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Elisha Wilbur 2nd. Family
19. ELISHA1 WILBUR whose antecedents are unknown was called "2nd." also, "Stub Wilbur," probably to distinguish him from "Sorry Wilbur." He res. in Westmoreland and d. Nov. 22, 1818? m. Abi Belcher b. abt. 1777; d. Feb. 25, 1853; dau. of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Morse) Belcher of Foxboro, Mass. Their ch. b. in Foxboro and Westmoreland: i. Abi2 b. June 23, 1796; m. Wil- liam Britton of Westmoreland. ii. Elisha b. June 30?, 1798. iii. Harriet b. Sept. 17, 1800. iv. Leprelot b. Aug. 2, 1803; rem. to Jaffrey. v. Jonathan b. Dec. 29, 1805, taxed in S. 1842; m. Jan. 3, 1839 Hannah Hall. vi. Philo d. unm. age abt. 23 years. vii. Seth b. Apr. 8, 1808. viii. Freeman b. 1813, (20) iv. Lowell b. 1817, (21). x. Preston b. June 22, 1822.
20. FREEMAN2 WILBUR (Elisha1) b. Aug. 1, 1813; d. S. Mar. 22, 1887; a farmer; res, at No. 190, 1843; at 149, 1845 - '48 then res. elsewhere till abt. 1878 when he ret. to S. and lived at 188. He m. Oct. 28, 1839, Nancy Hall who d., dau. of Jonathan Hall 3rd, q.v.
Ch. b. ii. in S .; iii. Putney, Vt., others in Westmoreland :
i. MELISSA3 C. Feb. 18, 1836; d. S. Apr. 22, 1842; bur. S. Age "6 y, 2 m. 4 d."
ii. ALONZO FREEMAN June 4, 1843; res. S. since 1876, at No. 186. (22)
iii. EVERETT EUGENE Aug. 7, 1844; res. at No. 184 since 1876; a farmer. (23)
iv. MELISSA CORDELIA Apr. 1, 1848; m. 1867, Frederick R. Crain q.v.
v. PHEBE LOUISE Oct. 15, 1855; m. 1876, Edward J. Guillow q.v.
vi. EMMA JOSEPHINE Apr. 18, 1865; m. 1887, Walter H. Britton q.v.
21. LOWELL2 WILBUR, b. July 1817; m. Westmoreland Nov. 4, 1847, Phebe Fletcher of Westmoreland; rem. to Jaffrey. She d. Fitzwilliam Jan. 23, 1883; He d. Keene Nov. 25, 1879.
Ch. b. Jaffrey :
i. WESLEY FLETCHER3 b. Aug. 6, 1849; d. Keene Dec. 31, 1915; res. S. and Keene. (24)
22. ALONZO FREEMAN3 WILBUR (Freeman“, Elisha1) a farmer; m. (1) S. Dec. 11, 1870, Emogene E. Shaw, q.v .; divorced; m. (2) Nov. 14, 1877, Anna Elizabeth Smith who d. S. Oct. 23, 1922, dau of Benjamin V. Smith, q.v. Smith, q.v.
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Ch. by 1st wife in S .:
i. JUNIETTA S.4 b. Aug. 11, 1871 - was usually called, Junie Shaw; m. Dec. 22, 1910, Henry S. Campbell b. Augusta, Me. 1876; res. near Boston.
Ch. by 2nd wife in S .:
ii. DELLA MAY4 Nov .20, 1878; d. Walpole Aug. 26, 1904; m. 1896, Clinton W. Tenney, q.v .; res. Walpole.
iii. LURA ADDIE Jan. 3, 1882 ; m. 1909, John Fred Whitney, q.v .; res. Wal- pole.
iv. BLANCHE E. May 12, 1883; d. Feb. 5, 1893; bur. S. village.
v. CLIFFORD ALONZO Oct. 14, 1884; a farmer at No. 186.
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vi. BERTHA ANNA Jan. 31, 1890; m. May 3, 1916, George B. Conley, q.v.
23. EVERETT EUGENE3 WILBUR (Freeman2, Elisha1) res. in West- moreland and came to his present farm Nov. 1876; m. at Westmoreland Jan. 27, 1865, Lucy Jane Pierce b. Putney, Vt. Nov. 20, 1845; dau. of Rufus and Eliza Jane (Black) Pierce.
Ch. b. i - ii, Westmoreland, others in S .:
i. WILLARD EUGENE4 Nov. 22, 1866; a merchant in Keene (1922) (26)
ii. WESTON EVERETT Sept. 11, 1872; in company with Willard in K. (27)
iii. WINFIELD EARL Sept. 3, 1877; res. (1922) Keene. (28)
iv. WALTER EDWARD Oct. 27, 1880; res. (1922) Medfield, Mass. (29)
v. GOLDIE EMMA June 23, 1882; m. 1902, Jeremiah M. Holt, q.v.
24. WESLEY FLETCHER3 WILBUR (Lowell2, Elisha1) res. in Keene; rem. to S. in 1876 where he lived at No. 46 some 15 years when he rem. back to Keene; served as town clerk several years, merchant and shoemaker in S. and Keene. He m. Minnie Evelyn Cheever who d. Keene Apr. 17, 1907, dau. of James D. Cheever q.v.
Ch. b. i. in Keene, others S .:
i. ERVIN JAMES4 Nov. 15, 1876; res. (1921) Albany, N. Y .; R. R. engineer. (30)
ii. ARTHUR LOWELL July 14, 1883; res. (1921) Manchester. (31)
iii. GRACE MAE Jan. 18, 1888; m. Oct. 15, 1915, Frank Fowler Butler of Worcester, Mass. where they res .; b. Lawrence, Mass. Mar. 20, 1891; s. of James H. and Ella (Moore) Butler; they moved from Keene to Worcester Apr. 1917. No. ch. (1921).
iv. A stillborn child b. S. abt. 1890?
25. CLIFFORD ALONZO WILBUR (Alonzo F.3, Freeman2, Elisha1) in dairy business; m. Apr. 13, 1910, Ina Mabel White; dau. of Edwin S. White, q.v.
Ch. b. S .:
i. DENMAN WHITE® Mar. 10, 1911.
ii. HOWARD DELBERT Dec. 18, 1914.
26. WILLARD EUGENE4 WILBUR (Everett E.3, Freeman2, Elisha1) a meat and provision dealer, Fitchburg, Mass. (1895?) and now in Keene under name of "Wilbur's Public Market." For 20 years he was collector for
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the Nantasket Steamboat Co. of Boston during the summer season. He mì. (1) abt. 1896, Abbie Baker of Keene; b. abt. 1868; dau. of A. W. Baker of Troy; divorced. He m. (2) Dec. 24, 1904, Florence Lillian Bemis b. Somerville, Mass. Dec. 12, 1884; dau. of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Page) Bemis. They res. summers at No. 7, and winters in Keene.
Ch .:
i. VINCENT PIERCE" b. Keene Dec. 15, 1906.
ii. BARBARA PAGE Somerville, July 17, 1911. (Born perhaps in S.)
27. WESTON EVERETT WILBUR (Everett E.3, Freeman2, Elisha1) se- lectman in S. 1914; farmer; has lived at No. 184, 4, etc. In Wilbur's Public Market in Keene (1920). He m. Keene Mar. 24, 1894, Hiley Louise Burnham b. Charlestown July 20, 1876; dau. of John L. and Lucretia (Scott) Burnham.
Ch. b. Keene i - iii, and iv. in S .:
i. EVA BELLES Jan. 14, 1906.
ii. NORMAN DORR Mar. 2, 1908.
iii. HOLLIS WESTON Nov. 5, 1911.
iv. PAULINE MAY Nov. 5, 1915.
28. WINFIELD EARL' WILBUR (Everett E.3, Freeman2, Elisha1) res. at No. 55, 185, 32 and Walpole, (1922) Keene. He m. Feb. 13, 1897, Josephine Susan (Miller) Bunker b. Gilsum Sept. 18, 1880; adopted dau. of Daniel Bunker, q.v. and Ada Ella Miller, q.v.
Ch. b. i - ii in S .:
i. EARLE EUGENE Nov. 25, 1897; res. (1922) Keene. He m. Sept. 12, 1920, Anna Matosky, b. Dec. 16, 1900; dau. of Toney Matosky. Ch. b .: i. Grieghton Laforest Apr. 2, 1921. ii. Ashton Winfield, Keene Sept. 21, 1922; d. Keene Dec. 4, 1922.
ii. CARL EDWIN Aug. 29, 1899.
iii. IRIS GOLDENA Nov. 30, 1906; in Walpole.
iv. EVELYN IRENE Feb. 5, 1909; in Walpole.
v. WESTON VIVIAN Dec. 2, 1912; in Walpole.
29. WALTER EDWARD' WILBUR (Everett E.3, Freeman", Elisha1) res. S. Keene. He m. Sept. 10, 1904, Daisy Monroe b. Revere, Mass. abt. 1880. He is now (1922) a policeman, res. Medfield, Mass.
Ch. b. Keene :
i. LILLIAN GRACE MONROE® June 22, 1906.
30. ERVIN JAMES' WILBUR (Wesley F.3 Lowell', Elisha1) m. Dec. 16, 1917, Clara May Bush b. Croghan, Lewis Co., N. Y .; dau. of Frank Bush.
Ch. b. Albany, N. Y .:
i. PAUL ERVIN5 Sept. 25, 1919.
31. ARTHUR LOWELL WILBUR (Wesley F.3, Lowell2, Elisha1) is man- ager for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in Nashua, N. H., 1920, now at Man- chester. He m. Apr. 20, 1908, Mae Elizabeth Jones of So. Acton, Mass. No ch. 1921.
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32. WARREN' WILBUR was b. Seabrook abt. 1891; res. (1922) Hartford, Conn .; s. of - and Florence ( -- ) Wilbur, and she m. (2) a Mr. Hyde. When a small lad he was placed in the Orphan's Home, Franklin, where he remained till Mar. 1905 when Edward J. Guillow took him, and where he remained until the fall of 1909. He m. and wife died.
34. MERVIN D.1 WILBUR, a bro. of Warren1, above, b. abt. 1899; res. S. etc. Mr. Guillow took him from the Orphan's Home Nov. 1909 and he re- mained there until 1917.
WILCOX
The Wilcox (Willcox, Wilcoxson, Willcocks) family is of Saxon origin, and was seated at Bury St. Edmunds, county Suffolk, England before the Norman Conquest. Sir John Dundal, in the "Visitation of the County of Suffolk", men- tions 15 generations of this family prior to the year 1600. This traces the family back to the. year 1200. During the reign of King Edward III, Sir John Wilcox was entrusted with several important commands against the French and had command of the cross-bowman from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.
*1. WILLIAM' WILCOXSON the first American ancestor was b. at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng. 1601; came to America in the ship "Planter" when 34 years of age "with a certificate from a minister at St. Albans." First settled in Massachusetts where he was made a freeman 1636; in 1639 he moved to Stratford, Conn. and d. 1652. He m. Margaret (Birdseye ?) b. Eng. abt. 1610; came to Massachusetts with her husband. He mentions "brother Birds- eye" in his will of 1651. His widow m. (2), 1653 ?, William Hayden. Ch .:
i. TIMOTHY2 b. Eng. abt. 1630; d. Jan. 13, 1713; m. Dec. 8, 1664, Joanna Birdseye, his cousin; dau. of John and Phillipa (Smith) Birdseye.
ii. JOHN, Eng. 1633; m. (1) Tileston; m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Wells.
iii. JOSEPH abt. 1638, Stratford; m. Anna -; d. Feb. 9, 1703.
iv. SAMUEL Stratford 1640; m. Hannah -; d. Mar. 12, 1713. (2)
v. OBADIAH Stratford 1642; d. Apr. 1713; m. three times.
vi. ELIZABETH Stratford 1644; m. 1663, Henry Stiles of Windsor, Conn.
vii. HANNAH Stratford 1646; m. 1664, Lieut. Daniel Hayden of Windsor. viii. SARAH Stratford 1648; m. 1665, John Meigs of Guilford, Conn .; d. 1691.
ix.PHEBE Stratford 1650; m. 1669, John Birdseye of Stratford; a cousin.
2. OBADIAH2 WILCOXSON (William1) lived in Guilford and d. in the east part of that town, now within the township of Madison. He m. (1) Mary who d. Aug. 8, 1670; m. (2) Lydia Alling, b. Dec. 26, 1656, the dau. of John and Ellen (Bradley) Alling of New Haven, Conn. He m. (3) Silence (probably Mansfield, dau. of Joseph and Mary (- -) Mans-
*Mrs. Bertha M. (Perkins) Britton, q. v. of New Haven, Conn., has made a special research on the early Wilcox records in that state for this work.
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field) b. New Haven, Oct. 24, 1664. Obadiah was at Killingworth, 1669, and at E. Guilford, 1676.
Ch. b. probably East Guilford, Conn .:
i. MARY3 Dec. 11, 1676; m. Thomas Munson.
ii. LYDIA Oct. 14, 1678; d. Nov. 4, 1678.
iii. OBADIAH Dec. 14, 1679.
iv. EBENEZER Sept. 20, 1682; d. Mar. 3, 1747; res. Hebron, Conn. (3)
v. MINDWELL --; d. Feb. 3, 1770; m. Daniel Hill.
vi. SILENCE -; (She probably was a ch. b. by (3) wife).
vii. TIMOTHY Nov. 16, 1690.
viii. JOHN Nov. 9, 1692; d. May 1, 1753; probably at Madison, Conn. (4)
ix. JOSEPH 1694; d. July 15, 1770; m. Hannah Goodale.
x. ISAAC -; was, "Of Middletown", Conn.
xi. EXPERIENCE
xii. JEMIMA Oct. 30, 1699.
xiii. THANKFUL Apr. 4, 1702; m. Samuel Norton.
3. EBENEZER3 WILLCOX (Obadiah2, William1) m. Jan. 15, 1707, Martha Gaylord b. May 21, 1687; d. Jan. 24, 1744; dau. of Dea. Eleazer and Martha (Thompson) Gaylord of Windsor, Conn. The following appears in the Hebron cemetery records: "Here lies interred the body of Mr. Ebenezer Willcox who departed this life, March ye 3, 1747, in the sixty fifth year of his age." also that of his wife; "Here lies interred the body of Mrs. Martha Willcox the dear and loving wife of Mr. Ebenezer Willcox who died January ye 24, 1774, in the fifty seventh year of her age. Ye eldest daughter of Deacon Eleazer Gaylord of Windsor."
Ch. b. (probably in Hebron, Conn.) :
i. EBENEZER4 Jan. 25, 1708; m. Hebron, Jan. 24, 1733/4, Elizabeth Dewey,
ii. MARTHA June 3, 1710; m. Mar. 12, 1734/5, Ebenezer Dewey.
iii. LYDIA Apr. 12 ,1716; d. Gilsum Jan. 16, 1796; m. Obadiah4 Willcox; s. of John3 Willcox, q.v.
iv. PHEBE May 8, 1719.
v. OBADIAH July 12, 1724; d. in Surry Feb. 20, 1810; res at No. 93. (5)
4. JOHN3 WILLCOX (Obadiah2, William1) m. Jan. 11, 1718, Deborah Par- melee b. 1699; d. Jan. 11, 1799, dau. of John and Mary (Mason) Parmalee.
Ch. b. Guilford, Conn .:
i. OBADIAH4 b. Apr. 15, 1719; d. Gilsum Aug. 26, 1780; m. Lydia Willcox, q.v. (6)
(It is said there were five other ch.)
5. OBADIAH4 WILLCOX (Ebenezer3, Obadiah2, William1) came to that part of Gilsum now S. 1764 and later settled at No. 93. He was Proprietors clerk Mar. 13, 1764; justice of peace of Cheshire Co. 1776. After S. was in- corporated (1769), he served as first town clerk; first town treasurer; also moderator 1772, 1784 and 1788. First selectman 1769, and also served in that office 1771, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 85 and 1788; represented S., Alstead and Marlow in General Court 1777. He was a member of numerous committees in
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the early settlement of this town. He m. Feb. 26, 1749/50, Sarah Talcott* b. Mar. 3, 1735, d. S. Sept. 21, 1809, dau. of Capt. John and Lucy (Burnham) Talcott.
Ch. (The early ones b. at Hebron and younger in S.) :
i. OBADIAH5 Jan. 2, 1751; d. S. Nov. 21, 1797; probably a Rev. soldier. (7)
ii. JOHN Oct. 18, 1752; d. S. Jan. 18, 1798.
iii. LUCY Mar. 12, 1754; m. David Blish of Gilsum.
iv. ASA May 10, 1756; d. S. Sept. 24, 1840. A Rev. soldier, q.v. (8)
v. SARAH Feb. 11, 1758; d. Aug. 26, 1809, N. Y .; m. Thomas Dart, q.v.
vi. ANNA Nov. 8, 1759; d. 1826; m. S. Feb. 8, 1791, Daniel Nourse, q.v.
vii. MARTHA Nov. 23, 1761; m. (1) Benjamin Isham; q.v .; m. (2) Elias Bundy, q.v.
viii. PHEBE 1763; m. Stephen Smith, q.v.
ix. MARY LOVISA Gilsum, Apr. 3, 1767; d. S. July 20, 1798.
x. GAYLORD Apr. 4, 1769; d. S. Dec. 19, 1815; a farmer at No. 93. (9)
xi. EUNICE Feb. 23, 1771; d. S. Oct. 19, 1803.
xii. LYDIA Nov. 22, 1775; d. S. Dec. 24, 1869; m. (1) 1797, Benjamin Porter, q.v .; m. (2) 1821, Henry Scovell, q.v.
xiii. PRUDENCE Jan. 15, 1778; d. S. June 22, 1796.
xiv. LUCINDA Feb. 8, 1780; d. S. May 1 (or 7) 1800.
6. OBADIAH WILLCOX (John3, Obadiah2, William1) rem. to the south part of Gilsum where he was living July 1, 1768, when he, with seven others, signed a petition which was sent to the General Court, giving their free con- sent for the new town, of Surry. (See map in Hayward's History of Gilsum). He was a tanner by trade; m. Oct. 12, 1743, Lydia4 Willcox, his cousin, b. Apr.
*The paternal ancestry of Sarah Talcott was as follows:
1. The Worshipful Mr. John1 Talcott, as he was styled in the old records, was born in Braintree, England, and came to this country in 1632. He settled in Newtown (Cambridge) Mass. In 1636 he removed to Hartford, Conn. He was one of the magistrates of the Conn. Colony until his death in 1669. He married Dorothy Mott in England, daughter of Mark Mott D.D., Rector of Rayne.
2. Capt. Samuel? Talcott, born in Cambridge, Mass., 1634-5 married Hannah, dau. of Hon. Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon the dau. of William Pynchon who was Assistant Governor and Treasurer of the Mass. Bay Colony 1632-34; Governing Magistrate of Conn. 1637-38; Governor of Springfield, Mass. 1641-50.
3. Deacon Benjamin3 Talcott born Mar. 1, 1674, m. Jan. 5, 1699 Sarah Hol- lister.
4. Capt. John' Talcott born in Glastonbury, Conn., Dec. 17, 1704; m. 1731, Lucy, dau. of Rev. William Burnham. He was Capt. of the transport "Gull" which carried troops who fought at Cape Breton in 1745. He died at Prov- incetown, Mass., Aug. 25, 1745. On a monument in a deep depression of the sandhills in the village graveyard at Provincetown is the following inscrip- tion : "Here lies interred the remains of Capt. John Talcott of Glastonbury, who died here on his return after the victory of Cape Breton, A.D. 1745, in the 41st year of his age." His daughter, Sarah5, (Capt. John4, Benjamin3, Capt. Samuel2, John1) married Obadiah Wilcox.
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12, 1716; dau. of Ebenezer3 Willcox, q.v. Ch .:
i. OBADIAH® abt. 1743; d. Gilsum?, Dec. 12, 1776; m. 1773, Hulda Hurd.
ii. LYDIA 1745; d. S. Apr. 12, 1830; m. 1767, Ichabod Smith, q.v.
iii. ELEAZER Apr. 1749; d. Gilsum Nov. 7, 1823; m. 1775, Mary Mark of Gilsum .*
iv. DEBORAH abt. 1751; m. Jehiel Holdridge of Gilsum.
7. OBADIAH® WILLCOX (Obadiah', Ebenezer3, Obadiah2, William1) is supposed to have served in the Rev. War. He owned a tract of land and built at No. 91 in 1784/5. He m. S. Sept. 3, 1774, Hannah Merriam, dau. of Lieut. John Merriam, q.v. She m. (2) Jacob Hayward Jr. of Acworth where she d. Nov. 24, 1839.
Ch. b. S .:
i. §OBADIAH" Jan. 6, 1776; (Philo7 Wilcox, a son of Obadiah& Wilcox and Margaret Baxter was b. S. Aug. 26, 1800.
ii. MARY Oct. 13, 1778.
iii. JOHN Apr. 11, 1781.
8. ASA& WILCOX (Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah", William1) a farmer at No. 138 in 1781; later at No. 126 where he kept tavern 1796; at 124 and finally at 75 where he d. He built a mill at No. 127, 1799, for making and grinding malt; was an ensign in the old militia company. He m. Jan. 11, 1781, Dinah Loveland b. Hebron, Conn., Sept. 14, 1754; d. S. July 30, 1850; dau. of Israel Loveland, q.v. of Gilsum.
Ch. b. S .:
i. ASAR Sept. 30, 1781; d. S. Nov. 1, 1869. Capt. of the militia. (10)
ii. AARON Feb. 20, 1784; rem. to Troy, N. Y., then to Rochester where it is said he d. Was m. and had a dau.
iii. JOHN TALCOTT Mar. 31, 1786; d. perhaps in Penn.
iv. DINAH Aug. 16, 1796; d. S. unm. Oct. 4, 1823.
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9. GAYLORD® WILCOX (Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah2, William1) lived on his father's farm until d .; m. S. May 17, 1804, Orinda Carpenter, who d. S. Feb. 6, 1851, dau. of Jedediah Carpenter, q.v. After his d. she m. (2) Mar. 27, 1828, Daniel Nourse, q.v. (Orinda Wilcox is given on her headstone).
Ch. b. S .:
i. MARY LOVISA® Sept. 2, 1805; d. S. Oct. 1, 1806.
ii. ELMINA Apr. 13, 1807; m. (1) Mar. 25, 1824, Cyrus Bemis, q.v .; m. (2) Samuel Isham Jr., q.v.
iii. HORACE July 25, 1810; d. S. May 10, 1811, (a twin) .
iv. HOLLIS July 25, 1810; d. S. May 4, 1887; a farmer at No. 93. (12)
10. ASA® WILCOX (Ensign Asa5, Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah', William1) was a captain in militia and a member of the Masonic body. He and his father were carriage makers at No. 127 abt. 1806; later he was engaged in same business at the old Fulling mill, (No. 120). He m. (1) Nov. 15, 1804, Nelly Wetherbee who d. S. Sept. 22, 1812, dau. of Abijah Wetherbee, q.v .; m. (2) July 25, 1815, Mrs. Lucinda (Bemis) Phillips b. Apr. 12, 1786; d. S. Mar. 27, 1822; dau of David and Lucinda (Wright) Bemis of Marlboro, and wid.
*Their gr-gr-son (Edmunds, Edward?) is Hon. Allen C.8 Wilcox of East Swanzey.
§This or another Obadiah m. Rockingham, Vt., Dec. 4, 1806, Polly Miller of R.
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of George W. Phillips of Marlboro; m. (3) S. Feb. 9, 1824, Mrs. Nancy (Harvey) Reed; d. S. May 30, 1871, dau. of Asahel Harvey and wid. of Lewis Reed, q.v.
Ch. b. S. by (1) wife:
i. GEORGE7 Feb. 6, 1807; d. S. Oct. 28, 1881. A captain in militia. (13) Ch. b. S. by (2) wife:
ii. MARY LOVISA7 Feb. 21, 1816; d. S. Jan. 9, 1822. Typhoid fever.
iii. AARON Jan. 2, 1818; d. Jan. 2, 1827 .*
iv. LOUISA DORT Sept. 22, 1819; d. S. July 1, 1838.
v. A child Dec. 3, 1821; d. next day.
HOLLIS WILCOX 1810-1887
Ch. b. S. by (3) wife:
vi. JOHN ANDREW Dec. 4, 1824; d. Vineland, N. J. He was called, "Little Johnnie Wilcox", being only about four feet in height; nimble, spry as a cat, and a great dancer. When on the floor he would bound like a ball, there appeared no avoirdupois nor law of gravitation; and his feet scarcely touched the floor. Like his father, he was a carriage maker in S., at No. 120; res. at 125. He m. Dec. 9, 1856, Georgianna Phillips of Fitchburg, Mass. No issue.
vii. MARY LOVISA July 10, 1828; d. S. July 1, 1838.
*N. H. Sentinel states, Aaron? Wilcox d. Dec. 23, 1826, the same day of the year and the same hour of the day, as he was born: age eight years old.
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11. JOHN TALCOTT WILCOX (Ensign Asa5, Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Oba- diah2, William1) was in company with John Blish in S., 1814 in the plating business; "Wilcox & Blish". He rem. from S. abt. 1817 and said to have finally settled in the state of Penn. In 1815, he lived at No. 106; the Samuel Sawyer place. He was of Lansingburg, N. Y. when he m. in S. Feb. 4, 1812 Sally Sawyer, dau. of Samuel Sawyer, q.v.
Ch. b. in S .: (perhaps there were others)
i. ANN JANE7 July 18, 1813; m. June 1836, Rev. Elijah F. Willey.
ii. JOHN SAWYER at No. 106, June 12, 1815; went to Texas where he was killed by the Mexicans around 1860? He was a tinsmith by trade, and abt. 1857 came to S. on a visit, n. f. r.
THANKFUL ROBBINS WILCOX 1814-1885
12. HOLLIS WILCOX (Gaylord“, Obadiah4, Ebenezerª, Obadiah2, William1) served as town clerk 1860, 61, 73; treasurer, 1842, 45, 71; selectman, 1835, 36, 43, 44, 50, 51 and as late as 1873. He m. S. Nov. 29, 1832, Thankful Robbins, dau. of Jeremiah Robbins, q.v. He was a member of the General Court, 1846, '47 and '75.
Ch. b. S .:
i. SARAH LORINDA Jan. 12, 1834; res. (1922) at No. 76; m. George K. Harvey, q.v.
ii. GEORGE HORACE Sept. 28, 1836; d. S. Jan. 26, 1909. (14)
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iii. WILLIAM WALLACE Jan. 22, 1839; d. Chicago, Ill. Mar. 28, 1892; bur. S. (15)
iv. CHARLES ALONZO Aug. 27, 1842; d. S. Oct. 22, 1844.
v. EMILY JANE Apr. 1, 1850; d. Nov. 5, 1882; m. George H. Randall, q.v. vi. ALICE LOVISA Oct. 12, 1852; d. Walpole Oct. 14, 1913; m. Mar. 31, 1881, Charlie Arnold3 Watkins b. Walpole June 10, 1850; s. of Oliver Haz- zard Perry (usually, called "Perry")? and Mary P. (Arnold) Wat- kins, and gr-son of Charles1 and Amy . (Sherman) Watkins of Wal- pole. He res. (1920) Walpole; a successful farmer. Ch. b. Walpole: i. Laura Emma8 Feb. 23, 1883; m. June 5, 1905, Frank W. Cole, who for over 25 yrs. has been employed in the State House at Boston; first as a page in the General Court, and in recent yrs. has been head of the Document Rooms. They res. Framingham. Ch. (Cole) : 1. Dorothy Alice9 June 1, 1908. 2. Stanley Sherman Oct. 19, 1909. ii. Mabel May8 June 20, 1885; m. Mar. 27, 1905, James Ashley Dunlap of Bellows Falls, Vt. b. Prince Edward Island; res. W., Cornish, and (1920) Topsfield, Mass .; farm foreman. Ch. (Dunlap) : 1. Robert Wilcoxº Alstead Nov. 9, 1908. 2. Charles Ashley Springfield, Vt., Sept. 22, 1910; d. Walpole Nov. 10, 1910.
13. Capt. GEORGE WILCOX (Capt. Asa®, Ensign Asa5, Obadiah4, Eben- ezer3, Obadiah2, William1) was engaged many years building and repairing carriages, wagons and carts at No. 120. He bought a plot of land and built at No. 119 (in 1831) and where he lived most of his m. life. While erecting his house he lived in the top story of his shop. He served as town treasurer several years and selectman, 1848, 67 and 68. In 1844, 45 and '59 he repre- sented the town in the General Court. He m. (1) S. Aug. 2, 1831, Nancy P. Reed who d. S. Jan. 18, 1838, dau. of Lewis Reed, q.v .; m. (2) Westmoreland, May 28, 1840, Aurelia M. Reed, a sister of his (1) wife, who d. S. Dec. 25, 1854; m. (3) Oct. 20, 1857, Christianna Rodentha Ingalls who d. S. Dec. 1, 1906, dau. of Joseph Ingalls, q.v. He worked in a carriage shop, Middlebury, Mass., when a young man.
Ch. b. in S. by (1) wife:
i. HENRY HARVEY8 Dec. 15, 1831 (in the shop) ; d. unm. S. Apr. 5, 1865.
ii. CHARLES WHARTON Aug. 2, 1834; d. at No. 124 in S. Aug. 8, 1919. (16) iii. LEWIS LAFOREST Dec. 2, 1836; d. Aug. 3, 1837.
Ch. b. S. by (2) wife:
iv. GEORGE LEWIS Mar. 19, 1841; d. S. Aug. 26, 1844.
v. NANCY AURELIA June 18, 1843; d. Keene Oct. 18, 1920; m. 1868, Jackson Reed, q.v.
vi. MARY ELLA Oct. 22, 1849; d. S. July 8, 1899; m. 1890, Francis F. Field, q.v.
14. GEORGE HORACE WILCOX (Hollis®, Gaylord5, Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah2, William1) went to Chicago and was associated with his bro. William W. but ret. to S. some years before his d. He m. Sept. 13, 1861, Celuda Jane Tufts who d. S. Dec. 31, 1904, dau. of Daniel H. Tufts, q.v.
Ch. i - ii b. in S., iii in Chicago, Ill .:
i. ALMA JANE® Apr. 7, 1862; d. S. Aug. 7, 1863.
ii. FRED WALLACE Sept. 1, 1864; res. (1919) Oak Park, Chicago, III. (17)
iii. GRACE EMMA May 27, 1880; m. 1907, James V. Stillings, q.v .; res. S.
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15. WILLIAM WALLACE WILCOX (Hollis®, Gaylord5, Obadiah4, Eben- ezer3, Obadiah2, William1) was born in the house his grandfather Gaylord Wii- cox built in 1815. When a young man he entered the employ of his uncle John Robbins in Boston. In 1871, immediately after the big fire, he moved to Chicago, Ill., and established a business of Railway Supplies which he carried on till his death, March 28, 1892. In 1887 he purchased the old homestead, No. 93, naming it "The Holly Farm." While on a visit to his native town abt. 1884 he had the inscription cut on "DINAH'S ROCK." He m. July 2, 1873, Mary Cathrine Monroe, b. Acra, Greene Co., N. Y. May 22, 1849; dau. of Nathaniel and Charlotte A. (Pitcher) Monroe: see C. C. Olmsted family record.
WILLIAM WALLACE WILCOX 1839-1892
Ch. b. Chicago:
i. ALICE THANKFUL8 Jan. 22, 1879; m. Nov. 9, 1907, Walter Morse Wilson b. Buffalo, N. Y. Nov. 6, 1875, s. of Walter Townsend and Jeanie (Morse) Wilson. They res. (1919) Worcester, Mass. Ch .: i. Mary b. in Buffalo June 2, 1909.
ii. HOLLIS BRADFORD Sept. 28, 1881; res. Boston, Mass. (1923). (18)
16. CHARLES WHARTON& WILCOX (Capt. George7, Capt. Asa®, Ensign Asa6, Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah”, William1) usually called "Wharton", was a carriagemaker in S., Keene and from 1854 until 1860 at Lafayette, Ind. He
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returned to S. after middle life and continued business in the shop where he had labored when a young lad. Mr. Wilcox, with his keen interest in his native town and his retentive memory when well over 80 years of age, gave the writer many items for this work regarding the north part of the town. He m. Feb. 8, 1899, Helen Josephine Sanborn, b. Mansfield, Mass. May 13, 1856, dau. of George Glines and Helen Maria (Tillson) Sanborn. She taught school in S. No issue.
17. FRED WALLACE& WILCOX (George H.7, Hollis®, Gaylord5, Obadiah4, Ebenezer3, Obadiah2, William1) was educated in the schools of Chicago, then took up manufacturing business, and is still pursuing similar lines. He m. Jan. 18, 1888, Margaret Agnes Stevenson Muir b. Port Dalhonsie, Ont., Ca., Dec. 15, 1863, dau. of Capt. David and Margaret (Carruthers) Muir .*
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