Bixby Surname

John Bekesby was born circa 1370 in Felsham, Suffolk, England.

The name of his wife is unknown, but he is said to have died sometime after 1404 in Felsham, Suffolk, England. It is known that Walter Bixby was his son (see next generation) At right is the present St. Peter's Church in Felsham, Suffolk, England. It was built in the medieval times and is the probable burial sight of John Bekesby.

They had at least one child:

1	Walter Bixby

Walter Bixby was born circa 1390 in Suffolk, England. He died in 1459 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England.

Father: John Bekesby
Mother: Unknown

He was married to Margery (maiden name unknown) circa 1410 in Suffolk. They had a son Nicholas (see next generation). Walter died in 1459 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. His wife died after him.

They had at least one child:

1	Nicholas Bixby

Nicholas Bixby was born circa 1415 in Suffolk, England.

Father: Walter Bixby
Mother: Margery

The name of his wife, or his death isn't known. He had at least one son, Thomas (see next generation).

1	Thomas Bixby

Thomas Bixby was born circa 1450 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. He died after January 23, 1509 in Suffolk, England.

Father: Nicholas Bixby
Mother: Unknown

His first wife's name was Margaret. His second wife's name isn't known, by her he had a son, John (see next generation). Thomas died after January 23, 1509 in Suffolk, England.

They had three children:

1	Robert Bixby
2	Hawyse Bixby
3	John Bixby

John Bixby was born circa 1475 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. He died before February 14, 1555/6 at Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England.

Father: Thomas Bixby
Mother: Margaret

He was married to Alice (maiden name unknown) in about 1499, by whom he had 6 children, Thomas (see next generation), John, William, Robert, Nicholas and Margaret. John was buried on February 14, 1556 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. His wife died in 1558.

The picture at right is of St. Mary's Church, Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. This church was built in the medieval times, so this is the place where the early Bixby's were baptized, married and buried.

They had the following children:

1	Thomas Bixby
2	Robert Bixby was born circa 1507 in England.
3	John Bixby was born circa 1510 in England.
4	Nicholas Bixby was born circa 1514 in England.
5	William Bixby was born circa 1516 in England.
6	Margaret Bixby was born circa 1520 in England.

Thomas Bixby was born circa 1500 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England. He died before October 13, 1586 in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England.

Father: John Bixby
Mother: Alice

Thomas was married to Margaret Munnings on November 28, 1538 in Thorpe Morieux. They had at least one son, Richard (see next generation). Thomas died before October 13, 1586 in Thorpe Morieux, and his wife died in 1608.

They had the following children:

1	NNicholas Bixby was born in December 1539.
2	John Bixby was born circa 1542.
3	Richard Bixby was born circa 1544.
4	Edmund Bixby was born in January 1547/8.
5	Judith Bixby was born circa 1551.
6	Margaret Bixby was born circa 1554.
7	Margery Bixby was born circa 1556.
8	Rose Bixby was born circa 1559.
9	Richard Bixby
10	Ursula Bixby was born in November 1564.

Richard Bixby was baptized on May 29, 1562 in Thorpe Morieux, England. He died after 1606.

Father: Thomas Bixby
Mother: Margaret Munnings

He was married to Isabel Nunn on July 7, 1589 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, by whom he had 6 children: William, Susan, Edmund, George (see next generation), Thomas and Henry. Richard died after 1606, and his wife Isabel died in 1653.

They had the following children:

1	William Bixby was born circa 1589.
2	Susan Bixby was born before February 2, 1589/90.
3	Edmund Bixby was born before October 29, 1592.
4	George Bixby
5	Thomas Bixby was born circa 1598.
6	Henry Bixby was born circa 1600-1606.

George Bixby was baptized on December 17, 1594 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. He died before December 10, 1666 in Little Wadlingfield, Suffolk, England.

Father: Richard Bixby
Mother: Isabel Nunn

He was married to Anna Cole on October 16, 1617 in Little Wadlingfield, Suffolk, England. They had 6 children: Mary, Sarah, Joseph (see next generation), Hannah, Daniel, and Lydia. George's wife died in 1627, and he died before December 10, 1666 in Little Wadlingfield, Suffolk, England.

They had the following children:

1	Mary Bixby was born on July 26, 1617.
2	Sarah Bixby was born on September 12, 1619.
3	Joseph Bixby
4	Hannah Bixby was born on September 28, 1623.
5	Daniel Bixby was born on July 24, 1625.
6	Lydia Bixby was born on April 8, 1627.

Joseph Bixby was baptized on October 28, 1621 in Little Wadlingfield, Suffolk, England ¹. He died on April 19, 1701 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts ¹.

Father: George Bixby
Mother: Anne Cole

Tradition indicates that at the age of 15 (which would have been probably 1636), Joseph became an indentured servant to pay for his passage to New England. Whether or not that is true, he had left England by 1638. Over the next 10 years in New England, what he did or where he lived is unknown. If the story holds true, he probably spent some time fulfilling his indentured servitude. Joseph first settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he married the widow Sarah Heard. Immediately after they signed the marriage bond, Joseph was listed as having left the jurisdiction of Ipswich, leaving no indication of when he would return. He may have traveled to England to secure property his new wife was to inherit. He had returned to Ipswich by 1648.

Joseph was by occupation a carpenter, and lived in Ipswich with his family for many years. In 1658, he is on a list in Ipswich as not being a freeman, which is unusual considering his age at the time (about 37). This may have been because he was not a member of the church at Ipswich. After this, Joseph entered the church in the neighboring town of Topsfield, and became a freeman in Ipswich in 1664. Joseph owned farm land in Ipswich and became interested in the forming of "Rowley Village" west of Ipswich. Joseph was deeded land there in 1661 and apparently moved there immediately afterwards. The place where he and his family settled called "Rowley Village" became the town of Boxford in 1686. As early as 1666, Joseph was chosen as a sergeant of the "soldiery" (militia?) in Topsfield. Joseph owned land in Boxford and the neighboring town of Topsfield. In his old age it appears that his son George was running the household.

Note: most online references show Joseph and Sarah's marriage date as October 15, 1647. The date was actually recorded as the 15th day of the 10th month in 1647. At that time, a different calendar system was used in which the new year BEGAN on March 25 ... thus the "10th month" would have been December.)

Sarah was the daughter of Edward and Mary Riddlesdale of Assington, England. Her father died in her youth, and her mother remarried to John Wyatt, who was commonly referred to as her father.

1	Joseph Bixby was born circa 1648 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He died in 1725 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Sarah Gould on March 29, 1682 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. (She was born on December 18, 1664 1 and died on December 4, 1723 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.) They had the following children: Joseph Bixby (1683-???) md. Lydia Peabody Sarah Bixby (1685-aft. 1750) md. James Higgins Priscilla Bixby (1688-aft. 1728) md. Joshua Higgins Phebe Bixby (1690-bef. 1747) md. Samuel Pickard John Bixby (1692-1746) md. Esther Andrews Mary Bixby (1694-1775) md. Eliezer Lake Thomas Bixby (1696-1776) md. 1st. Hannah md. 2nd. Alice Cummings Hannah Bixby (1699-aft. 1739) md. Richard Towne Moses Bixby (1704-1776) md. Phebe Hopkins
2	Daniel Bixby
3	Benjamin Bixby was born circa 1653 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He died in 1727 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Mary circa 1675 1. (She died before 1689.) They had the following children: Caleb Bixby (c. 1676-1754) md. Sarah Blanchard Benjamin Bixby (1678-1744) md. Martha Lamson Joshua Bixby (c. 1680's-1754) md. Mary Davis He married second Mary before 1689. (She died after January 1732/3 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.) They had the following children: Samuel Bixby (1689-c. 1741) md. Martha Underwood George Bixby (1692-1783) md. Mary Baily md. 2nd. Sarah Goodhue Nathan Bixby (1694-c. 1776) md. Abigail Rogers Elizabeth Bixby (1697-c. 1735) md. Richard Towne Jacob Bixby (1700-1776) md. Elizabeth Jewett md. 2nd. Sarah Younglove Jemima Bixby (1703-1790) md. Joseph Towne Mary Bixby (1707-???) Keziah Bixby (1711-???)	Dan Bellerose at dmbellerose@comcast.net is a researcher/descendant of this line. Cheri Mitchell at mitchellws@cox.net is also a descendant of this line. She is researching all descendants of Joseph Bixby (1621-1701).
4	Sarah Bixby died on January 18, 1656/7 probably in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.
5	Nathaniel Bixby died on July 11, 1658 probably in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.
6	Mary Bixby was born on February 18, 1658/9 probably in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. She died after 1699 1. She married Thomas Stone in 1677 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
7	George Bixby was born circa 1660-1665 probably in Rowley Village (now Boxford), Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He died circa 1729 1. He married Rebecca Porter in 1685 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. They had the following children: Nathaniel Bixby (1693-1703) Gideon Bixby (1699-1755) md. Rebecca Foster
8	Jonathan Bixby was born circa 1666 probably in Rowley Village (now Boxford), Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He died on May 30, 1717 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Sarah Smith on February 2, 1691/2 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. (She died before July 1, 1727 1.) They had the following children: Lydia Bixby (1694-1781) md. Thomas Page Jonathan Bixby (1696-c. 1781) md. Ruth Fuller Ruth Bixby (1699-aft. 1769) md. Thomas Andrews Mary Bixby (1702-1747) md. Nathaniel Sanders Nathaniel Bixby (1704-1724) Elias Bixby (1706-c. 1793) md. 1st. Elinor Andrews md. 2nd. Margaret Hall William Bixby (1709-bef. 1717) Jane Bixby (1711-bef. 1717) Susanna Bixby (1713-1779) md. Daniel Johnson Rebecca Bixby (1716-???) md. Nathan Smith
9	Abigail Bixby was born circa 1668 probably in Rowley Village (now Boxford), Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died on November 7, 1758 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. She had one child out of wedlock: Tryphena Bixby (1703-1722) She filed intentions to wed William Bennett on April 20, 1720 1, yet it is not clear if they ever married.

Daniel Bixby was born circa 1651 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts ¹. He died on May 7, 1717 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts ^1,2.

Father: Joseph Bixby
Mother: Sarah Riddlesdale

Daniel spent the first part of his youth with his family in Ipswich. In about 1661, at about age 10, he moved with his family a short distance away to what is now Boxford, Massachusetts. Sometime before his marriage and upon entering adulthood, or in the early 1670's, Daniel moved to Andover, Massachusetts, where he married Hannah Chandler in 1674, daughter of a prominent Andover citizen.

Daniel was by occupation a carpenter and husbandman (farmer). In 1688, Daniel was given 88 acres by his father-in-law, Lt. Thomas Chandler. During the infamous witchcraft hysteria of 1692, Daniel's wife Hannah was said to be afflicted. Daniel wrote his will on April 12, 1715, and it was proven on July 5, 1717, 3 months after his death.

They had the following children:

1	Daniel Bixby was born on September 18, 1675 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 2. He probably died before 1717, unmarried and childless.
2	Hannah Bixby was born on December 13, 1679 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. She died on May 4, 1724 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. She married Stephen Barnard on November 4, 1714 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. (He died on July 31, 1758 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.) They had the following children: Hannah Barnard (1715-1752) md. Hezekiah Stiles Stephen Barnard (1718-1718) Rebecca Barnard (1718-???) md. Moses Scales
3	Thomas Bixby was born on December 18, 1681 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died on December 5, 1754 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Deborah Elkins on December 8, 1703 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. (She died on June 29, 1761 in Tewksbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1.) They had the following children: Deborah Bixby (1704-1779) md. Henry Stevens Mariah Bixby (c. 1708-aft. 1757) md. 1st. James Barker md. 2nd. Joseph Morse md. 3rd. John Stevens Mary Bixby (1710-aft. 1758) md. 1st. Joseph Frost md. 2nd. Joseph Blanchard Sarah Bixby (c. 1712-1714 Sarah Bixby (c. 1718-1759) md. Samuel Haseltine Thomas Bixby (1722-1760) md. Phebe Spaulding Daniel Bixby (c. 1723-1788) md. Catherine
4	Sarah Bixby was born on January 19, 1682/3 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. She died on July 17, 1712 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.
5	Jonathan Bixby was born circa 1685 in Massachusetts 1. He died on November 2, 1714 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Rachel Hobart on April 16, 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1. They had the following children: Rachel Bixby probably died young Hannah Bixby (1715-???)
6	David Bixby was born on February 15 1 or 16 2, 1687/8 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died in 1767 in Westford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Abigail Butterfield on August 4, 1712 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts 1. (She was born on June 4, 1693 1 and died after 1764 1.) They had the following children: Jonathan Bixby (1714-bef. 1764) Abigail Bixby (1716-aft. 1756) md. 1st. Zachariah Sartle md. 2nd. Joshua Nevers Lydia Bixby (1717-aft. 1763) md. Obadiah Jenkins Hannah Bixby (1719-???) md. David Brown Joseph Bixby (1721-c. 1763) md. Sarah Rhodes Thankful Bixby (1725-aft. 1765) md. Jonathan Searles Jacob Bixby (1728-bef. 1764) md. Eunice Heald David Bixby (1729-bef. 1764) Asa Bixby (1735-1809) md. 1st. Susannah Howard md. 2nd. Elizabeth Wilkinson William Bixby (1737-1781) md. Lydia Farrington
7	Mephibosheth Bixby
8	Mary Bixby was born on April 10 1,2 or 12 1, 1693 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died after 1734 in Windham Co., Connecticut. She married George Holt on June 7, 1716 1. (He was born on March 17, 1676/7 1 and died in 1748 in Windham Co., Connecticut 1.) They had the following children: Mary Holt (1717-???) Jonathan Holt (1718-1810) md. Mary Parker Josiah Holt (1721-died young) Nehemiah Holt (1723-1799) md. Anna Farnham Priscilla Holt (1725-???) md. Ichabod Rogers Hannah Holt (1730-???) md. Jethro Rogers Sarah Holt (1732-1761) Nathaniel Holt (1734-???) md. Phebe Canada Kennedy
9	Joseph Bixby was born on March 5, 1695/6 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died on August 26, 1761 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Experience Frost on June 12, 1723 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1. (She was born on March 26, 1698 1 and died on September 9, 1757 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.) They had the following children: Experience Bixby (1724-1815) md. William Abbott Hannah Bixby (1726-1748) md. David Osgood

Mephibosheth Bixby was born on April 3, 1690 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts ^1,2. He died on March 20, 1767 in Winchendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts ^1,28.

Father: Daniel Bixby
Mother: Hannah Chandler

Mephibosheth spent the entirety of his youth in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1713, in Cambridge, Mass., he married Mary Emmons from that town. He and his wife settled in Andover. In 1717, he sold 20 acres of land that his father had given him. Mephibosheth moved from Andover to Woburn, Massachusetts in April 1724. They stayed there for about 8 years and in April 1732, he purchased 30 acres of land in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He probably moved there with his family at that time. He purchased more land in Shrewsbury in 1741. In 1742, he gave the original land he purchased in 1732 to his son Nathaniel. He sold land to his son-in-law Joseph French in 1746 and with his family wife sold more land in 1750.

In about 1761 or earlier, Mephibosheth moved with his son Daniel to Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he remained. Mephibosheth worked as a cordwainer (shoemaker). Over the years Mephiboshet's odd name was obviously as a source of confusion, different contemporary spellings include: Phebe, Phib, Mephib, Mephebesh, Febhesheth, Mepheb, Meb, and Mesebuth. Administration of his estate was granted to his son Daniel on May 11, 1768.

Mary was the daughter of Thomas Emmons and Mary Hancock of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1	Daniel Bixby was born on December 31, 1713 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died after 1767, probably in Winchendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married Tabitha bef 1743. (She died after 1767.) They had the following children: Eunice Bixby (1743-aft. 1786) md. Aaron Hodskens Jonathan Bixby (1744-c. 1815) md. Esther Gale Hannah Bixby (1747-???) Aaron Bixby (1749-???) Daniel Bixby (1751-???) Sarah Bixby (1753-???) Daniel Bixby (1763-aft. 1840) md. Dorothy Aaron Bixby (1754-1842) md. Sarah Carlton Joel Bixby (1767-1854) md. Hannah Woodworth Daniel settled in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts as early as 1736. He remained there until probably 1761, when he moved to Ipswich-Canada (Winchendon), Massachusetts.
2	Mary Bixby was baptized on February 13, 1714/5 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. She died after 1753, probably in Holden, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She married Joseph French on January 2, 1745/6 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,4. (He was born circa 1715 and died circa 1765 in Holden, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.) They had the following children: Desire French (1746-1772) md. Abigail Whitcomb Mary French (1748-???) Joseph French (1750-???) Elizabeth French (1753-???) Shortly after their marriage, Mary's father deeded two tracts of land to her husband Joseph French. They moved to Holden, Massachusetts (sometime between 1746-1748), where they remained.
3	Samuel Bixby
4	David Bixby was born on March 31, 1718 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died on April 23, 1718 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.
5	Jonathan Bixby was born on March 31, 1718 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died on April 17, 1718 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1.
6	Nathaniel Bixby was born on March 24, 1718/9 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. He died on October 2, 1777 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Jerusha Houghton soon after September 11, 1742 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,4. (She was born in February 1720/1 1 and died on May 17, 1812 in Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont 1. She is buried in the Aldrich Cemetery, Weathersfield, Windsor Co., Vermont.) They had the following children: Levi Bixby (1743-1803) md. 1st. Ruth Darling md. 2nd. Tabitha Foster Elizabeth Bixby (1746-???) md. Isaac Stimson Jerusha Bixby (1746-???) md. John Joyner Keziah Bixby (1749-1808) md. 1st. Richard Person md. 2nd. Amos Hayward Lois Bixby (1751-???) md. Abijah Stimson Adonijah Bixby (1753-1839) md. Mary Brown Abigail Bixby (1755-1813) md. David Heywood Nathaniel Bixby (1758-1841) md. 1st. Abigail Hayward md. 2nd. Katherine Felch Eunice Bixby (1762-bef. 1778) Nathaniel moved with his family to Shrewsbury as a youth, where he first purchased land in 1739. He remained there until probably the mid 1760's, when he followed his father and oldest brother to Winchendon, Massachusetts.
7	Martha Bixby was born on March 2, 1721/2 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1,2. She died on July 23, 1781 in Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. She married Phineas Ball on May 27, 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. (He was born circa 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts) They had the following children: Daniel Ball (1742-1830) md. Lydia Smith Jemima Ball (1744-???) md. Henry Hodgskin Abner Ball (1746-???) Elijah Ball (1748-1834) md. Rebecca Moore Benjamin Ball (1750-???) Martha and her husband moved to Holden, Massachusetts soon after their marriage. The Martha Ball who died in 1785 in Boylston may have not been her.

Samuel Bixby was born on August 31, 1716 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts ^1,2. He died on March 12, 1800 in Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts ^1,3. He is buried in the Old Burial Ground, Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Father: Mephibosheth Bixby
Mother: Mary Emmons

Samuel spent the first part of his youth in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1724, 7-year old Samuel moved with his family to Woburn, Massachusetts where they remained for 8 years. In 1732, when Samuel was 15-years old, he and his family moved to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Over the next 5 years, the details of his life are unknown. He may have been sent back east to Woburn for an apprenticeship or to visit or live with relatives. In 1737 in Woburn, he married a young woman from that town and they apparently left Woburn immediately afterwards. They first moved to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, but did not remain there. In December 1739, Samuel had recently moved with his family to Chelmsford, Massachusetts from Shrewsbury. Then in 1740, he was apparently a resident of Westford, Massachusetts and was sued for failing to pay a debt. He was jailed for this in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1741. Soon after, they returned to Shrewsbury (no later than 1745) where they remained.

Samuel spent the rest of his life in the area of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He apparently owned land and lived at various times in both Shrewsbury (now Boylston) and the neighboring town of Lancaster (now Sterling). Samuel was by occupation a cordwainer (shoemaker), like his father before him. In 1757, while living in Shrewsbury, Samuel served as a member of the train band of Capt. Jabez Beamen (French and Indian War). Samuel's wife died in 1773 and he remarried five months later to the widow Sarah Beaman (she was probably related to the Ezra Beman who he had land dealings with).

1	Samuel Bixby was born before December 11, 1739 in Massachusetts 1. He died in 1820 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York 1,26. He is buried in the Bixby Cemetery, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York. She married Hannah Powers on March 4, 1762 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. (She was born on January 10, 1738/9 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1 and died in 1829 in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York 1,26. She is buried in the Bixby Cemetery, Bainbridge, Chenango Co., New York.) They had the following children: Hannah Bixby (1762-1850) md. Asa Stowell Sibyl Bixby (1765-1846) md. 1st. Edward Davidson md. 2nd. Henry Evans Priscilla Bixby (1767-1847) md. Henry Ward Asahel Bixby (1770-1862) md. Clarina Smith Samuel Bixby (1774-1857) md. Lois Moss Elizabeth Bixby (1778-???) md. Russell Redfield
2	Joseph Bixby was born circa 1741 in Massachusetts 1. He died after 1810 in Rindge, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire 1. He married first Miriam Bryant on July 13, 1769 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,4. (She died on April 14, 1782 in Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,3.) They had the following children: Rachel Bixby (1769-???) Priscilla Bixby (1772-1781) Aaron Bixby (1774-1838) md. Susanna Blake Miriam Bixby (1776-1778) He married second Elizabeth Hadley on March 16, 1784 in Sterling, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,4. They had probably two children: Ezra Bixby (1787-1856) md. Theodosia Brooks unknown male Bixby (c. 1789-aft. 1790)
3	Mary Bixby was born circa 1743 in Massachusetts. She died circa 1767-1769 in Warwick, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. She married Jedediah Woods on January 21, 1765 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 25. They had the following children: Silvanus Woods (1765-???) Mary Bixby Woods (1767-1767)
4	Manassah Bixby
5	John Bixby was born on March 5, 1746/7 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. He died not long before July 26, 1820 in West Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary Floyd or Flood soon after February 4, 1769 in Princeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,25. (She was born circa 1747.) They had the following children: William Bixby (1770-1850) md. Esther Draper Tryphena Bixby (1772-aft. 1820) md. Alpheus Cutting Mary Bixby (1774-???) John Bixby (1777-1866) md. Polly Davis
6	Ephraim Bixby was born on April 11, 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. He died in 1817 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He married first Phebe Wilder circa 1777 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. (She was born on December 10, 1762 1 and died in 1783 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1.) They had the following children: Ephraim Bixby (1778-1863) md. Phebe Adams Jotham Wilder Bixby (1780-1850's) md. Tirzah Esen Phebe Bixby (1783-1824) md. Noah Briggs He married second Susannah Wood in 1783 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. (She was born circa 1758.) They had the following children: William Bixby (1784-???) md. Tirzah Esen Sylvanus Bixby (c. 1788-???) md. Amanda Spofford Oliver Bixby (1793-???) md. Cynthia Sherman Abel Bixby (c. 1796-???) Samuel Bixby (1797-???) md. 1st. Amelia Ross md. 2nd. Elizabeth J. Stoddard md. 3rd. Betsy Miner Betsey Bixby (c. 1799-???) md. Caleb Cass
7	Martha Bixby was born on April 11, 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1. She died on October 26, 1785 in Littleton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire 1. She married Nathaniel Bidwell on January 30, 1772 1. (He was born in 1750 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 1 and died in April 1812 in Littleton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire 1.) They had the following children: unknown Bidwell (1773-c. 1773) Thankful Bidwell (1775-1845) Jemima Bidwell (1776-1815) md. Abijah Allen Mabel Loomis Bidwell (1778-1841) Jasper Bidwell (1779-1823) md. Patience Peck Jason Bidwell (1782-1859) md. Sally Peck Martha Bidwell (1785-1846) md. Isaac Stearns

They had no children.

Manassah Bixby was baptized on March 3, 1744/5 in Shrewsbury (now Boylston), Worcester Co., Massachusetts ³⁵. He died on December 19, 1828 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ^1,33,35. He is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham County, Vermont.

Father: Samuel Bixby
Mother: Mary Buck

Although Manassah was baptized in Shrewsbury, he may have been born in the neighboring town of Lancaster, in the part of which that later became Sterling. Manassah spent all of his childhood and formative years in Lancaster and Shrewsbury (Sterling and Boylston). As a young adult, Manassah became apprenticed to Ezra Beaman, probably a neighbor and also probably a relative of his future stepmother. As an apprentice living in Shrewsbury, Manassah had service in the French and Indian War. He enlisted on April 5, 1762, aged probably 17, and served until November 19, 1762, in the army "raised to reduce Canada." Manassah afterwards returned to his hometown and began a relationship with a young woman from Lancaster named Elizabeth Dunsmore. They were eventually married in November 1765 in Lancaster, just 2 months before the birth of their second child together. They remained in Lancaster or Shrewsbury for only a few years (their first three children are supposed to have been born in Lancaster, yet he was listed as "of Shrewsbury" in 1766). In April 1766, Manassah purchased 40 acres in the town of Templeton, Massachusetts. They may have moved there at that time, or at least by July 1768. In late 1768 or early 1769, Manassah and his family moved to the remote town of Guilford, in what is now Windham County, Vermont. Some descendants have also claimed that Manassah moved to Guilford from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, yet that seems unlikely.

Manassah was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Guilford and he and his family were influential citizens. They appeared on a census there in 1772. They settled on a farm, which in 1884 was owned by a man named Paul Morris and was on "Road 8." Manassah was said to have been one of the original ministers for the town of Guilford (probably in the Congregational Church). He also served as Constable for Guilford in the year 1774. In 1777, Manassah had one month service in the Revolutionary War in Captain David Stowell's Company in Colonel William William's Regiment. Manassah was chosen as surveyor of highways in 1777 and again 1782, when he was also a petit juror. He was a surveyor again in 1789 and fence viewer in 1790.

Manassah and Elizabeth raised a family of twelve children, yet it appears that five of these children died in infancy or childhood. Sadly in 1791, Manassah's wife Elizabeth died, which left him with five young unmarried children. In 1792 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, Manassah married a second time to Hannah Hayward. (How they met or why they were married in Massachusetts is unknown. Perhaps she was somebody he knew before moving to Vermont. Hannha was most likely the sister of David Heywood, who was married to Manassah's cousin Abigail Bixby.) There were no children born to this second marriage. In 1791 and again in 1817, Manassah deeded some land to his youngest son Amasa. It appears though that his son Thaddeus retained use of most of the original farm.

They had the following children:

1	Manassah Bixby was born on January 22, 1765 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,33. He died on June 26, 1841 in Townshend, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He married first Betsy Rice circa 1787 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. (She was born circa 1764 and died on November 14, 1808 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.) They had the following children: Phebe Bixby (1788-1871) md. Reuben Alexander Elizabeth Bixby (1790-1865) md. 1st. Solomon Gleason md. 2nd. Amariah Chandler Hannah Bixby (1791-aft. 1850) md. Silas More Flagg Esther Bixby (1793-aft. 1834) md. Jeremiah Brown Benjamin Bixby (1795-aft. 1860) md. Frances Weir Ira Bixby (1797-1870's) md. 1st. Sophia Pratt md. 2nd. Elizabeth Marshall Thaddeus Bixby (1799-1862) md. Nancy H. Glidden Manassah Bixby (1801-aft. 1880) md. Pamelia Joy Relief Bixby (1803-1889) md. Clark Holland Zenas Bixby (1805-???) md. Emily He married second Abigail Cobb on March 18, 1816 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. (She was born circa 1775 in Massachusetts 8 and died on November 26, 1860 in Townshend, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33.) They had the following children: Mary Louisa Bixby (1818-1831) Persis Almera Bixby (1819-1894)
2	Joseph Bixby was born on January 4, 1766 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,33. He died before 1772 in Massachusetts or Vermont.
3	Betsey Bixby was born on April 22, 1767 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,33. She was baptized on July 31, 1768 in Templeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 27. She died sometime between 1768-1772 in Massachusetts or Vermont. The Descendants of Joseph Bixby indicates that Betsey died in 1808, yet that person was actually Betsey Rice, wife of her brother Manassah Jr. Betsey and her brother Joseph were probably both dead by 1772, when the census of that year only records two children in their parents' household (the two children had to have been Manassah Jr. and Olive).
4	Olive Bixby was born on April 2, 1769 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She died sometime between 1798-1803 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. She married William Marsh on May 28, 1789 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. (He was born on November 7, 1763 in Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut and died on November 23, 1833 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.) They had the following children: Sarah Marsh (1790-1841) md. Wyllys Lyman Elizabeth Marsh (1791-???) Oliver Marsh (1792-???) William Marsh (1792-???) Joel Marsh (1794-1873) md. Aurilla Salisbury md. Lydia P. Alvah Marsh (1796-1881) md. Hannah House Olive Marsh (1798-1886) md. Barnard Lynde
5	Molly Bixby was born on August 30, 1772 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She probably died young in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.
6	Lucy Bixby was born on May 6, 1775 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She died on July 16, 1799 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. She married Hosea Marsh on July 9, 1796 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. (He was born on December 10, 1775 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont and died on May 2, 1859 in Melvin Hill, Ontario Co., New York. He is buried in the Melvin Hill Cemetery, Phelps, Ontario Co., New York.) They had the following children: infant Marsh (1795-1795) Hosea Marsh (1796-???) md. Betsey Salisbury Oliver Marsh (1798-1880) md. Harriet Winn
7	Oliver Bixby was born on April 15, 1778 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. He died in 1802 1,33, probably in Guilford or Brattleboro, Vermont. He apparently never married.
8	Thaddeus Bixby
9	Persis Bixby was born on June or July 9, 1783 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She died on August 14, 1857 in Plymouth, Windsor Co., Vermont 29. She is buried in the Five Corners Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor Co., Vermont. She married first David Heywood/Howard Jr. on April 1, 1811 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. (He was born on February 18, 1781 in Winchendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 1,28 and died sometime between 1811 and 1830.) They are supposed to have had three children, but any details are unknown. She married second Noah Briggs sometime between 1824 and 1830. (He was born on July 2, 1780 in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts and died on June 10, 1858 in Plymouth, Windsor Co., Vermont 29. He is buried in the Five Corners Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor Co., Vermont.) They had no children, although she would have helped to raised Noah's ten children by his previous marriage to Persis' cousin Phebe Bixby. The Bixby genealogy lists three children by Persis' second marriage: Caroline, Chloe and Ira Briggs. Census records do not support that, unless the 3 all died as children. Perhaps, Caroline, Chloe and Ira were the children of Persis by her first husband David Heywood.
10	Amelia Bixby was born on November 1, 1785 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She probably died young in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.
11	Annis Bixby was born on May 19, 1788 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,33. She died on May 26, 1810 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. She is buried in the Guilford Centre Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. She married Daniel Lynde on November 16, 1809 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. (He was born in 1787 and died on June 9, 1862 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He is buried in the Guilford Centre Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.) They had one child: John N. Lynde (1810-???)
12	Amasa Bixby was born in 1790 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died on August 25, 1845 in North Adams, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts 1. He married Anna Carpenter in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 1. (She was born circa 1805 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 1 and died in November 1840 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vermont 1.) They had at least one child: Mary Maria Bixby (1827-1910) md. Hiram Hayward Thomas

They had no children. Hannah was probably the Hannah Heywood, born January 4, 1748 in Rutland, Mass., to Charles Heywood and Abigail Hubbard. This Hannah was the sister of David Heywood Sr. who married Abigail Bixby (Manassah's first cousin). David and Abigail's son David Heywood Jr. eventually married Manassah's daughter Persis Bixby.

Thaddeus Bixby was born on November 15, 1780 in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont 1,33. He died on June 26, 1850 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont ^1,33. He is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham County, Vermont.

Father: Manassah Bixby
Mother: Elizabeth Dunsmore

Thaddeus spent his entire life in the town of Guilford, Vermont, where he and his family were influential citizens. They were among the town's earliest citizens and after his father died in 1828, Thaddeus probably took over his farm (indicated above). On December 6, 1802 in Guilford, Vermont, Thaddeus married Hannah Warwick, a young woman from nearby Warwick, Massachusetts. They had eleven children.

Aside from being a farmer, it seems that Thaddeus was also a miller of some sort. He owned a distillery in 1820 and a sawmill in 1832. In 1825, Thaddeus "bought" a poor person Mrs. Littlefield for $36 to serve him for one year if she lived that long. In early 1850, Thaddeus deeded land to his son Samuel.

They had the following children:

1	Oliver Bixby was born on April 21, 1803 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died sometime between 1830-1848. He married Margaret McClure. (She was born circa 1802 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont and died on August 26, 1870 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vermont. She is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vermont.) The 1830 census suggests that they had 3 small children (one girl and two boys), yet none of them were living in Margaret in 1850. They were living in Guilford, Vermont in 1830. After Oliver's death, Margaret married Jonathan Austin in 1848.
2	Erastus Bixby was born on January 27, 1805 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died sometime between 1840-1850. He married Gratia M. Lynde. (She was born circa 1817 in Vermont 8 and died on September 3, 1853. She was buried in the Guilford Center Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.) They had one known child: Hannah E. Bixby (c. 1840-1849) They were living in Guilford, Vermont in 1840. He may have been the Erastus Bixby who died on September 17, 1843 (aged 38 years) and was buried in the Bryant Cemetery in Macedon, Wayne County, New York. After Erastus' death, Gratia married Erasmus D May.
3	Emerline Bixby was born on November 23, 1806 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. She died on April 23, 1850 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. She is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.
4	Edwin Bixby was born on October 9, 1808 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died on June 29, 1811 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He is buried in the Blanchard (Old North) Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.
5	Annis Bixby was born on October 6, 1810 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,30. She died on April 5, 1833 in Sturbridge, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 30,31. She is buried in the New Sturbridge Cemetery, Sturbridge, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She married Walton Cary Dickerson in 1830 30 in Vermont or Massachusetts. (He was born on June 9, 1809 in Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island 23 or on Prudence Island, Newport Co., Rhode Island 30 and died on November 8, 1887 in Eureka, Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 22,30. He is buried in the Nepeuskun Cemetery, Nepeuskun Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin.) They had two children: Edward E. Dickerson (1831-1914) md. Frances M. Hainer Albert Bixby Dickerson (1833-1887) md. Esther After her death, Walton remarried and moved west with his family into Wisconsin. Annis' sons moved on to Minnesota, where they homesteaded with her brother, Loren Bixby.
6	Eliza Bixby was born on October 9, 1812 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. She died on April 16, 1895. She is buried in the Guilford Center Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. She married Jarvis Lynde before 1840. (He was born on July 15, 1813 in Vermont and died on May 5, 1852 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont. He is buried in the Guilford Center Cemetery, Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont.) They had the following children: Francis Jarvis Lynde (c. 1842-1922) md. Elizabeth Bourmiesell Charles H. Lynde (1843-1845) Rufus Albert Lynde (c. 1849-1851) Lucy E. Lynde (c. 1851-aft. 1930) md. William Wallace Merriman Eliza appears to have remained rather poor after the death of her husband. In 1880, she was living in Wardsboro, Vermont working as a servant. Her son Francis went out west to Minnesota, probably in the example of his uncles and cousins.
7	Cleveland Richards Bixby was born on October 6, 1814 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died on December 16, 1862 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He married Fanny Salisbury in 1844. (She was born in June 1821 in Vermont 8 and died on March 31, 1910 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York 1.) They did not have any children. After Cleveland's death, Fanny married Silas Halsey Lindley in 1864.
8	Infant Bixby was born and died on June 16, 1816 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1.
9	Samuel Hubbard Bixby was born on September 27, 1817 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1. He died after 1884. He married Almira Akeley circa 1845 in Vermont. (She was born circa 1820 in Vermont 8 and died after 1880.) They had the following children: Charles Wesley Bixby (1843-1925) md. Mary Olive Duncan Maryette E. Bixby (1846-aft. 1900) md. Hartwell M. Pike Velorus W. Bixby (1849-aft. 1930) md. Ida A. Thomas Albert H. Bixby (1854-aft. 1930) md. Lottie R. Alonzo R. Bixby (1858-1860's) It appears that Samuel took over the land or home of his parents after their deaths. He probably died in Guilford, Vermont. He was listed in an 1884 Guilford Directory as a farmer with 40 acres on Road 6, with West Brattleboro as a post office. In 1860 and 1870, their post office was at Guilford Center.
10	Henry Albert Bixby
11	Loren Chandler Bixby was born on January 20, 1823 in Guilford, Windham Co., Vermont 1,30. He died in 1903 1,30 or 1904 6 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota. He is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota. Loren was never married or had any children. He was in Iowa and Illinois before settling in Brown County, Minnesota in the 1870's. He moved to Garden City, Minnesota after 1880 to live with his brother Henry. For a photo of Loren, please click here.

Henry Albert Bixby was born on September 24, 1819 in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont ¹. He died on May 20, 1891 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota ⁶. He is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.

Father: Thaddeus Bixby
Mother: Hannah Warrick

(The Descendants of Joseph Bixby list two possible dates of birth for Henry in 1819: September 24th and September 27th. Henry's age at death as inscribed on his tombstone calculates to a birth date of November 24, 1819. Given those three different dates, I am assuming that September 24th is the correct date.)

Henry was raised in the town of Guilford, where his parents were moderately wealthy. He was still living with them as late as 1840. In the 1830's, Henry's brother-in-law Walton Dickerson moved out west to Wisconsin and Henry eventually became inspired to do the same. Henry moved to Wisconsin in the mid 1840's, probably in 1845 or 1846. He probably first lived with Walton Dickerson at Nepeuskun Township in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Soon after moving here, he was married to Mary Palfrey on March 30, 1848 in Rushford Township, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. In that same year, Henry was issued a land patent for 40 acres of land in Rosendale Township in nearby Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin. Although he owned land in this county, he apparently never lived there. Henry and Mary settled near the village of Waukau in Rushford Township, Winnebago County, where they were farmers.

For whatever the reason, the Bixbys were not content in Wisconsin. Sometime between about 1865 and 1867, they moved out west once more. This time they settled near the village of Garden City, in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. Here, they kept a farm where they cultivated wheat, corn and oats and they also kept a great deal of sheep. Henry's wife Mary died at their Garden City farm house on January 20, 1882, aged 52. Henry continued to live near Garden City, where he died on May 20, 1891, at the age of 81. He and his wife are both buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Minnesota.

They had the following children:

1	Alvin E. Bixby was born on February 15, 1849 in Rushford Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 6. He died on January 21, 1914 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 6. He is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota. He was married to Mary E. King on June 7, 1866 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 9. (She was born in 1840 in New York 6 and died on May 4, 1918 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 11. She is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.) They adopted the following child: Herbert Alvin Bixby (1877-1940) md. Mabel Clara Smith Alvin was a farmer near Garden City, Minnesota. His tombstone lists his date of birth as "February 15, 1848" yet this is believed to be an error. His parents were not married until March of 1848 and the 1900 census lists his birth in February 1849. The 1850 census lists him as 2 years of age but all other Federal censuses (1860, 1870, 1880, and 1910) agree with an 1849 birth year.
2	Frank Herbert Bixby was born circa 1850-1852 in Rushford Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 8. He died after 1889, probably in Colorado. He married Mary F. Powers on March 11, 1882 in Arapahoe Co., Colorado 34. She was born circa 1865 in Massachusetts 8 and died after 1930. They had one child: Henry Alvin Bixby (1884-1950) As a child he apparently used the name Herbert, but used the name Frank as an adult. In 1875, Frank was with his family in Garden City, Minnesota, but has not been found in the 1880 census. In 1882, Frank married in Arapahoe County, Colorado (where the city of Denver was at the time). Then in 1885, he was living with his family in Como, Park County, Colorado. Newspaper articles still find him active in the Como area through 1889. In February 1896, someone named E.F. Wing of Denver advertized in the local paper that they were trying to locate Frank Bixby. Could he have died somewhere? Could he have deserted his family and home because of some problem? Could he have assumed a new identity? He must have died, or his wife divorced him, because in about 1904, she married a man named George Woodworth. The Woodworths were living in Chicago in 1920 and Los Angeles in 1930.
3	Augustus W. Bixby was born in March 1852 in Rushford Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 8. He died on September 18, 1923 in Marion Co., Oregon 10. He was married to Evelyn S. Barton on November 16, 1880 in Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 9. (She was born in May 1856 in Wisconsin 8 and died in 1909 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 6. She is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.) They had the following children: Ida Barton Bixby (1881-1975) Ward Henry Bixby (1883-1940) md. Hildreth G. Nelson Verna E. Bixby (1885-1922) md. Floyd L. Reynolds Blanche B. Bixby (1890-aft. 1930) md. Frederick Edward Leek Callie L. A. Bixby (1892-1966) md. Walter Bismark Schaefer Augustus "Gust" was a farmer in the vicinity of Garden City, Minnesota. In 1909, shortly after his wife died, he moved to Oregon with his two youngest daughters and his brother Henry and family. In Oregon, they lived in rural Marion County and were fruit farmers. His daughters Blanche and Callie did not remain in Oregon long and moved out to Montana. His oldest daughter did come to Oregon during the 1910's, where she died.	Deb Hoheisel at dizzylu627@yahoo.com is a researcher/descendant of this line.
4	John C. Bixby was born April 16, 1855 in Rushford Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 6. He died on June 5, 1927 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 6,11. He is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota. He married to Ella Thomas Rowland on April 25, 1895 in Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 9. (She was born on March 8, 1872 in Minnesota 11 and died on October 7, 1961 in Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 11. She is buried in the Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota.) They had one child: Joseph Alvin Bixby (1896-1970) md. Irene D. Brodt Like his father and all of his brothers, John was a farmer. He spent most of his adulthood farming near Garden City, Minnesota. In 1880, he was boarding and working as a laborer in the nearby town of Vernon, Minnesota.
5	Henry Ward Bixby
6	William Hazen Bixby was born circa 1866-1867 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota or Rushford Twp., Winnebago Co., Wisconsin 8. He died after 1885.

Henry Ward Bixby was born on July 17, 1858 near the village of Waukau in Rushford Township, Winnebago County, Wisconsin ^12,14. He died on November 20, 1941 in Beaverton, Washington Co., Oregon ¹². He is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington County, Oregon.

Father: Henry Albert Bixby
Mother: Mary Palfrey

Henry was probably named after Henry Ward, a Revolutionary War hero who married a distant cousin named Priscilla Bixby. Sometime in the early to mid 1860's, when he was just a small boy, Henry moved with his family to a farm near Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where they remained. Henry was trained in the vocation of farmer and upon entering adulthood he began farming the land surrounding Garden City. On November 12, 1884, in Garden City, Henry married to a local young girl named Julia Thurston. They lived on a rented farm in the vicinity of the village of Garden City, where their 5 children were born: Vere, Irvin, Mary, Neil (see next generation), and Lawrence.

Henry continued to live in Garden City, but it seems that the family was not altogether successful. In 1909, Henry's sister-in-law Evelyn Bixby died which must have been an impetus for the family to move away. In that same year, Henry and his family left with his brother Augustus and some nieces and nephews. They settled in that year on a rented farm in Brooks Precinct, just outside of the city of Salem, in Marion County, Oregon. Henry and Julia remained in the vicinity of Salem, while most of their children moved to the larger city of Portland, Oregon. In about the mid 1920's, Henry and Julia left Marion County, Oregon and purchased a small house and farm in Wilsonville, in Clackamas County, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. There in 1930, Henry was making a living as a gardener.

Henry and Julia were negatively affected by the Great Depression and in 1930 or 1931, they lost their home and farm. In about 1931, they moved to Portland, Oregon, where they began renting a home at 4609 NE 109th Avenue. In the early fall of 1941, Henry became ill and went to live with his son in Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon. He died there on November 22, 1941, at the age of 83. His widow Julia remained in the area for a few more years until her death on September 3, 1946 in a rest home in Portland, Oregon. Both are buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery in Tigard, Oregon.

They had the following children:

1	Harry Vere Bixby was born on September 2, 1885 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 14. He died on January 26, 1958 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 10. He is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon. He married Laura Ann Tressler circa 1907 8. (She was born on August 5, 1887 in Blue Earth, Faribault Co., Minnesota 9 and died on February 24, 1864 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 10. She is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon.) They had the following children: Arlene Vera Bixby (1914-1975) md. Harold C. Torland Violet Mary Bixby (1917-1995) md. William John Armstrong Loris Wendell Bixby (1920-1983) md. Beverlee J. Prout
2	Irvin Henry Bixby was born on November 30, 1886 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 14,15. He died on August 29, 1947 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon 15,17. He is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon. He married Mabel M. Malone on July 21, 1912 in Wallace, Shoshone Co., Idaho 19. (She was born on April 11, 1894 in Michigan 16 and died on March 31, 1989 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 10. She is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon.) They had no children.
3	Mary Bixby was born on September 19, 1888 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 14,16. She died on September 1, 1969 in Beaverton, Washington Co., Oregon 10. She is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon. She married Amel Nelson circa 1908 in Minnesota 8. (He was born on February 15, 1880 in Illinois 21and died on January 7, 1946 in Beaverton, Washington Co., Oregon 10. He is buried in the Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington Co., Oregon.) They had the following children: Edgar Amel Nelson (1909-1955) md. Louella E. Ward Maxwell Nelson (1912-1968) Oris Elvin Nelson (1915-1978) Living Wilbur Gale Nelson (1920-1920) Lorraine Nelson (c. 1927-???)
4	Neil Francis Bixby
5	Lawrence Ward Bixby was born on October 23, 1898 in Garden City, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota 14. He died on August 29, 1963 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 10,17. He is buried in the Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. He married Clara Agnes Dennis on March 29, 1921 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. (She was born on June 10, 1905 in Adrian, Bates Co., Missouri 10 and died on March 23, 1993 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co., Oregon 10. She is buried in the Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.) They had the following children: Keith Lawrence Bixby (1926-2002) md. Living Dennis Clair Bixby (1928-1970) md. Living

Neil Francis Bixby was born on May 26, 1893 in Garden City, Blue Earth County, Minnesota ^14,16. He died on January 9, 1985 in Oregon City, Clackamas Co., Oregon ^17,18. He is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Father: Henry Ward Bixby
Mother: Julia Marvin Thurston

Neil spent his early years in the village of Garden City where his parents rented a farm and were moderately successful. In 1909, Neil's aunt Evelyn Bixby died and it was at about that time that Neil's family decided to move away from Minnesota. Sometime in the year 1909, 16-year old Neil moved with his parents, brothers, uncle and some cousins out west. They settled on a farm in Brooks Precinct, just outside of the city of Salem in Marion County, Oregon. In Oregon, the Bixbys were still farmers and also made plans to send Neil to college. In 1914, Neil began attending Corvallis College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis, Oregon, where he graduated in 1918 with a degree in engineering.

After graduating from college, Neil entered the army and served in World War I overseas. After his service in the army ended in probably 1919, Neil returned to Minnesota where his brother Vere and sister Mary were still living. While living there, he formed a relationship with a young woman named Bertha Hoffman. The two were engaged and in the early months of 1920, they moved to Oregon where they would get married and start a family together. They were married on April 19, 1920 in Portland, Oregon. Afterwards, Neil began working for the Army Corps of Engineers as an Engineer and remained in faithful service for them over the next 30 years where he also worked in property management.

Neil and Bertha purchased a home in the Parkrose area of Portland where they began raising a family. They had 4 children together: Deane, Shirley, Evelyn and Patricia. In 1950, they sold their home in Portland and moved to Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland. In 1952, Neil retired from the Army Corps of Engineers and afterwards devoted his time to his hobbies and interests of which included gardening. Neil lived in Milwaukie for the remainder of his life. He died on January 9, 1985 in a hospital in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, at the age of 91. His wife Bertha died on March 8, 1995. Both are buried in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

They had the following children:

1	Deane Francis Bixby was born on January 29, 1921 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 17. He died on December 4, 1944 in Germany 17. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.
2	Shirley Jean Bixby was born on October 12, 1922 in Huber, Washington Co., Oregon 17. She died on June 25, 1997 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 16. She married Living. They had no children.
3	Evelyn Christine Bixby was born on February 25, 1924 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 17. She died on July 30, 1986 in Lincoln City, Lincoln Co., Oregon 17. She married Herbert Ronald Strong on April 16, 1944 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 17. (He was born on September 8, 1921 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon 17. He died on February 6, 2005 16.) They had no children.
4	Patricia Joy Bixby

Patricia Joy Bixby was born on March 12, 1928 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. She died on April 27, 2008 in Auburn, King Co., Washington. She is buried in the Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, King Co., Washington. Father: Neil Francis Bixby Mother: Bertha Hoffman Patricia was raised in Portland, Oregon where her family lived in the Park Rose neighborhood. She was called "Patsy" by her family and childhood friends but went by "Pat" in adulthood. She attended Park Rose School and then Grant High School in Portland, Oregon. Patricia graduated from Grant High School in 1946 and afterwards had plans of attending Oregon State University (where her father and brother had gone), yet never fulfilled that goal. Instead, Patricia began working as a secretary for the Army Corps of Engineers in Portland. She worked there until 1948, when she and Ben Plymale were married. They honeymooned in San Francisco and moved to Seattle, Washington immediately afterward. After moving to Seattle, Patricia worked as a secretary for the Sandpoint Naval Air Station on Lake Washington in Seattle. She stopped working in about 1949 or 1950 to have her first child. Meanwhile her husband Ben, who was fulfilling his military service and was attending graduate school at the University of Washington, quit going to school to accept a job offer as an engineer at the Boeing Company in 1950. Patricia and her family purchased a house in the Mt. Baker neighborhood of Seattle in the early 1950's and remained there. After her children were born she became active in the PTA and also worked in the school library at times. In 1968, Ben and Patricia were divorced. In the same year, Patricia took a course on secretarial skills and got a job working as a secretary for the State of Washington in the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. She remained working there for 20 years until her retirement in 1988. In 2001, Patricia moved to Kent, Washington to be closer to her daughters. In 2005, she moved a final time to Auburn, Washington.

For information on their children see his page.

• Bixby, Saint Clair County, Illinois
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