The Cox family in America

You are here presented with two volumes of Cox family genealogy combined as one. The first volume contains information about the various early Cox families across America. This volume starts from the front of the book and goes to image 410 and contains 325 pages, plus front matter. Various Cox immigrants started families in the states of Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.

The second volume deals specifically with the descendants of James and Sarah Cock of Killingworth upon Matinecock, in the township of Oysterbay, Long Island, New York. This volume starts from image 412 and goes to the end of the book.

Volume 1 Table of Contents

Introduction

1. English Ancestry
2. The Cocke Family of Virginia
3. William Cox, of Pemaquid, and his New England Descendants
4. West India Connections
5. The Quaker Element in the Family
6. Early Cox Settlers in New York and New Jersey
7. The Dispersion of the Tribes

Cox Genealogies

• Virginia
  • Historical Notes, 45
  • Family of Richard Cocke, 46
  • The Cox Family of Grayson County, 52
  • Thomas Cox, of Berkeley County, 60
  • Fragmentary Records, 62
  • Col. Isaac Cox, 63
  • Joseph Cox, 64
• Maine
  • Family of William Cox, of Pemaquid, 64
• Maryland
  • Fragmentary Records, 83
  • The Cox Family of Cecil County, 86
  • Daniel Cox, of Talbot County, 89
  • Family of Isaac Cox, of Talbot County, 89
  • The Cox Family of Queen Anne County, 95
  • Cox, of Baltimore, 96
  • John Cox, of Carroll County, 99
• New Hampshire
  • Moses Cox, 101
  • Family of Edward Cox, 101
• New York
  • The Cock Family of Ulster County, 107
  • Michael Cox, From Hanover, Germany, 112
  • John Cox, Senior, of New York, 116
  • Major James Cock, of Putnam County, 118
  • Col. Ebenzer Cox, of Canajoharie, 121
  • The Cox Family of Otsego County, 123
  • Thomas Cocks, from Cornwall, England, 126
  • Fragmentary Records, 127
• West Indies
  • John Cox, of the Island of Eleuthera, 132
• New Jersey
  • The Cox Family of Monouth County, 153
  • Isaac Cox, of England, 205
  • Daniel Coxe, of County Somerset, England, 210
  • John Cox, of Rancocus Ferry, 217
  • William Cox, of Shrewsbury, 223
  • Richard Cox, of Rancocus, 228
  • Jesse Cox, of Mount Holly, 230
  • Arthur Cox, of Sussex County, 231
  • Fragmentary Records, 232
• Massachusetts
  • Robert Cox, of Marblehead, 237
• Pennsylvania
  • Richard Cox, of Chester County, 243
  • Thomas Cox, of London Grove, 248
  • John Cox, of Warrington, 249
  • The Cox Family of Washington and Fayette Counties, 250
  • James Cock, of Kendall, England, 253
  • Coxe, of Ireland, 257
• Rhode Island
  • Fragmentary Records
• North Carolina
  • Introductory Notes, 260
  • The Cox Family of Bertie County, 260
  • Thomas Cox, of Wayne County, 262
  • Cox Families from Pennsylvania, 266
  • Isaac Cox, 276
  • The Cox Family of Perquimans County, 279
  • The Cox Family of Surry County, 281
• Tennessee
  • Joab Cox, 284

Appendix

1. Letter of Richard Snead Cox, of Broxwood, England, 286
2. An Ancient Cox Pedigree, 287
3. The Somers-Cocks Family of England, 288
4. Cox, of Beamonds, Hertfordshire, 289
5. Michael Cox, Esq., of Ireland, 290
6. Cox, of Ballynoe, Ireland, 291
7. Thomas Cox, of London, A Proprietor of East Jersey, 291
8. Abstract of Will of Thomas Cox, Citizen and Vintner, London, 292
9. Index of Persons, 293

Volume 2 Table of Contents

• Preface, iii
• List of Illustrations, vi
• List of Subscribers, viii
• Abbreviations and Errata, xi
• Cock, Cocks, Cox genealogy, 1-279
• Appendix
  • Clarke Lineage, 281
  • Bowne Lineage, 282
  • Feake Lineage, 285
  • Priar Lineage, 288
  • Frost Lineage, 291
  • Harcurt Lineage, 294
  • Fones Lineage, 295
  • Winthrop Lineage, 296
  • Delaplaine Lineage, 297
  • Change of Calendar, 298
  • Addenda (too late for placing), 299
  • Index of Names, 301

Notes About the Book

• Index to volume one starts at page 293 of the first volume.
• Index to volume two starts at page 301 of the second volume.

Major Surnames

Surnames comprising more than five distinct individuals within a single volume.

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