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Samuel Cox Jr (abt. 1756 - 1832)

Samuel Cox Jr
Born about in York, Province of Pennsylvania, British Coloniesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 2 Nov 1775 in Burlington, New Jerseymap
Husband of — married about 1778 in Back Creek, Randolph, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at about age 76 in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Samuel was born about 1756.[1] He is the son of Samuel Cox and Hannah Wierman. [2]

According to his descendants and supported by records, Samuel Griggs Cox, Sr. first married Elizabeth Hopewell on 2 Nov 1775. [3] In the marriage records Samuel, Sr. and Elizabeth are listed as being from Burlington, New Jersey. This supports Samuel Cox, Sr. being the same as records from Pennsylvania because Burlington, New Jersey is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was originally settled by Quakers, which these Coxes appear to be. [4] Samuel would have been about 19 years of age at the time of his first marriage.

After the death of Elizabeth, presumably from the birth of his child, Thomas Cox, Samuel married his first cousin, Martha Cox, daughter of Solomon Cox. The Find a Grave memorial states indicates that he and Martha married in 1778. Martha Cox and her father, Solomon Cox, were both disowned by Cane Creek Monthly Meeting on February 4, 1780, for "marrying out of unity to her first cousin". [2] He would have been 22 years of age at the time of his marriage. According to the family Bible, Samuel was 76 years of age when he died, which supports a birthdate of 1756. [2] He died on 29 Jul 1832 and was buried in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky. [1]

Samuel Cox was considered to be the founding father of Williamsburg, Kentucky. [5]

Children

According to the old family Bible owned by Nathan Cox, the children born to Samuel and Martha are as follows:

  1. Anna, born 9 Apr 1779, died before 1788
  2. Sarah, born 20 Aug 1781
  3. Zachariah, born 28 Jan 1784, died before 1798
  4. Mary, born 7 Mar 1786, died 7 Apr 1823 at age 37
  5. Anna Nancy (Cox) Sanders (1788-abt.1870) born 12 Mar 1788
  6. Samuel Cox III (1790-1847), born 25 Oct 1790, died about 1841
  7. Nathan Cox (abt.1793-1854), born 7 Apr 1793
  8. Ruth, born 25 Nov 1795
  9. Zachariah, born 25 Feb 1798
  10. Levi, born 30 Sep 1800
  11. John William, born 29 May 1803[2]

Timeline

1810

Place: Knox County, Kentucky
Head of Household: Samuel Cox, a male over 45 yoa
Other Members of Household: 3 males under 10 yoa, 1 male over 10 and under 16 yoa, 2 males over 16 and under 26 yoa, 1 female under 10 yoa, 1 female over 10 and under 16 yoa, 2 females over 16 and under 26 yoa, and 1 female over 45 yoa. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 16 January 2018), memorial page for Samuel Cox, Jr (1756–29 Jul 1832), Find A Grave: Memorial #94313077, ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) Burial Details Unknown.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hussey Manuscript, Vol. 40 p. 11 (online citation will be entered later.
  3. ↑ "New Jersey Colonial Documents," Volume XXII, p. 78. Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Online link
  4. ↑ Wikipedia, "Burlington, New Jersey Online link
  5. ↑ "History of Whitley County" Online link
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-7GY: accessed 17 January 2018), Samuel Cox, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 69, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,35

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Heather Stengel for creating Cox-5872 on 17 Nov 13.





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Nibling-2 Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
Based on information provided by Bob Cox, a descendant of Thomas Cox and Samuel Cox, Jr., along with supporting records, I have added Elizabeth Hopewell as the first wife of Samuel Cox, Jr.
posted by Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
Nibling-2 Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
Since Samuel Cox Jr., son of Samuel and Hannah Cox, married his first cousin, Martha Cox, at the approximate age of 22, they had children until 1803 and Martha did not marry until the death of Samuel, I see no evidence that he had a second wife by the name of Elizabeth. I am removing Elizabeth from this Samuel Cox after some research to see if she belongs to someone else.

Also, there is no Thomas Wesley Cox in the list of children for Samuel Cox Jr and Martha. He needs to be attached to some other father. I am detaching Thomas Wesley Cox and his mother, Elizabeth, from this Samuel Cox.

posted by Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.
edited by Edie (Nibling) Kohutek J.D.

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