Martha Tandy was the daughter of Henry Tandy Jr.
Tancy Dix married ______ Ferguson, daughter of John Ferguson
Essex County Virginia Deed Bk 28, P 303
| May 21, 1714----April 20, 1761 Thomas Dicks, James Dicks, William Dicks and John Dicks of South Farnham Parish brothers divided land formerly bought by deceased father John Dicks of Major James Boughan since deceased - - - 505 acres. Wit: James x Nubell, George x Nubell, Samuel Coats /s/ Thoma Dicks /s/ James x Dicks /s/ William x Dicks /s/ John Dicks |
Essex County Virginia Wil Bk 7, 1743-1747, p 49-53
| Inventory of Herbert Waggener----Sept. 1743 Appraisers: William Dix, John Haile Jr., Thomas Haile Sworn before Capt. William Roane Gent. |
William Dicks was spelling his name Dix instead of Dicks by this date. All of his descendants use the spelling Dix.
Essex County Virginia Will Bk 7, 1743-1747, p 226-229
| Inventory of John Haile Appraisers: John Farguson, James Allen, William Dix |
Essex County Virginia Will Bk 7, 1743-1747, P 435-438
| Will of William Dix of Southfarnham in the County of Essex, being very sick and weak in body. Written Feb. 3, 1745 (1746) Unto my loving wife Martha Dix one Negro woman Loosey. Unto my loving son John Dix all my lands within Essex County, allowing my wife her life in the lands, and one Negro man. Unto my loving daughter Ann Dix one Negro man Isaac. Unto my loving daughter Frances Gatewood wife to Thomas Gatewood Jr. one Negro girl Rose. Unto my loving son James Dix one Negro boy Bacus. Unto my loving son Tandy Dix 35 pounds current money of Virginia when he shall attain the age of 21 years or at the day of marriage. Unto my loving daughter Betty Dix 35 pounds current money of Virginia when she shall attain the age of 21 years or at the day of marriage. My wife shall have her thirds of my personal estate, of cattle, hoggs, sheep, horses and household furniture. If there be any more Estate remaining it shall be divided among my 6 children John, James, Tandy, Ann, Frances and Betty. Mr. James Allen, Silvanus Tandy and my loving wife Martha Dix Executors. P 438-439 |
Essex County Virginia Will Bk 7, 1743-1747, P 450-453
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Inventory of William Dix----April 15, 1746 |
Essex County Virginia Wil Bk 7, 1743-1747, P 519-521
| Estate Account of William Dix Payments made to John Clements, Ninian Boog, Thomas Dobson, John Walters, Zorobable Billops, James Byrom, Thomas Haile, Thomas Gatewood, John Allen, George Wright and for quit rents of 180 acres. Signed by Silvanus Tandy and Martha x Dix. May 19, 1747 presented in Court by Silvanus Tandy and Martha Dix. |
The 1714 record divided 505 acres between the 4 sons of John Dicks. No further records have been found for John3 Dicks, son of John2 Dicks. He may have died young without heirs.
James Dicks, son of John Dicks, sold 190 acres in 1725 which wa probably his part of the land.
This 180 acres may have been the part of that land inherited by William Dix.
Tyler’s Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 14, P112-125
| Tandy Family The reason of Henry2 Tandy Jr.’s move into King and Queen County is not revealed in th Essex records. The names of his children are engulfed in the oblivion of the lost King and Queen records, but two Tandys who appear later seem his sons. The first of these, Henry3 Tandy, was certainly, since in his Will he mentions land “received of my father”, and when his son Silvanus4 Tandy sells it, the description is the same as that given to the land purchased by Henry2 Tandy Sr. From John Dingerfield about 1671. Henry Tandy was born probably about 1686, and very shortly after her husband’s death in 1716, married Frances, widow of Henry Crittenden. He died in 1741 and his will dated Sept. 2, 1741, probated Oct. 20, 1741 (Essex Co. Will Bk 6, P 343) mentions four childrn: Ann Waller, Martha, Silvanus and Frances. Executors were son Silvanus Tandy and son-in-law Edward Waller, son of Charles Waller. Henry Crittenden, her half-brother, became Guardian for Martha Tandy, (Will Bk 6, P 354) but the Guardianship was of short duration for she soon married, as his second wife, William Dix. In Essex County Deed Bk 28, P 327, Feb. 16, 1761, Frances Tandy of Halifax Co. NC sells to William Roane land inherited from her brother Silvanus Tandy. Tandy Dix witnessed the Deed. In 1761 Upshaw Davis gives bond as Administrator of Silvanus Tandy (Essex Co. Will Bk 11, P 291). Apparently Silvanus was unmarried as neither wife nor children are mentioned. With his death the Tandy name drops from the Essex records. |
Martha Tandy was unmarried when her father made his Will in 1741 so she probably married William Dix about 1742 and had two children, Tandy Dix and Betty Dix.