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William Wilcoxson 1601–1651 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1601

Birth Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England

Death Date: 29 May 1651

Death Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: John Captain

Mother: Joanne Grundick

Spouse(s): Margaret Birdseye

Children(s): Arthur (Wilcoxen)*, Mary Wilcoxen, Hannah Wilcoxson, Timothy Deacon, Phebe Wilcoxson, Samuel Wilcoxson, Joseph WILCOXSON, Elizabeth WILCOXSON, Obadiah Wilcoxson, Sarah Wilcoxson, Obadiah Wilcoxson, Sarah WILCOXSON, Daniel Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, ARTHUR Wilcoxson, Margaret (Sheather), Johanna Wilcoxson, Joseph Wilcoxson, ELIZABETH Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Sarah Meigs, Timothy Wilcoxson, Phebe Wilcoxson, Hannah Wilcoxson

William Wilcoxson was born in 1601 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, the child of John William Willcokson Captain And Joanne Grundick. William Wilcoxson married Margaret Birdseye, and had children including Arthur Wilcockson Wilcoxen, Arthur Wilcoxson, Daniel Hayden Wilcoxson, Elizabeth Wilcoxson, Hannah Wilcoxson, Johanna Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Joseph Wilcoxson, Margaret Ann Wilcoxson Sheather, Mary Wilcoxen, Obadiah Wilcoxson, Phebe Wilcoxson, Samuel Wilcoxson, Sarah Meigs, Sarah Wilcoxson, Timothy Wilcoxson, Timothy Wilcoxson Deacon. William Wilcoxson passed away in 1651 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Wilcoxson was born in 1601 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, the child of John William Willcokson Captain And Joanne Grundick.
  • William Wilcoxson married Margaret Birdseye, and had children including Arthur Wilcockson Wilcoxen, Arthur Wilcoxson, Daniel Hayden Wilcoxson, Elizabeth Wilcoxson, Hannah Wilcoxson, Johanna Wilcoxson, John Wilcoxson, Joseph Wilcoxson, Margaret Ann Wilcoxson Sheather, Mary Wilcoxen, Obadiah Wilcoxson, Phebe Wilcoxson, Samuel Wilcoxson, Sarah Meigs, Sarah Wilcoxson, Timothy Wilcoxson, Timothy Wilcoxson Deacon.
  • William Wilcoxson passed away in 1651 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Captain
1571–1636
Birth Location: Winksworth, Derby, England
JC
Joanne Grundick
1574–1655
Birth Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire, , England
JG

Spouses(s)

Margaret Birdseye
1611–1675
Birth Location: Essex, England
MB

Children(s)

Arthur (Wilcoxen)*
1640–1693
Birth Location: Manley, Cheshire, England
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Mary Wilcoxen
1650–1674
Birth Location: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
MW
Hannah Wilcoxson
1644–1722
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
HW
Timothy Deacon
1637–1713
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
TD
Phebe Wilcoxson
1650–1743
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
PW
Samuel Wilcoxson
1640–1713
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
SW
Joseph WILCOXSON
1633–1703
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
JW
Elizabeth WILCOXSON
1642–1663
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Massachusetts, United States
EW
Obadiah Wilcoxson
1641–1714
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
OW
Sarah Wilcoxson
1648–1691
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
SW
Obadiah Wilcoxson
1648–1714
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
OW
Sarah WILCOXSON
1646–1646
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
SW
Daniel Wilcoxson
1639–1712
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
DW
John Wilcoxson
1635–1703
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
JW
ARTHUR Wilcoxson
1640–1667
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
AW
Margaret (Sheather)
1636–1702
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
M(
Johanna Wilcoxson
1653–1722
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
JW
Joseph Wilcoxson
1635–1703
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, CT
JW
ELIZABETH Wilcoxson
1630–1663
Birth Location: United States
EW
John Wilcoxson
1633–1690
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA
JW
Sarah Meigs
1648–1691
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
SM
Timothy Wilcoxson
1638–1713
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
TW
Phebe Wilcoxson
1650–1743
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
PW
Hannah Wilcoxson
1644–1722
Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
HW

William Wilcoxson's Ancestors

Self
William Wilcoxson
1601–1651
Birth Place: Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Parents
John William Willcokson Captain
1571–1636
Winksworth, Derby, England
Joanne Grundick
1574–1655
St Albans, Hertfordshire, , England
Grandparents
Robert Wilcoxson
1531–1593
Ashwell, Rutland, England
Joane Buckminster
1535–1599
Pointon, Lincolnshire, England?
Great-Grandparents
Robert Cockes)
1500–1534
Alice Castlin
1501–1583
William Buckminster
1509–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Wilcoxson's Descendants

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William Wilcoxson (1601–29 May 1651) m. Margaret Birdseye (1611–1675)
  1. 1. Arthur (Wilcockson) (Wilcoxen)* 1640–1693 m. Sarah Holland 1635–1669 m. Dorothy Bocke 1640–1690
    1. 1. John (Wilcoxson) Wilcockon 1667–1699 m. Dorothy Hall 1666–1716
      1. 1. George (Wilcoxson) Wilcockson 1695–1739 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Powell 1695–1740
        1. 1. John* Wilcoxson 1720–1782 m. Sarah (Cassandra "Sally") Boone 1724–1815
        2. 2. Isaac Wilcockson 1724–1765 m. Edith Philpott 1740–1824 m. Martha Boone 1727–1757
        3. 3. Hannah Wilcoxson 1731–1810 m. Daniel (Lewis) Sr 1730–1801
        4. 4. Mary Wilcoxson 1735–1810 m. Samuel Lewis 1726–1798
        5. 5. David Wilcoxson 1737–1785 m. Eleanor Boone 1766–1799
        6. 6. George (W.) Willcockson 1730–1785 m. Elizabeth (Hall) (Beam) 1739–1782
        7. 7. Sarah Wilcoxson 1724–
        8. 8. Josias Wilcoxon 1727–1799
        9. 9. Mary Wilcoxon 1723–1818
        10. 10. Verlinda Wilcoxen 1734–1819
        11. 11. Jesse Wilcoxen 1737–1811
        12. 12. William Wilcoxen 1733–1811 m. Rebecca Wilcoxen 1732–1832 m. Esther Taylor 1732–1799
    2. 2. Mary Willcockson 1662–
    3. 3. Thomas Willcockson 1664–1686
    4. 4. Eleanor ("Ellen" Wilcoxson Wilcoxen) Wilcockson 1658–1765
    5. 5. Dorothy Wilcoxson 1661–
    6. 6. Richard Wilcoxson 1659–1719
    7. 7. Margaret Wilcoxson 1668–
  2. 2. Mary Wilcoxen 1650–1674
  3. 3. Hannah Wilcoxson 1644–1722 m. Daniel Hayden 1640–1713
    1. 1. Ebenezer Hayden 1681–1759 m. Mindwell Griswold 1687–1777
      1. 1. Mindwell Hayden 1713–1760 m. Jedediah Dewey 1714–1778
        1. 1. Eldad Dewey 1747–1821 m. Mary Tilden 1774–
  4. 4. Timothy (Wilcoxson) Deacon 1637–1713 m. Johanna Birdseye 1642–1713 m. Hannah (d\o Richard & Mary) Rice 1639–1712
    1. 1. John Wilcoxson 1667–1686
    2. 2. Hannah Wilcoxson 1677–1713
    3. 3. Joanna Wilcoxson 1667–1743
    4. 4. Ruth Wilcoxson 1677–1741 m. Robert Walker 1668–1743
      1. 1. Martha Walker 1720–
      2. 2. Ruth Walker 1707–1750
      3. 3. Nicholas Walker 1718–
      4. 4. Sarah Walker 1697–1722
      5. 5. Abigail Walker 1699–1737
      6. 6. Ann Walker 1717–1791
      7. 7. Joanna Walker 1702–1788
      8. 8. Phebe Walker 1711–1797 m. Daniel (Bliss) Rev 1715–1764
        1. 1. Daniel (Bliss) Hon 1740–1807
        2. 2. Phebe Bliss 1741–1825 m. William Emerson 1743–1776
        3. 3. John Bliss 1743–1743
        4. 4. Thomas (Theodore) Bliss 1745–1802
        5. 5. Hannah Bliss 1747–1768
        6. 6. John Bliss –1749
        7. 7. Samuel Bliss 1750–1803
        8. 8. Martha Bliss 1752–1789
        9. 9. Joseph Bliss 1757–1819
        10. 10. John Bliss 1749–
      9. 9. Eunice Wells 1719–1805
      10. 10. Mary (Walker (m: Sherwood) (m:) Ketchum) 1710–1767
      11. 11. James Walker 1715–1796
      12. 12. Eunice (Walker (m:) Wells) 1718–1805
      13. 13. Robert Walker 1705–1772
    5. 5. Joanna (WILCOXSON) (Fairchild) 1667–1713
    6. 6. Sarah Wilcoxson 1671–1713
    7. 7. Joseph Hawley 1675–1752
    8. 8. Phebe (Wilcoxson) (Beach) 1669–1758
    9. 9. Elizabeth (WILCOXSON) (Hawley) 1673–1762
    10. 10. Rebecca (Wilcoxson) (Preston) 1680–1716
  5. 5. Phebe Wilcoxson 1650–1743
  6. 6. Samuel Wilcoxson 1640–1713 m. Hannah Rice 1639–1713
    1. 1. William Wilcoxson 1670–1733
    2. 2. Samuel Wilcox 1666–1713 m. Mindwell Griffin 1662–1726
      1. 1. John Wilcoxson 1698–1727
      2. 2. Ephraim Wilcoxson 1707–1773
      3. 3. Hannah Wilcoxson 1692–1760 m. Thomas Morton 1695–1725
        1. 1. Rachel Morton 1717–1811 m. John Westover 1711–1784
        2. 2. Hannah Morton 1719–
        3. 3. William Morton 1722–1812
        4. 4. Mary Morton 1725–1803
      4. 4. Joseph Wilcoxson 1701–1760
      5. 5. Mindwell Wilcoxson 1704–1745
      6. 6. Lydia Wilcoxson 1707–
      7. 7. William Wilcoxson 1709–1799
    3. 3. Joseph Wilcox 1674–1770 m. Abigail Thrall 1681–1725
      1. 1. Mary Wilcox 1719–1756 m. Samuel Humphrey 1710–1755
        1. 1. William Humphrey 1742–1773 m. Hepzibah Merrill 1744–1817
        2. 2. Rosabilla Humphrey 1733–1816 m. Thomas Dyer 1728–1803
        3. 3. Samuel Humphrey 1734–1804
        4. 4. Hannah Humphrey 1740–1821
        5. 5. Theophilus Humphrey 1744–1826
        6. 6. Mary Humphrey 1746–1830
      2. 2. Abigail Wilcox –1713
      3. 3. Ezra Wilcoxson 1721–1786
      4. 4. Joseph (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1705–1759
      5. 5. Pheobe (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1709–1709
      6. 6. Sarah (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1712–1714
      7. 7. Abigail (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1715–1771 m. John Hill 1702–1771
        1. 1. Darius Hill 1749–1799 m. Lois Moses 1749–1836
        2. 2. Abigail Hill 1737–1819
        3. 3. Sarah Hill 1740–1741
        4. 4. Phoebe Hill 1746–1839
        5. 5. Mary Hill 1753–1804
      8. 8. Nathaniel (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1719–1791
      9. 9. Roger (Wilcox) (Willcockson) 1724–
      10. 10. Mercy (or Marcy) Wilcox 1719–1795
      11. 11. Elizabeth Wilcox 1723–
      12. 12. Hezekiah Wilcox 1713–1789
    4. 4. Margaret Wilcox 1676–1714
    5. 5. Hannah Wilcoxson 1678–
  7. 7. Joseph WILCOXSON 1633–1703
  8. 8. Elizabeth WILCOXSON 1642–1663
  9. 9. Obadiah Wilcoxson 1641–1714
  10. 10. Sarah Wilcoxson 1648–1691
  11. 11. Obadiah Wilcoxson 1648–1714
  12. 12. Sarah WILCOXSON 1646–1646
  13. 13. Daniel (Hayden) Wilcoxson 1639–1712
  14. 14. John Wilcoxson 1635–1703 m. Joanna (Titherton) (Wiloxson) 1627–1668 m. Elizabeth (bourne Wilcoxson) welles 1641–1668
    1. 1. Patience Wilcoxson 1663–1690 m. Ebenezer Blakeman 1656–1715
      1. 1. Dorothy (Blakeman) % 1683–1722 m. Daniel Foote 1682–1755
        1. 1. John Foote 1711–1762 m. Amy Seeley 1716–1753
        2. 2. Tabitha Foote 1722–1791 m. Timothy Hurd 1721–1798
      2. 2. John Blakeman 1685–1764
      3. 3. Elizabeth Blakeman 1688–1716
    2. 2. John Wilcoxson 1657–1735
    3. 3. William Wilcoxson 1659–1735 m. Hester (or Ester) Birdemadel 1663–
    4. 4. Hannah Wilcoxson 1665–1701 m. Ebenezer Booth 1651–1732 m. Joseph (Deacon) Boothe 1656–1703
      1. 1. Ephraim Booth 1691–
      2. 2. Richard Booth 1679–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Booth 1692–1776
      4. 4. Martha Boothe 1691–1727
      5. 5. Hannah Boothe 1698–1767
      6. 6. David Boothe 1698–1773
      7. 7. NATHAN BOOTHE 1695–1767
      8. 8. Robert Booth 1690–1750
      9. 9. Zechariah Booth 1693–1762
      10. 10. Deacon (Joseph) Booth 1689–1724 m. Rebecca Morehouse 1693–1737 m. Mehitabel Beach 1690–1720
        1. 1. Eunice Booth 1728–1786 m. John (Burr) Esq 1728–1771
        2. 2. Joseph Booth 1721–1811
        3. 3. Stephen Booth 1721–1769
        4. 4. Rebecca Boothe 1722–1799
        5. 5. John Boothe 1724–1814
        6. 6. Sarah Booth 1735–1808
        7. 7. Hannah Booth 1713–1753
        8. 8. Mehetable Booth 1716–1806
        9. 9. Mary Boothe 1718–1741
        10. 10. David Booth 1720–1753
        11. 11. Joseph Booth 1720–1766
      11. 11. David Boothe 1679–1753
      12. 12. Deborah Booth 1688–1720
      13. 13. Abigail Booth 1688–1776
      14. 14. Benjamin Booth 1700–1771
      15. 15. Abiah Booth 1674–1735
      16. 16. Ebenezer Booth 1685–1726
      17. 17. Edward Booth 1694–1761
      18. 18. Nathan Booth –1714
      19. 19. James Booth 1687–1763
      20. 20. Mehitable Booth –1740
    5. 5. John (Bourne) Wilcoxson 1675–1732
    6. 6. Elizabeth (Wilcoxson) (Beers) 1666–1694 m. Barnabas Beers 1658–1714
      1. 1. Abiel Beers 1698–1778
      2. 2. Hannah Beers 1705–
      3. 3. Benjamin Beers 1708–
      4. 4. Joseph Beers 1696–1744
      5. 5. Josiah Beers 1693–1717
      6. 6. Mary Beers 1689–1689
      7. 7. Elizabeth Beers 1695–1778
      8. 8. Nathan Beers 1691–1743
    7. 7. Mary Wilcoxson 1668–1755
  15. 15. ARTHUR Wilcoxson 1640–1667
  16. 16. Margaret (Ann Wilcoxson) (Sheather) 1636–1702
  17. 17. Johanna Wilcoxson 1653–1722
  18. 18. Joseph Wilcoxson 1635–1703
  19. 19. ELIZABETH Wilcoxson 1630–1663
  20. 20. John Wilcoxson 1633–1690
  21. 21. Sarah Meigs 1648–1691
  22. 22. Timothy Wilcoxson 1638–1713
  23. 23. Phebe Wilcoxson 1650–1743
  24. 24. Hannah Wilcoxson 1644–1722

William Wilcoxson's Timeline

4 Records

1601
abt 1601
Birth of William Wilcoxson in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1601
1601
Birth of William Wilcoxson in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
1651
29 May 1651
Age 50
Death of William Wilcoxson in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1652
28 Nov 1652
Age 51
Death of William Wilcoxson in Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1601
    Event Place: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1601
    Event Place: Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] A chronicle of everyday people
    [2] Fifty Puritan ancestors, 1628-1660 : genealogical notes, 1560-1900
    [3] Bray-Swart and allied families
    [4] A preliminary report on the descendants of William Wilcoxson, Father of Connecticut

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Nov 1652
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, CT, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1651
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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