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     Jeremiah Hixon was born on 17 Dec 1759 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.² He was the son of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹ Jeremiah Hixon was baptized on 30 Dec 1759 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.¹
     The vital records of Stoughton contain a few other entries for Jeremiah Hixon:
"Jeremiah Hixson Son of Richard & Sarah Hixson was born November y^e 14 1738" [p. 54]
[so we know there was at least one other Jeremiah Hixon]
"Jeremiah Hixon Son of Mr Richard Hixon and Sarah His Wife died in His Maj^ts Service at Lake George July y^e 30^th 1758" [p. 109]
[so he apparently died unmarried]
"The Intention of Marriage between Jeremiah Hixon of Sharon and Lois Kenny of Stoughton Entered February y^e 29^th 1788 Attested Joseph Smith 3^d Town Clerk" [p. 212]
"1788 June y^e 2 Jeremiah Hixson of Sharon & Loes Kenny of Stoughton" -- a marriage return by Rev. Zachariah Howard March 1789. [p. 225]
"Miss Lois Hixson Wife of Mr Jeremy Hixson Died March 15^th 1806 in the 48 year of hur Age" [p. 260]
"Intention of Marriage between Mr Jeremy Hixon of Stoughton & Miss Susannah Snow of Bridgewater Entered Sept^r 30^th 1809" [p. 272]
"Mr Jeremy Hixon died July 25th 1809 Aged 49 years" [p. 274]
"Miss Lucinda Hixson daughter of Mr Jeremy Hixon Dec^d died May 22^d 1819 aged 26" [p. 303].³

     John Hixon was born c 1690 at Milton or Dorchester, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins. John Hixon married (1) Mehitable Hewins, daughter of Joseph Hewins and Mehitable Lyon, on 3 Mar 1717/18 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.^2,3 Marriage banns for him and Sarah Clapp were published on 24 Mar 1743/44 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.⁴ John Hixon married (2) Sarah Clapp on 9 Apr 1744 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.^5,6,7,8 John Hixon died on 13 May 1751 at Sharon, Massachusetts,^9,10 and was buried at Chestnut Tree Cemetery, Sharon, Massachusetts.¹¹
     John and his brother Richard were bricklayers. They donated the land for Chestnut Tree Cemetery in Stoughton which was laid out about 1730. John held several town offices in Stoughton and was instrumental in forming the Second Church there, to which he moved his membership on 26 Dec 1743. He and his brother Richard were the second and third wealthiest men in the new Precinct.¹² In 1747, John Hixson and Richard Hixson and Richard's wife were among those voted into the Second Parish of Stoughton that had belonged to the other church [First Parish].¹³

     John Hixon was born on 24 Apr 1746 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹

     John Hixon Jr. was born on 26 Aug 1720 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.^3,2 He was the son of John Hixon and Mehitable Hewins.² Marriage banns for him and Mary Morse were published on 10 Dec 1743 at Dedham, Massachusetts.⁴ John Hixon Jr. married Mary Morse, daughter of Ezra Morse III and Anna White, on 14 Feb 1743/44 at Second Parish Church, Dedham, Massachusetts.^5,6,7,8 John Hixon Jr. died on 7 Jun 1776 at Foxborough, Massachusetts, at age 55.^9,10 He was buried at Boyden Burial Ground, East Foxborough, Massachusetts.¹⁰
     In 1747 "John Hixson ^jun. & his wife" were among those admitted to the church [Second Parish of Stoughton] within the past six years. Also in 1747, John Hixson ^jur & his wife where among those who had "fallen into . . . and made confession".¹¹

     Joseph Hixon was baptized on 7 Aug 1757 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.¹ He was born on 21 Jul 1758 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.² He was the son of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹

     Mary Hixon was born on 27 Apr 1748 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹ Mary Hixon was baptized on 1 May 1748 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.³
     The Sharon Vital Records show: Hixson, "Mary and Lemuel Capen, int. Apr. 9, 1766".⁴

     Mehitable Hixon was born on 4 Jun 1755.^2,3 She was the daughter of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹ Mehitable Hixon was baptized on 29 Jun 1755 at Sharon, Massachusetts.^4,5 Mehitable married (1) on 21 Jun 1775, Justin Olds, son of Jonathan Olds and Hannah Jones. .⁶ Mehitable Hixon died on 18 Dec 1815 at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, at age 60^7,8,9 and was buried at Liberty Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The inscription is: "Mrs. Mehitable Olds wife of Lieut. Justun [sic] died 18 Dec 1815 AE 60. My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound Then burst the chains with sweet surprise And in my Saviour's image rise".^10,11

     Mehitable Hixon was born on 27 Aug 1725.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Hixon and Mehitable Hewins.¹ Marriage banns for her were published on 18 Aug 1744 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.³

     Olive Hixon was baptized on 15 Aug 1752 at Sharon, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of John Hixon Jr. and Mary Morse.¹
     The Sharon Vital Records show: Hixson, "Olive and Isaac Johnson, Jr., Mar. 16, 1786".²

     Elizabeth Hixson was born s 1702.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins.¹ Elizabeth Hixson married Thomas Manley on 5 Jan 1725/26 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.^1,2

     Hannah Hixson was born c 1694.⁴ She was the daughter of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins.^2,3 Hannah Hixson married Matthew Hobbs on 5 Jan 1725/26 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.⁵ Hannah Hixson died on 25 Oct 1733 in her 40th year⁶ and was buried at Sharon, Massachusetts.⁶

     Margaret Hixson was born s 1700.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins.¹ Margaret Hixson married Simon Stearns on 12 Dec 1726 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.²

     Rebecca Hixson was born s 1698. She was the daughter of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins. Rebecca Hixson married John Phillips Jr. on 3 May 1722 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.¹ Rebecca Hixson died on 13 Mar 1759 at Easton, Massachusetts.²

     Richard Hixson was born s 1660.¹ He married Margaret Watkins, daughter of Thomas Watkins and Margaret Ryall?, on 14 Sep 1686 at Milton, Massachusetts. They were both of Milton, Mass.^2,3 Richard Hixson died on 28 Jan 1717/18 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.^4,5
     Most of my initial information on the HIX(S)ON line was collected by Mrs. Claribel G. Clark Joe and shared with me in the 1960s. She lived in Houston and Dallas, Texas, but by the 1970s I was no longer able to contact her. She was careful to work from (published) primary sources. In 2012, Carol Botteron has brought new light to this Hixson family by publishing the story of Richard's family in the Register.
     Botteron suggests that the Richard Hickson who was convicted of stealing by the Suffolk County Court on 30 Jan 1676/77 may have been another person but adds that no other Richard Hickson has been found in Massachusetts at the time.⁶
     "At the time of their marriage Richard and Margaret were both residents of Milton, where Richard was presumably a farmer. Between 1686 and 1696 Richard appeared in the Milton Town Records on the lists of ratepayers of the town.⁷ To judge from the level at which he was taxed, he was among the less prosperous citizens of Milton. The Milton Town Records for 10 February 1689/90 state that by order of the selectmen, 'Richerd Hixson and Eliazer Wales are appointed to looke after the swine in our town and see that they are suffistiently yoked and ringed or other wise to yoke and ring them and to take the fine as the towne order directs in that case.'⁸
"Richard Hixson and his family moved to the southern part of Dorchester about 1700:⁹ ... This land was in Stoughton when that town was formed from Dorchester in 1726. In 1765 Stoughtonham was established as a separate district within Stoughton, and in 1775 was made a separate town, whose name was changed to Sharon in 1783, still in Suffolk County.¹⁰ In 1708 Richard Hixson, husbandman, bought 118 acres of land from Thomas and John Tolman for £15.¹¹ The land was then in Dorchester near 'Mashapoge', now called Massapoag Lake in Sharon, and close to the present Hixson Road Farm Road in Sharon. In 1715 Richard bought an additional 24 acres from Samuel Swift."¹²¹³

     Richard Hixson was born s 1692 at Milton or Dorchester, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins.¹ Marriage banns for him were published on 19 May 1727 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.² Richard Hixson married Sarah Fitch on 26 Aug 1727 at Boston, Massachusetts.^3,4 Richard Hixson died on 18 Feb 1776 at Sharon, Massachusetts.^5,6 He was buried on 22 Feb 1776 at Massachusetts.⁷

     Walter Hixson was born on 15 Jun 1705.¹ He was the son of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins.¹ Marriage banns for him were published on 12 Oct 1728 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.² Walter Hixson married Mary Morse, daughter of Ezra Morse II and Mary Daniel, on 11 Nov 1728 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.^3,4 Walter Hixson died in 1745 "in a British expedition against the Spanish in Cuba".^5,6

     Hattie Hoag married Wallace Samuel Olds, son of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah Whipple, on 22 Feb 1883.¹

     Joanna Hoare married Ezra Morse, son of John Morse and Annas (?), on 18 Feb 1670/71 at Dedham, Massachusetts.¹ Joanna Hoare died on 21 Dec 1691 at Braintree, Massachusetts.²
     "The question to be considered is the parentage Joanna Hoar, wife Ezra Morse. While no positive evidence appears on this point, there is a good deal of circumstantial evidence which tends to show who she was, and I am of the opnion that the probablity as to her parentage is strong. Joanna was evidently born about 1645-50.
"Two early Hoar families must be considered. First, that of Hezekiah Hoar who was of Taunton, in Plymouth Colony, in 1642. ... It is evident that Joanna could hardly have belonged in this family, as Hezekiah's children were born far too late for her to belong in this family ...
"It may be noted that there was a Richard Hoar in Yarmouth on Cape Code who was made a freeman Plymouth Colony 7 Sep 1641, and who was among those able to bear arms in 1643. He was a proprietor, an elder, and a Court Commissioner as well as a schoolmaster, and occurs in Yarmouth in 1659 (The Register, Vol 5, p. 388). Yarmouth is a long distance from Dedham and there is no record that he was married or had a family, so Joanna could hardly have been his daughter. (cf. Pope, op. cit., p. 233).
"The other family Hoar was that the widow Joanna Hoar, who came to New England in or about 1642 and settled in Braintree, a town adjoining Dedham. She brought with her sons John, Daniel, and Leonard, and a daughter Joanna, born about 1625, who married in Braintree, 26:5mo:1648, Edmund Quincy, Jr. (Pope, op. cit., pp. 232-233); another daughter, Margery, married in Glouchester, England 25 Dec. 1633, John Matthews, by whom she had a child named Charles. After the death her husband and probably of her child, she came to Braintree and married, secondly, the Rev. Henry Flynt of that town. There is an excellent account the English forbears this family and the early generations in New England in The Register, Vol 53 (1899), pp. 92,186, 289 which is the basis of this paper.
"Charles Hoars, Jr., brewer and wool merchant, of Gloucester, England, son a prominent citizenof Gloucester of the the same name, married about1610-12, Joanna Hinksman. Charles made his will 25 Sept. 1638, proved by Joanna his widow 21 Dec. 1638. They had issue Margery (above noted), Thomas, John, Daniel, Leonard and Joanna (above noted). We must now consider this family with care. The widow Joanna came to Braintree about 1642, and brought with her her sons John, Daniel, and Leonard, and her daughters Margery and Joanna. She died in Braintree 21:10 mo.:1661 (Pope, op. cit.).
...
"We now return to John, the second son of Charles and Joanna Hoar. He was born in Gloucester about 1619, and was apprenticed to his father 11 May 1632. He came to New England with his mother and in 1643 was among those able to bear arms in Scituate in Plymouth Colony, the town adjoining Braintree. In 1659 he sold his Scituate lands, and removed to Concord, where he resided until his death in 1704. However, he returned to Braintree for a short period, and as "John Hoar of Braintree, planter", he, together with his wife Alice sold land in Concord to Simon Linde and Thomas Brattle, of Boston 19 Nov. 1678 (Middlesex Deeds, East Cambridge, vol. VI, p. 408). By 5 Aug. 1680, he was back in Concord, and on that date he exchanged land there with Edward Wright and styled himself "of Concord"(ibid., vol. VIII, p. 386). He married, about 1645, Alice ----, and died intestate 2 April 1704. On 22 May 1704 administration of his estate was granted to his son Daniel Hoar of Concord. The probate papers show that Daniel had taken care of his parents since 1683 (Middlesex Probate, East Cambridge, no. 11589). Alice, wife of John Hoar, died before her husband 5 June 1696.
"John and Alice had the following known children: Mary, born ca. 1648, married 21 Oct. 1668, Benjamin Graves; Daniel, gent. of Concord, born in 1650, married, first, Mary Stratton 16 July 1677, and secondly, 16 Oct. 1717, Mary Lee; he had eleven children; Elizabeth, born about 1655, married 23 Dec. 1675 Jonathan Prescott of Lancaster.
"It seems quite certain that Joanna, wife Ezra Morse, must have belonged to this family, and that she was named for the widow Joanna Hoar, who came to Braintree in 1642. Dedham adjoins Braintree and Joanna Morse died in Braintree where Joanna Hoar's two daughters lived. There is no evidence that Thomas Hoar who lived in England ever had any children or that any children of his ever came to New England. There is no evidence that Daniel had any daughter who came here, and there is no evidence that his son ever lived here. There can, therefore, be little doubt that Joanna Hoar, wife Ezra Morse, was an unrecorded child John Hoar born while he lived in Scituate about 1645-50, as all the children John Hoar are not surely known."³

     Matthew Hobbs was baptized in Oct 1700 at Lexington, Massachusetts.² He married Hannah Hixson, daughter of Richard Hixson and Margaret Watkins, on 5 Jan 1725/26 at Dorchester, Massachusetts.³ Matthew Hobbs died on 12 Jan 1762 at age 61⁴ and was buried at Sharon, Massachusetts.⁴

     Porter Hodge married Agnes Olds, daughter of Franklin E. Olds and Matilda C. Nims.²

     Betsy W. Hodgkin was born on 11 Oct 1839 at Waterville, Vermont.¹ She married George Edway Olds, son of Alfred Olds and Lue [Lois] Tuttle, on 30 Mar 1862 at Wabasha, Minnesota.¹
     Betsy W. Olds and George Edway Olds appeared on the census of 12 Jun 1900 at Sioux Agency Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, as follows:
     Olds, George E., head, b. June 1835, age 65, marr. 38 yrs, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.
      , Betsy W., wife, b. Oct. 1839, 60, marr. 38 yrs, 5 children, 5 living, b. Vt., parents b. New Hampshire
      , Bnnie[sic] A., son, b. Oct. 1873, 26, single, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. Vt.
      , Lue A., dau., b. Nov. 1875, 24, single, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. Vt.
      , Katherina, dau., b. May 1877, 23, single, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. Vt.
      , Lue A., dau., b. Nov. 1875, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. Vt.
      , Nina H., dau., b. June 1881, 19, single, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. Vt.
     Christianson, Hilda, boarder, b. Mar. 1876, single, 24, boarder, b. Norway, parents b. Norway, immig. 1884, in US 16 yrs, servant
     Moore, Merton, boarder, b. March 1880, 20, single, b. Minn., father b. Maine, mother b. Minn., farm laborer
     Monson, Ole, boarder, b. May 1864, 36, single, b. Norway, parents b. Norway, immig. 1882, 18 yrs in US, farm laborer.²
Betsy W. Olds and George Edway Olds appeared on the census of 4 Apr 1930 at Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, as follows:
     Olds, George E., head, 94, 1st marr. at 26, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., occupation none
      , Betsy Wright, 90, 1st marr. at 22, b. Vt., parents b. New Hampshire, occupation none
      , Lue A., dau., 54, single, b. Minn., father b. Mass., mother b. New Hampshire [sic], occupation none.³

     Elizabeth Hodgkins married John Willis.
     Elizabeth Hodgkins married an unknown person ; She was Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Palmer, per 'Ames Family' by Faber K. Ames.

     Seavey Anderson Hodo was born on 25 Oct 1910.² He married Kathrine Olds Green, daughter of James Arthur Green and Lucy Mabel Olds, on 1 Mar 1952 at Solano County, California.^3,4 Seavey Anderson Hodo died on 6 Oct 2003 at age 92.² He was buried at LeFlore Cemetery, LeFlore, LeFlore County, Oklahoma.⁵

     Jack H. Hogan was born c 1923 at Indiana.¹ He was the son of Virginia S. Olds.¹

     Aditha Hogeland married Briggs Calvin Olds in 1866.¹ Aditha Hogeland died in 1887.¹

     Marriage banns for him and Azubah Olds were published on 4 Sep 1819 at Palmer, Massachusetts.² Lewis Hogerney married Azubah Olds, daughter of Enoch Olds and Eunice Hatch, on 23 Sep 1819 at Palmer, Massachusetts.^1,3,4 Lewis Hogerney died on 5 Oct 1841.⁵

     Nellie I. Hohenberry was born c 1895 at Illinois.¹ She married Alvin Eugene Olds, son of Alfonso Olds and Rachel Goldsbury, c 1912.¹

     Eliza Holbrook married Lewis Kingsbury Olds, son of Jonathan Olds and Lucy Wood, on 8 Aug 1843 at Lamoille, Bureau County, Illinois.^1,2

     Francis Holbrook was born on 25 Feb 1784 at East Alstead, New Hampshire.¹ He married Hannah Wood, daughter of John Wood and Lois Olds, on 15 Dec 1805.¹ Francis Holbrook died on 28 Feb 1855 at Surry, New Hampshire, at age 71.¹

     Stephen Abernathy Holbrook was born on 7 Sep 1851 at Kelloggsville, Ohio.³ He married Phoebe Ellen Chapman, daughter of William Brooke Chapman and Cynthia Olds, on 15 Nov 1876 at Conneaut, Ohio.^4,5
     "He began business life as a clerk in a boot and shoe store in Painesville, Ohio, later with his brother-in-law, engaged in the drug business in Geneva, Ohio, remaining there until 1881. During the following year he resided in Bradford, Pennsylvania, going from there to Belmont, New York, where he engaged in the manufacture of tooth picks until 1886. From that date until 1895 he was engaged in the same business in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Since the latter year he has been engaged principally in the reals estate business ..."⁶