Willyam Dyxson
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| Willyam Dyxson | |
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| Person | Willyam Dyxson |
| Title | |
| First name | Willyam |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Dyxson |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Steward |
| Associated with ship(s) | Swan (Master: John ffaulkner), Satisfaction (Master: John ffaulkner) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Dixon |
| Has signoff text | Willyam Dyxon |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth parish | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Ratcliff |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1608 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 48 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.172r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 15 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Willyam Dyxon (alt. William Dixon) (b. ca. 1608; d. ?). Mariner.
Late steward of the ship the Swann now the Satisfaction.[1]
Resident in 1656 in Ratcliff in Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-eight year old Willyam Dyxon deposed om April 15th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty, He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Thomas Atwood in the case of "Thomas Attwood against the shipp heretofore named the Swan and now the Satisfaction whereof John ffaulkner was Master and against Mr Benjamin Bressey and the sayd John ffalkner in speciall and all others et cetera".[2]
