Ebenezer
Cox
Born before in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Cox
and Susanna (Pope) Cox
[uncertain]
Brother of
Margaret (Cox) Cook, Mary Cox, John Cox Jr., Sarah Cox, Thankful Cox, William Cox, James Coxe, Elizabeth Cox, Thomas (Cox) Cocks, Susannah (Cox) Wiswall, Joshep (Cox) Cocks, Submit (Cox) Maudsley and Beniaman Cox
Husband of
Thankful (Davenport) Cox
— married
26 Nov 1719 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Coxe, Ebenezer Cox, Christian Coxe, Christian Coxe, Dorcas (Cox) Butterworth, Dorcas Coxe, John Coxe and Benjamin (Coxe) Cox
Died about
after about age 56
in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2014
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Biography
Ebenez was born in 1696. He is the son of John Cox and Susanna Pope. Ebenezer married Thankful Davenport on Nov 25 1719 in Dorchester. She was admitted to full communion in the First Church, Dorchester, Jan. 8 1727 and died Dec 8 1751. Children: Mary (Nov 2 1722), Ebenezer (March 13 1726), Christian (March 1 1729), Christian (March 1 1730), Dorcas (Aug 26 1733), John (July 29 1737), Benjamin (Nov 3 1740).
Oct. 7th 1752: Ebenezer Cox was drowned in the Dorchester harbor by the upsetting of a boat - "He fell, or pitched, out of a canoe near ye wharf in Dorchester and was drowned." He worked as a cooper (barrel maker).
Sources
- Baptism: Records of the First Church at Dorchester, in New England, 1636-1734 by First Church (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.) as found at [1]
- Children: Records relating to the early history of Boston .. by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner), 1840-1903; McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall, 1855-1934; Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900 as found at [2]
- Marriage: Records relating to the early history of Boston .. by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept; Appleton, William S. (William Sumner), 1840-1903; McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster); Watkins, Walter Kendall, 1855-1934; Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900 as found at [3]
- History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts by Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.); Clapp, Ebenezer, 1809-1881 as found at [4]
- New England Cox families; a series of genealogical papers .. by Cox, John Hosmer, 1848- as found at [5]
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Alan Whitman
Alan Whitman
Coxe-56 and Cock-5 appear to represent the same person because: Dates and faimly match. Name is spelled Coxe and later the e was droped.
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