Here is a history of my family tree. I've gathered what is here from sources online and family records. Of course, the further back I go, the greater the chance of error, so if anyone sees a discrepancy please let me know. I hope this helps others in their curiosity or need of information.

Here is my family's genealogical information of the Dykes line that I've recently put together (going from youngest to oldest)

Seth Dykes (b. 2005 in Jacksonville, FL.)
Anna Dykes (b. 2006 in Jacksonville, FL.)
James Dykes (b. 2008 in Jacksonville, FL.)

children of

Jeffrey Dykes (b. 1964 in Montgomery, AL.)
Wife - Teresa Dozier

son of

Robert Earl Dykes (b. 1937 in Clio, AL.)
Wife - Catheryn Tew

son of

Aaron Wilson Dykes (b. 1894 in Louisville, AL.; d. 1949 in Clio, AL.)
Wife – Lucy Zorn

son of

William Penn Dykes (b. 1851 in Barbour County, AL; d. 1906 in Barbour County, AL.; died of either typhoid or yellow fever epidemic going                through Alabama at the time - per my conversation with Alma Miller in 1997, his niece (b. 1898), who as a young girl remembered seeing his wife Kitty “peeping in the window at him” when he was sick (circa 1906). Additionally, per my interview in 1988 with my cousin Lalar Kelly (sister to Valley Chapman), she was babysat quite often growing up by his wife Kitty in the early 1930s, who told her stories about William Penn. For instance, he had no middle name and adopted “Penn” because he liked it; also, he loved to stand around in the field when farming and chat with people who would come by to visit, leading me to believe that he was probably an extrovert and not particularly fond of farming.
Wife - Kitty Baxley

William Penn Dykes homesteaded property in rural Barbour County and built a small house there. It stood until the late 1990s until the death of Merrill Dykes, his grandson, who owned the land. Merrill's son eventually tore down what was left of the house. I did manage to salvage one of the stones from his fireplace, which my son Seth has.

William Penn and wife Kitty, circa 1890s

William Penn house (1993 - photo taken by Jeffrey Dykes)
See video here

son of

William Seth Dyches (b. 1821 in Barnwell District, SC.; d. 1880 in Barbour County, AL.); one of two brothers who came to Alabama from SC. to settle.
Wife - Nancy Jane Walker

son of

Seth Dyches (possibly William Seth Dyches, with his son being Jr.; b. 1790 in Barnwell, S.C.; d. July 19, 1873 in Barnwell S.C.)
Wife – Esther Benson (Duke)Dyches; married 1809

son of

Isaac Dyches (b. 1755 in Orangeburg, SC.; d. Nov 30, 1807 in Barnwell County, SC).
Wife - Rebecca Ann Sterling

son of

William George Dykes (b. 1725 or 1726 in Pitt County, NC; d. 1802 in Barnwell County, SC).
William gave a deed to Reuben Powell in Pitt County, NC for a tract of land given to him by his father, George Dykes. It stated William Dykes of Winton County, South Carolina, now Barnwell. This is the same piece of land that was owned by William Dykes in Pitt County in 1775. The land was confiscated by the sheriff and sold to the highest bidder to get funds to hire a person to fight in the Revolutionary Army in place of William. In South Carolina, both George and William were Loyalists. After his land was taken, William left Pitt County and went to Barnwell County, South Carolina, where his son, George, then lived on land given him in 1772 by the Crown. To get a clear title for the land Reuben Powers paid 10 pounds to William Dykes in 1790
Wife - Susannah Everette

son of

George McCoster Dikes (b. 1700 in Alexandria, VA Colony; d. 1777 in Pitt County, NC).
The progenitor of the Dyches family of Barnswell County, SC appear to have been the George Dvhes/Dyches who witnessed the will of Thomas Giddings, 13 Jul 1747, Johnson County, NC. It is likely that George Duches/Dyches was married to Elizabeth, the granddaughter mentioned in the will of Thomas Giddings. The Dykes has been found with many variations, due to it being spelled as the one recording it thought it should be spelled. Duches, Dyches, Dyke, Dyche, Dike, Dykd, Diks, Duks, Dick, Dicks, Dix, Dickes, Dyckes and probably more. NOTE: Per info found in www.geni.com/people/George-Dykes gives another woman as his wife, Sarah Unity Bounds, born ca 1701 in Somerset, MD. Also same names & number of children as the same.
Wife - Elizabeth Giddings (or Sarah Unity; second source)

son of

George Edward Dykes  (or Edward George)(b. May 4, 1684 in Somerset, Province of Maryland; d. Jan, 1716 in Somerset, Province of Maryland).
Wife - Sarah McCoster

son of

Edwarde Dyeck (b. 1650 in England; d. 1685 in Somerset, Province of Maryland)
The first Dykes in my family line to come from Europe to America.
Wife - Anne Orvis

son of

Thomas Dyeck (b. 1630 in Parish, England; d. 1660 in Canterbury, Kent, England).
Wife - Elizabeth Hawthorn

Cockermouth Castle – here is a picture of the dungeon where Thomas Dykes (Dyeck) uttered the words "rather broken than bent" when he would not renounce allegiance to the king (Charles 1st) and join the Parliamentarians, and so he was tortured and left to die in the dungeon at Cockermouth Castle.  Note that the dungeon only has one small window.

son of

Edward Dyeks (b. 1600 in England; d. 1699 in St. Andrew By The Wardrobe, London, England).
Wife - Elizabeth ?

son of

Thomas Dykes (b. 1555 or 1560 in Dykesfield or Wardhall, England; d. 1618, location unknown).
Wife - Jane Lancaster

son of

Leonard Dykes (b. 1531 or 1545 in Dykesfield, Ireland (?); d. unknown, location unknown).
Wife - Anne Layton

son of

Lord of Whitehall Thomas Dykes (b. 1513 or 1520 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England; d. 1550, Southampton, England).
Wife - Margaret Martindale (or Isabelle Dykes; second source – GENI.com)

son of

William Del Dykes (b. 1480 in Wardhall, England; d. 1550 in Southampton, England ).
Wife – Isabell Pennington Dykes and Christina Dykes (unknown which is first and second wife)

son of

Sir William Del Dykes (b. circa 1440 in Wardhall, England; d. circa 1500); wounded at the Battle of Wakefield
Wife – Elizabeth De Leigh of Isel; daughter of Sir William Lee Thwaites, of Thwaites (Elizabeth is a descendant of William the Conqueror through his sister)

son of

William Del Dykes (b. circa 1400 in Cumberland, England; d. circa 1500 in United Kingdom)
Wife – Katherine Dykes

son of

William del Dykes (b. est. 1380; d. est. 1440); lived in the time of Richard II = Jane, heiress of Sir Hugh Dystyngton
Wife - ?

son of

William Del Dykes (b. circa 1355 or 1360 in Wardhall, England; d. 1403 in United Kingdom)
Wife – Jane De Dystington

son of

William Del Dykes (b. est. 1330; d. est. 1380)
Wife – Agnes, heiress of Sir Hugh Waverton?

son of

Walter Del Dykes (b. 1308 in United Kingdom; d. 1361 in United Kingdom - without records it is probable that Walter del Dykes died when the "Black Death" plague hit Carlisle in 1349 and devastated the town.)
Wife – Unknown

son of

Robert Del Dykes (b. circa 1270 in England; d. 1315 in United Kingdom – probably during the siege of Carlisle by Robert The Bruce between July 22nd and 31st in 1315)
Wife – Agnes de Croedayk (per dykeshistory.blogspot.com)

son of

William Del Dykes (b. 1230 per ancestry.com in ?; d. ?)

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Notes:

Dykes is a British surname which may originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages. The first family to bear the surname (for which written records survive) are said to have lived in the area prior to William the Conqueror's Norman conquest of England, with the oldest surviving written document placing them in Dykesfield at the end of the reign of Henry III.[2] The family took their surname from Hadrian's Wall,[1][3] also referred to in some texts as Hadrian's Dyke. The great wall crossed Great Britain from the mouth of the Tyneto the Solway Firth and forms part of the border for Dykesfield.

The earliest historical records are from a family which was moderately wealthy for the time. Robert del Dykes owned land during the reign of Edward I, and in 1379, during the reign of Richard II, Adam del Dykes owned land further east in Yorkshire.

By the 17th century it appears that majority of those bearing the surname del Dykes had dropped the prefix of 'del' and had begun simply using the surname Dykes, as it is most commonly found today.

http://dykeshistory.blogspot.com/
https://www.geni.com/
https://www.wikitree.com

Dykes cemetery information
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/al/county/barbour/Cemeteries/dykes.htm

This Dykes history compiled by Jeffrey Dykes [crunchyhippo@gmail.com]

Additionally, I have audio recordings (family history interviews) with Lucy Dykes (~ 1977, wife of Aaron Wilson Dykes, my grandfather), Lalar Kelly (~1988, grandaughter of William Penn Dykes), and Merrill Dykes (~1997, grandson of William Penn Dykes) and a video recording of Alvin Dykes (the one in the wheelchair) discussing family history (from the 1994 Dykes reunion; starting around 20:33). All of these family members have since passed away.

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