- "The Abiero spell will return you to the moment the spell was cast. But it, it will require a great deal of power. I will have to draw on the energies that normally shield this house."
- —Grace Dixon to Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane[src]
Grace Dixon, nee Harris, was the house Matron at Lachlan Fredericks' manor, and an ancestor of Abigail and Jennifer Mills. Like Lachlan Fredericks, who was a white warlock, Dixon was also aware of the supernatural evils outside of the manor.
History[]
Born in the American Colonies in 1751, she worked as the matron of the house at the sanctuary of Fredericks Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Fredericks Manor was the stronghold of the white warlock Lachlan Fredericks who kept his home as a both a worldly and other-worldly sanctuary for others. He was a noted abolitionist, and all of his staff were freedmen and woman who worked for wages.
She first met Mr and Mrs Ichabod Crane there during the war at a reception given by Lachlan Fredericks.
It was in Fredericks Manor Katrina Crane sought Sanctuary when being pursued by her coven. Grace brought the laboring woman inside and safely delivered her son, Jeremy. When the birth caused the wards to be broken, she took the woman and child and escaped with them.
Original Timeline[]
Still pursued, Katrina left Jeremy in the custody of Grace and her husband in order to protect him from the coven. Jeremy's cry, however, caused a fire that killed Grace and her husband, while leaving Jeremy unscathed. Terrified neighbors deposited him in a home for war orphans.[1]
Altered Timeline[]
In Tempus Fugit, Grace Dixon was met by Captain Ichabod Crane and Abigail Mills when they were instructed by Benjamin Franklin to go to Fredericks Manor who said there was a possibility that she may be able to reverse the Traveler's Spell cast by Katrina Crane. was in fact her descendant from centuries ahead. Grace then understood, and surmised that Abbbie is the second witness. After Crane explained Abigail's situation, Grace told them about the Abiero Spell which would be able to return Abigail to her own prior to when Katrina cast the spell, but will also leave them vulnerable as Grace had to draw the energy that usually shielded the manor. Katrina and Abraham arrived at Frederick Manor to stop Grace's attempt to reverse her spell, but failed and Abbie was propelled back to her own time and countered the Traveler's Spell and the original timeline was saved.
Present Day[]
In the present time, Grace's ghost appeared in the manor beckoning Abbie Mills, who followed the ghost only to see the vision of Katrina giving birth. Grace later appears and lights the way for an exit for Abbie, Crane, and Lena Gilbert to escape the Tree Monster. Crane and Abbie also find out that Abbie is a descendant of Grace.[2]
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Witchcraft: Grace Dixon like her friend and employer Lachlan Fredericks knew about the supernatural world and the evil Tree Monster outside Fredericks Manor. In the alternate timeline, Abbie Mills asked for Grace's assistance in reversing the Traveler Spell in order to revert the timeline back to its original state.[3]
Abilities[]
- Magical/occult knowledge: Grace cataloged all magic known to her world in a journal that was later passed down to her descendants. When the journal was passed on from Lori Roberts to her daughter Abbie she discovered spells written down by Grace, who might have been a Witch as she socialized with witches who taught her about magic.
Trivia[]
- The name "Grace" is from the English word grace, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the Puritans. [4]
Appearances[]
| Season One | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Pilot" | "Blood Moon" | "For the Triumph of Evil..." | "The Lesser Key of Solomon" | "John Doe" | |||||||||||||||
| "The Sin Eater" | "The Midnight Ride" | "Necromancer" | "Sanctuary" | "The Golem" | |||||||||||||||
| "The Vessel" | "The Indispensable Man" | "Bad Blood" | |||||||||||||||||
| Season Two | |||||||||||||||||||
| "This Is War" | "The Kindred" | "Root of All Evil" | "Go Where I Send Thee..." | "The Weeping Lady" | |||||||||||||||
| "And the Abyss Gazes Back" | "Deliverance" | "Heartless" | "Mama" | "Magnum Opus" | |||||||||||||||
| "The Akeda" | "Paradise Lost" | "Pittura Infamante" | "Kali Yuga" | "Spellcaster" | |||||||||||||||
| "What Lies Beneath" | "Awakening" | "Tempus Fugit" | |||||||||||||||||
| Season Three | |||||||||||||||||||
| "I, Witness" | "Whispers in the Dark" | "Blood and Fear" | "The Sisters Mills" | "Dead Men Tell No Tales" | |||||||||||||||
| "This Red Lady from Caribee" | "The Art of War" | "Novus Ordo Seclorum" | "One Life" | "Incident At Stone Manor" | |||||||||||||||
| "Kindred Spirits" | "Sins of the Father" | "Dark Mirror" | "Into the Wild" | "Incommunicado" | |||||||||||||||
| "Dawn's Early Light" | "Delaware" | "Ragnarok" | |||||||||||||||||
| Season Four | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Columbia" | "In Plain Sight" | "Heads of State" | "The People vs. Ichabod Crane" | "Blood from a Stone" | |||||||||||||||
| "Homecoming" | "Loco Parentis" | "Sick Burn" | "Child's Play" | "Insatiable" | |||||||||||||||
| "The Way of the Gun" | "Tomorrow" | "Freedom" | |||||||||||||||||