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1722. He was mentioned in the will of his brother, Thomas Cox.
1728, Sept. 30. At this date his lands were divided among his three sons, according to the instructions embodied in his will, by James Cox, Richard Mount, Jr., and Richard Lawrence, Jr., hence the minors had come of age.
1731, Apr. 1. John Cox held one hundred and fifty-seven acres of land, in Upper Free- hold, which probably means that the land was held by his estate.
1728, Apr. 9. Will of John Cox, yeoman, of Freehold; proved Oct. 22, 1729, mentioned: Wife, Mary, with his brother, James Cox, executors.
Sons, John Cox, Joseph Cox and Samuel Cox, two of whom were under age.
Daughters, Elizabeth, Rachel, Mary, Mercy and Alice.
Among the witnesses to the will was Thomas Cox, Jr.
Issue
15 John Cox
16 Joseph Cox; living in 1728, and probably under age.
17 Samuel Cox; living in 1728, and probably under age.
18 Elizabeth Cox; living in 1728.
19 Rachel Cox; living in 1728.
20 Mary Cox; living in 1728.
21 Mercy Cox; living in 1728.
22 Alice Cox; living in 1728.
4 JAMES COX, son of Thomas Cox, I, was born Aug. 18, 1672, and died Oct. 18, 1750. He married Ann ... , born Jan. 16, 1672, and died Nov. 25, 1747.
1731, Apr. 1. James Cox held two hundred and seventy-five acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
1731/2, Mch. 1. He was a member of the Baptist Church, of Middletown.
James Cox was a man of wealth and possessed a well-stocked house and farm, negroes, etc. James Cox, 4, married twice; first, Ann . .. , whose name we obtain from the tombstone of their son, John Cox; second, apparently, Rebecca Stillwell, daughter of John and Rebecca (Throckmorton) Stillwell, of Staten Island, and widow of Ebenezer Salter, whose name we obtain from the accounting made by the executors of James Cox's estate and by a study of the will of Thomas Salter, of Philadelphia, Pa.
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Account of John Cox and Joseph Cox, Executors of James Cox, late of Monmouth County :
Total of Inventory and Sales over appraisement £1010- 4-54 Disbursements
267-15-3
Dated Feb. 14, 1756. Balance £ 742- 9-214
Among the disbursements: "£50 Bond given to Rebecca Cox, his wife, by sd James Cox before their marriage."
Paid balance of estate to Legatees, as follows:
Dorothy £56-8-5 p" Jnº Cox 64-2-6 pr Jos Cox £120-10-II Ball £3-3-1I
p rect. &c.
Elizabeth £123-14-10 & over pd Else 123-14-10 & over pd Rachell 123-14-10 "four daus. of Ann, Daug' of testator, one share." 4) 123-14-IO 30-18-1812 each.
"children of Rebecca, Daug' of testator, one share which are six now alive." 6) 123-14-10
20-12- 512 each.
At Cox's Corners, one mile from Imlaystown, N. J., and on the opposite side of the road from the Quaker Meeting House, in a plowed field, about three hundred feet back from the road, owned recently by a colored man, now deceased, and whose estate is about to be sold, (A. D. 1901), are the remnants of a graveyard, which James Cox, in his will, written Dec. 22, 1747, reserved and designated as the place where "my wife and others of my family lyes bur- ied." Three erect stones, alone, remain, while evidences of others, in the shape of broken fragments, are to be seen, and traditions in the neighborhood tell of others plowed under the soil.
Concerning those that have been destroyed we can only speculate. Doubtless among them were those of Ann, the first wife of James Cox; Thomas, his son, who died during his father's lifetime, and perhaps some of the testator's brothers and their families. His second wife, Rebecca, who was apparently Rebecca Stillwell, widow of Ebenezer Salter, may have been entombed here, but as she outlived her husband, James Cox, and as there is no memorial of her to be found here, she may have withdrawn to the home of her Salter or Stillwell kindred.
The three erect stones are:
Here lies the Body of John | Fawcett who Departed this | life February the 17th Day | Annoq Domini 1749,'50 | Aged Sixty six years.
.e [Here] lies the Body of James | . . ox [Cox] who Departed this life ye | 24th of October Anno Domini 1750 | Aged Seventy Eight years | . . wo [two] months & six Days. [The stone is broken off in upper right hand corner.]
dy [body?] of [?] | Son of William & Dorothy | Hankinson who Departed | this life Sep- tember ye first | Anno Domini 1746 Aged 22 | years 2 months & 27 Days. [the top of this stone is missing.]
The permanency of these stones is of short duration, for no rail or enclosure of any kind now exists.
Upon the creation of the Yellow Meeting House graveyard, at Cream Ridge, the Coxes
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buried in that cemetery, where today many stones commemorative of individuals of this fam- ily exist and which, so far as they relate to those in the early generations, are introduced in their proper places in this memoir, or under the notes relating to those unplaced.
1747, Dec. 22. Will of James Cox, of Upper Freehold, Gent .; proved Nov. 7, 1750, mentioned :
John Cox, son of my son, Thomas, deceased, at 21, a legacy.
Mary Cox, "so lately called, but now marryed." } both daughters of my son Thomas.
Ann Cox
Son, John Cox; heirs land.
Son, Joseph Cox; heirs land.
Daughter, Elizabeth
Four daughters of my late deceased daughter, Anna Jewell.
Grandson, James Cox
Five daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, Rachel, Dorothy and Rebecca.
He reserved ground where his wife and others of "my family lyes buried," for a burying ground forever.
His apparel to be divided between his three sons, James, John and Joseph Cox.
Executors: Sons, John and Joseph, and my kinsman, Thomas Cox.
Witnesses: Samuel Steele. John Hartshorne and John Lawrence, Jr.
The inventory of his personal estate amounted to £743-9-1012.
Issue
23 Thomas Cox
24 John Cox
25 James Cox
26 Anna Cox; married Mr. Jewell.
27 Joseph Cox, born Aug. 18, 1713.
28 Elizabeth Cox
29 Alice Cox
30 Rachel Cox
31 Dorothy Cox
32 Rebecca Cox
5 JOSEPH COX, son of Thomas Cox, I.
1697, July 28. Thomas Cox, of Middletown, N. J., deeded to his brother, Joseph Cox, of the same place, one hundred and sixty acres of land there, patented to their father, Thomas Cox, deceased, Dec. 1, 1676.
1717. Joseph Cox, of Middletown, was sued in the Superior Court, at Amboy, Middle- sex County. The complaint sets forth that Joseph Cox, of Middletown, yeoman, was the late Collector of the Tax for the "goall and Courthouse," within the said county of Monmouth, and that the Attorney-General, Thomas Gordon, on behalf of the King, doth complain that whereas on the 28th day of March, 1717, at the City of Perth Amboy, in the County of Middle- sex, in the said Province of New Jersey, he, the said Joseph Cox, had together accounted with John Reid, Henry Leonard, John Willson, Richard Chambers, James Ashton, John Anderson, Laurence Vanhook and David Johnstone. His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, of said County, James Willson, Peter Willson, John Eaton, James Grover, Gershom Mott and Henry Allen, Freeholders of said County of Monmouth, . . ... and upon which account the aforesaid Joseph Cox was then and there found in arrear, in the sum of £21-5-10, and did assume upon himself to pay the said amount, but nevertheless the said Joseph, his promise and assumption, made
unam
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as aforesaid, no ways regarding, but contriving and fraudulently intending and craftily and subtilly to deceive and defraud our Sovereign, of the said amount, hath not paid, nor for the same hath in any manner of way contended, although to the same the said Joseph, on the 12th day of April, 1717, was required so to do by the Justices, etc., etc.
Abstract of a paper at Cherry Hall. Matawan, N. J.
To this one-sided statement, I have seen no answer, but doubtless Joseph Cox, being a man of position and wealth, had some claim which justified him in the retention of this sum.
1722. Arbitration between Eden Burrows and Joseph Cox by Gershom Mott and William Lawrence, Jr., witnessed by Gershom Mott, Jr., and Margaret Newbold, wherein land that was Thomas Cox's is alluded to. Original paper in the possession of Mr. George Tilton, of Middletown, N. J.
1731, Apr. I. Joseph Cox held three hundred and eighty acres of land in Upper Freehold. Issue 33 Thomas Cox, born 1713.
8 CATHERINE COX, daughter of Thomas Cox, 2, born 1695, was alluded to, in the will of her father, 1722, much as if she were dead: To my daughter Catharine's husband, Cornelius Vanhorn; to her son, Thomas Vanhorn, which Thomas Vanhorn is again mentioned, in the will of his grandmother, Mary Cox, in 1757.
Issue
Thomas Vanhorn Perhaps others.
9 MARY COX, daughter of Thomas Cox, 2, was born 1696; mentioned in the will of her father, in 1722, as Mary Lawrence, which was witnessed, among others, by one, Robert Lawrence. In the will of her mother, Mary Cox, 1757, she is not mentioned and had probably died, but her children are given.
Issue
Joseph Lawrence Mary Lawrence
Elizabeth Lawrence; married Mr. Hutcheson.
11 THOMAS COX, son of Thomas Cox, 2, was born June 30, 1700; married, first. Rebecca Potts; second, Hannah Morford. He died, June 5, 1783, aged 82 years, Jf months and 18 days, and was buried at Yellow Meeting House, Cream Ridge, N. J. He was mentioned as one of the three living children, and heir, in the will of his father, Thomas Cox, written 1722. He was also his executor.
In the will of his mother, Mary Cox, 1757, he is mentioned, and his children received legacies.
1731, Apr. I. Thomas Cox, Jr., held one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
1758, October. Thomas Cox held six hundred acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
Issue
34 Mary Cox, born Oct. 2, 1725, as per Mrs. Mary Holmes Rue. 35 Richard Cox, born Nov. 14, 1727.
36 Thomas Cox, born Oct. 28, 1739.
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37 Elizabeth Cox; mentioned in the will of her grandmother, Mary Cox, in 1757.
38 Rebecca Cox; mentioned in the will of her grandmother, Mary Cox, in 1757.
14 LYDIA COX, daughter of Thomas Cox. 2, was born 1709, and mentioned as Lidy Cox. in the will of her father, in 1722, and, in 1757, in the will of her mother, Mary Cox, "William Cheesman, son of my daughter Lydia," was given six shillings.
Issue William Cheesman
15 JOHN COX, son of John Cox, 3, was mentioned in the will of his father, in 1728, and was probably just of age.
1731, Apr. 1. John Cox, Jr., held one hundred acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
1758, October. There was a John Cox, (Lands End), who held five hundred acres of land, in Upper Freehold, and who may be this John.
1737, Dec. 5. Samuel Cox, son of John and Mary Cox of Upper Freehold with wife Ann are named in a conveyance of land to Thomas Cox of Upper Freehold and therein it is stated that John, Joseph and Samuel Cox are sons of John Cox.
John Cox, 15, probably married Rachel . In the Yellow Meeting House Yard is: Rachel, wife of John Cox died Oct. 16, 1750, aged about 50 years. This would make Rachel some years older than John Cox, 15.
John Cox, 15, was probably the father of a son John Cox who held 222 acres of land in Upper Freehold in Oct. 1758, and who is called John, son of John Cox.
Between 1761 and 1765, John Cox, shoemaker of "Lands End" was under censure of the Baptist Church of Middletown for drinking to excess. He was obdurate under reprimand and denied the accusation in a spirited defense of himself, but was suspended. He subse- quently held aloof from the church which receded in large degree from its position.
17 SAMUEL COX, son of John Cox, 3, married Anna
1737, Dec. 5. They conveyed lands to Thomas Cox of Upper Freehold, and reference was made in the deed that he, John Cox and Joseph Cox were sons of John Cox.
23 THOMAS COX, son of James Cox, 4, was deceased, prior to 1747, when his father, in his will, mentioned his grandson, John Cox, a minor, son of his son, Thomas, deceased, and also grand-daughters, Mary Cox and Anna Cox, other children of this son, Thomas.
Thomas Cox perhaps married Lidia Hankinson.
1731, Apr. I. "Thomas Cox, son of James Cox," held one hundred and twenty acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
1744, Mch. 10. Will of John Hankinson, of Freehold; proved May 29, 1747, mentioned: sister, Hester Vancirck, one-third of his estate; sister, Hanner Anderson, one-third of his estate; cousin, Ann Cox, daughter of my sister, Lida, one-third of his estate. Witnesses: Thomas Hankinson, Jr., Thomas Cox and John Campbell. The inventory of his estate amounted to £131-18-3.
Issue
39 John Cox; mentioned in the will of his grandfather, James Cox, 1747, as a son of "my son Thomas, deceased, " and not yet twenty-one years of age.
40 Mary Cox; married Mr. Mc.Aneley.
41 Anna (Dina?) Cox; mentioned in the will of her grandfather. James Cox, 1747.
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24 JOHN COX, son of James Cox, 4, was a legatee to lands, in the will of his father, 1747, and one of his executors.
1731, Apr. 1. John Cox held one hundred and eighty acres of land in Upper Freehold. 1731/2, MIch. 1. John Cox was a member of the Middletown Baptist Church.
1737. John Cox, of Upper Freehold, mortgaged land to the Loan Commissioners. 1758, October. John Cox, Sr., held two hundred acres of land in Upper Freehold.
John Cox married Mary Potts. He died, May 14, 1788, aged 78 years, and his wife, Mary, died, Aug. 15, 1798, aged S9 years. Both are buried at Yellow Meeting House.
John Cox's will is on record dated 1786.
Issue
42 James Cox, born June 2, 1756; died, Mch. 19, 1805, aged 58, 9, 17.
43 William Cox
44 Mary Cox; married Sept. 1, 1761, Capt. Robert Jones, of London, and had Issue Robert Jones Mary Jones Samuel Jones
45 Catherine Cox; married by license dated Sept. 1, 1761, as his second wife, Capt. Benjamin Loxley, of Philadelphia. In the marriage license she is called the sister of Apel Cox.
Issue Mary Loxley Jane Loxley
46 John Cox [?]
46ª Joshua Cox, was interred in the Yellow Meeting House Yard: Joshua, son of John and Mary Cox, died, Nov. 26, 1759, aged 12 years and 22 days.
25 JAMES COX, son of James Cox, 4, was mentioned in the will of his father, in 1744, as a legatee.
1731, Apr. I. James Cox, Jr., held three hundred acres of land in Upper Freehold.
He married twice: first wife unknown; second, Elizabeth
In his will, he calls Thomas Fenton, Jr., his brother-in-law.
1753, Mch. "Thirteenth." Will of James Cox, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., "Being Sick & weak in Body"; proved by witnesses, Jolin Cox and Joseph Robins, Burlington, May 7, 1753. Qualification of executrix, Elizabeth Cox, widow, and Tho Fenton. Jun', exec- utor, of same place and under same date. He signed his name in full to the will and mentioned:
"well Beloved wife, Elifabeth," one-third of his lands and house, during her widowhood, for the bringing up of the children.
Sons, Nathaniel and John Cox, "children of my firft wife," to share lands, equally, at the decease of Elizabeth, his wife.
Son, Nathaniel, 5 shillings proclamation.
The overplus of goods that the widow can spare to be sold for the children's schooling.
Sons, Thomas, Isaac and Elifha, to be put to "Trades at 14 years, " and receive such of "my wearing apparrel As can be kept for my Three sons Thomas, Ifaac and Elifha."
Son, Thomas, received "my long Gun."
Son, Isaac, received "other gun."
Son, Elifha, received "my fword & likewise cain which was my Father's."
Executors: Brother-in-law, Thomas Fenton, Jun', with wife, Elifabeth Cox.
Witnesses: William Kinnan, John Cox and Jofeph Robif.
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Inventory of James Cox, Jun', of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., appraised by Jofeph Robif, was dated April "Twenty Eight, " 1753, and amounted to £152-11-o. Among the items was: "A Palentine Boy £II-o-o."
An additional inventory of James Cox, late of Monmouth Co., appraised by William Tapicot, amounted to £29-7-6. Among the items was: "Dets Due from Jo. Trockmorton and Hankinson £24-o-o." This inventory has no date, but the date of the account filed with it was Feb. 14, 1756.
Issue by first wife
47 Nathaniel Cox
48 John Cox
Issue by second wife
49 Thomas Cox
50 Isaac Cox
51 Elisha Cox
He is also reputed to have had daughters, one of whom was Ann Cox, who married James Snedaker, the ancestors of Mrs. Samuel C. Merrion, of Glen Ridge, N. J., who has a sampler, dated 1796, worked by Ann, at the age of sixteen, with the names of seven children of Nathaniel Cox.
. 26 ANNA COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, was mentioned "'as late deceased daughter, Anna Jewell," who had four daughters, unnamed, who received their mother's share, in the will of her father, James Cox, 4.
27 JUDGE JOSEPH COX, son of James Cox, 4, was born, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1713, and died, Apr. 17, 1801, aged eighty-seven years. 7 months and 29 days.
He was mentioned in the will of his father, in 1747, and received with his brothers, John and James, his father's wearing apparel and certain lands, and was made an executor.
He was a judge, for many years, in Monmouth County.
1758, October. Joseph Cox held one hundred and fifty acres of land, in Upper Freehold.
1786, Jan. 28. Will of Joseph Cox, of Upper Freehold; proved Apr. 29, 1801, mentioned: Wife, Mary
Three sons, Asher, James and Ezek.
Grandson, Enoch, a minor, and his sisters, children of my son, Samuel. deceased.
Daughter, Ann Hendrickson
Grandson, William Van Kirk
Grand-daughter, Charity Cox, not yet eighteen years.
"Esek, Ann and William Van Kirk," the residue of his estate.
Executors: sons, Asher and James Cox, and friend, Peter Sexton.
Joseph Cox married Mary, daughter of Thomas Mount, of Shrewsbury, born, Wednesday, May 31, 1715, and died, Nov. 24, 1800, aged eighty-five years, 5 months and 24 days.
Both Joseph Cox and his wife are buried at Yellow Meeting House.
Issue
52 Catherine Cox, born, Saturday, Sept. 25, 1736; died Dec. 21, 1764.
53 Margaret Cox, born June 29, 1738; died Apr. 8, 1740.
54 William Cox, born July 5, 1740; died May, 1759.
55 Thomas Cox, born Oct. 5, 1742; died June 17, 1782.
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56 Anne Cox, born MIch. 10, 1745; died June 29, 1793.
57 Asher Cox, born Nov. 8, 1746.
58 Joseph Cox, born Feb. 5, 1748; died November, 1776.
59 Samuel Cox, born MIch. 2, 1750; died Oct. 31, 1785.
60 James Cox. born Oct. 16, 1753; died Sept. 12, 1810.
61 Ezekiel Cox, born Oct. 14. 1757: died Apr. 12, 1815.
62 Mary Cox, born Sept. 2, 1760; died Dec. 10, 1779.
28 ELIZABETH COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, was mentioned in the will of father, 1747, and was then probably single. She died October, 1796. She married Mr. Anoly, [McAneley]. It was also she who planted the box at The Grove.
29 ALICE COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, by his wife, Ann ..... , was born May 30, 1696, and married Joseph, son of Job and Sarah (Leonard) Throckmorton, who was born Aug. 4, 1693. Their eldest child, Sarah, was born July 29, 1718. See Throckmorton Family.
30 RACHEL COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, was mentioned in the will of her father, 1747, and was then probably single. She may have been the Rachel Cox reputed to have mar- ried Richard Mount, Jr .. as his second wife, hie being born about 1690-1695, and dying in 1777.
The assertion that Rachel Cox married Richard Mount, Jr., is based upon unsupported testimony.
31 DOROTHY COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, was mentioned in the will of her father, 1747, and was then probably single. She married William Hankinson.
Issue
[William] Hankinson; died, Sept. 1, 1746, aged 22 years, 2 months and 27 days.
32 REBECCA COX, daughter of James Cox, 4, was mentioned in the will of her father, 1747. In the accounting, her share was divided among her children, "which are six now alive." Whom she married, I have not yet ascertained.
33 THOMAS COX, son of Joseph Cox, 5, was born 1713; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Grover) Shepherd.
Issue
63 Catherine Cox
64 Deborah Cox, born Jan. 12, 1747; married, by license dated Jan. 19, 1771, Thomas MeCurtain, a Catholic, and had one daughter.
65 Joseph Cox
65ª Daughter Cox; married Mr. Truex. They were the parents of: Beck Truex; married Mr. Newell. James Truex; married Miss Ogborne. John Truex; married Alethea Snyder.
35 COL. RICHARD COX, son of Thomas Cox, 11, born Nov. 14, 1727: died Apr. I. 1800; married, Jan. 22, 1751, by license dated Jan. 19, 1750, Mercy, daughter of William and Hannah (Grover) Taylor, of Middletown. She died, Feb. 19. 1827, aged 99 years. Both Colonel Cox and his wife are buried at Yellow Meeting House.
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Colonel Richard Cox was a highly-valued Revolutionary officer. For his services, he received a grant of land, in Ohio, which still belongs to his descendants.
1782. He was a member of the Patriotic Committee, in Monmouth County.
1757. He is mentioned in the will of his grandmother, as the son of her son, Thomas Cox. Issue
66 Chloe Cox, born May, 1752; married Judge John, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ashton) Taylor, born Aug. 25, 1749; died Apr. 6, 1829. They moved, in 1774, to Charlton, Saratoga County, New York.
Issue
Chloe Cox Taylor, who married Edward Kelly, who had John Kelly, born 1787, who married Mary Doolittle, and who were the parents of James H. Kelly.
67 Rebecca Cox, born July 7, 1753; died February, 1792; married, Sept. 1, 1778, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, the Rev. John Pitman, by Mr. Blackwell.
Issue
Rebecca Cox Pitman, born Sept. 21, (Oct. 21), 1779.
John Pitman, Judge of U. S. District Court, R. I., forty-six years, and who had
Issue
Harriet Pitman; married Randall Holden Greene.
Col. Joseph Pitman
Brig .- Gen. John Pitman
Henry Pitman
Mary Pitman, born 1816; married Henry Earle.
68 Major Richard Cox, born 1754; died Mch. 9, 1816, at Mount Holly. Served in the New Jersey line during the Revolution. Married Jane Rose, twin daughter of Dr. Alexander Rose.
69 Joshua Cox
70 James Cox, died, in Kentucky, aged ninety-three.
71 Thomas Cox, born Sept. 3, 1760.
72 William Cox
73 John Cox; married twin daughter of Dr. Alexander Rose.
74 Mary Cox; married a Morford; perhaps had a son born 1783.
36 THOMAS COX, son of Thomas Cox, II, was born Oct. 28, 1730; died, Apr. 18, 1794, aged 63 years, 5 months and 21 days; married, Apr. 30, 1753, Sarah Kinan or Kenan, who died, Dec. 18, 1815, aged eighty-two years. She was the aunt of Deborah Kinan, wife of Joseph Potts Cox.
Though called Thomas Cox, 2nd, on his tombstone, in the Yellow Meeting House Grave- yard, he was the fourth Thomas Cox, in succession. in Monmouth County. He is mentioned in the will of his grandmother, 1757, as the son of her son, Thomas.
175S, October. Thomas Cox, Jr., held land in Upper Frechold.
Issue
75 Rebecca Cox, born Feb. 13, 1755; married, by license dated Nov. 20, 1775, William, son of Thomas Mount.
76 Elizabeth Cos, born Nov. 12, 1757; married Mr. Dey.
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77 Achsah Cox, born .Aug. S, 1759.
78 Thomas Cox, born Sept. 19, 1761.
79 William Cox, born Oct. 26, 1763; died 1809, aged 45 years and 6 months.
So Margaret Cox, born Dec. 3, 1765.
SI Sarah Cox, born Jan. 2, 1768; married Mr. Ely.
82 Richard Cox, born Feb. 11, 1770.
S3 Ann Cox, born Jan. 11, 1772; died, Jan. 30, 1851, aged 79 years and 9 days.
84 Joshua Cox, born MIch. 4, 1774; died, Apr. 30, 1838, aged 64, 1, 26.
85 Mary Cox, twin, born Mch. 4, 1774.
86 Ruth Cox, born May 16, 1776; died, Mch. 19, 1833, in 57th year.
87 Achsah Cox, born Oct. 23, 1778; died, May 6, 1855, aged 76, 6, 16.
40 MARY COX, daughter of Thomas Cox, 23, was mentioned in the will of ler grand- father, James Cox, 1747, as a daughter of his son, Thomas Cox, and as Mary Cox, "so lately called, but now marryed." According to Mrs. Mary Holmes Rue, she married Mr. Anoly, [McAneley]. There was a Patrick MeAneley on the Freehold Assessment List, 1790-1.
43 WILLIAM COX, son of John Cox, 24, was born about 1749, as appears from his tombstone in the Yellow Meeting House Yard: William Cox, son of John and Mary, died, Mch. 15, 1826, aged 78 years, 11 months and 3 days. His will is on record at Freehold, N. J.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, wife of Mr. William Cox, died, July 5, 1811, aged 54 years, 11 months and 27 days.
Issue
William Cox Henry T. Cox. Sheriff of Mercer County. John C. Cox. Sheriff of Monmouth County.
47 NATHANIEL COX, son of James Cox, 25.
1758, October. Nathaniel Cox held twenty-nine acres of land, in Upper Freehold. 1772, Dec. 19. There was a Nathaniel Cox married by license to Mary Evans. Nathaniel Cox is reputed to have had seven children.
49 THOMAS COX, son of James Cox, 25.
Perhaps the following refer to this Thomas Cox:
Thomas Cox died, June 17, 1782, in his 40th year.
Deborah Cox, his wife, died, May 20, 1782, in her 34th year. Burying-ground, Yellow Meeting House.
52 CATHERINE COX, daughter of Joseph Cox, 27, was born, Saturday, Sept. 25, 1736; died Dec. 21, 1764; married, by license dated Jan. 7, 1761, Thomas Van Kirk.
Issue
William Cox Van Kirk, born Oct. 26, 1761. Ann Van Kirk Ezekial Van Kirk Mary Van Kirk, baptized June 19, 1763; married IJon. John McLean.
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55 THOMAS COX, son of Joseph Cox, 27, was born Oct. 5, 1742; died June 17, 1,S2; married, by license dated Nov. 4, 1767, Deborah Taylor, born 1748; died May 20, 1782. (Yellow Meeting House churchyard). He was a deacon of the old church, in 1766.
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