Mary Dixon Kies

Mary’s father, John Dixon, was a [[farmer]] born in 1679 in [[Ulster]], [[Ireland]]. Her mother, Janet Kennedy, was John Dixon’s third wife. They had married in [[Voluntown, Connecticut]] on August 7, 1741.

Mary’s father, John Dixon, was a [[farmer]] born in 1679 in [[Ulster]], [[Ireland]]. Her mother, Janet Kennedy, was John Dixon’s third wife. They had married in [[Voluntown, Connecticut]] on August 7, 1741.

Mary Dixon was born in [[Killingly, Connecticut]] on March 21, 1752. She married Isaac Pike I, and in 1770 they had a son, Isaac Pike II.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dixon-13 |title=Family History of Mary Dixon Kies |accessdate=2009-04-03 }}</ref> After his death she married John Kies (1750–1813) who died on August 18, 1813, at age 63. She then lived with her second son, Daniel Kies, in [[Brooklyn, New York]], until her death at age 85 in 1837.<ref name=genealogy>{{cite web |url=http://www.killinglyhistory.org/jol7/page5.htm |title=Mary (Dixon) Kies, America’s First Female Patent Holder |accessdate=2007-05-14 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427034736/http://www.killinglyhistory.org/jol7/page5.htm <!– Bot retrieved archive –> |archivedate = 2007-04-27}}</ref>

Mary Dixon was born in [[Killingly, Connecticut]] on March 21, 1752. She married Isaac Pike I, and in 1770 they had a son, Isaac Pike II. After his death she married John Kies (1750–1813) who died on August 18, 1813, at age 63. She then lived with her second son, Daniel Kies, in [[Brooklyn, New York]], until her death at age 85 in 1837.<ref name=genealogy>{{cite web |url=http://www.killinglyhistory.org/jol7/page5.htm |title=Mary (Dixon) Kies, America’s First Female Patent Holder |accessdate=2007-05-14 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427034736/http://www.killinglyhistory.org/jol7/page5.htm <!– Bot retrieved archive –> |archivedate = 2007-04-27}}</ref>

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