Mary Wilcox
1639 -
Generation: 1
1. Mary Wilcox was born 1639 (daughter of Edward WILCOX and Susanna THOMPSON). Notes:
Some genealogies show that Mary was the wife of Eber Shearman. However, genealogist Alden G. Beaman wrote that he had found no evidence that Eber's wife was Mary Wilcox (see RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 91), who probably would have been too old to be the mother of Eber's younger children. So, it may have been a different Mary, or perhaps he was married to two Marys.
2. Edward WILCOX was born Abt 1600, England. Notes:
According to researcher Alden G. Beaman, the only one of Edward's children whose existance is proven is Daniel. He also mentions a theory that Edward was possibly a son of John Wilcox, b.1580, of Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England.
However, a more recent article clarifies some family data on Edward. See "Edward Wilcox of Lincolnshire and Rhode Island" by Jane Fletcher Fiske, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 147, April 1993, pp. 191 ff.
His name was on a list of inhabitants admitted to Aquidneck Island in 1638.Edward — Susanna THOMPSON. [Group Sheet]
3. Susanna THOMPSON Children:
- Daniel WILCOX was born 4 Mar 1631/32, Croft, Lincolnshire, England; died 2 Jul 1702, Tiverton, RI.
- Stephen Wilcox was born 26 Dec 1634, Croft, Lincolnshire, England; died Abt Feb 1689/90, Westerly, RI.
- 1. Mary Wilcox was born 1639.