The Wixams of MA and NY 1630-1790

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The Wixams and Wixsons Our Wixsons, and many other families of Wixoms, Wixams, Wixons, Wicksons and Wixsons, trace their ancestry back to the early 1600's colonization of Massachusetts in British North America.

Robert Wixam
arrives in the
colonies
1630 Robert Wixam, born in England, date unknown; emigrated to Massachusetts in 1630. That was the year of the Great Emigration from England to Massachusetts. A fleet of seventeen ships in charge of John Winthrop, the newly appointed Governor of the colony, under a new and more liberal Charter of Government, brought over more than a thousand colonists, and landed them off the mouth of Salem Harbour on the 12th day of June that year. Some of these colonists founded the city of Boston. Many had come to find religious freedom as Puritans.
Historical summary: England Mid 1600's

in Eastham
1660's Robert married a women named Alice sometime in the early 1660's and had his family in Eastham, Barnstable County, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Their children were Barnabus, Jemima, Titus, and Elizabeth. Our ancestor was his first son, Barnabus, born July 13, 1663.
Historical summary: England Late 1600's

Barnabus &
Sarah
in Eastham
1690's Barnabas Wixam, son of Robert, married Sarah Remick and also raised their family in Eastham, where both he and his brother Titus had lands granted. Their children were Joshua, Barnabas, Lydia, Robert, and Prince.
Our ancestor is Barnabus' first son, Joshua, born March 14, 1694/95.

in Yarmouth
1700's In 1703, Barnabus and his family moved within the same county to Yarmouth, MA. His name appears on a Muster Roll dated June 8, 1724, of a Company in His Majesty's Service, showing that he entered Military Service October 23, 1723, and served to January 2, 1724, under Captain Samuel Wheelwright, in Indian Wars.
Historical summary: Great Britain Early 1700's

Joshua &
Hannah
in Harwich
1720's Joshua Wixam, son of Barnabus, married Hannah Baker in Yarmouth. They had two children in Harwich: Reuban and Hannah. Sometime in the 1720's, Joshua's wife either dies or otherwise leaves the picture, and Joshua remarries in 1731.

in Yarmouth
1730's-1750's Joshua marries Elizabeth Chase on December 18, 1731 in Yarmouth. They have seven more children: Isabel, Zilpha, Barnabas, Sarah, Dorcas, Joshua and Solomon. Their last child is our ancestor, Solomon, born August 10, 1751. He marries and leaves Massachusetts for New York Colony around the time of the American Revolution.
Historical summary: Great Britain Mid 1700's

Solomon Wixam
Dutchess Co.
1770's Solomon Wixam, son of Joshua Wixam, and his wife Mary Randal Travis moved to Dutchess County, New York, in the late 1770's and began their family. It is believed that they began to spell their name "Wixson" around this time, although it is not consistently recorded in official records until the late 1800's.

Their eldest children were Joseph Wixson, born 25 Jan 1779 (2) and his younger brother Joshua, born 8 Sep 1780 (3). Nine more children followed over the next 20 years: Reuban, John, Daniel, James, Solomon, Elizabeth, Mary, Clara and Elijah.
Historical summary: USA Late 1700's

In the late 1790's, Solomon and his family moved from Dutchess County to Steuban County.

The Wixams and Wixsons	Our Wixsons, and many other families of Wixoms, Wixams, Wixons, Wicksons and Wixsons, trace their ancestry back to the early 1600's colonization of Massachusetts in British North America.
Robert Wixam arrives in the colonies 1630	Robert Wixam, born in England, date unknown; emigrated to Massachusetts in 1630. That was the year of the Great Emigration from England to Massachusetts. A fleet of seventeen ships in charge of John Winthrop, the newly appointed Governor of the colony, under a new and more liberal Charter of Government, brought over more than a thousand colonists, and landed them off the mouth of Salem Harbour on the 12th day of June that year. Some of these colonists founded the city of Boston. Many had come to find religious freedom as Puritans. Historical summary: England Mid 1600's
in Eastham 1660's	Robert married a women named Alice sometime in the early 1660's and had his family in Eastham, Barnstable County, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Their children were Barnabus, Jemima, Titus, and Elizabeth. Our ancestor was his first son, Barnabus, born July 13, 1663. Historical summary: England Late 1600's
Barnabus & Sarah in Eastham 1690's	Barnabas Wixam, son of Robert, married Sarah Remick and also raised their family in Eastham, where both he and his brother Titus had lands granted. Their children were Joshua, Barnabas, Lydia, Robert, and Prince. Our ancestor is Barnabus' first son, Joshua, born March 14, 1694/95.
in Yarmouth 1700's	In 1703, Barnabus and his family moved within the same county to Yarmouth, MA. His name appears on a Muster Roll dated June 8, 1724, of a Company in His Majesty's Service, showing that he entered Military Service October 23, 1723, and served to January 2, 1724, under Captain Samuel Wheelwright, in Indian Wars. Historical summary: Great Britain Early 1700's
Joshua & Hannah in Harwich 1720's	Joshua Wixam, son of Barnabus, married Hannah Baker in Yarmouth. They had two children in Harwich: Reuban and Hannah. Sometime in the 1720's, Joshua's wife either dies or otherwise leaves the picture, and Joshua remarries in 1731.
in Yarmouth 1730's-1750's	Joshua marries Elizabeth Chase on December 18, 1731 in Yarmouth. They have seven more children: Isabel, Zilpha, Barnabas, Sarah, Dorcas, Joshua and Solomon. Their last child is our ancestor, Solomon, born August 10, 1751. He marries and leaves Massachusetts for New York Colony around the time of the American Revolution. Historical summary: Great Britain Mid 1700's
Solomon Wixam Dutchess Co. 1770's	Solomon Wixam, son of Joshua Wixam, and his wife Mary Randal Travis moved to Dutchess County, New York, in the late 1770's and began their family. It is believed that they began to spell their name "Wixson" around this time, although it is not consistently recorded in official records until the late 1800's. Their eldest children were Joseph Wixson, born 25 Jan 1779 (2) and his younger brother Joshua, born 8 Sep 1780 (3). Nine more children followed over the next 20 years: Reuban, John, Daniel, James, Solomon, Elizabeth, Mary, Clara and Elijah. Historical summary: USA Late 1700's
	In the late 1790's, Solomon and his family moved from Dutchess County to Steuban County.