberland.
They had a grandson named Thomas Nixon born about 1840 in Wigton, who may have been Isabella's son.
William Nixon passed away after 1851.

Research Notes

Since William's firstborn child was named Jane, she may have been named after William's mother, which means that William might be the son of Joseph and Jane, baptized 19 Dec 1790 at Distington, Cumberland:

• "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VRY-WMW2 : Fri Oct 06 06:33:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Nixon and Jos Nixon, 19 Dec 1790.

Alternatively, William might be the son of Henry and Jane, baptized 3 Jan 1790 at Workington:

• "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4Y71-QT6Z : Thu Oct 05 03:58:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Nixon and Hen Nixon, 3 Jan 1790.

Alternatively, he might be the son of Adam and "Jenny" baptized 28 April 1784 at Bewcastle, which might also explain the 2nd daughter's name, Isabella, as this Adam probably had close relative named Isabella (as both of those names "ran in" the same Nixon families which used "Adam"):

• "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSGS-3SPZ : Thu Oct 05 19:23:12 UTC 2023), Entry for William Nixon and Adam Nixon, 28 Apr 1784.

There was a William Nixon, son of Thomas and JANE, baptized at Caldbeck on 7 Sep 1788:

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWFC-8VF : 5 February 2023), Wm Nixon, 1788.

Note that distances from Westward to: Workington = 22 miles
Bewcastle = about 30 miles
Distington = 25 miles Caldbeck = 5 miles 1841 residence, Wigton = about 3 miles 1851 residence, Little Clifton = 20 miles... but Little Clifton is very near both Distington and Workington.

The Thomas Nixon and Jane, above, appears to be Jane Millican, who married Thomas Nixon at Carlisle on 4 Oct 1790 (also June 1790, Banns?). Carlisle is about 13 miles from Westward, but Old Carlisle is... about 1.4 miles (2.24km).

Sources

• Marriage - "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4YPQ-VQT2 : Wed Oct 04 21:44:31 UTC 2023), Entry for William Nixon and Mary Knubley, 16 Aug 1816.
• Marriage, 2nd source, gives alt. surname for wife - "England Marriages, 1538–1973", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKB6-84M : 13 March 2020), William Nixon, 1816.

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73F-61Z : 28 May 2019), William Nixon, Wigton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKR-VNF : 9 November 2019), William Nixon, Little Clifton, Cumberland, England; citing Little Clifton, Cumberland, England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.