Ann (Cox) Redman (1680 - 1744)

Born 1680 in Cople Parish, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Redman — married 26 Jun 1700 in Westmoreland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1744 at about age 64 in Cople, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Ann (Cox) Redman was a Virginia colonist.

Ann Cox was the daughter of Vincent Cox and Anne Charnock, early American colonists who settled in Westmoreland County Virginia. She was born circa 1680. ^[1]

Ann Cox was the second wife of John Redman. They married circa 1700.^[2] John Redman was keeper at Nominy Ferry from 1702-1711. Some research might need to be done to determine what that was. Evidently, John Redman inherited the position from his stepfather, Edward Franklin.

Ann Cox (daughter of Vincent Cox of VA,Westmoreland-Co) was born about 1680-1685 and probably predeceased him since she was not mentioned in his Last Will.

Vincent Cox was born in 1633 (aged 40, deposition Sep 24, 1673, D. & W. 1665-1677 p155), came to VA,Northumberland-Co in Oct 1649 in the ship "Honor" (VA,Northumberland O. B. #2 p20, 22, 25; Record Book #14 p41) and died in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1698. He was granted considerable acreage in VA,Northumberland-Co and VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1661, 1662 & 1665, one of them jointly with Robert Bennett (Nugent p400, 468, 487). He apparently saw service in the Indian Wars 1675-1682, for in Oct 1679 the allotment to the soldiers at the Potomac fort was ordered to go to Mr. Vincent Cox's at Youcomoco (O. B. 1675\6-1688\9 pl66); he was ordered to supply a horse as head of his "forty" Jan. 28, 1679\80 (same p176); he was paid Nov 10, 1682 by the Colonial Government for a horse lost at the Potomac Garrison (Journal, House of Burgesses, 1659\60-1693 p173 & 182) and in 1691 he was the owner of a Nanzatiker Indian slave captured in the Indian Wars in 1675 (O. B. 1690-1698 p32) The name of Vincent Cox's wife is not known, though one would guess that it may have been Carnock or Charnock, which was the name of their eldest son. It is interesting in this connection that the list of the original Maryland Colonists who came over in "The Ark" and "The Dove" contains the names of Christopher Carnot or Carnock, and right next to him, Mrs. Ann Cox (per "Historical Southern Families" v1 p4), but no connection can be proved. There was a Joane Cox in VA,Northumberland-Co whose age was given as 18 on Jan. 17, 1671\2, so born 1653\4 (GB 1666-1678 p71), who would have been of about the right age to have just married Vincent Cox, but again, the matter is uncertain. Vincent Cox's Will, dated July 5, 1698 and probated Oct 26, 1698, mentions sons Carnock, Vincent and Thomas and daughters Martha, Ann and Elizabeth (all unmarried and Elizabeth under 10 years of age) (D. & W. #2 p173a). The following is known of these children ...

(1) Charnock Cox, the eldest son, was of age in 1698 and probably born about 1675. He married Mary Presley, daughter of Peter Presley and Elizabeth (Thompson) of VA,Northumberland-Co. (VM v34 p288, 290; v35 p87) and died in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1751, leaving a Will which mentions his surviving children, Presley, George and William and Elizabeth wife of Samuel Rust (D. & W. #11 p276).

Two other sons, Charnock Cox, Jr. and Peter Cox, predeceased their father, the former leaving a will in 1744 and the latter in 1748 (D. & W. #10 p27; #11 p6). The son Presley died in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1766 (Fothergill p157). These three sons all married and left children. Nothing further is known of the sons George and William.

(2) Vincent Cox, the next eldest son of Vincent Cox, Sr. was also of age in 1698, and probably born about 1677.

He married (1) Anne Payne, daughter of William Payne of VA,Westmoreland-Co and by her had one daughter, Winifred Cox, who married in 1718 to Matthew Rust.

He married (2) Jane and by her had two daughters ...

- Anne Cox who married Robert Boggess

- Jane Cox who married Henry Boggess.

Vincent Cox died in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1713 (cf. Brook Payne "Paynes of Virginia" p226, 227; Fothergill p49; D. & W. #6 p462; O. B. 1721-1731 p 298a; O. B. 1731-1739 p294 & 300).

Vincent Cox's widow, Jane, married (2) Thomas Bennett (D. & W. #7 p196).

(3) Thomas Cox, the third son of Vincent Cox, Sr., was under age as late as 1700, for on June 26, 1700 he chose as guardian John Redman "who had married his sister Ann Cox" (O. B. 1698-1705 p84). He was of age, however, Sep 27, 1703, when he appointed George Eskridge his attorney (same p201a). This shows he was born about 1682.

(4) Ann Cox, apparently the eldest daughter of Vincent Cox, Sr., was probably born about 1680 and married John2 Redman prior to 1700.

(5) Martha Cox, probably the second daughter and born about 1685, according to McClain-Johnson "The Washington Ancestry" (v1 p359 ff), married as his second wife John Wright, Gentleman of VA.Westmoreland-Co whose first wife had been Ann Washington. By him she had one son, Richard Wright, who died in Westmoreland Co. in 1741, leaving issue.

After John Wright's death, Martha (Cox) Wright married (2) John Howell and had a daughter, Martha Howell who m. (1) William Davis and (2) Samuel Atwell (see Atwell family below; also, D. & W. #8 p292, 293, 244-5; D.&W. #10 p153; O. B. 1705-1721 p216 & 238; O. B. 1731-1739 p179; Fothergill, p111).

(6) Elizabeth Cox, youngest daughter of Vincent Cox, Sr., was under 10 in 1698 and probably born abort 1690.

She married (1) William Lewis, who died in 1719, by whom she had a daughter, Elizabeth Lewis, and possibly Vincent Lewis, the eldest son, who was born about 1708, though Vincent may have been by a first marriage of his father (O. B. 1705-1721 p203 & 375, D. & W. #8 p186).

Elizabeth (Cox) Lewis married (2) John Paine (see Atwell family later), who died in 1729, and by him had one daughter, Mary Paine (b. ca. 1720), who was married by 1739 to William Rice (O. B. 1721-1731 p71a, 269a, 397b, 346a, 398; D. & W. #9 p29). The question whether Vincent Lewis was a son of Elizabeth Cox is due to the will of Benjamin Garner (unmarried son of John Garner who d=1703) in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1718. Benjamin Garner left a bequest to his "cousin" Vincent Lewis, son of William Lewis (Fothergill p66). As "cousin" usually means "nephew", this would indicate that William Lewis married (1) one of Benjamin Garner?s sisters. However, it is possible that "cousin" was used in the modern sense; if so it would indicate a kinship between the Garners and the Coxes.

Work in progress... Please feel free to add or edit.

Sources

1. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett, "Historical Southern Families" v12 `Thornton of Virginia'] With Related Families Ransdell, Cox, Atwell, Alford, Williams, Curtis, & Obert, p38 Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland
2. ↑ Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Robert Headley, 2003 p294

Acknowledgments

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