Descendants of William Cox of England

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Generation #2

Thomas (1William)  Cox of Delaware

A significant number of records herein were gleamed from Our Cox and Whipple Families, "Thomas Cox of Londongrove" <https://sites.rootsweb.com/~coxwhipple/cox5thosfincher.htm> 23 August 2020.

Research Note: Others have postulated that the Cox children who were born in the 1690s were the children of William Cox and Emmetje Van der Coelen. However, records from Old Swede Church in New Castle Co DE show that their children were born in the 1710s and 1720s, precluding William and Emey being Thomas' parents. [The Other Cox Family]

Thomas Cox Family Research

I. Cox Family Records:

1. Thomas Cox was married 2nd to Mary Cook.
-1749 Mary and "younger children" migrated to Old Orange Co NC
-Mary migrated 1768 in the company of son Peter to Fredericksburg TWP (now Camden Co) SC
-Mary migrated by 11/1774 to Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC
-Mary died 1/17/1784 Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC

2. Son by 1st wife, Isaac Cox:
-1753 Journeyed to the South Carolina Upcountry to acquire land
-Patented 600+ acres in then Anson Co NC (now Union Co SC)
-Migrated by 12/1754 to Old Orange (now Guilford) Co NC
-5/1760 Released to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden Co) SC
-Returned by 1/1764 to Cane Creek MM, Old Orange Co NC

3. Son by Mary, Peter Cox:
-Migrated by 12/1760 w/ family to Cane Creek, Old Orange (now Alamance) Co NC
-1768 Granted release from Cane Creek MM, NC to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden) SC
-Migrated c. 1770 to Wrightsboro MM, Richmond Co GA

4. Daughter by Mary, Elizabeth Cox:
-Married 12/28/1754 in York Co PA to David Jenkins b. 1732 Berks Co PA
-Migrated by 12/1760 w/ family to Old Orange Co NC
-Migrated to Fredericksburg TWP SC???
-Migrated to Newberry Dist SC
-Died 10/15 1795 Newberry Co SC

5. Daughter by Mary, Ann Cox
-Migrated by 12/1760 w/ family to Cane Creek, Old Orange (now Alamance) Co NC
-Migrated w/ family to Fredericksburg TWP SC???
-Migrated w/ family to Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC
-Married 10/11/1774 at Bush River MM, Old 96 Dist SC to Isaac Hollingsworth b. c. 1740
-1804 Disowned from Cane Creek MM, Union Co SC
-Date and place of death unknown

x. Possible sons Cornelius Cox and Allen Cox:
1756 Cornelius patented land on Saluda River, SC.
1760 Cornelius and Allen appear in records at the Saluda/ Little River Settlement, Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC.

From the records, we have 2nd wife Mary and two sons and two daughters of Thomas Cox migrating to South Carolina:
-5/1760 Son Isaac was released to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden Co) SC only to return to North Carolina by 1/1764.
-1768 Son Peter was released to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden Co) SC only to continue south to Georgia.
-Daughter Elizabeth was married to David Jenkins. David is associated with the earliest founders of Bush River MM who departed "Camden" in about 1768.
-Daughter Mary does not appear in records until 10/1774 when she married Isaac Hollingsworth. Reasonable conjecture leads to the belief that she remained in the company of her mother throughout the many migrations up until Mary's death 1/1784 Newberry Co SC.

II Analysis:

1. Son Isaac was living apart from the family and attending New Garden MM northwest of Cane Creek MM in Old Orange Co NC. He was released 5/1760 to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden Co) SC.
2. Isaac made the trip to Fredericksburg TWP, but his wife died. By 1/1764, he returned to Old Orange NC to recruit a new wife. There he extolled the character of the lands of Fredericksburg TWP.
3. 1768 Son Peter was released to Fredericksburg MM. He gathered up his mother, little sisters, and brother-in-law David Jenkins.
4. Upon arrival, the family discovered that Fredericksburg TWP was a bust, and the residents were heading south to Old 96 Dist where they would set up Bush River MM in 1770. And, son Peter married up with other Quakers who migrated even further south to Georgia.
5. The Cox family--Mary, Elizabeth and David Jenkins, daughter Mary--continued their migration south to Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC (1768-1774).
6. Because only female members of the Thomas Cox family are proven in Newberry SC. There would be no reference to the Cox surname among their family, only the Jenkins and Hollingsworth surnames.
7. Cornelius Cox and Allen Cox are reported to have come to Little River from the Fredericksburg TWP settlement. Those records are non extant.
8. Cornelius and Allen are recorded in the Saluda/ Little River Settlement eight years before members of the Thomas Cox family.
9. To date, there are no records which indicate a connection between Cornelius and Allen and the Jenkins or Hollingsworth families.
10. But, this is the Cox family who went south to the lands which would become Newberry Co SC.

Thomas Cox is notable in history for beginning the family's migration out of lower Pennsylvania to the Carolinas and then west over the Appalachians to Tennessee and Ohio. Thomas was born in about 1694 in England. The family immigrated in about 1709 to Chester Co PA. And, Thomas is first found in records in the New Garden TWP Tax Lists for Chester Co PA.

On 11/2/1722 at Marlborough MM, Chester Co PA Thomas married Elizabeth Fincher b. c. 1700 Chester Co PA with whom he had three children. The marriage was witnessed by Thomas' siblings John & Mary (Gerritsen) Cox and Richard Cox, and witnessed by John & Elinor (Langdale) Cooke and Elinor Cooke, both siblings of 2nd wife Mary Cooke. 

But, Elizabeth died in 1729. In 1730 in Chester Co PA, Thomas married Mary Cook b. 3/22/1709 Cheshire, England. This marriage is notable; as on 4/24/1731 the couple was condemned at New Garden MM, Chester Co PA for marrying outside of the church. Of note, Mary Cooke was the step-sister of Thomas' 1st wife, Elizabeth Fincher. Elizabeth's father, John Fincher, married as his 2nd wife, Mary Cooke's mother, Elizabeth (Norman) Cooke, widow of Peter Cooke.

On 6/14/1733 "Thomas Cox and wife Mary "of Londongrove" sold 150 acres to Joseph Jackson, "land upon which they then dwelt." Some believe this record marks the beginning of the family migration west over the Susquehanna River to lands which would become York) Co PA. But, the dearth of further records in the west indicate otherwise.

In July of 1740, Thomas and Mary traveled west over the Susquehanna River to witness a wedding. Evidently, Thomas took the lay of the land and liked what he saw. From this point forward, Thomas would devise the means to migrate west. The question was whether Thomas sojourned in Lancaster, east of the Susquehanna, or continued west, across the Susquehanna to the lands which would become York Co in 1749. The records state Sadsbury MM, Lancaster, and Warrington MM, Lancaster/ York. Effectively, these are the same place. Nearby Newberry MM split from Sadsbury MM in 3/1746. Warrington MM  split from Sadsbury MM in 12/1747. And, York Co split from Lancaster Co in 1749.

Per my description as devising "a means," we come to a question about Thomas' personal character. On 7/25/1741 Thomas Cox was disowned by New Garden MM at London Grove, Chester Co, PA for going "out of these partes & has taken a pretty good deal of goods with him which looks like a design to defraud his creditors." Evidently all was well; because, Thomas would continue in the church, even becoming an Elder.

Here we encounter the primary route of western and southern migration before the Revolution. The Great Wagon Road rises up out of Philadelphia and wends west toward Lebanon PA then it crosses the Susquehanna at Columbia PA. Later, the family would also use this route to migrate south to Old Orange Co NC and Old 96 Dist SC.

It is perfectly reasonable for Thomas to have taken four years to move his entire family, household goods, and livestock across the Susquehanna.
-The older children set out  before 6/1739 when daughter Hannah was married. Were Thomas and Mary present for the wedding?
-Thomas ventures west for the 10/1740 wedding of daughter Rebecca and James Frasier.
-Thomas begins to shuttle his family and substantial goods west; but, is chastised for what appears to be his running out on his creditors.
-"Hey, wait. I'll settle up after I get situated."
-By 1743 Thomas is finally able to settle on his own land grant.

By 1743 Thomas is found in Land Grants for lands which would become York Co in 1749. On 5 Jul 1745 Thomas purchased 25 acres of land on a branch of the Conewago, a tributary of the Susquehanna River. Proof that this is our Thomas who went west comes from the 1746 Will of John Fincher. Grandpa John Fincher left "to Thomas Cox living over the Susquehanna £5 for the use [by] his daughter Rebecca, wife of James Fraiser."

Beginning in 1752, eldest son Isaac began the family migration south again on the Great Wagon Road to Old Orange Co NC. And later, other members continued their group migration south to Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC.

The Winter 1998 Mountain States Genealogical Quarterly, pp. 235-236: 
The second wife of Thomas Cox, Mary Cooke, was born at Tarvin, in Cheshire, England, and had accompanied her parents to Pa. in 1713. Her father Peter Cooke died in route and was buried at sea. Mary Cooke was among the Cooke children who went with their mother Elinor Norman Cooke, when she married John Fincher in 1714, and it was here that she met Thomas Cox (who was married to John Fincher's daughter Elizabeth). Shortly after the death of Elizabeth Fincher Cox, Thomas Cox and Mary Cooke were married, but for some reason, they were married by a non Quaker minister . In 1733 Thomas Cox, Mary (Cooke) Cox, and the three children of his first marriage removed from Chester Co. to York Co, where they settled on a grant of 200 acres. Thomas and Mary Cox are found in records of the Warrington MM in York Co. It is believed that they removed to North Carolina and then on to South Carolina at about the same time as his son Isaac and family left Pa.. One source lists them as a founding family of the Fredericksburg MM in South Carolina (which was also known by several other names. Camden, Pine Tree Hill. and Wateree) which was established ca 1751 by Irish Quakers. In later records, they were members of the Bush River MM (established in 1770 with many members coming from the Fredericksburg/Wateree MM), and later still were among the founding families of Cane Creek MM which was also known as Tyger River MM and which was then located in Union Co. SC. (Tyger River established from Bush Creek). Cane Creek MM ceased to exist by 1808, with most of its members removing to Miami, Ohio where they established Caesar's Creek MM. The minute book of Cane Creek is located with the records of Caesar's Creek MM. The Cane Creek Quakers moved from SC to Ohio to escape cape the influx of slave owners flooding into the counties surrounding Union Co. (now Craven Co SC); the idea of owning slaves being repugnant to the Quakers of this era.

    WikiTree, "Thomas Cox" <https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cox-574> 23 August 2020

In 12/1753 Son Isaac was granted 600+ acres of land in the Carolina Piedmont. In 2/1754 Thomas Cox was granted 400 acres on the south side of Broad River on Cane Creek, probably adjacent to Isaac. This is most probably Thomas Cox, Sr.; as Thomas Cox, Jr. would have been about fifteen years old at the time. Reasonable conjecture leads to the belief that Thomas and Isaac journeyed south to acquire new land; as there was free land for the taking, Thus, Thomas put his hat in the ring. And, then he would have returned to Pennsylvania to gather up his family and possessions for the trip back to South Carolina. But, records indicate that Thomas died before completing the journey back to South Carolina.

Of note, the Cox land grants were recorded in Anson Co NC. But, the grant was physically located on the "so. side of Broad River on Cain [Cane] Creek." Today, follow the Broad River north from Columbia SC to Fairfield Co SC. Go west on the Tyger River for a short distance. Go north on Cane Creek into Union Co SC. But, the original settlers would have found these lands by walking south from Chester to Newberry SC on the Great Wagon Road.

My Research:
At the time of the grants, the lands of the Cox family property were administered by the North Carolina Colony up until the creation of York and Spartanburg Counties in South Carolina. From 1715 to 1785 the lands along the Broad and Pacolet River in the Backcountry were administered by Craven Prec. NC, New Hanover Co NC, Bladen Co NC, Anson Co NC, Mecklenburg Co NC, Tryon Co NC, Ninety-Six Dist./Camden Dist. SC, and Spartanburg/York/Union Co SC.

From the previous land records, we learn that the Cox family had intentions to migrate south to new lands. Cane Creek on Broad River in the South Carolina Piedmont was the target. Note, Cane Creek is located between the Tyger and Broad rivers. But, the family did not arrive. In about 1760, the family, with the exception of daughter Rebecca, migrated south to Old Orange Co NC. From there, members of the family would continue their migration south to Old 96 Dist SC and even Georgia.

The widow Mary and the younger children, with son Peter in the lead, migrated by 12/1760 to Cane Creek MM, Old Orange Co NC. In 1768 son Peter was granted release from Cane Creek MM, NC to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden) SC. Fredericksburg MM would not last. Peter wound up in Wrightsboro GA. The widow Mary wound up at Bush River MM, Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC where Mary died on  1/17/1784.

By the time the family arrived in the Upcountry, there already were other settlers at the Dutch Fork. Dutch Fork is described as the "country between the Broad and Saluda on up to near Newberry." As early as 1744, ethnic Germans are cited in warrants for land in "the Fork between Broad River and Congaree River."

Cornelius Cox, a purported son of Thomas, is cited as a Settler in the Dutch Fork by 1760, holding 250 acres. Thus, Cornelius is estimated to have arrived in the settlement with a family of five.

    Early Settlers in the Dutch Fork (1744 - 1760), Wofford College <https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/> 23 August 2020.

The widow Mary would not have traveled on her own. Daughter Elizabeth, who married David Jenkins back in York Co PA, migrated to Newberry Dist SC. Evidently, Daughter Ann came along; as she was married on 10/11/1774 at Bush River MM, Old 96 Dist SC to Isaac Hollingsworth. Thus, the Cox family was established in Newberry District.

Research Note: There is a well researched article by "cousin" JD Lewis at Carolana.com <https://www.carolana.com/Carolina/Settlement/quakers_in_carolana.html> 18 August 2020.

Further Research:
-The William Jay and Nathan Wright families migrated during the 1760s from Orange Co NC to Old 96 Dist (now Newberry Co) SC. They too were Quakers from Cane Creek MM, Orange Co NC.
-William's daughter, Sarah Jay, married Nathan Wright. They also attended Bush River MM, located at Kirks Mill on the Bush River south of the town of Newberrry.
-The Wright family co-located with the Jay family on Beaverdam Creek between Little River and Bush River vic. Silverstreet SC.
-c. 1798 Daughter Elizabeth Wright married "neighbor" William Cox.
-The Cox family lived on Pages Creek, west of Little River. Does this constitute a neighbor?

Cox Family in America, p. 248:
1722 March 12. Thomas Cox of Chester bought 150 acres in Londongrove Twp. from Tobias Collett & London Company. Land is adjacent to Richard and John Cox. 
Dec 15, 1726. Chichester MM, Chester Co PA:
"Richard Cox, yeoman of London Grove to Elizabeth Scarlet, spinster of Chichester."
Witnesses were Humphrey and Ann Scarlet; William and Thomas Cox; John & Rebecca Scarlet, Thomas, John and Elizabeth Dutton, John and Elizabeth Hurford, Nathan and Hannah Wood, et al.
Chester Co PA Wills Book A, p. 319:
7/23/1730.  Will of Mary Fincher Newlin probated. It names her sisters Rebecca Bennett, Sarah Swain, and Elizabeth Cox's three children; her brothers, Jonathan, John, and Francis, and her father John Fincher.
New Garden MM Record:
1730 8mo 30. "Londongrove Preparative Meeting acquainted this meeting yt Thos Cox is marryied to Mary Cooke with Lysence by ye priest."
New Garden MM Record:
24 2M 1731.  "Thos Cox produced a papier to this meeting from under ye hands of himselfe and wife Condeming their outgoings in marrying by ye priest which sd papier this meeting receives and appoints Sam’l Jackson to see that be read in a first day meeting at Londongrove and to give acct to ye next meeting. . ."
Cox Family in America, p. 248:
6/14/1733. Thomas Cox and wife Mary of Londongrove sell to Joseph Jackson, 150 acres, "land upon which they then dwelt."
Warrington MM Record:
1740 5mo 29. Thomas and Mary Cox, and William and Samuel Cocks, witness the marriage of Robert Hodgin and Theodate Seal at Manchester in Lancanster (now York) Co.
Sadsbury (?) MM Record:
1740 8mo 22. Thomas Cox, three Mary Coxes, Ann Cox, Isaac Cox, and two John Coxes, witness the marriage of Rebeckah, dau. of Thomas Cox (& Eliz Fincher) of Manchester, Lancaster (now York) Co to James Frazer.
5mo/Jul 25, 1741. Thomas Cox was disowned by New Garden Mtg at London Grove, Chester Co, PA for going "out of these partes & has taken a pretty good deal of goods with him which looks like a design to defraud his creditors."
PA Warrants and Surveys, Book 8, p. 411:
Thomas Cox land grant of 200 acres [in Lancaster Co PA.]
Prowell, History of York Co, p. 111:
6/20/1745. Thomas Cox, one of subscribers for warrant for 25 acres on branch of Coneweago for Warrington meeting house.
7/5/1745. Thomas Cox purchased 25 acres of land on a branch of the Conewago (a tributary of the Susquehanna Rvr).
Sadsbury (now Warrington) MM Record:
1745 7mo 25. Thomas and Mary Cox, Isaac Cox, Sarah Cox, and William Cox, witness the marriage of Joseph Garretson and Mary Mills at Newberry Mtg Hse.
PA Will Book B, p. 240:
1746 Will of John Fincher "To Thomas Cox living over the Susquehanna £5 for the use [by] his daughter Rebecca, wife of James Fraiser."
Sadsbury (now Warrington) MM Record:
1746 9mo 27. Isaac Cox, son of Thomas of Warrington, Lancaster Co mar. Olive Underwood.
Prowell, History of York Co, p. 116:
1747 8mo 9. Thomas Cox witnessed mar. of Wm Smith and Jane Underwood. Among witnesses: Isaac Cox, Samuel Cox, Richard Cox, John Cox Sr., John Cox Jr., Olive Cox, Hannah Cox.
Warrington MM Record: 
1/19/1748. Thomas Cox accused of telling an untruth. Several appointed to treat with them.
2/16/1748. Committee appointed to go down to Sadsbury where the dispute arose and search the matter.
3/21/1748. Thomas Cox is vindicated.
Warrington MM Record:
4/18/1748. Thomas Cox is recommended as an elder which is approved 5-16-1748.
Lancaster Co PA Deed Book A, p. 39:
11/2/1748. Thomas and Mary Cox sold 186A part of an island on w. side of Susquehanna River to Joshua Low and Caleb Low "which said tract of parcel of land was granted to the said Thomas Cox by … Wm Penn … by patent … bearing seal of Sep 1743."
Prowell, History of York Co, pp. 1, 2, 477:
1749. York Co. formed from Lancaster Co. Thomas Cox of Warrington Twp., is a commissioner to lay off new county, also a justice.
Warrington MM Record:
9/17/1750. Thomas Cox, Alex Underwood and Peter Stout propose to visit the families of this meeting which is approved.
Warrington MM Record:
6/20/1752. Thomas Cox disowned for allowing spiriteous liquors to be given at a venue.
1752 12mo 15. Thomas Cox declares intention to appeal and a committee is appointed to attend to it.
What was the result?
NC Archives Land Grants, File No. 911:
2/23/1754. Thomas Cox granted 400 acres on so. side of Broad River on Cain [Cane] Creek. Record in Anson County, NC.
Warrington MM Record:
12/28/1754. Elizabeth Cox, dau. of Thomas Cox, married David Jenkins.
Warrington MM Record:
9/17/1757. Mary Cox, dau. of Thomas, gct Cane Creek MM, NC.
Warrington MM Rec. 
5/12/1759. Certificate for Mary Cox and her children being removed and settled in Carolina.

New Garden MM, Orange Co NC  Record:
1760 10mo 25. Peter Coks and mother and younger children rocf Warrington MM, PA, dated 1759, 5-12. (Hinshaw, 1-535)

Bush River MM Record:
1/17/1784. Mary Cox, wife of Thomas Cox, d. (Hinshaw, I-1029)

    Children w/ Elizabeth Fincher

    1. Isaac Cox

Research Notes:
-Did Isaac and sisters Rebecca and Hannah migrate across the Susquehanna before the rest of the family?
-Isaac was released from Warrington MM, York Co PA and received by 12/1754 at New Garden MM, Orange (now Guilford) Co NC.
-5/1760 Isaac was released from New Garden, Orange (now Guilford) Co NC to migrate to Fredericksburg MM (now Camden) SC.
-But, records from Fredericksburg MM are non extant.
-1/1764 Isaac is next found at Cane Creek MM Orange (now Alamance) Co NC where he married widow Phebe Scarlet Allen.
-Did 1st wife Olive die in South Carolina, prompting Isaac to return to the family in North Carolina?

Sadsbury (?) MM Record:
1740 8mo 22. Thomas Cox, three Mary Coxes, Ann Cox, Isaac Cox, and two John Coxes, witness the marriage of Rebeckah, dau. of Thomas Cox (& Eliz Fincher) of Manchester, Lancaster (now York) Co to James Frazer.
Sadsbury (now Warrington) MM Record:
1746 9mo 27. Isaac Cox, son of Thomas of Warrington, Lancaster Co mar. Olive Underwood.
NC Archives Land Grants, File No. 0147 & 0148:
12/12/1753. Isaac Cox granted 383 acres on so. side of Broad River on Cain Creek. Record in Anson County, NC. NC Archives Land Grants, # 0148
12/13/1753. Isaac Cox granted 300 acres on so. side of Broad River on Cain Creek. Record in Anson County, NC. NC Archives Land Grants, #0147
New Garden MM, Orange (now Guilford) Co NC Record:
12/28/1754. Isaac Cox and wife rocf Warrington MM, PA, dated 1753, 8, 8. (Hinshaw, I-535)
New Garden (now Guilford) MM Record:
5/30/1760. Isaac Cox and family gct Fredicksburg MM, SC. (Hinshaw, 1-535)
Cane Creek MM Record:
1764 1 4. Isaac Cox mar. Phebe (Scarlett) Allen. (Hinshaw, I-381)

    2. Hannah Cox

    3. Rebecca Cox

Sadsbury (?) MM Record:
1740 8mo 22. Thomas Cox, three Mary Coxes, Ann Cox, Isaac Cox, and two John Coxes, witness the marriage of Rebeckah, dau. of Thomas Cox (& Eliz Fincher) of Manchester, Lancaster (now York) Co to James Frazer.
PA Will Book B, p. 240:
1746 Will of John Fincher "To Thomas Cox living over the Susquehanna £5 for the use [by] his daughter Rebecca, wife of James Fraiser."

    Children w/ Mary Cook

    x. Cornelius Cox

Research Notes:
-If this Cornelius is the son of the Cox family of York Co PA, he bypassed the sojourn in Orange Co NC, perhaps to sojourn at Fredericksburg TWP before migrating to Old 96 Dist SC. From the 5/1760 record, we learn that half-brother Isaac was released by New Garden to Fredericksburg MM, SC. Was he following behind brothers Cornelius and Allen.
-Cornelius' son-in-law, Francis Higgins, owned the ferry where Cox's Fishing Hole was located. Elizabeth Wright Cox Webber lived just below the ferry. Elizabeth was the widow of William Cox, son of brother Allen Cox, Sr.

South Carolina Commons House of Assembly Record for Services to Forts and Militia (1760-1763): Saluda/ Little River:
Cornelius Cocks £6.5 for Pork for Turner's Fort
Newberry County South Carolina, Historical and Genealogical Annals, p. 328:
-Cornelius Cox made will 1784, and died about 1788-89. He left widow Ann and children: John, William, George (he died 1794), Mary (she married Joshua Stewart), Elizabeth (wife of William Stewart), Margaret (wife of John Van Law), Sarah (wife of Francis Higgins).
-Mrs. Sarah Higgins died 1799 leaving children: Francis B. [Higgins, Esq.], Charlotte (wife of William Wilson), and Dorothy. . .
-William Cox made will November 28, 1804, and died 1805, leaving widow, Eliza, and children: James Pressley, Elizabeth, Cornelius, William.
-Mrs. Eliza Cox married, later, to a Mr. Webber. William [Jr.] the youngest was born after the will was made.
-The father, William Cox, Sr. was a son of Cornelius Cox, Sr.

    4. Elizabeth Cox

Warrington MM Record:
12/28/1754. Elizabeth Cox, dau. of Thomas Cox, married David Jenkins.

New Garden MM, Orange Co NC  Record:
1760 10mo 25. Peter Coks and mother and younger children rocf Warrington MM, PA, dated 1759, 5-12. (Hinshaw, 1-535)

    5. Mary Cox

Research Note: Why did Mary get an individual letter of removal to North Carolina three years before the rest of the family?

Sadsbury (?) MM Record:
1740 8mo 22. Thomas Cox, three Mary Coxes, Ann Cox, Isaac Cox, and two John Coxes, witness the marriage of Rebeckah, dau. of Thomas Cox (& Eliz Fincher) of Manchester, Lancaster (now York) Co to James Frazer.
Warrington MM Record:
9/17/1757. Mary Cox, dau. of Thomas, gct Cane Creek MM, NC.

    y. Allen Cox b. c. 1735 Chester Co PA

    6. Peter Cox

Research Notes:
-Peter received a letter of release from Cane Creek MM, NC to Fredericksburg MM, (now Camden) SC. Those records are non extant.
-Deborah Mattock Stubbs was recorded at Cane Creek MM, Old Orange Co NC in 1754. Did Peter migrate in the company of the Stubbs family to Fredericksburg TWP, relocating to Georgia, just across the Savannah River from South Carolina?

New Garden MM, Orange Co NC  Record:
1760 10mo 25. Peter Coks and mother and younger children rocf Warrington MM, PA, dated 1759, 5-12. (Hinshaw, 1-535)

    7. Thomas Cox

New Garden MM, Orange Co NC  Record:
1760 10mo 25. Peter Coks and mother and younger children rocf Warrington MM PA, dated 1759, 5-12. (Hinshaw, 1-535)

Cane Creek MM Record:
1771 5 9. Thomas Cox, son of Thomas and Mary, Craven Co SC, mar. Thamer Davis. (Hinshaw, 1-383)

    8. Ann Cox

New Garden MM, Orange Co NC  Record:
1760 10mo 25. Peter Coks and mother and younger children rocf Warrington MM PA, dated 1759, 5-12. (Hinshaw, 1-535)

Bush River MM Record:
1774 8 11. Ann Cox, dau. of Thomas and Mary, Craven Co., SC, mar Isaac Hollingsworth. (Hinshaw, I-1028)

    z. Richard Cox ???

Research Notes: 
-Richard Cox, purported son of Thomas, was married 1774 in Georgia. Evidently, he required parental consent. Thus, he would have been born about 1754 and would have been considerably younger than all the other Cox children.
-Was Richard the son of one of the older Cox boys?
-Richard married Ann Hodgin, daughter of Robert and Theodate (Seale) Hodgin. Richard's parents were witnesses to the Hodgin wedding in 1740 back in Lancaster (now York) Co PA.

Wrightsborough MM Record:
1774 6mo 4. Richard Cox reported mar. to Ann Hodgin. "He will get permission from his parents." (Hinshaw, 1-1047)
Extracts from New Garden Quarterly Meeting:
1809 6mo 24. Friends appointed to visit friends in South Carolina report about 130 member as follows:
Cane Creek, Union Dist: Richard Cox and wife Ann. . .

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