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 1753 - 1828 (75 years)
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| Name |
RIX Nathaniel |
| Birth |
17 Jul 1753 |
Contoocookboscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
B0FB0D38EB9ED5118A064445535400001FAF |
| Death |
12 Oct 1828 |
Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States [1] |
| Notes |
- He resided in Landaff till 1799, when he removed to Stanstead, Canada, where he bought a large tract of land about two miles from Stanstead Plain, and cleared up a good farm, where he remained till about 1820, when he sold out and returned to the States and settled in Littleton, N. H., near his son Nathaniel. He was in Newbury, Vt., in 1773, and he signed a petition to the New York Assembly for a conformation of his grant and for the remission of one-half the usual fees. He was one of 400 signers in the presence of Hon. Samuel Wills, a judge of the court of Common Pleas. The petition was dated Jan. 26, 1773. (Documentary History of New York, Vol. 10, pp. 449-500.)
He was a revolutionary soldier, being one of the first to enlist from Landaff. He served in Capt. Samuel Young's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, from Dec. 15, 1776, to Mar., 1777, also in Capt. Hutchin's company from Aug. 18, 1777, to Sept., 1777. He was also a drummer in Capt. Luther Richardson's company, Col. Bedel's regiment, from Apr. 6, 1778, for eleven months and twenty-five days. He was also in a Mass. regiment, and his name appears on the rolls of that state. His signature appears on a receipt for bounty paid by Haverhill, of date Dec. 2, 1780. He was probably on a visit to his brother, James, and perhaps was induced to enlist because of a larger bounty than New Hampshire paid.
A lodge of masons was organized in Stanstead in the early settlement of that place, and it is believed Mr. Rix was made a mason there, for in 1821, his son Nathaniel was master of Morning Dawn Lodge, located at Waterford, Vt.; it is recorded on the records of the lodge that "Nathaniel Rix, Sr." was a visitor. As father and son were well known as Sr., and Jr., it pretty well establishes the point that Nathaniel, Sr., was a mason. The compiler has searched all masonic publications, but can find no mention of a lodge as having ever been established in Stanstead, yet it is a fact that one was organized there. Hon. Albert S. Batchelder, of Littleton, N. H., searched high and low for the records of both the Stanstead and Waterford lodges, but only one has been found and that of the Waterford Lodge, which was found in Washington.
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| Person ID |
I41780 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2011 |
| Father |
RIX Nathaniel, b. 6 Jun 1714, Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
PETERS Mary d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
17 Apr 1743 |
Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States [1] |
| Family ID |
F16476 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
CLARK Esther, b. 13 Apr 1758, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 18 Jul 1832, Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1777 [1] |
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| Children |
| | 1. RIX Ebenezer, b. 1 Feb 1784, Landaff, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States d. 27 Mar 1842, Dalton, Coos, New Hampshire, United States (Age 58 years) |
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| Family ID |
F16475 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S1385] Book-History and Genealogy of the Rix family of Am, p.20, R929.2 R626.
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