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William Wilcox

Male 1731 - Abt 1814  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Wilcox was born 12 Feb 1730/31 (son of Josiah Wilcox and Patience Borden Chase); died Abt Feb 1814, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI.

    Notes:

    William's will, dated 7 Mar 1808, mentions his late father Josiah; four sons: Thomas, Abner, Pardon, and Borden; and three daughters: Sarah, Ruth, and Nancy; also mentioned is grandson Benjamin, son of Abner.

    William — Elizabeth Horswell. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Thomas Wilcox
    2. Pardon Wilcox
    3. Borden Wilcox
    4. Abner Wilcox was born 5 May 1761.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Josiah Wilcox was born 22 Sep 1701 (son of Edward Wilcox and Sarah Manchester).

    Josiah — Patience Borden Chase. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Patience Borden Chase
    Children:
    1. 1. William Wilcox was born 12 Feb 1730/31; died Abt Feb 1814, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward Wilcox was born 1675, Tiverton, RI (son of Daniel WILCOX and Elizabeth Cooke); died May 1718, Tiverton, RI.

    Edward married Sarah Manchester 1699, Tiverton, RI. Sarah (daughter of William MANCHESTER and Mary COOK) was born Abt 1680; died Aft 1741. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Manchester was born Abt 1680 (daughter of William MANCHESTER and Mary COOK); died Aft 1741.

    Notes:

    She is mentioned in her grandfather's will dated 15 May 1691.

    Children:
    1. 2. Josiah Wilcox was born 22 Sep 1701.
    2. Ephraim Wilcox was born 9 Aug 1704.
    3. William Wilcox was born 26 Dec 1706.
    4. Freelove Wilcox was born 18 Dec 1709.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel WILCOX was born 4 Mar 1631/32, Croft, Lincolnshire, England (son of Edward WILCOX and Susanna THOMPSON); died 2 Jul 1702, Tiverton, RI.

    Notes:

    Some genealogies have as many as 11 children for this couple -- needs more research.

    Daniel's first wife, name unknown, died before 1 August 1661, when her gravesite was referred to in a land document.

    Daniel married Elizabeth Cooke Aft 1659. Elizabeth (daughter of John COOKE and Sarah WARREN) was born Bef 1644; died Dec 1715, Tiverton, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Cooke was born Bef 1644 (daughter of John COOKE and Sarah WARREN); died Dec 1715, Tiverton, RI.
    Children:
    1. Susannah Wilcox
    2. John Wilcox
    3. Stephen Wilcox was born Abt 1668.
    4. 4. Edward Wilcox was born 1675, Tiverton, RI; died May 1718, Tiverton, RI.
    5. Lydia Wilcox was born 1679, Tiverton, RI.

  3. 10.  William MANCHESTER was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI (son of Thomas MANCHESTER and Margaret WOOD); died 15 Oct 1718, Tiverton, RI.

    Notes:

    "William Manchester was admitted freeman of Portsmouth 9 Apr 1675 (records of the town of Portsmouth). He was one of the purchasers of Pocasset in the Plymouth Colony (now Tiverton and Little Compton, RI) in March 1679/80. He was an inhabitant at the organization of Tiverton 2 Mar 1692/93 (Tiverton T.R., vol. 1). He held numerous town offices from representative to the General Court of Massachusetts to fence viewer." (excerpted from "The Manchester Family of Rhode Island" by Alden C. & Rita C. Manchester, published in "Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I," p. 676; also Family Tree Maker CD 108)

    The cause of death, according to Court Files, Suffolk, 12614: he "fainted away in his field."

    William married Mary COOK Between 1672 and 1675. Mary (daughter of John "Butcher" COOKE and Mary BORDEN) was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary COOK was born Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of John "Butcher" COOKE and Mary BORDEN); died Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    Mary's brother Thomas Cook married Mary Cory (b. 1669, sister of our ancestor Anne Cory who married Robert Bennett). Mary's sister Martha Cook married William Cory (probably the one b. 1659, son of William and also brother of Anne and Mary Cory; but there were four cousins named William Cory in his generation).

    Children:
    1. William Manchester was born Between 1675 and 1680; died Bef 1760.
    2. Mary Manchester was born Abt 1677; died 1729, Tiverton, RI.
    3. Deborah Manchester was born 5 Oct 1677.
    4. Elizabeth Manchester was born Abt 1678; died Bef 1729.
    5. 5. Sarah Manchester was born Abt 1680; died Aft 1741.
    6. Margaret MANCHESTER was born Abt 1682.
    7. Rebecca Manchester was born Abt 1684.
    8. John MANCHESTER was born Between 1685 and 1695, Portsmouth, RI; died Between 1766 and 1774.
    9. Susanna Manchester was born Between 1686 and 1693; died Abt 1774, Tiverton, RI.
    10. Amey Manchester was born Abt 1687.
    11. Thomas Manchester was born Abt 1704; died Dec 1788.