The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
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Roger 60 Dixon married Mildred (?)
and went from Fredericksburg to Mis-
sissippi. and had Thomas (5) Rootes
Dixon. who married. first. Rebecce
Showers. and. secondly. Sarah will
liams nee Cole, and, tn rdly. Eliza Ann
Christian nee Cole. He seems to have
had no children. Philip (5) Dixon.
William 60 Dixon. Robert CD Dixon,
Lucy (5) Dixon, Eliza (5) Dixon mar
ried Minor, Priscilla Dixon (5) married
Strong first, and, second. Vowe: Mary
Coz Dixon and Nancy (5) Dixon were
other children of Roger ca Dixon
Mildred "a Dixon married Philip
Clayton. and left many descendants
among whom Is William Clayton Tor
renee. director of the Valentine
Museum.
The children Of John (D Dixon and
sally Throckmorton We're Isabella
Diyon, who married George n. BurweIi,
of Carter Hall, in Clarke county. Va,
and Harriet p. Dixon, who married
Jacob c. Sheldon. Both of these wo.
men welded much social power, and
have left the priceless aroma of q well
spent life.
Warner Throckmorton, the father of
Sally, who married John Dixon. mar
ried Mary Langbon. name winch
does not exist in Virginia now. War
HILL" now the residence of his great
great Experimentation, James Lyons
Ialiafcrro. Church IIill was burned
during tho life of Warner Throck-
morton. but rebuilt. After his death
II was burned aEain, and only the
nursery end rebuilt for the use OF the
governcss and his four daughters
Sarah, Mary, Martha and Harriet.
Mrs. Throckmorton died before her
husband This quaint nursery end"
was added to by the late DIR. William
Tnliaferro. and again n few years ago
did 1t meet its fate OF a third fire
which destroyed the Oldest part. These
little girls grew up at Church HILL"
and were reared by a Scotch gentle
women OF severe Wen and sterling
qualities. by name Mrs. Thompson. Mr.
Ta'bb, of Toddsbury. was their grand.
son. Sarah married John Dixon and
lived at "Airville." now the stately
homo of Walter Harwood. Esq.
The marriage of Sarah took place
when she was just fifteen. Mary mar
ried Dr.. William Ta!iaferro, and Har-
riet was his second wife. and Martha
married Richard Jones. Mrs. Harriet
c. Sheldon was the last Dixon who
lived in Gloucester, but the Tabb Cat
let's and some of the Booths had the
same descent from Rev. John Dixon.
There Is a good deal OF romance as
ISOLATED with the name Langbon. War
ner Throckmorton, the father OF Mrs
John Dixon. married Mary LonEbou.
whose mother was Shooters Hill"
Smith.
Tho Significance OF Shooters Hill"
Is greater than could be apprecia ted
by the uninltiated: but we who have
borne the burden and heat of the day
In the tangled fields of genealogy
twhose crop Is the Society OF Colonial
Danes, etc) appreciate 1t to the full
est extent
Warner Throck morton. grandson, o:
Shooters HILL" married Mary Lang.
bon, whose father emigrated TO this
country with his uncles. the well
known Dnndridges. He had. besides
Mary. son william. who served in
the Revolution as aid to Lafayette. He
became deeply enamored Of one of his
cambridge cousins, sister to Mrs
George Washington. This lady loved
another. cambridge Claiborne, his
name. and Mr. Langbon on this nc.
count left Virginia and spent years
wandering over the whole OF Europe
He had too much discretion and sym
patty to leave on the very heels of
his refusal for fear of woundine un-
necessarily the object of his devotion
but waited until his sweetheart was q
mother, and was present at the chris.
tening of little girl.
Whom he came hack after the lapse
OF thirteen years his old sweetheart
was dead. and the baby girl OF
fourteen. In whom he took deep and
active interest and directed her ed
ucation. reaching the climax of tha ro-
nance. when he married her just as
she reached the age OF seventeen
years. She died and left a son. which
Mr.. Langbon neverSnamed. but. against
all usage and custom. desired the boy
to name himself. He selected .hc
name OF william. and died unmarried.
and by his death the name OF Langbon
became extinct. and his large estates