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Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox 1540–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 1595

Death Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Willcocks

Mother: Elizabeth Corbett

Spouse(s): Margaret Molde

Children(s): Daniel RI, Tomassina Wilcox, Christopher Wilcock\Wilcox, Daniel Wilcox, Daniel Wilcocks, John Wilcox

In 1540, Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox entered the world in Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England, born to Richard Willcocks And Elizabeth Corbett. Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox married Margaret Anne Molde, and had children including Christopher Wilcock Wilcox, Daniel Wilcocks, Daniel Wilcock Of Lincolnshire Father Grandfather Of Founders John Wilcox Of Hartford And Edward Wilcox Of Portsmouth Ri, Daniel Wilcox, John Wilcox, Tomassina Wilcox. Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox passed away in 1595 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox entered the world in Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England, born to Richard Willcocks And Elizabeth Corbett.
  • Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox married Margaret Anne Molde, and had children including Christopher Wilcock Wilcox, Daniel Wilcocks, Daniel Wilcock Of Lincolnshire Father Grandfather Of Founders John Wilcox Of Hartford And Edward Wilcox Of Portsmouth Ri, Daniel Wilcox, John Wilcox, Tomassina Wilcox.
  • Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox passed away in 1595 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Sir Wilcox's Ancestors

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Sir Wilcox
1540–1595
Birth Place: Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Richard Willcocks
1500–1561
Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Corbett
1502–1559
Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Yollin Wilcocks) Wilcox
1467–1517
Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Eleanor Dowdall
1471–
Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Richard (Armiger) Corbett
1489–1566
Moreton Corbet, Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Devereux) Leighton
1490–1516
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Wilcox's Descendants

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Sir (Rychard Christopher) Wilcox (1540–1595) m. Margaret (Anne) Molde (1539–1588)
  1. 1. Daniel (Wilcock of Lincolnshire father\grandfather of Founders John Wilcox of Hartford and Edward Wilcox of Portsmouth,) RI 1560–1605 m. Isabell\Esabell (Farnsworth) Wilcock 1567–1606
    1. 1. John Wilcox 1595–1651 m. Mary Wylsher 1595–1668
      1. 1. Sarah (Martha) Wilcox\Wilcocke 1614–1690 m. Ensign (John Bidwell) SR 1620–1683 m. Richard (Goodman) Bidwell 1606–1647
        1. 1. Mary (Bidwell) (Meekins) 1645–1725 m. Thomas Meekins 1643–1675
        2. 2. John Bidwell 1632–1687
        3. 3. Joseph Bidwell 1636–1672
        4. 4. Samuel Bidwell 1638–1690
        5. 5. Daniel (Bidwell) Sr 1655–1719
        6. 6. Hannah Waddams 1658–1696
        7. 7. John (Bidwell) Jr 1641–1692
        8. 8. Joseph Bidwell 1643–1692
        9. 9. Samuel Bidwell 1650–1715
        10. 10. Sarah (Bidwell) (House) 1653–
      2. 2. Daniel Wilcox 1632–1707
      3. 3. Stephen Wilcox 1630–1685
      4. 4. John (Wilcox) II 1622–1676
      5. 5. Sarah Wilcox 1623–1690
      6. 6. Anne Wilcox 1616–1673
    2. 2. John Wilcocke 1602–1602
    3. 3. Edward (WILCOX Founding colonist of Portsmouth, Newport and Kingston, signed Compact of 1638, trading partner of Roger) Williams 1603–1680
    4. 4. Anne Wilcox 1591–1593
    5. 5. Francis Wilcox 1598–1599
    6. 6. Margaret Wilcox 1597–1597
    7. 7. Thomas Wilcox 1589–1646
    8. 8. Ellen Wilcox 1594–1599
    9. 9. Alice Wilcox 1595–1597
    10. 10. John (Wilcocks (very likely brother\uncle\1st cousin of Edward Wilcox Founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island *DNA) verified) 1595–1651
    11. 11. John (William) Wilcox 1586–1651
    12. 12. Alis Wilcox 1595–1596
  2. 2. Tomassina Wilcox 1566–
  3. 3. Christopher Wilcock\Wilcox 1565–1595
  4. 4. Daniel Wilcox 1562–1605
  5. 5. Daniel Wilcocks 1565–1605
  6. 6. John Wilcox 1562–1595

Sir Wilcox's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox in Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
1595
1595
Age 55
Death of Sir Rychard Christopher Wilcox in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Great Gonerby, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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