Thomas Wilcox

• Son of Stephen Wilcox and Hannah Hazard
• Born: 18 Feb 1663/1664 in No. Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island.
• Died: 1728 in Exeter, Kings Co., Rhode Island.
• Thomas Wilcox was of Kingston, RI in 1710 and on May 17 of that year, bought, with others, 2000 acres of vacant land ordered sold by the assembly. His will was proved Apr. 9, 1728 and by it he gave to his seven sons land in equal divisions and to his wife the stock and household goods and Negro man, also the housing until the youngest son, Edward was of age, when she was to have the best room. Transcribed from: recopied by Kate Wilcox Thorsen 4/26/1980 Researched & copied by Agnes Wilcox Limas 9 May, 1958 for Jeffrey Wilcox
• CLIPPED FROM Newport Mercury Newport, Rhode Island on 24 Feb 1906, Sat • Page 8
• The Hazard Family of Rhoad Island page 39

Married

• Married: Martha HAZARD, on May 17, 1710 in Exeter RI, Colonial America birth about 1668 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island; died bef. 1753 in Exeter, Kings Co., Rhode Island. Thomas and his wife Martha Hazard were first cousins. Thomas' mother Hannah Hazard Wilcox and Martha's father Robert Hazard Sr. were siblings. Also Thomas' brother Edward married Thomas' wife's sister Mary Hazard.

Children Listed by The Colonial Families of the USA From 1607-1775 for Edward Wilcox From The Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume III .

• Jeffrey WILCOX was born 1690 in North Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 1759 in New Hampshire. Jeffrey married Sarah HIMES, daughter of James HYMES and Sarah SPINK, on 24 Apr 1726 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. Sarah was born 1706.
• Stephen WILCOX was born about 1692 in North Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died Feb 1766 in East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island. Married Elizabeth Crandall
• Thomas WILCOX was born 24 Oct 1693 in North Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died before 18 Feb 1760. Thomas married (1) Anne HIMES. Anne was born 1708 in North Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died before 3 Mar 1744. Thomas also married (2) Abigail ARNOLD. Abigail was born about 1723 in Exeter, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died after 12 Jan 1760.
• Robert WILCOX was born about 1698.
• Abraham WILCOX was born 1707 and died 23 May 1807. Abraham married Lydia HARRINGTON
• George WILCOX was born in Exeter, Kings Co., Rhode Island. George married Margaret.
• Edward WILCOX was born about 1709. Married (1) Marcy Mary Robinson, (2) Esther Sheffield;
• Hannah WILCOX was born about 1717.

Will of Thomas Wilcox, dated April 9, 1728, by The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of ... By John Osborne Austin, page 423

The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of ... By John Osborne Austin, page 423

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nanc/wilcox/aqwg03.htm#10181
• narragansett-historical-register-v-2.pdf 99/ 341 - https://onerhodeislandfamily.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/narraganse...
• https://occgs.com/projects/rescue/compiled/Richard%20Porter%20Resea...
• http://www.wilcox.website/1615%20Chart.HTML

Sources

• CLIPPED FROM Newport Mercury, Newport, Rhode Island on 24 Feb 1906, Sat • Page 8 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=8413550&fcfToken=eyJh...
• The Hazard family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 : Being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived - Pages 5,6,12 and 13. https://archive.org/stream/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi#page/n8/mode/1up
• History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900 Author: Richard Anson Wheeler Publication: New London, CT, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900 Media: Book Page: page 658.
• The Hazard family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 : Being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they livedby Robinson, Caroline E., 1833-1907; Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941, page 6 - https://archive.org/details/hazardfamilyofrh00byurobi/page/6
• Genealogical and Family History of The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys Pennsylvania, Vol. II, Ed. by H.E. Hayden, Alfre Hand and John W. Jordan, The Lewis Publishing Co., NY, 1906, p.208-210.
• The Wilcox Family by Agnes Wilcox Leonard, Delmar, Albany County, NY, August 1, 1978, p. 7-9.
• Edward Wilcox of Lincolnshire & Rhode Island by Jane Fletcher Fisk.Publication: New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 147, Apr 1993, p 188 & subsequent Page: citing South Elkington Parish Registers (FHL Microfilm 432, 477) Quality: 3.
• Stephen's birth and death information is from Collins, George Knapp. Mortuary Records with Genealogical Notes of the Towns of Spafford, Onondaga County, New York. Published by the Onondaga Historical Association. Dehler Press, 1917, page 47.
• Also from Collins, page 47: "Stephen Wilcox was a deputy in the R.I. Court in 1670 to 1672, and the owner of 500 acres of land in the Pequoit Country."
• History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900 Author: Richard Anson Wheeler Publication: New London, CT, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900 Media: Book Page: page 658. Palmer (June) Family Records Author: June A Kimball Palmer Publication: 1997, 1998 and 1999 Media: Letter.
• Fiske, Janet Fletcher. "Edward Wilcox of Lincolnshire and Rhode Island." The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 147 (Apr 1993): pp. 188-191. Digital image at americanancestors.org (subscription required).
• Wilcox, William Alonzo. Wilcox-Brown-Medbery genealogy. Scranton, Pa. : Printed for the Author, 1902. p.6
• Robinson, Caroline E. The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894. Boston, Printed by the Author: (1895)
• Robert Charles Anderson. "Great Migration Biographical Sketches"
• William Richard Cutter. A Genealogical and Family History of Central NY
• CR - Baptism; 26 Dec 1634; Orby, Lincoln, Eng 10. Baptized on St. Stephen's Day
• Colony Office; 1670; Rhode Island 11. Served as Representative
• Colony Office; 1672; Westerly, Washington Co., RI 11. Served as Representative
• Lands Recorded - Granted; 10 Dec 1657; Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI 11. Received a grant of land with Thomas Kent at 2s per acre
• Lands Recorded - Gifted; 30 Jan 1657/58; Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI 11. Received a deed for 34 acres from Thomas Hazard as dower for the latter's daughter Hannah.
• Residence; 18 May 1669; Westerly, Washington Co., RI 11. Listed among the inhabitants of the town.
• Lands Recorded; 21 Jun 1670; Stonington, New London, CT 11. He was complained of, with his partakers, by John Richards, Treasurer of Harvard College, for unjustly possessing 500 acres in Pequot country, east side of the Pawcatuck River, within the bounds of Stonington.
• Colony Office; Between 1670-1672; Westerly, Washington Co., RI 11. Served as Deputy
• VR - Death; Bef 6 Feb 1689/90; Westerly, Washington Co., RI 11. Mentioned as of 6 Feb 1690 as lately deceased.
• The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of, By John Osborne Austin - https://books.google.com/books?id=LA7ntaS11ocC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&d...