Mary Dyson

From the Record

Her parents were from Charles County, Maryland. Left a will (proved 16 April 1787, Culpeper County, Virginia; Will Book pages 229-230) leaving twenty shillings each to sons Samuel and Notley, her riding horse 'Fly' to son Thomas, one gold Guinea to daughter Mary (Maddox) Harrell, her saddle, spice mortar and a square of black silk to daughter Sarah Sally (Maddox) Conn, an enslaved man called Harry plus one bed and furniture to daughter Margaret (Maddox) Wilson, and the bulk of the estate -- property, house, barn, buildings, farm tools, an enslaved man called William, livestock and all remaining property -- to son Matthew Maddox, Sr., whom she appointed sole executor.

The source names a father, Thomas Dyson, and a mother, Sarah (unk) Dyson — not yet part of the connected tree.

From the Family Manuscript

• The house that Samuel and his family lived in was a wooden frame style structure, two stories with a shed type porch on the back. The house was built on a stone foundation. The house is no longer there, just the rock foundation, the house burned several years ago. The last to live in the house was George William (Captain Willie) Maddox, born 21 June 1863, died 25 August 1947 and his wife, Lucy Virginia (Lancaster) Maddox, born 25 November 1868, died 22 February 1949. Both are buried in the cemetery at the Christ Church, Chaptico, St. Marys County, Maryland. We feel that Captain Willie was in our Maddox lineage, but to date his lineage is not known and his parents are not known to us. We do know that Thomas J. C. Maddox was Thomas John Claggett Maddox, born 12 December 1852 in St. Marys County, Maryland, he died 19 December 1885 in New Mexico, he was a surgeon in the U. S. Army, his father was James Thomas Notley Maddox, his father was Samuel Maddox, his father was Samuel Maddox and his parents were John Maddox and Mary (Dyson) Maddox. This Thomas J. C. Maddox was one of the names on the stained glass window in the Christ Church.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 268.

• This John Maddox 3 didn’t inherit any of his the property from his father, Notley Maddox 2, the reason for this it unknown to us. John moved his family to Culpeper County, Virginia, in the year 1774, we feel it was close to the town of Culpeper, but the exact location is not known. We know from records that John had a farm and orchards in Culpeper County, Virginia and we also know that John and his wife, Mary (Dyson) Maddox were buried in Culpeper County, Virginia, but we do not know just where.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 419.

• When John Maddox died, date reported to be 25 May 1782, he left a will. In this will he left everything to his wife, Mary (Dyson) Maddox, including, two Negro fellows by the names of Harry and Will during her life and afterwards to be left at her disposal, every kind of stock, the estate, buildings, house, barns and furniture and all property. As directed in the will, after her death, that everything is equally divided between all my children. John also directed that his children shall have his lawful right of his Uncle John Maddox’s Estate to be equally divided between them. John also appointed his wife, Mary (Dyson) Maddox to be the sole executrix of the will. The will can be found in Book C, page 141 in Culpeper County at the courthouse. The will was proved (probated) in Culpeper County, Virginia on the 19th. Day of October 1785.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 421.

• Mary (Dyson) Maddox died in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1786 and she left a will. In this will she set forth the conditions of the will.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 423.

• Mary (Dyson) Maddox left her son, Samuel Maddox twenty Shillings, to her son Notley Maddox, she left twenty Shillings, to her son, Thomas Maddox, she left her riding horse called “Fly”, to her daughter, Mary (Maddox) Harrell, she left one gold Guinea, to her daughter, Sarah Sally (Maddox) Conn her saddle, spice mortar and a square of black silk, to her daughter, Margaret (Maddox) Wilson, one Negro fellow called Harry, one bed and furniture, and to her son, Matthew Maddox, Sr. the bulk of the estate to include the property, house, barn, building, farm tools, one Negro fellow called William, livestock and all property that remained. Mary (Dyson) Maddox also appointed Matthew Maddox, Sr. as the full and whole executor of the will.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 425.