Abraham Wilcox (abt. 1706 - aft. 1766)

Born about 1706 in Exeter, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Harrington) Wilcox — married 5 Jun 1739 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died after Apr 1766 after about age 60 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

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Biography

Abraham Wilcox, son of Martha (Hazard) and Thomas Wilcox (1664-1728) of Exeter, Rhode Island ^[1].

Rhode Island Genealogical Register, RIGR vol 2, page 94: Abraham was born about 1706. In the 1774 census there were three Abraham Wilcox families, one called Abraham 3rd in Exeter "suggesting Abraham b ca 1706 may still have been alive then."

Abraham Wilcox married Lydia Harrington, 5 June 1739 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island ^[2],^[3],^[4],^[5].

Children of Abraham Wilcox and Lydia Harrington who are documented by evidence (approximate birth order):

• [[Wilcox-505|John Wilcox, born 9 July 1741; married 31 January 1762 Mary Barber (Daniel).
• Job Wilcox (abt.1743-1808); married 7 February 1771 Mary Gates.
• Martha Wilcox Wilcox (1744-1828)
• Abraham Wilcox (1745-1803); married (1) 14 February 1790 {error, I think it is 1770} Mary Card; married (2) 20 August 1781 Mrs. Ann (Tillinghast) Hoxsie; married (3) 13 Dec 1791 Mrs. Mary Boss, widow of Elder Charles Boss.
• Jacob Wilcox (Oct 1747 - 1832) [unsourced as a child of this family]; married 1) Sarah Russell; 2) Sarah Brown
• Ebenezer Wilcox (1749 - 1841); married Elizabeth Himes
• Isaac Wilcox, born about 1750; married 7 January 1773 Rebecca Barber, born 16 June 1735, daughter of Nathaniel and Charity (Rathbone) Barber
• Thomas Wilcox; married Winifred Caffrey
• Alice (Wilcox) Barber (1755-1828); married 30 December 1773 Lillibridge Barber
• Hannah Wilcox (1760 - 13 March 1832); married William Smiley
• Whitman Wilcox (abt.1766-1856); married (1) Patience Kenyon; married (2) Elizabeth Stafford

Abraham Wilcox passed away probably after April 1766 at Exeter, Rhode Island.

Notes

An online family "searching" function postulates that Abraham's death occurred 1 July 1803 in New London, Connecticut, however no evidence is put forth ^[6].

The Wightman genealogy also lists Lydia (Wilcox) Lillibridge (1764-1854) as the final child of this birth family, who became the wife of John Lillibridge ^[7]. Lydia may have been a granddaughter of Lydia (Harrington) & Abraham Wilcox, via their son John Wilcox. Probative investigation is encouraged.

Sources

1. ↑ "The Hazard Family of Rhode Island" by Caroline E Robinson, 1896: http://archive.org/stream/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi#page/12/mode/2up
2. ↑ Vol. 5 Washington County, Rhode Island Extracts of Birth, Marriages, Deaths. Subscription access: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0008-00244/136383
3. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
4. ↑ Vol. 5 Washington County, Rhode Island Extracts of Birth, Marriages, Deaths. Subscription access: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3897/41384_2421406273_0008-00244/136383
5. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman. Chicago, Ill. 1939. Pages 45-46. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I.
6. ↑ familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7T5-95W
7. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486;view=1up;seq=62;size=125/

• Anonymous compiler, Descendants of Abraham Wilcox.

• John T. Wilcox and Dr. Sara Wuthnow, Descendants of Edward Wilcox, A Survey V.2 (2009), 108 (Abraham) under 20 (Thomas Wilcox) his father; digital edition, Ancestry.

• Profiles of Patriots: A Biographical reference of American Revolutionary War Patriots and Descendants (El Palo Alto Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution: 2014), p. 113.

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