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Ruth E. (Westcott) Wilcox (abt. 1676 - 1729)

Ruth E. Wilcox formerly Westcott aka Wilcoxen
Born about in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Islandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1 Jan 1696 in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, New Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 53 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticutmap
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Disputed Origins

"Parents" Robert Westcott and Catherine Rathburn were previously connected to this profile. There is no reliable evidence to support the relationships and they have been detached.

Biography

Ruth Westcott

Birth

Ruth Westcott was born ca. 1676, at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, Fairfield, Ct or posssibly Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.


Siblings

  • Katherine Westcott (1664 - ABT 1692)
  • Zorobabel Westcott (1666 - Bef 1745)
  • Robert Westcott, Jr. (1668 - 1723)
  • Dinah Westcott (1669/70 - AFT 1711)
  • Mary Westcott (1672 - )
  • Samuel Westcott (1674 - 1745)
  • Ruth Westcott (ABT 1675 - 1728/29)

Marriage

Ruth Westcott (ABT 1676 - 1728/29), at Fairfirld, CT, married Samuel Wilcox|Wilcoxon|Wilcoxson|Wilcockson (ABT 1663 - AFT 1734) on 1 Jan 1695/96 at Killingworth, Middlesex, CT[1]

Death

Ruth the wife of Samuel Willcox Senr died 16 Jan 1728/29, at Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.[2]

Children

  1. Samuel Wilcoxson was born 8 Nov 1696 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, [3] and died 24 Jun 1746 in Killingworth. Samuel married Mary STEVENS on 8 Nov 1720 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  2. Dinah / Dianiah Wilcoxson, b 7 Nov 1697.[3]
  3. Anna Wilcoxson, was born 12 Oct 1699;[3] m. Ebenezer Crane was born on 19 May 1702 in Killingworth, CT. She married Ebenezer CRANE on 6 Sep 1721 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  4. William Wilcoxson was born 18 Jul 1703 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut[3] and died 1783 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. William married Ruth BLANCHARD on 3 Feb 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  5. Josiah Wilcoxson was born 4 Apr 1706 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut,[3] and died 3 Dec 1763 in Dover, Dutchess, New York. Josiah married [4] Keziah KELSEY on 3 Mar 1731 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  6. Lois / Loes Wilcoxson was born 3 May 1708 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut,[3] and died 3 Dec 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. Lois married Ebenezer HULL on 18 May 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  7. Ruth Wilcoxson was born 9 Jun 1711 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.[3] She married Benjamin KELSEY (b. 20 Jan 1710 - 15 Dec 1752) on 29 Apr 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  8. Jeremiah Wilcoxson was born 11 Feb 1716/7 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.[3] He married Rebecca on 1740 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Reference Notes

Cut and pasted from "father" Robert Westcott Ruth WESTCOTT: Ruth married Samuel WILCOXSON on 1 Jan 1696 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. 16 Jan 1729, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. [5], Ruth Westcott nothing further [6],[7], 'Ruth Westcott, nothing further''' [8], The TAG article says her name is Ruth Wescitt' - nothing further[9] Does not name a wife

Sources

  1. Barbour Collection, Killingworth Vital Records, Marriage:Vol. 1, page 67
  2. Killingworth, Connecticut, "Killingworth Miscellaneous Town Records 1663-1747" Mss. Copy by Colonel Aaron Eliot and Abraham Pierson, also contains Marriages 1820-1861, (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1942), Ruth Wilcox, 16 Jan 1728/9, p 352 (center) or 393 (corner); digital image, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZC-77FX-T?i=199&cat=292830 : Accessed 20 Jan 2023).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records Killingworth. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994 -), 21:149, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.6 W585.
  4. White, L., Barbour Collection, 21:144.
  5. Wilcox, Thomas., A Preliminary Report on the Descendants of William Wilcoxson, "Father of Connecticut" ... (Los Angeles: n.p., 1937.), p. 35, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 W667.
  6. Wilcox, Owen Nelson, Wilcox Family History (Cleveland, Ohio: 1911.), p. 45, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 W667-1.
  7. Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.), 2:661, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.62 F16Da2.
  8. McCracken, George E., "The Connecticut Willcocksons," The American Genealogist 59:1 (Jan 1983), p. 37, Los Angeles Public Library.
  9. Wilcox, Thomas, Descendants of William Wilcoxson of Derbyshire, England and Stratford, Connecticut (FHL US/CAN Film #483,720 Item 2.), p. 12, Family History Library.
  • Barbour Collection, Killingworth Vital Records, Marriage:Vol. 1, page 67; Families of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Vol. 1, page 690; (Ruth "Wascot" who m. (rec. at Killingworth), 1 Jan 1696, Samuel Wilcoxson, is usually placed as dau. of John, but more likely was dau. of Robert of the R.I., perhaps b. 1676, the year Robert was killed in King Philip's War). TAG, Jan 1983, Vol. 59, No. 1.
  • Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)




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I feel quite certain she did not have a middle initial. Objections to removing?
posted by Anne B
This person is not found as a child to Robert Westcott in any sources (which I added to the reference notes); she should be detached from the "parents"
posted by Jill (Neibaur) Olson
Westcott-347 and Westcott-81 appear to represent the same person because: these are a match.
posted by Beryl Meehan
Removed Samuel Wilcox as her spouse. she would have been 62 when William Wilcox-2173 was born, and also she was born 25 years before her husband.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Either her birth/death dates are incorrect, or her marriage is incorrect. The Ruth that married Samuel Wilcoxson would have been too old to be having children with Samuel starting in 1698.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Wescott-109 and Westcott-81 appear to represent the same person because: same person, same spouse
posted by [Living McQueen]
Ruth Wescott-109, b. 1641, would have been 25 years older than her husband Samuel Wilcoxson-117, b. 1666, and 55 years old at her marriage in 1696. This age difference while possible is not logical. There birth of son William Wilcox-2173, b. 1663, would have occurred 3 years before the birth of his father Samuel above. Do we have better dates/sources?

There is a lot of confusing profiles relating to the Samuel Wilcox(son)s and Ruth Wes(t)cotts, profiles with different birth/death dates, parents, and children on the tree, most living in Killingworth area.

posted by Tom Quick

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