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Mary, wife of Thomas Dix, died 1772 Essex County VA.

Virginia 1704 Quit Rent Rolls----Essex County

Thomas Dicks

Essex County Virginia Will Bk 1717-1722, P 220-23

Will of Joseph Baker----Dated Sept. 20, 1720
Many bequests including:
Unto Thomas Dix, the widow Olive and the widow Aires half the sums of tobacco that each standeth justly indebted to me.

Apparently in his Will Joseph Baker erased one half the debt that Thomas Dix owed him.
Beginning with this record Thomas Dix and his descendants began to use the spelling Dix instead of Dicks. However for many years both spellings were used.

Essex County Virginia Will Bk

In pursuant to an order of Court bearing date the 19th day of June Anno Dom 1750 we the subscribers being first sworn before Capt. Alex. Parker Gent have valued and appraised the Estate of Thomas Dix deceased.
Inventoried as folows (viz)

To 3 sows and 3 barrows(?) and 10 small shoats	2- 8-0
To 3 cows and yearlings ---4 of cows and calves	9-10-0
To 2 heifers and 1 negro woman	35- 10-0
To negro girl £18 and 1 do £12 and 1 boy a child £4	34- 0-0
To 2 gunns and 1 old whipsaw and files	1- 10-0
To 1 old spoon mould and 1 old sheep shares and reaphook	0- 6-0
To a parcel of carpenters and coopers tools	1- 0-0
To a glew pot	0- 7-0
To 1 old chest	0-11-0
To old lumber and old half bushel	0- 1-0
To parcel of bacon	1-10-0
To 4 wedges and 2 old axes and hatchet	0-11-0
To 4 old caskes and 1 iron pestle	0- 3-0
To l lume and weaving geers	1- 0-0
To 1 spitt and 2 old saws	0- 3-0
To 1 old skillet and frying pan and flesh forks and tongs	0- 4-0
To 2 hamers and 2 iron hooks and parcel poles	0- 3-9
To sum old shoemakers tools	0- 1-6
To pott iron and old cracht pot	1- 3-9
To 2 hoes and 1 hone and 1 box iron and heators	0- 6-6
To 2 spinning wheels and parcel old books	0- 8-0
To 2 looking glasses and 6 glass bottles	0- 6-6
To 1 box and old draws and 1 pewter porringer	0- 5-6
To parcel of knives and forks and 12 spoons	0- 4-0
To 1 sifter and search and 1 spice molter and pestle and pepr box	0- 6-6
To 1 flower tubb and 1 pewter bason	0- 2-0
To pewter and parcel earthware	1- 9-7
To 5 bee hives and stone mugg and grinding stone	0-12-3
To 6 old cheers	0- 1-6
To 1 feaher bed	2-10-0
To 1 do and 1 do and 1 old table	3-17-0
Total	100-4-0

/s/ Thomas Dix administrator /s/ Thomas Haile /s/ Geo Coleman /s/ John Haile

At a Court held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the 17th day of July Anno Dom 1750 this Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased was this day returned and ordered to be recorded and is truly recorded. Anno Dom 1750 this Inventory and Appraisment of the Estate of Thomas Dick

Essex County Virginia Order Bk 1749-1751

P 114----June 19, 1750
On petition of Thomas Dicks and his performing what the laws in such cases require, a certificate is granted him for Letters of Administration on the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased.

Thomas Dicks, John Allen and John Latane entered into bond for the said Thomas his due administration of the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased.

It is ordered that Thomas Haile, Forest Upsham, George Coleman and John Haile or any 3 of them appraise the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased.

P 147----July 17, 1750
An Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased was this day returned and ordered to be recorded.

On the motion of Mary Dicks widow and relict of Thomas Dicks deceased it is ordered that Thomas Haile, John Haile and George Coleman do divide the estate of the said Thomas Dicks deceased into three parts and attest to the said Mary 1/3 part thereof according to law.

P 207----Sept. 18, 1750
The order made last July Court on the motion of Mary Dicks widow and relict of Thomas Dicks deceased for Thomas Haile, John Haile and George Coleman to divide the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased into 3 parts and to allot to the said Mary one of the said parts according to law not being complied with is therefore continued till the next Court.

P 212----Sept. 18, 1750
A division of the Estate of Thomas Dicks deceased was this day returned and ordered to be recorded.

P 305----April 16, 1751
Thomas Dix non returning an account of his Administration of the Estate of Thomas Dix deceased the same is being examined by the Court and sworn to by the said Thomas is allowed and ordered to be recorded.

Essex County Virginia Will Bk, P 485

In obedience to an order of the worshipful Court of Essex the subscribers being first sworn have Inventoryed and Appraised the Esate of Mary Dix deceased as follows viz:

To 1 table and trunk	0-96
To 2 pots --- 2 suggs (?)	0-8-0
To 1 basket---5 spoons --- stick 1 pestle	0-2-0
To 1 bed and furniture	3- 5-0
To 1 box iron and heaters	0- 3-6
To 1 warming pan --- 1 chamber pot	0-3-9
To 1 bottle --- 1 mugg --- 5 chairs	0-7-10
To 1 large pot and hooks and small do	0- 12-6
To 1 butter pott	0- 1-6
To cow and yearling	2-15-0

/s/ John Latane /s/ Richard Thomas Haile /s/ Henry Allen

At a Court and held for Essex County at Tappahannock on Tuesday the 18th day of August 1772 this Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Mary Dix deceased was returned and ordered to be recorded.

Essex County Virginia Order Bk 1749-51, P 31

It is ordered that John Singleton do pay unto Matthew Dicks 150 pounds tobacco for attending this Court 6 days as an evidence for him against Forest Upshaw and Ann his wife.

It is ordered John Singleton pay unto John Allen, Philip Gatewood, Richard Minor, John Latane, Samuel Shaw, Thomas Gatewood, Jeremiah Moody, Frances Billups.

Many of these people were associated with the Dicks family in Essex County. Matthew Dicks has not been identified as a son of either William Dicks or James Dicks, brothers of Thomas Dicks. It seems most likely that he was a son of Thomas Dicks. Nothing further is known of this Matthew Dicks.