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  1. Cox was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, son of William Cox and Jane Harvey, and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in the town. [1] He married Rebecca Upjohn in 1789. [ 2 ]

  2. Sarah Kidd was born Sarah Bradley in England around 1645. She was married four times and thrice widowed. She married her first husband, William Cox, in 1685 only for him to drown four years...

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    William Cox was born on 17 Feb 1658/9 in Frampton Cotterell in Gloucestershire, England.He was the son of William Cox and his wife Elizabeth (whose family name is currently unknown). Quaker faith and move to America William's parents belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). After restoration of the monarchy in England in 1660, Quaker...

    William's wife There is no known record that confirms the name of William's wife. William Fetters, who conducted extensive research on the Cox family, considered it "quite likely" that she was named Rebecca, based on the fact that each of William's children had a son named William and a daughter named Rebecca. Many family researches have conjecture...

    Footnotes: From 1155 to 1752, the English calendar (also used in the American colonies) was based on the Julian calendar, and the first day of the English calendar year was 25 March. As a result, the date of the day following 24 Mar 1658, for example, would have been 25 Mar 1659. For this reason, before 1752, dates falling between 1 Jan and 24 Mar ...

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  3. Oct 18, 2010 · After leaving school William’s father, Robert Cox, moved his family to Devises in Wiltshire and William married Rebecca UpJohn, the daughter of a Bristol merchant, with whom he had six sons and a daughter. The daughter does not seem to have survived.

  4. Oct 4, 2023 · William was baptised [1] on Wednesday, 19th December 1764, at Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. He later moved to Devizes, Wiltshire, where he married Rebecca Upjohn of Bristol. He joined the army in 1797 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the New South Wales Corps; next year he was appointed paymaster.

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    • December 19, 1764
    • Rebecca (Upjohn) Cox, Anna (Blachford) Gamack
    • March 15, 1837
  5. Jan 18, 2024 · Marriage: Husband: William Coxe. Wife: Elizabeth Hutchins. Child: John Cox. LAND. When William Coxe arrived in Strawberry Bank, Robert Hutchins, the mariner and ship captain was a near neighbor south of Water's Creek. Robert had received a patent to these 100 acres below Blunt Point in May 1625.

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  7. Cox sailed for New South Wales on 24 August 1799 on the Minerva, with his wife and four sons. Aboard the ship were around 160 convicts, including Joseph Holt and Henry Fulton who were among many political prisoners.