Thomas (Wilcox) Wilcocks (abt. 1778 - 1817)

Born about 1778 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England

Descendants

Died 1817 at about age 39 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1777 at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire and was a private in the 5th Royal Veterans who was discharged at Deptford Kent, on the 16th March 1816. His occupation at the time of his discharge was recorded as a Felmonger^[1].

Thomas married Mary about 1797-1805

He passed away aged 40 years in 1817 and was buried on the 23rd June 1817 at St. Mary, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England^[2].

Children

1. Thomas Wilcox b. 1805 d. 1833^[3] bur. 5th May 1833 at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England^[4]
2. Joseph Wilcox b. 1811 Bexhill, Sussex, England^[5]
3. Mary Wilcox b. abt. 1813 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
4. William Wilcox^[6] b. abt. 1817 Huntingdonshire, England

Research Notes

The story that was published in Australia in 1926^[7] tells a tale of a Joseph Wilcox running off with the sister of William Jennens who died intestate in 1798 leaving the "Jennens Millions".

However Thomas' wife Mary had died in 1837 aged 60 and therefore born about 1778, so could not have possibly been the sister of William Jennens who was born about 1700. In fact William's father Robert died in 1725, and his mother Ann died in 1761....way before Mary was even born.

Thomas did not marry in Huntingdonshire - the Huntingdonshire Marriage index available at FindMyPast lists very few Wilcox/Wilcocks

St. Neots's baptisms are not covered by Family Search or FreeReg. Transcripts are available on fiche from the Huntingdonshire Family History Society

See also Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Disability and Royal Artillery Out-Pensions, Admission Books; Class: WO 116; Piece Number: 21. The National Archives, Kew.

Sources

1. ↑ WO 97: Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents of Thomas WILCOX" 1128. Image available at Fold 3 Accessed 7th August 2018
2. ↑ "St. Mary, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England Burial Register transcription entry of Thomas WILCOCKS" 1817 Available at FindMyPast Accessed 3rd August 2018
3. ↑ "Will of Thomas WILCOCKS, Tailor of St. Neots" 1833 Ref: KAH/16/2/171/41 Ref: AH16: dated 1833/41. Available from Huntingdonshire Archives, Cambridgeshire Archives Online Catalogue Accessed 5th August 2018
4. ↑ "St. Mary, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England Burial Register transcription entry of Thomas WILCOCKS" 1833 Available at FindMyPast Accessed 3rd August 2018
5. ↑ "St. Peter, Bexhill, Sussex, England Baptism Register Transcript of Joseph WILCOX" 1811 available at Sussex Family History Group Accessed 2nd August 2018
6. ↑ "St. Andrew, Hoborn, London, England Marriage Register entry of William WILCOCKS & Elizabeth PORTERS" 1844 Pg. 133 Entry No. 266 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AND2/A/01/Ms 6672/12. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk Accessed 2nd August 2018
7. ↑ "The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) Sat 29 May 1926 Page 3" Available at Trove Newspaper Archive The National Library of Australia Accessed 3rd August 2018

NOTE - Record Discrepancy in Age. Thomas was recorded as being 36 at the time of his discharge from the army in 1816, this means he would have been born around 1779-1780. Thomas was recorded as being 40 at the time of his burial on 23 June 1817, which means he would have been born around 1776-1777.