The initial book in a three volume set about the descendants of Edward1 Wilcox of Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Lincolnshire, England should be available by February 2024. Free online viewing will be available at Internet Archive (archive.org) and at the FamilySearch Digital Library (FamilySearch.org). Links to the exact location for Book 1 will be included in…
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Prove (or disprove) a Theory about a Mystery from 1693
Our theory is that Stephen2 Wilcox did not have a son named Daniel — the only Daniel3 Wilcox in this family was a son of Daniel2 Wilcox and he was the man who left his wife Hannah and relocated to the west side of Narragansett Bay for the remainder of his life. Daniel died, probably in Stonington, CT.,…
A Boatload of Lincolnshire immigrants
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Susan Wilcox, was born not long before her family probably left Lincolnshire, England for New England. She was baptized at Croft 5 March 1636/7.[i],[ii] Thirteen months later Edward Wilcox was included in a list of inhabitants admitted as of 20 May 1638 to a new settlement on the island of…
John Wilcox
In addition to Edward Wilcox of Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Lincolnshire, England, there was another Wilcox individual who had a presence in Rhode Island at about the same time. John Wilcox frequented an area that was to become Rhode Island, having involvement with a trading house at Cocumcussuc (later known as Wickford in North Kingstown,…