John WILCOX

1670 - BEF 1723

  • BIRTH: 1670, Little Compton, Newport, RI
  • DEATH: BEF 1723, Little Compton, Newport, RI
Father: Daniel WILCOX
Mother: Elizabeth COOKE

Family 1 : Rebecca MOSHIER
  • MARRIAGE: ABT 1698, Little Compton, Newport, RI



                                       _Daniel WILCOX ____
                    _Edward WILCOX ___|
                   |                  |_Esabell __________
 _Daniel WILCOX ___|
|                  |                   ___________________
|                  |_Susanna THOMSON _|
|                                     |___________________
|
|--John WILCOX 
|
|                                      _Francis COOKE ____
|                   _John COOKE ______|
|                  |                  |_Hester LE MAHIEU _
|_Elizabeth COOKE _|
                   |                   _Richard WARREN ___
                   |_Sarah WARREN ____|
                                      |_Elizabeth WALKER _+


[3679] Tiverton was incorporated by the Province of Massachusetts in 1694.
It was then incorporated in Rhode Island on January 27, 1746 and annexed
to Newport County three weeks later. Similarly, Little Compton was
founded in Massachusetts in 1682, but was annexed to Rhode Island in 1746/47.

"Vital Record of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850"
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002
Originally Published as "Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850"
James N. Arnold
Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, RI. , 1891
"WILCOX John, 1670, Birth, Little Compton"
"WILCOX John, 1670, Birth, Tiverton"
The Tiverton record is probably after the fact, as Tiverton was incorporated
by the Province of Massachusetts in 1694. It was then incorporated in Rhode
Island on January 27, 1746 and annexed to Newport County three weeks later.

"Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745"
H.L. Peter Rounds
As found in "Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records, 1600s-1900s"
Broderbund Software CD-ROM, 1999
"Will of DANIEL WILCOCK of Tiv., dtd. 9 June 1702, prob. 25 Aug. 1702.
Wife Elizebeth. Sons: Daniel (eldest), Stephen, John, Edward, Thomas &
Samuel (dcd.) Wilcock... [2:59/60/1]."

"Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records"
H.L. Peter Rounds, in:
Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records CD-ROM
Broderbund, 1999, vol. 4, p. 98
"Acct. of Rebecca Wilcox, Adm. of Est. of her hus. JOHN WILCOX
of Lit. Comp. dcd. intest., dtd. 4 Nov. 1723 [4:236/7]."
Also vol. 5, p. 144
"Div. of Est. of JOHN WILCOX of Lit. Comp. btwn. the widow [not named]
& chldn: Jacob (eldest son), Daniel (2nd son), John (3rd son), Jabish
(4th son), Berjonas (5th son), Thomas (6th son), Elezebeth wife of Joseph
Tripp & Rebecca Wilcox (2nd dau), dtd. 21 March 1726/7. Comm: Thomas Church,
John Palmer, John Wood & Jonathan Head [5:380/1/2]."

"The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island"
John Osborne Austin
Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887 pp. 422-425

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey,
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"WILCOX, John (1670-1718) & Rebecca [MOSHIER]; 1698,
by 1699; Little Compton, RI/Tiverton, RI"


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