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• Christened	1633	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Birth	6 Feb 1633	Portsmouth, Washington, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1690	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Died	6 Feb 1690	Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I81002	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2006 00:00:00
  Father	Edward WILCOX, b. 12 Feb 1604, South Elkington, Lincolnshire, England
  Mother	Susannah THOMPSON, b. 6 Sep 1607, Orby,Lincolnshire,England
  Family ID	F46338	Group Sheet
  Family	Hannah HAZARD, b. 10 Jul 1637, Boston,Suffolk Co.,Massachusetts
  Married	30 Jan 1657/1658	Portsmouth,Newport Co.,Rhode Island
  Children	> 1. Bethia WILCOX, b. Abt 1657, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island > 2. Edward WILCOX, b. 5 Nov 1662, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island > 3. Thomas WILCOX, b. 18 Feb 1663/1664, North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island > 4. Daniel WILCOX, b. 1666, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island > 5. William WILCOX, b. 1668, No.Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island > 6. Stephen WILCOX, Jr., b. 1670, N. Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island > 7. Hannah WILCOX, b. 1672, No Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island   8. Elizabeth WILCOX, b. 1676, No Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island   9. Jeremiah WILCOX, b. Abt 1680, Westerly,Kings Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F46325	Group Sheet

• Notes

  RHODE ISLAND ROOTS, June 1986, by Mildred Mosher Chamberlain, C.G.page21. Hannah m. Stephen Wilcox. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, COUNTY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, byRichard Anson Wheeler, 1900. Page 658. Stephen...who had gramts of land at Portsmouth, RI. Stephen became afreeman there in 1658. Sometime before 1669 he came to Westerly. Researching this line is Susan at picknell@aol.com Researching this line is janedevlin@mpdr0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net Sources: Potter-Richardson Memorial; Hazard Family of RI; Genealogiesof RI Families. Memorial: Stephen Wilcox, son of Edward of Portsmouth, RI. Hazard Family: Stephen Wilcox, born about 1633, son of Edward Wilcox;died about 1690; married 1658 Hannah Hazard. That year his father-in-lawdeeded him 34 acres as a dower for Hannah. Stephen was listed as an inhabitant ofWesterly 18 May 1669. "Stephen Wilcox, son of Edward, was born in 1633 and died in 1690. He hada grant of 16 acres, Dec.10, 1657, and in 1657 from his father-in-law,Thomas Hazard, a deed of 30 acres as a dowery with the _____ daughter. Hewas a free man May 18, 1658. In May 1669, he was among the freeinhabitants of Westerly, RI. He was __________ (obliterated) June 21,1670 for unjustly possessing, with others, five hundred acres of land inStovington. This controversey, which resolved itself into a question ofboundary and jurisdiction between Mass. and R.I., continued for severalyears and was finally settled in favor of the latter state. "In 167? and 167? he was _______ __ of the first from Westerly. In a paper dated Feb. 6, 1690, he is mentioned as 'lately deceased'. In1648, he married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Martha (-----) Hazard ofPortsmouth. Thom Hazard was a ship carpenter by trade and came from Walesto Boston about 1635. In the Hutchinson __________ he was driven fromMass. and settled upon Aquideeck." Transcribed from: notes recopied by Kate Wilcox Thorsen, 4/26/1980 Researched & copied by Agnes Wilcox Limas 9 May, 1958 for Jeffrey Wilcox Also see: NEHGR Vol. 147, pp 188-191