Don't know if this is your Robert but...
The Manor of Dane Court
"His son Edward resided in Faversham where he died in 1634 leaving four sons as his co-heirs in
gavelkind (1) who in 1635 conveyed this Manor to Robert Dixon of Chilham, and he in 1650
conveyed it to Robert
Sprakeling of Boughton Aluph. It continued by descendents to another
Robert Sprakeling who in 1743 conveyed it to James Colebrooke of Chilham castle, after which it
passed to Thomas Wildman in 1792.
Google...chilham the unique village - CiteSeerX
Page 33.
Hi
Thanks for those two pieces of info, which I believe have helped me work out who Robert's parents were, and confirm my theory.
The record of "Chilham: A Unique Village" has been especially useful as it not only refers to Robert Dixon, but also gives me more info on other families I'm researching and mentions various lands, farms etc which I've seen in Wills.
Denne Manor Farm, referred to in this, is also referred to in several Wills of the Denne family.
After doing some digging in my Denne notes and looking at the Wills I have, it looks like I've established the connection.
John Dixon married Margaret Denne on 29 August 1596 in Wigham.
Margaret died in about 1631 and is buried in the South Transept - a memorial there reads:
"Here lyeth Margarite, Wife of John DIXON, Daughter of Dr. DEN of Kingstone"
Margaret was the daughter of Vincent Denne (c1538-1591) [described in his Will as "Doctor of Laws"] and Joan Kittel (c1541-1611), who both left Wills. Vincent died in 1591 before Margaret was married and refers to her as "my daughter Margaret" in his Will, whereas Joan died in 1611 and calls Margaret "my daughter Dixon".
I have just had a look at Joan Denne's Inventory and it looks like one of the names at the end of it is "John Dixonne"
John and Margaret appear to have two other children as well as Robert,
Thomas - christened on 24 September 1599 in Seasalter
Margaret - christened 4 October 1601 in Seasalter.
I have also found a reference to a 1543 Will for Thomas Dyxson of Seasalter, who might turn out to be John's father.
The curious thing here is that I am also decended from Vincent and Joan through their eldest daughter Elizabeth Denne (1566-1637) who married Vincent Nethersole, and whose daughter Alice Nethersole married her cousin Michael Denne.
One of Vincent and Joan's other children was Thomas Denne (1574-1654) who might have been the bondsman, or another possible candidate is Thomas Denne (1560-1609) who is described in his Will as "Thomas Denne of Hackington als St Stephens nr Canterbury". This Thomas was the father of Michael Denne who married Vincent and Joan's daughter Alice!
Thanks again for the help. Now it would be good if I could establish who the parents of Susan Chapman were - I know from the licence that her mother was Elizabeth who was a widow by 1636.
Matt
