Mary Dixon Kies

Mary Dixon Kies (March 21, 1752–1837) was an early 19th-century American who was the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, on May 5, 1809, which was for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. Her father was John Dixon born in 1679 in Ulster, Ireland. Her mother was Janet Kennedy who was the third wife of John Dixon. They had married in Voluntown, Connecticut on August 7, 1741. John Dixon was a farmer. Mary Dixon was born in Killingly, Connecticut on March 21, 1752. She married Isaac Pike I, and 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 went to live with her son, Daniel Kies, in Brooklyn,...