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William Cox

b. 1726 · Hockessin, New Castle Co., Delaware  |  d. 1801 · Knox Co., Kentucky

Parents

Events

Birth
1726 · Hockessin, New Castle Co., Delaware[1]
Death
1801 · Knox Co., Kentucky[1]
Residence
1726 · New Castle Co., Delaware
Residence
1753 · Orange Co., North Carolina[1]
Residence
1771 · Chestnut Creek, Grayson Co., Virginia
Residence
ABOUT 1772 · North Carolina
Residence
BEFORE 1775 · Galax, Grayson Co., Virginia[1]
Residence
1789 · Hawkins Co., Tennessee[1]
Residence
1798 · Lincoln Co., Kentucky[1]

Family

Spouse: Juliatha Carr (1733–1796) · m. 6 Sep 1753 · New Castle Co., Delaware

Children:

  1. Rebecca Cox (ABOUT 1756–)
  2. Benjamin Cox (ABOUT 1758–1791)
  3. Catherine Cox (–(about winter 1825))
    m. John H. Ruddick (ABOUT 1755–15 Jun 1829) · ABOUT 1780 · Warrington, Pennsylvania
    Children: William Ruddick (1785–1852); Lydia Reddick (1787–1858)
  4. Joseph Cox (25 Dec 1766–26 Nov 1851)
    m. Mary (1774–14 Oct 1846) · possibly, Ashe Co., North Carolina
    Children: Thomas Cox (1791–1862); Joseph Cox (1792–1850); William Cox (1793–); John Cox (1795–1863); Amelia "Millie" Cox (1797–1894); Jesse C. Cox (1799–1875); Peter M. Cox (1802–1876); Gideon Smith Cox (1806–1890); Jacob Cox (–1869); James Cox (1810–1864); Elias Cox (1812–1882)
  5. Margery Cox (Oct 1779–)
  6. William Cox (1 Jan 1772–)
    m. Nancy Ann Ruddick · Grayson Co., Virginia
  7. Solomon Cox (1773–)
  8. Frederick Cox (1774–AFTER 1851)
    · (y)
    Children: William Cox; Levi Cox; Benjamin Cox; John Cox; Edward Cox; Samuel Cox; Frances Cox; Hannah Cox; Juliatha Cox
  9. Juliatha Cox (26 Apr 1779–BEFORE Mar 1841)
    m. John Canaday (13 Apr 1774–9 Jul 1843) · 27 Mar 1799 · Jefferson Co., Tennessee
    Children: Harmon Canaday (1800–1856); Henry Milton Canaday (1801–1841); Hannah Canaday (1803–1816); Rebecca Canaday (1806–1888); Phebe Canaday (1808–1808); Elihu Canaday (1809–1848); Charles Canaday (1811–); Benjamin Canaday (1813–1816); Anna Canaday (1815–); Riley Canaday (1819–1869)

Notes

1753: He moved, with his parents, to Orange Co., NC, and joined the Cane Creek MM 6 Sep 1755: Married Julatha Carr 1766: He signed up at Regulator meeting at Maddox Mill, Randolph Co., NC. On 7 Feb 1767, Wm Cox Jr. and Juliatha are recorded in the Quaker records as being "disowned", Back Creek, Randolph Co., North Carolina. [Russ Cox, http://www.wisecomp.com/ccl/QuakersRuss.htm]. They were disowned for their involvement in the Regulator movement. 1768: Signed Regulator letter at meeting. 1771: Battle of Alamance. I believe by the early 1770s, they may have had involvement with the Lost Creek MM in Jefferson Co., TN. 1771 William and Juliatha move their family to Chestnut Creek, Virginia (then Montgomery Co., now Grayson Co.) The lived there shortly, returned to North Carolnia, but then were back, owning 593 acres of land in Galax by 1775. 12m-5-1778: Rebekah, Catharine, & Juliatha Cox, migration recorded in & from Cane Creek MM to New Garden MM. 1782: Mont Co. (Grayson Co.), Va, William Cox taxed on five hourses, fifteen head of cattle. c. early 1789: Family moves to Hawkins Co., Tennessee (where dau. Catherine Ruddick had settled 5 years earlier). There they had a 145 acre tract of land. c. 1798/9: They move to Knox Co., Kentucky. DEATH: [Elmer Decker, "History of Knox Co., Kentucky", at http://www.tcnet.net/ky/knox/decker.html, p. 242]: Estates Appraised: William Cox, 1801, appraisers John Reece, James Dudley, and William Logan.

Sources

  1. Ancestrial File
  2. The Ruddick Family in America . 1993, Oakland, Calif. http;//members.nbci.com/_XMCM/mak65/ruddick/desc01.htm · p. p. 138
  3. The Ruddick Family in America . 1993, Oakland, Calif. http;//members.nbci.com/_XMCM/mak65/ruddick/desc01.htm · p. p. 16