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Dunbartonshire / Re: Glassworkers in Dumbarton
« on: Monday 01 March 10 08:24 GMT (UK)  »
Dear DrD
I got a personal message from you asking if  I have any further info. about the Dumbarton Glass Co.  Unfortunately I haven't had any time to pursue this line.  I'd be glad to hear if you get anywhere.  However DIxon isn't my main line of enquiry, so not high on my list of priorities.
LB

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Dunbartonshire / Re: Jacob Dixon 1771-1831Dumbarton
« on: Sunday 05 October 08 11:58 BST (UK)  »
I have just come in on this thread.
I have discovered that Jacob Dixon senior was my 4xgreat grandfather.  He died in Sept 1831, just one day AFTER his eldest son Jacob Dixon, who is the subject of your enquiry.
I have found a court case settling the will of Jacob senior.
Apparently Jacob junior's brothers and sisters contested the idea that Jacob junior's family by Jean Brown with whom he had had a relationship, and children, but had also married prior to his death.
I can point you at the online report of the proceedings. The link is
http://books.google.com/books?id=-aoDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA939&lpg=PA939&dq=%22Rev.+William+Jaffray%22&source=web&ots=eF2-7HfNbi&sig=FRD67FdrA0O5WgzVdkZEtfRrGo0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result
My ancestor is Jaffray who married Elizabeth Dixon
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By the way the judges allowed the children of Jacob Junior to inherit, leaving the rest of the children of Jacob senior to inherit their shares as stated in the will - but the bulk of the fortune (Dumbarton Glass I believe) went to Jacob junior's descendants.

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