Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/descendantsofjohOOwill ,|UOi - MAU, [tHF new YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A:Vi !.)■;, LENOX TILDCN FUUNDATIONS. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX C. Sr WILLIA MS C. S. WILLIAMS NEW YORK I 909 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Aarroft. lenox and TILDEN rounOATlONS. R 1911 L EDITION OF TWENTY-FIVL COPI No, >IES INTRODUCTORY The name of Cox appears in the Parish books at Canterbury, England, early in the 16th Century. It is a name of eminent re- spectability, well known from earliest history down to the present time. Its members through marriage are allied with the best families of London as shown in the numer- ous Parish records. Many of the other sur- names in the Parish records at Canterbury, England, are identical with those of the early settlers of the Somer (Sommer, Sum- mer) or Bermuda Islands. The whole group of islands was called Bermuda. The de- struction of the early records, if any were kept at Bermuda, renders it impossible to exactly connect by date the Cox arrivals at Bermuda with the families at Canterbury, but there is no sort of doubt but that they are identical. In 1784 the will of Isaac Cox, INTRODUCTORY 4 b. in Devonshire Parish, and who d. in 1776, at Philadelphia, Pa., was probated at Canterbury, abstract of which record may- be found at (30) Isaac Cox. The following records from St. Sepulchre Parish show the care and attention given to such matters in early days at Canterbury. "John Cox of St. Sepulchre— London, Chandler, certifies to the death of Alice Rodes. widow of John Rodes of same par- ish—July 4. 1601." Record St Sepulchre. "Richard Tynes * of St Mary Mounthawe, grocer. Aged about 27 years, bachelor, his father deceased one year since and his mother deceased twenty years since, and Ellen Millet, widow, of St. Andrews Hol- born. Aged 30 years widow, of Thomas Mil- lett, Yeoman, late of St. Andrews Etc." Record St Sepulchre — 1602. * His descendants still live in Bermuda. INTRODUCTORY 5 Record St Sepulchre "John Cox of St. Mary Woolnoth yeo- man bachelor Aged 20. with consent of Thomas Cox linen drajjer, and Martha Stan- dish of the same Parish, maiden, aged 20. dau of Standish, late deceased, and she at the disposing of Anne Standish, her mother, at the parish a foresaid— Oct 27. 1630" Rec St Sepulchres. "John Okes of St Bartholomew the less, stationer, bachelor, Aged 31. and Mary Nor- wood of Sepulchres, Maiden, Aged 31. father and mother deceased, and she living with her uncle John Cox of the same parish, who is willing; at St. Sepulchres, or St Swithins near London Stone." The Bermudas were first discovered in 1515 by a Spanish vessel, called La-Garja commanded by Juan Bermudez. These islands were first introduced to the notice of the English by Henry May who was wrecked INTRODUCTORY 6 there Dec. 17, lf)93, he being on his way to England in a French ship. The Bermuda Company was chartered by "James by the Grace of God Kinge of Eng- lande France and Irelande Defender of the Faith Ec. under the name of The Governor Companie of the Cittie of London for the Plantacon of the Somer Islands June 29, in the 18th years James." The Bermuda Com- pany was abolished during the year 1685, thereafter a Colony. The first Governor after the above date was Sir Robert Robin- son who arrived April 12, 1687. The first mention we have of the name in Bermuda is Edward Cox who was there Nov. 28, 1616. In a book printed in 1620, by the Gover- nor and Council of the Somer Islands, Rich- ard Cox is given as one of the Adventurers. In the records the following reference to Mr. Samuel Cox is given in its original quaint spelling. INTRODUCTORY ^ In 1622 " A Catalague of wrongs and In- juries Comitted and done by Capt. Nathan- iell Butler Governor of Sumer Islands unto the Comp in generall and to din" planters" etc. Article 22 reads as follows, "Heelet- teth out boats to heir to bring downe To- bacco from the maine to the ship at extra- ordinarie rates, refused 20 lb. of Tobacco of Mr. Coxes man this yeare to bring down but a Tunne of caske wch is one per cent, and noe boat is lett for lesse than 10 lb." This reference is to Samuel Cox. On Oct. 20, 1631, Samuel Cox was Reader for Smythes Tribe. (Parish). Patrick Copeland under date Pagets- Tribe this 4th Decemb. 1639, writes a long letter " To the worthy and Hon^' Mr. John Winthrop, Governor of Boston in New EDg- land" in which he mentions "Capt. Cox our Cape-merchant," a resident of Bermuda who as was the custom in those days loaded his vessel with the produce of the islands INTRODUCTORY 8 and going to some northern port bartered away his cargo, for the various kinds of goods needed at Bermuda. The traders from these islands seem to have dealt almost wholly with Charleston, S. C, and Philadelphia, Pa., with an oc- casional trip to Cape Cod, Massachusetts Bay and New York. Roger Cox is a member of the Grand Inquest for Northampton Tribe in June, 1662. Samuel Cox having died in 1655, the Bermuda Company order his effects deliv- ered to his widow, Martha Cox, April 19, 1665. In ' ' The first survey of the Sommer Isles by Richard Norwood" in 1663, he was to make a plot of the Isle and divide it with as much faithfulness as he could, assigning to every adventurer his share or proportion, as namely, to lay out a large proportion, to be called the general land, and employed for INTRODUCTORY 9 public uses as for the Maintenance of the Governor, Ministers, Commanders of the Forts, Soldiers and such like and to this end was assigned St. George's Island; St. David's Island; Longbridge Island; Smith's Island; Cooper's Island; Cony Island; None- such Island; part of the main, and sundry- small Isles. The rest was to be divided into eight parts, each part to be called a tribe and to have the name of some principal per- son that was Adventurer therein, and ac- cordingly the first tribe to be eastward, was then called Bedfords Tribe, now Hamiltons; The second. Smiths; Tribe the Third Caven- dish^ now Devonshire; the fourth Pem- hrooks^ the fifth Pagits; the sixth Mansils, now Warwicks; the sevenths Southampton; the eighth Sanders. Again each of these Tribes were to be divided into fifty parts, called shares, and every Adventurer to have his shares in these Tribes as was determined by casting lots, each share was 25 acres. INTRODUCTORY lo By the original records of this survey in 1663, the real estate holdings of John Cox are described as follows: "John Cox of Hamilton tribe (formerly Mr. Edward Luckin), a tenement and two shares of land in the occupation of Barthol- omew Cotes. Abutting at ye south and up- pon ye south side sea, and at ye north end uppon ye land of Capt. Williams. Lying betweene ye lands of ye Earle of Devonshire to ye eastward and the lands of Capt. Geo. Hubbart to ye westward Cont. per estimate 49 acres." Share No. 11 in Devonshire Tribes. Joseph Cox was one of 54 inhabitants to sign a complaint against the Bermuda Co. and were given a hearing July 30, 1679. In an historical and statistical account of the Bermudas from their discovery to the present time by Wm. F. Williams, published in London, 1848, it says: " A resolution was passed by the Gover- INTRODUCTORY li nor and Council on the 4th of January, 1677, that all readers and clergymen should keep records of birth, marriages, and deaths for each parish, of which they were required to deposit certified copies with the Secretary at the end of each year." A foot-note referring to the above reads as follows: "There is some reason to think that these valuable documents were regular- ly transmitted to the Company in London, particularly as no vestige of them can now be found in the colony, and as this course was always pursued with papers of conse- quence. It is much to be regretted that this laudable rule had not been made a law of the land, as these important records have been, and are still, shamefully neglected." As an example of the hardships to which the early colonists were subject, history tells us that in 1666, colonists from the Bermu- das went to New Providence and began a settlement there. In 1682 it was attacked INTRODUCTORY 12 and laid waste by the Spaniards. In the Mass. Archives C. X. X. 11-83, 200, there are two petitions, signed by Jeremiah Dunmore and others. One to the President and Coun- cil filed Sept. 15, 1685, and one to Sir Edmund Andros, Governor, filed Jan. 6, 1686, recit- ing that the petitioners are the owners of a tract of land in Casco Bay called North Falmouth — ""that in last July past they ar- rived at this town of Boston from Illutherea one of the Bermuda Islands." Many fami- lies having been spoiled by the Spaniards, of all they possessed, and driven off naked and destitute, that most of the " Distressed people" are willing to settle in Casco Bay, and they pray that some "wast and inter- gacent" lands and Islands at the head of the Bay may be added to the Township. This petition was granted and about nine families were removed to Casco Bay. The new settlers in a petition filed July 16, 1687, by Nicholas Davis, Nath. Sanders, John INTRODUCTORY 13 Alberry and Daniel Sanders, apply for further concessions. As to the general character of the res- idents at Brackish Pond, the home of the early Cox family and descendants to this day, we have the testimony of Joshua Mars- den, a Methodist Missionary at the Bermu- das in 1800, who says: " Occasionally making an excursion into the country among other islands, preaching at Brackish Pond. * * * My congregations were respectable people, who treated me with attention, politeness and hospitality; but alas ! they had need of nothing : they were too polite to treat me rudely, too complaisant to gainsay, and too innocent, moral, and good to need a Savior. At first my principal endeavour was to re- move prejudice, that a way might be opened for divine truth in its purest forms. * * * They went to church once a month, and to them the church of England was, in religion what the sun is to the firmament * * * and flHF NE\A- ' Hid PUBLIC UBRARY^ -^ ASTOR, LPi\OX l^ TCDCN FOUNDATiO^'S. INTRODUCTORY 14 the best account of their creed I could ever get, was comprised in these two articles: first, doing no harm, and never having done any; second, doing all the good that lay in their power." This genealogy begins with John Cox who was at Bermuda in 1663, as owning 49 acres on the island of Eleuthera, the largest of the group. Brackish Pond at that time was the principal settlement, shown in Dev- onshire Tribe on the sketch of an early map herewith published. TtHE new vr.;HK| PUBLIC LiBRARY ASTOR. L^-OX TiLDCN FOUNi.'ATlONS. DL5CLNDANT5 OF JOHN COX 1. JOHN COX, m. . He lived on the island of Eleuthera, one of the Som- mer (Bermuda) group in the West Indies, an was a resident of Devonshire Tribe (Parish) in 1663. His share in the lands for which lots were drawn was No, 11. This consisted of forty-nine acres as shown by a survey, made by Richard Norwood in 1663, shortly before the Bermuda Company was abolished. He was a planter and one of the prominent men of the place. On Aug, 23, 1673, he was a member of "ye Councill of ye Assembly of the Sommer Islands," There is no record of his marriage. It is certain however, that his wife was a dau. or sister of Capt. Floren- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX i6 tius Seymour who was Lieut. -Governor of the Bermudas in 1680. Child: 2. Florentius, b. . 2. FLORENTIUS COX, m. Sarah . He lived on the island of Eleuthera, one of the Sommer (Bermuda) islands in the West Indies. He inherited from his father, share No. 11, which contained forty-nine acres of land in Devonshire Tribe (Parish), the family homestead on the above men- tioned island. He made his will Jan. 3, in the fourth year of George II, 1730-1. Proved before "His Excellency John Pitt, Esq," Feb. 1, 1736, by which he gives to his son Floren- tius, his north house and land pertaining thereto, upon the payment by him of one hundred pounds within twelve months after his decease, for the benefit of his three daughters, naming them. To his son Thom- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 17 as, he gives his dwelling house and all the land pertaining thereto, together with all his household furniture. He gives to son John, all of his land in the island of New Providence, except such part as he had some- time past given to his son Florentius, by- deed of gift. Children: 3. FLORENTIUS, b. . 4. THOMAS, b. . 5. JOHN, b. . 6. Martha M., b. . 7. Ann, b. . 8. Sarah, b. . '5 3. FLORENTIUS COX, m. (2) Mary . In early life he appears to have moved to New Providence, Bahamas, in which island an enumeration of families was made in 1731, wherein Florentius Cox and his (1) wife Sarah are mentioned, also living with them, James Place, Overseer, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX i8 John, a servant boy, Three Negroe Men, Three Negroe Women, Three Negroe boys and Three Negroe girls. He was a shipbuilder, and was a promi- nent member of the House of Assembly. He, with two other members of the House, were expelled in 1738 for misrepresenting the action of the House in London, England. In 1740, James Scott, then speaker of the House, was expelled for causing the salary of the Governor to be cut down, and Floren- tius Cox was elected speaker in his place. Florentius Cox made his Will Sept. 13, 1750; executed in New Providence, Bahama Islands; proved by oath of William Ross, Oct. 1, 1750. He directs that his body should be decently buried, at the discretion of his Executors. Item. All debts to be fully paid. Item. Bequest to wife, Mary Cox, "my half lot of land with all houses thereon, bounded on East by Georges Street, on West DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 19 by John Bills' lot, on North by the Strand, and on the South by Major Petty' s lot, and also all my other lands in said Island of New Providence, together with all negroes, moneys, goods, effects, and credits whatso- ever, which now or hereafter appertain, or may appertain to me, for and during her natural life and as long as she shall keep my name and no longer. Then and in such case I give and bequeath the said land, houses, negroes, moneys, goods, effects and credits, unto my daughter Elizabeth Cox, her and her heirs forever. In case of death of my daughter Elizabeth and my son-in- law, William Woodside, without lawful issue, then all my lands, houses, negroes, moneys, goods, effects and credits, afore- mentioned shall be the property of my wife Mary Cox and her heirs forever. I revoke all former Wills and Testaments and appoint my said wife, said Mary Cox, Executrix, and son-in-law, William Wood- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 20 side, Executor of this my Will." (Signed) F. Cox, [L. S.] Witnesses. William Thompson, John Pratt, William Ross. Child: 9. Elizabeth, b. ; m. William Woodside. 4. THOMAS COX, m. Mary His will was proved in 1761, before His Ex- cellency William Popple, Esq. Governor and Ordinary, by which he devised lands at Brackish Pond, Devonshire Parish, Ber- muda. Children: 10. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 16, 1739; bap. at Christ Church, Nassau, N. P., April 27, 1746. 11. JANE, b. . 12. REBECCA, b. . 13. MARTHA, b. . 14. FLORENTIUS, b. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 21 15. JAMES S., b. 1748. 16. JOHN, b. . 10. SUSANNAH COX, m. Benjamin Patem Watlington. Children: 17. John Cox Watlington, b. . 18. Benjamin W. Watlington, b. ; m. Christina Whitney. 11. JANE COX, m. Cox. Child: 19. Josiah, b. . 12. REBECCA COX, b. in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda; d. Jan., 1835; unm. 13. MARTHA COX, b. in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda; was living in 1825; d. unm. 14. FLORENTIUS COX, m. Mary Darrell: b. in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda; DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 22 buried in Christ Church. She was of Har- wich. Children: 20. Ann, b. — 21. Martha, b. 22. MARY, b. 22. MARY COX, m. Richard W. Tynes. Children: 23. Florentius J. Tynes, b. . 24. Catharine Tynes, b. . 25. Mary C. Tynes, b. . 26. Ann Tynes, b. ; m. Morris A. M. Frith. 27. Richard Tynes, b. . 5. JOHN COX, m. Martha . He was a planter in the Bermuda Islands, and was also interested in navigation, and as was usual in the early days, owned his own vessel in which to market his crops. In his Will he makes provision for " my DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 23 five sons " when tlie youngest of them shall become eighteen years of age. His brother Jacob in his Will makes no mention of any of this five except Joseph and Isaac, these with Jacob, leaves two unaccounted for. As there is no record of any kind which refers to any children of John except those as here named, the only conclusion is that these two died soon after John made his will. His will follows: " In the Name of God Amen. The Tenn Day of August 1738. I, John Cox, of Charles Town in South Carolina, Marinir being in perfect mind and Memory Thanks be given to God, therefore calling to mind the Mortallity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say: Principally and Fiest of all I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 24 the earth, to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executrix and Executors nothing doubting but at the Gen- eral Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and touching such worldly goods where with it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise and dispose of the same in fol- lowing manner and form. Imprimis. I give and Bequeath to Martha Cox my Dearly beloved Wife the use of all my Estate as long as she remains my widow for her support and bring up my children but to sell none of my negrois, but if my wife should marry Then I give her but one third part of my personal Estate. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac my House in Charlestown at my Wife's Marriage or Death but the Rent to be Res'd by my Executors for the Support of my Children until my youngest Son that is alive is Eighteen years old Then my Son DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 25 Isaac Cox to possess the House to him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his Body for Ever and when my youngest Son shall be Eighteen years old To order the Two Thirds of my Estate to be divided Between my Children which shall be living. Item. I give at Marriage or Death all my Lands in New Providence Equally to be divided between them and not to be Sold but to each of them my five Sons or as many as be living. Item. I give all my Lands at the Death or Marriage of my Wife in Bermuda to my children and their Heirs Equally to be di- vided between them that is living. Item. I give all My Lands in Winyaw or elsewhere unto as many as my children as shall be living Equally to be divided be- tween them. I give unto Johebeth Smith two children which I give her by Deed of Gift Nanny and Betty and one Gold Ring, chest of Drawers, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 26 one Bed and bedstead which she now has in her Possession in full of her Legacie. I likewise Constitute, make and ordain my Dearly Wife Martha Cox to be my Ex- ecutrix with my Brother Flurentius Cox and my Sons Isaac Cox and Joseph Cox, to be my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, the Day and year above written. John Cox [Seal] Signed, Sealed, Published in the presence of us the Subscribers. Joseph Spencer, Daniel Rivers, Samuel Evans. This Will was proved before his Excel- lency James Glen Esq. 19th Jan'^ 1744 by Joseph Spencer and Daniel Rivers and at the same time did also see Samuel Evans and other of the Witnesses sign thereto. Also DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 27 qualified Martha Cox now Martha Beazly & Isaac Cox, Executrix and Executor within named. Recorded 11th December 1744. His widow married previous to 1744, Beazley. His children are named in the Will of his son Jacob, dated Oct. 9, 1764, at Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands. A full copy of this Will will be found in proper place in this book. Children: 28. JOSEPH, b. ; d. previous to 1764. 29. ELIZABETH, b. ; m. Mar- shall — - — Ramsey. 30. ISAAC, b. — . 31. JACOB, b. . 28. JOSEPH COX, m. Hannah Liston, July 3, 1746, at St. Philips Church, Charles- ton, S. C. They lived in Nassau, N. P., and in Charleston, S. C. He d. previous to 1764, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 28 as in this year his brother Jacob Cox of Nas- sau, N. P., by will devises "to Joseph Cox and Hannah Cox and other children not named, of my late brother Joseph Cox; Cur- rent money of South Carolina." Elizabeth Liston of Charleston, S. C, made her Will July 17, 1780, gives to brother Thomas Liston and my beloved nieces, Hannah and Kitty Cox. Nephew- John Cox, Exor. Wm. Axson, John Mer- cier, John Minott, Witnesses. Joseph Cox of Charleston, S. C, bought his first land of Thomas Lynch in 1750. On Jan. 16, 1753, a New Deed given by Lynch to Cox recites: "But whereas in the late dreadful hurricane on the 15th day of Sept. last, the dwelling house of said Joseph Cox in the said town was blown down, destroyed and carried away, with his Scrutoir and therein the said in part recited indentures of Lease and Release, etc." In this deed he is described as a mariner. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 29 Joseph Cox's estate was inventoried May 25, 1761. The original of which is in 1908 on file in the probate court at Charleston, S. C. This appraisal shows the value of his estate to have been £10,517.6.3. The ap- praisers were William Dandridge, Joseph Hutchins, Thomas Liston. Children: 32. John, b. . 33. JOSEPH, b. - 34. Hannah, b. — 35. Martha, b. 36. KETURA, b. 33. JOSEPH COX, made his Will Aug. 18, 1788; proved Nov. 5, 1788, at Charleston, S. C, in which city he resided. He was evidently unmarried, as no mention is made of wife or children. He describes himself as a planter and gives all of his estate to his brother John for life, and to his sisters Martha, Hannah and Ketura; his estate con- sisted of lands on James Island in St. An- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 30 drews Parish, and land and building on Church Street, Charleston, S. C, where he resided. He gives freedom to one of his slaves, Joseph Cox was a witness to the signa- ture of Martha Liston, July 15, 1765. 36. KETURA COX. She never mar- ried. Her will dated Elizabeth, N. J., May 26, 1811, in which she described herself as of New York, but now of Elizabeth, N. J., gives property in South Carolina to her aunt Elizabeth Ramsey "all my real estate in South Carolina or New York or elsewhere for life, afterwards to her daughter Elizabeth Ramsey," and to Miss Elizabeth Margaret Armstrong, daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., and orders Margaret maintained, clothed and educated; gives freedom to her two negro slaves in South Carolina. Names John Ramsey and Miss Elizabeth Ramsey, Executors. Her Will is witnessed by James DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 31 R. Lawrence and Aaron Ogden. Joseph Cox, her brother, made his Will Aug. 8, 1788; proved Nov. 5, 1788, at Charleston, S. C, by which he devises to her. On Aug. 18, 1802, she bought a lot of land, corner Greenwich and Carlisle Streets, New York City, paying therefor $6,125. 29. ELIZABETH COX, m. Charles Marshall, Sept. 4, 1756, at Christ Church, Nassau, N. P. He died and she married (2) John Ramsey in 1763. John Ramsey was a native of Perthshire, Scotland, where he was born in 1731. Came to New York at an early age and was a merchant, located near Fly Market in 1768; later he was a member of the firm of Mercer and Ramsey. During the Revolutionary War he lived in New Jersey; in 1784 he re- turned to New York and resumed business on Pearl Street and resided on Greenwich Street. Afterwards lived a few years at DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 32 Philadelphia, Pa.; then on account of the failing state of his wife's health, they re- tired to his farm in Westchester County, New York, where he died Dec. 1, 1816, aged 85 years. He was Secretary of the Sons of St. An- drew, Feb. 13, 1769, and held the same of- fice in the New York Chamber of Commerce for many years. Jacob Cox, brother of Elizabeth Cox Marshall, made his will Oct. 9, 1764, at Nas- sau, N. P., and gives to her and her two children, Jennett Marshall and Margaret Marshall. Keturah Cox, a niece of Elizabeth (Cox) Marshall Ramsey, made her Will at Eliza- beth, N. J., May 26, 1811. She describes herself as of New York, but now of Eliza- beth, N. J., gives property in South Car- olina to her aunt Elizabeth Ramsey, "all my real estate in South Carolina or New York or elsewhere for life, afterwards to her daugh- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 33 ter Elizabeth Ramsey and to Miss Elizabeth Margaret Armstrong, daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., and orders Margaret main- tained, clothed and educated." Gives free- dom to her two negro slaves in South Car- olina. Makes John Ramsey and Miss Eliz- abeth Ramsey, Executors. All the Ramsey children were baptized in the Presbyterian Church, New York City. Children: By first husband: 37. Jennett Marshall, b. -'v- i ^e>.^ On^w^ Wwu. By second husband: 39. Charles Ramsey, b. Jan. 6, 1769. 40. Eleanor Ramsey, b. March 24, 1772. 41. Martha Ramsey, b. July 18, 1774; m. John Cruger of Belmont. 42. Isabel Ramsey, b. June 27, 1780; m. Bloomfield. 43. Elizabeth Ramsey, b. Aug, 31, 1767. 30. ISAAC COX, m. (1) ; she died and he m. (2) Mrs. Sarah Stowe at Nassau DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 34 in the island of New Providence, one of the present Bahama Group. They were married at Christ Church Dec. 31, 1757, as recorded in the books of this church at Nassau. He a widower, she a widow. Isaac Cox was a Justice of the Peace at Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, as ap- pears by an affidavit taken before him April 4, 1758. Isaac Cox of Nassau, N. P., made his power of attorney April 10, 1759, which he signed and sealed at Nassau in favor of Downs and Nicholson of Charleston, S. C, authorizing them to do business for him in Charleston, S. C. This power of attorney was witnessed by Alexander Marshal and Edwards Stiles and recorded at Charleston, 5. C, April 27, 1759. It is probable that he moved from Nas- sau, N. P., about 1761, with his family, establishing a home in Philadelphia, Pa., at once, as on Oct. 9, 1761, Isaac Cox of the DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 35 island of New Providence, at present resid- ing in Philadelphia, buys lot of land in Wiccacoe of Joseph Bringhurst, on Front St. from Delaware and extending southward beyond the City of Philadelphia: consider- ation was £105.5.00. On Feb. 8, 1762, Isaac Cox of the island of New Providence, Esquire — buys lot of land in Philadelphia on Front St. on Dela- ware river about 20 x 260 ft., for £2,100 law- ful money of Pa., bought of Barnaby Shute of Elizabethtown, N. J. On July 15, 1765, Isaac Cox of Philadel- phia, Pa., leases of Mrs. Martha Liston a piece of land in Charleston, S. C, lying on or near White Point, being the northern- most part of the lot in the Plat of Charles- ton known as lot No. 104, bounded partly on land of Joseph Cox, deceased. The ownership of this land was fully confirmed to Isaac Cox July 16, 1765, consideration £1.400. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 36 [In the 83d year of her life Mrs. Martha Liston, Relict of the deceased Mr, Robert Liston Mch. 15, 1779.] On Nov. 18, 1771, he buys land in Phila- delphia County, Pa. On April 20, 1775, he buys two tracts of land in Northumberland County, Pa., which together contained 654f acres. He was elected a member of the Corpor- ation of Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadel- phia, May 7, 1770, and was a member of the Common Council of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1774 and 1775, having been elected first, on Oct. 4, 1774. In 1769, Isaac Cox pays taxes to the amount of £89.6.8 and has two horses and seven servants. In 1774, he pays taxes of £113.6.8 and has two horses and four ser- vants. In 1779, his City tax was £120.00.0. In 1779, his State tax was £30.00.0. In 1780, the assessed value of his estate was £123.400.00.0, on which taxes were levied to DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 37 the amount of £246.16.0. In 1781, most of his estate having been divided among his heirs, that which remained had an assessed valuation of £1.500.00.0 on which the tax was the same in 1782. The following advertisements are inter- esting: " Run away from the subscriber, living in Philadelphia, a sailor negro man, about five feet eight or ten inches high, named Lowey, he is supposed to be employed about town. Whoever takes up the said negro, and con- fines him in the workhouse at Philadelphia or any Goal, shall have twenty shillings Reward, and if out of the Province, Two Pounds, and reasonable charges paid by by Isaac Cox. N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forbid carrying him off." From Pennsylvania Journal, Oct. 5, 1769. " Dry Hides, Muscovado and Clayed DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 38 Sugar to be sold by Isaac Cox, in Front Street, Philadelphia. From the Pennsylvania Journal, Jan. 12, 1773. Isaac Cox made his Will Aug. 7, 1772, at Philadelphia, Pa. ; proved June 30, 1776. Gives to sons John and Isaac, dau. Jane Harrison, grandson George Harrison, dau. Martha Wikoff, grandsons Jacob Wikoff and William Wikoff and Henry Wikoff, granddau. Ann Wikoff, dau. Mary Cox, under age. " To all the children of my sister Elizabeth Ramsey." "To all the children of my brother Joseph, late of South Carolina, deceased; dau. -in-law Eliz- abeth Barnett." Gives also " to Jacob, the natural son of Margaret Griffetts, now the wife of George Fudge of Philadelphia." Sons John Cox and Isaac Cox, and sons- in-law Peter Wikoff and Isaac Wikoff, Ex- ecutors. In a codicil, dated July 14, 1775, gives DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 39 to grandson Peter Wikoff, son of dau. Martha, and to Isaac Barnett, son of my dau. -in-law Ann Barnett. The Will and codicil were witnessed by James Humphrey and James Humphrey, Jr. Margaret Griffiths was born Oct. 3, 1753, and died Oct. 8, 1793, aged 40 years; buried in Christ Church graveyard, Philadelphia, Pa. ; married Feb. 27, 1772, George Fudge, born 1751, died Jan. 21, 1797. Her son whom Isaac Cox mentions in his Will was born in 1771. Extracted from the Principal Registry of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. *' In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England. Proved at London with a Codicil the 27th day of July 1784 before the Judge, by the Oaths of Isaac Cox the son, and Isaac Wikoff otherwise Wickoff two of the sur- viving Executors to whom Administration DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 40 was granted, they having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer, Power reserved of making the like Grant to Peter Wikofl otherwise Wickoff one other of the surviving Executors when he shall apply for the same — John Cox the other surviving Executor named in the Will having first renounced the Execution there- of. Children: By first wife: 44. JANE, b. May 29, 1746; bap. June 30, 1746. 45. MARTHA, bap. Sept. 8, 1748. 46. ALTHEA, b. 1750. 47. JOHN, b. 1754. 48. ISAAC, b. Sept. 1, 1755; bap. Sept. 21, 1755. By second wife: 49. MARY, b. Sept. 5, 1758; bap. Aug. 30, 1759. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 40 was granted, they having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administer. Power reserved of making the like Grant to Peter Wikoff otherwise Wickoff one other of the surviving Executors when he shall apply for the same — John Cox the other surviving Executor named in the Will having first renounced the Execution there- of." Children: By first wife: 44. JANE, b. May 29, 1746; bap. June 30, 1746. 45. MARTHA, bap. Sept. 8, 1748. 46. ALTHEA, b. 1750. 47. JOHN, b. 1754. By second wife^^ 48. ISAAC, b. Sept. 1, 1755; bap. Sept. 49. MARY, b. Sept. 5, 1758; bap. Aug. 30, 1759. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 41 44. JANE cox, m. Francis Harrison. They lived at Philadelpliia, Pa., and about 1780 moved to Middlesex County, N. J. Their children were baptized in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa.* Children: 50. Margaret, b. Jan. 22, 1768. 51. John, b. Dec. 17, 1770. 52. George, b. Sept. 3, 1762; mentioned in his grandfather's Will. He d. July 6, 1845. 45. MARTHA COX, m. Isaac Wikoff, Jan. 8, 1766. They lived at Philadelphia, Pa., and were married at Christ Church in that city. He was baptized Dec. 2, 1739, and was a son of William Wikoff and his wife Agnes Van Dorn, who lived at Easton, Pa. He died Oct. 29, 1814, aged 75 years. * He was a Surgeon, and was a son of Nathaniel Harrison, a merchant at Nassau, N, P. She and her hus- band are both devisees, under the Will of Jacob Cox, dated Oct. 9, 1764, in which he names her as his niece. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 42 She died March 9, 1816, aged 67 years; both are buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Phila- delphia, Pa. Their children were all bap- tized at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Children: 53. Ann Wikoff, b. July 17, 1767; unm. ; d. Nov. 9, 1851, aged 84 years. 54. JACOB C. WIKOFF, b. Aug. 13, 1768; m. Charlotte Phile. 65. William Wikoff, b. Dec. 18, 1769; m. Gouza. 56. PETER WIKOFF, b. Nov. 25, 1774; m. Ann Thorpe. 57. John Wikoff, b. Aug. 17, 1779. 68. Isaac Wikoff, b. Sept. 28, 1786; lived at Easton, Pa. 54. JACOB C. WIKOFF, m. Charlotte Phile. They lived at Philadelphia, Pa. She was born May 14, 1771; died Sept. 5, 1845, aged 75 years. He died May 23, 1834. Children: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 43 59. Leopold Wikoff, b. ; m. Eliz- abeth Crane. 60. Anna Wikoff, b. ; m. Wetherill. 61. Charlotte E. Wikoff, b. ; iinm. 62. GEORGE H. WIKOFF, b. . 62. GEORGE H. WIKOFF, m. Louisa Schuneman. She was born Dec. 4, 1807; d. 1850. Children: 63. Julia Wikoff, b. April 28, 1838, at Middletown, N. Y. 64. Isabella Wikoff, b. 1840; m. Joseph Field of Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1867. 65. Frederick P. Wikoff, b. May 12, 1844, at Philadelphia, Pa. 56. PETER WIKOFF, m. Ann Thorpe, Feb. 7, 1798. They lived at Philadelphia, Pa. He died Sept. 27, 1848, aged 73 years. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 44 She was born 1778; d. Oct. 21, 1836, aged 58 years. Peter Wikoff of Philadelphia, Pa., made his Will, Nov. 6, 1846; proved Oct. 19, 1848, by which he gives to "my three daughters, Anna Matilda, Martha, Mary Ann, and Ellen Mulligan, wife of William Mulligan of Astoria, L. I., New York." Names son- in-law Wm. Mulligan and daughter Anna Matilda Wikoff as Executors. Witnessed by George H. Wikoff. Children: 66. Anna M. Wikoff, b. . 67. Martha Wikoff, b. . 68. John Wikoff, b. ; d. infancy. 69. Ellen, b. ; m. William Mulli- gan of Astoria, L. I., New York. 70. William H., b. 1809; d. April 17, 1834, aged 25 years. 46. ALTHEA COX, m. Peter Wikoff, March 30, 1769. They lived at Philadelphia, Pa. He was born 1734, and was a son of \S] DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 45 William Wikoff and his wife Agnes Van Dorn. He was an Aide or Guide to Wash- ington at the battle of Monmouth, N. J., War of the Revolution. Peter Wikoff in 1769, has one horse and one servant and pays taxes of £28.13.4. Peter and Isaac Wikoff, merchants in Philadelphia, Pa., advertise West India goods for sale, in PennsylTiania Journal and Advertiser^ Aug. 2, 1775. Peter Wikoff advertises in the Pennsyl- vania Gazette of Aug. 19, 1772, that he offers for sale two brick houses. He died June 11, 1804, aged 70 years. He made his Will March 12, 1803, in the township of Blockley, County of Philadel- phia. Proved at Philadelphia, June 26, 1804, and gives to son Henry, nephew Jacob C. Wikoff and mentions Peter Wikoff; makes his son Henry sole Executor. The Will is witnessed by James S. Cox. His wife died March 12, 1770, aged 20 years. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 46 Peter and Isaac Wikoff advertise in tlie Pennsylvania Journal, Feb. 10, 1773, that they have joined their stocks in trade, and have entered into partnership. Child: 71. HENRY WIKOFF, b. 1770. 71. HENRY WIKOFF, lived in Phil- adelphia, Pa., in which city he died Feb. 27, 1826, aged 56 years. He made his Will Sept. 19, 1823; proved Feb. 27, 1826, in which he gives to Jacob Cox Wikoff, farm in Blockley, Pa. The balance of his estate is given in trust to Samuel P. Witherell, as Trustee for the use and benefit of "my nat- ural son Henry Wikoff, who is now in school at Princeton. ' ' Mentions Isaac Cox Wikoff, Peter Wikoff of Burlington, Gent. Gives Mary Gallagher an annuity of two hundred dollars. 47. JOHN COX, m. Ann De Lan- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 47 cey, Jan. 12, 1786. A notice of this mar- riage appears in the New York Directory for 1786, as follows: "A few days' ago was married by Rev. Benjamin Moore, John Cox, Esq., brother to Mr, Cox, an eminent merchant of this City, and in company with Mr. Ramsey, to Miss Anna De Lancey, daughter of the late Peter De Lancey of Westchester." Ann De Lancey was a daughter of Peter De Lancey and his wife Elizabeth Golden, who was a daughter of Cadwalder Q^olden. Elizabeth Golden De Lancey made her Will Sept. 12, 1782, which was proved Oct. 12, 1784, by which she gives to Ann De Lancey, then unmarried, and makes her Executrix of her Will; as such she sells a lot of land on Water Street, New York City, to Lewis Ogden. On Sept. 21, 1804, Ann Cox, widow, for- merly Ann De Lancey, sells lot of land on Water Street, New York City, to Hugh DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 48 Torrance. Mr. Cox was a well known citi- zen of New York and noted for his public spirit and many charities. In business many years and at one time associated with his brother. He died fjrevious to 1804, They had no children, 48. ISAAC COX, m, Catharine Beek- man Feb. 28, 1780. He was a merchant at Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York City, She was a daughter of Gerard William Beek- man, born Dec. 13, 1718; died Oct. 6, 1781, and his wife Mary Duyckinck, born 1728; died June 4, 1791. Isaac Cox was appointed Regimental Paymaster for the troops belonging to the State (Penna,), " now in the Continental ser- vice," and that application be made to the board of War for a Commission for Mr, Cox, which was granted by the Council of Safety Sept. 18, 1776, at Philadelphia, Pa. On Oct, 16, 1776, at a meeting, Mr, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 49 Isaac Cox informed the Council of Safety, "that his private business will not admit his continuing Paymaster to Pennsylvania troops, any longer, therefore begged leave to resign his commission, which was accepted." His title was that of Major Isaac Cox. He signs Memorial to Continental Con- gress Nov. 18, 1776. On Oct. 4, 1779, Major Isaac Cox was one of a party who rescued James Wilson, Esq., from a mob at Philadelphia. Mr. Wilson was a lawyer, and as such, had undertaken the defense of a prominent tory. This so incensed the populace that when, on the above day, he left the patriot's club room for his home, an immense crowd which had assembled, immediately assaulted him, and but for the heroic courage of Major Isaac Cox and four others who rushed from the club room with drawn swords, Wilson would have undoubtedly been killed. As it was Major Cox and the others finally got him DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 50 away from the people, and safely back in the club rooms. Major Cox and others then appealed to the crowd and Wilson was not further molested. Mr. Wilson was a patriot and afterwards a Justice of the Penna. Su- preme Court. In 1780, Isaac Cox was an owner in the American Privateers — "Achilles," "Patty," and "Hibernia," all hailing from Philadel- phia. He was also a joint owner of several Privateers with Stephen Girard. Gerard W. Beekman who describes him- self as late of New York City, but now of the city of Philadelphia, made his Will in the latter city, dated Sept. 19, 1781; proved Jan. 12, 1782, by which he devises to daugh- ter Catharine, wife of Isaac Cox, and also to several other children. Isaac Cox, in 1782, is taxed £1.3.0 on a valuation of £208. In 1783, he pays a Fed- eral Tax on two horses and two negroes. On Sept. 27, 1783, Isaac Cox and his wife DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 51 Catharine sold to James and John Cox, as tenants in common and not as Joint tenants, Merchants, land on Water St., Philadelphia. On Aug. 15, 1771, Isaac, the father of above Isaac, Merchant of Philadelphia, bought this land of Benj. Chew, et al. Isaac Cox was a Merchant at 194 Queen St., New York City in 1786. Catharine (Beekman) Cox, widow of Isaac Cox, Eliza Beekman who married Peter W. Livingston, Nov. 13, 1793, Mar- garet Beekman who married Peter De la Bigarre, June 16, 1795, Hannah Beekman and Magdalen Beekman, all sisters, join in signing a deed for the conveyance of land, Sept. 22, 1794, to John Moore, at New York City. Catharine Cox, a widow, lived at 49 Vesey St. in 1800, and at 83 Greenwich Street in 1806-7, and J. B. Cox lived at 49 Vesey Street in 1802-5, all New York City. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 52 Catharine Cox, a widow, lived at 108 Greenwich Street, New York City, in 1806-9. Isaac Cox made his Will May 6, 1787, at New York City, which was proved there May 6, 1812. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. May 9, 1787, as shown by the records of the Dutch Church in New York. By his Will he gives all to his wife for the bringing up of his children, "except what is before this date conveyed to John Murray in behalf of himself and my other creditors in company with John Ramsey." Mentions share in his father's estate yet re- maining undivided. "My loving brother John Cox, and friend John Ramsey," are made Executors. Children: 72. ISAAC B., b. Dec. 3, 1780; bap. Dec. 25, 1780, at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 53 73. JOHN F., b. June 15, 1784. 74. Catharine Ann, b. ; d. young. 75. Mary, b. ; m. Asher Marx. 72. ISAAC B. COX, m. Cornelia Beek- man, Dec. 17, 1805. They lived at Newark, N. J. He died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 4, 1846. She died Jan. 26, 1847. Cornelia (Beekman) Cox, wife of Isaac B. Cox, was bom Aug. 19, 1770, and was a daughter of James Beekman and his wife Jane Keteltas. Isaac B. Cox and Johanna Beekman were sponsors at the baptism of Julius and Agri- cola B., children of Peter De la Bigarre and his wife Margaret Beekman, April 23, 1797. Isaac B. Cox was a merchant at 83 Green- wich Street, New York City, in 1805 and 1809. In 1806-8, he was at 25 South Street, and lived on Broadway, near Prince Street. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 54 He and his wife, Cornelia (Beekman) Cox, sell land on Broome Street, New York City, Oct. 10, 1810. Cornelia (Beekman) Cox and her brother and sisters, sell land to their brother James Beekman on March 3, 1818, which was de- vised them in 1808 by their brother Samuel Beekman. The deed was signed by John Beekman and Mary his wife, Gerard Beek- man and Catharine his wife, Mary (Beek- man) Bayard and her husband Stephen N. Bayard, whom she married March 23, 1795, all of New York, and Jane (Beekman) Van Cortlandt and her husband S. Van Cortlandt, Catharine (Beekman) Boudinot and her hus- band Elisha Boudinot, and Cornelia (Beek- man) Cox and her husband Isaac B. Cox, all of Newark, N. J. Children: 76. ABRAHAM B., b. 1807. 77. CATHARINE M., b. . ABRAHAM B. COX (76) THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY! DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 55 76. ABRAHAM B. COX, m. Levantia White Livingston, June 29, 1843. They lived in New York City, and for a short time afterwards at Throgg's Neck, New York. He died Feb. 7, 1876, at Cherry Valley, N. Y., to which place he had moved previous to the War of the Rebellion. Levantia White Livingston, born March 18, 1823; died Jan, 1, 1900, was a daughter of Jacob Livingston, born June, 1780; died May 19, 1865, and his wife Levantia White, born Nov. 15, 1795, who were married June 26, 1821. They lived at Cherry Valley, N. Y. Children: 78. ABRAHAM B., b. April 16, 1844. 79. CORNELIA B., b. Feb. 8, 1846. 80. LEVANTIA W., b. Dec. 13, 1848. 78. ABRAHAM BEEKMAN COX, m. Augusta McBlair Ten Eyck, April 30, 1873. He was graduated from Yale Col- lege, class of 1864, and from Rensselaer Polytechnic in 1867. He followed his pro- fession of Civil Engineering for a number of ABRAHAM B. COX (78) THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX TiLDL'N FOUNDATIONS. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 56 years in Albany, N. Y., and at Rochester, N. Y., and then retired to Cherry Valley, N. Y., where he lived the life of a country gentleman and was greatly respected. He died Feb. 16, 1906. His wife, Augusta McBlair Ten Eyck, born May 22, 1846, daughter of John Conover Ten Eyck, born March 12, 1814, married June 10, 1845, Julia Gadsby, born May 14, 1818, a daughter of John Gadsby and his wife Provy Norris of Washington, D. C. The above John C. Ten Eyck was educated at the public schools of the time, read law with Joseph F. Randolph, Esq. On attaining his majority he became a partner in the office of Hon. Gerret D. Wall of Burlington, N. J. June 6, 1835. Upon the dissolution of this partnership he opened an office at Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N. J. It was here he made his permanent home. Early in his professional career he was elected as one of a convention to revise the State Constitution. In 1859, he was elected U. S. Senator, serv- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 57 ing one term. After this honorable service he applied himself to the practice of his pro- fession until his death, Aug. 24, 1879. He was buried in the grounds of St. Andrews Church, Mount Holly, N. J., and by his side rests the remains of his wife, who died May 13, 1890. John C. Ten Eyck, bom March 12, 1814, was a son of William Ten Eyck, born July 4, 1783; died June 6, 1837, and his wife Leah Conover, married Jan. 23, 1811. He was the first of the family to leave the old home- stead, settling in Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J. She was born Jan. 2, 1787; died Dec. 19, 1832, and was a daughter of John P. Conover and his wife Jane McGal- liard of Manalpan, Monmouth County, N. J. Her brothers all owned and lived on farms near their father, some of them adjoin- ing. John P. Conover died in 1811. Wm. Ten Eyck and his wife lived about a year at Freehold, N. J., and then moved DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 58 to a farm in Marlborough township, about six miles distant. He was in the War of 1812, and was known as Colonel, He was County Clerk and a member of the State Legislature of New Jersey. William Ten Eyck, born July 4, 1783, was a son of Jacob Ten Eyck and his wife Jane Lane. He was a farmer and lived ad- jacent to the old homestead on what was probably a part of the original five hundred acres owned by his grandfather, on which was a quaint old fashioned frame house of broad foundations. He died at an advanced age and is buried in the family burial ground at North Branch, N. J. Jacob Ten Eyck, whose wife was Jane Lane, was a son of Jacob Ten Eyck and his wife Margaret Hagaman, who were married March 16, 1758. He was born in the old stone house erected by his father and lived in it until 1772, in which year he built a new stone house on the old site, in which he DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 59 continued to reside until his death in 1794. He is buried in the old family burial ground at North Branch, N. J. He was very patri- otic all through the War of the Revolution, and was a Captain in the Army. Jacob Ten Eyck, who married Margaret Hagaman March 16, 1758, was born Aug. 25, 1733, and was a son of Jacob Ten Eyck, born 1693, and his wife Jemima Van Nest, born 1700. He was born in Hurley, N. Y. [His father deeds to him on Oct. 20, 1725, in con- sideration of £500, a lot of land containing five hundred acres, located on the northerly side of the north branch of the Raritan river in Somerset County, N. J. He moved to this land and built himself a one and one half story house. He died in 1753, and by Will gave his property to his son Jacob. His wife, Jemima (Van Nest) Ten Eyck, was a daughter of Jerome Van Nest of Somerville, N. J, She died in 1792, aged 92 years.] Jacob Ten Eyck, born 1693, who married DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 60 Jemima Van Nest, was a son of Matthys Ten Eyck, born May 18, 1658, and his wife Jan- neken Rosa. They were married in the Dutch Church, New Amsterdam (New York City), the record of which in the church books is as follows: "Mathys Ten Eyck, j. m. Van N. York en Janneken Rosa j. d. Van Harwynen in GelderP, Wonende op de Esopus, Oct. 20, 1679." Translated reads: " Mathys Ten Eyck, young man from New York, married Janneken Rosa, young woman from Harwynen in Gelderland, Oct. 20, 1679. They will live at Esopus." At an early age he removed to Old Hur- ley, Ulster County, New York, where he was a farmer. He was Assessor of the town of Hurley in 1722, and a Freeholder and Supervisor in 1725. He died in 1741; a stone in the burial ground at Hurley marks his grave. His wife was a daughter of Al- bert Rosa, a pioneer settler of Hurley. Matthys Ten Eyck, born May 18, 1658, ABRAHAM B. COX (8.) THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX TILDCN FUUNDATIOfva DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 6i who married Janneken Rosa Oct. 20, 1679, was a son of Coneradt Ten Eyck, who came to America from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1650, and settled in New Amsterdam (New York). He was a farmer and owned what is now called Coenties Slip. His remains are supposed to have been buried on the site of the old Post Office, originally the Dutch Church, where now stands the Mutual Life Insurance Company's building, on Nassau St., New York. His wife was Maria Boele whom he mar- ried in Holland. She came with him to New Amsterdam, bringing with them some of their children — others were born to them after arrival in America. Children: 81. Abraham B., b. March 10, 1874; Grad. Yale, 1895. 82. JULIA TEN EYCK, b. Oct. 17, 1875. 82. JULIA TEN EYCK COX, m. Sept. 28, 1904, Henry Brevoort Cannon of DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 62 Elizabeth, N. J., who was born there May 2, 1865; son of Henry Rutgers Cannon, M. D., and his wife Mary Cornelia Brinker- hoff of Hackensack, N. J. He is a banker and member of the New York Stock Ex- change. Child: 83. Henry Brevoort, b. Sept. 5, 1905. 79. CORNELIA B. COX, m. David Louis Schwartz at Cherry Valley, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1872. He was of Littletown, Pa. They lived at Lakewood, N. J. David Louis Schwartz was born Oct. 10, 1837, in Adams County, Pa. His ancestors were of Germany, who date back to earliest days. He was a graduate of Franklin Mar- shall College of Lancaster, Pa., and of the General Theological Seminary of New York. He was assistant to the Rev. Dr. Howland of the Church of the Holy Apostles at 28th Street and Ninth Avenue, New York City. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 63 In 1867, he accepted a call to Grace Clnirch, at Cherry Valley, N. Y., remaining there five years, and then became Rector of Grace Church at Albany, N. Y, , where he remained sixteen years. In 1893, he was called to All Saints Memorial Church at Lakewood, N. J., of which he was the beloved pastor until his death, Jan. 14, 1901. His untiring and faithful personal minis- trations among his people, his persuasive- ness as a preacher, his reverent conduct of divine service, and the whole tone and in- fluence of his life and example, made him one of the most acceptable and successful of clergymen. His mother's name was Spangler, whose ancestor was Georg Spengler, a Cup bearer to the Bishop of Wurtzburg, in the twelfth century, who died of the plague and was buried in the Church of St. Peter at An- tioch. Children: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 64 84. Levantia L., b. Oct. 24, 1875, at Albany, N. Y.; d. Feb. 6, 1884. 85. DAVID L., b. Sept. 24, 1877, at Albany, N. Y.; Grad. Trinity, Hartford. 86. Cornelia B., b. May 28, 1881, at Al- bany, N. Y. 87. HERMAN L., b. Aug. 29, 1884, at Albany, N. Y. 85. DAVID L. SCHWARTZ, m. Aud- rey Holmes of Madison, N. J., Sept. 24, 1903. She died March 18, 1907. Child: 88. David L., b. June 19, 1905. 87. HERMAN L. SCHWARTZ, m. Florence V. Deen of New York City, Feb. 12, 1907. Child: 89. Herman L., b. Jan. 17, 1908. 80. LEVANTIA WHITE COX, m. Lansdale Boardman (100), April 25, 1877. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 65 They lived in N. Y. City; lie was educated in France; a man of superior attainments. For many years he was an active member of the New York Stock Exchange. He died Sept 9, 1903. Children: 90. Rosina C. Boardman, b. Feb. 18, 1878. 91. Lansdale Boardman, b. Sept. 16, 1879; d. July 20, 1880. 92. Gerard Boardman, b. Sept. 24, 1881; d. April 20, 1890. 93. Kenneth Boardman, b. May 26, 1884; grad. Yale, 1906. 94. Clarinda S. Boardman, b. Feb. 15, 1887. 77. CATHARINE M. COX, m. Jacob Glen Sanders of Albany, N. Y. Child: 95. JACOB GLEN SANDERS, b. JOHN FLORENTIUS COX (73) THE NEV/ YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTO«, LENOX TtiDCN FOL)NDA>TfON8. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 66 73. JOHN FLORENTIUS COX, m. Eliza Lansdale. They lived in Washington, D. C, and in New York City. When a young man he was for a few years an officer in the U. S. Navy. His wife, Eliza Lansdale, was born March 8, 1789, at St. Johns Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She was a daughter of Major Thomas Lansdale, born Jan. 10, 1748, and his wife Cornelia Van Home, who were married Feb. 12, 1782. Major Thomas Lansdale was a son of Isaac Lansdale, b. June 3, 1719, at Marlboro, Prince George County, Maryland, and his wife Eleanor . The father of the above Isaac was Isaac Lansdale, born about 1690, who married Margaret . They lived in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George County, Maryland. Major Thomas Lansdale was an officer in the War of the Revolution, and was honored with many special positions of responsibility and trust. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 67 Children: 97. ROSINA, b. March 20, 1810. 98. Catharine C, b. , unm.; d. March 18, 1887. 99. Philip L., b. ; m. Mrs. Mary Eoy; he d. July 14, 1892. 97. ROSINA COX, m. William Coit Boardman, May 1, 1838. He was born at Troy, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1801: d. Nov. 17, 1863, at New York City, in which city he was an honored merchant for many years. Child: 100. Lansdale Boardman, b. Nov. 17, 1839; d. Sept. 9, 1903; m. Le- vantia White Cox (SO), April 25, 1877. 49. MARY COX, m. Jacob Morris, July 16, 1777. The record of their marriage ap- pears in the books of Christ Church, Phila- delphia, Pa., and a newspaper has this DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 68 notice: " Married on Wednesday the 16th day of July 1777, at the seat of Reece Mere- dith 2 miles from Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, on the Falls Road, by the Rev. Mr, Luchen, Jacob Morris, son of Lewis Morris of Morrisiania near New York, to Mary Cox, daughter of the late Isaac Cox of the former City, Merchant," They lived at Butternuts, N, Y,, after several years residence at Philadelphia, Pa. Children: 101. John Cox Morris, b. Aug, 27, 1781. 102. Richard Morris, b. Sept, 18, 1782. 103. SARAH MORRIS, b, . 103. SARAH MORRIS, m. 1813, Peter Philip James Kean, son of John Kean and his wife Sarah Livingston. Married (2) Looe Baker of New York City who died at No, 19 Bond Street in 1854. 31. JACOB COX, m. Mrs. Sarah Thomp- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 69 son, Dec. 18, 1757. They were married at Christ Church, Nassau, N. P., Bahamas. He was a jjlanter. He made his Will Oct. 9th, 1764, at Nassau, and proved there. " Item. Debts and Funeral expenses to be paid and expenses of proving Will by Executors. Item. Bequest to Sister Elizabeth Mar- shall, her heirs. Executors, Administrators and assigns forever. One thousand pieces of eight in cash, a Negro woman Diama and her two children called Jemmy and Sable, a negro named Jack Fisher, half a dozen ma- hogany chairs, two armed chairs, two ma- hogany tables, one couch, one desk and two looking glasses with gilt frames, all standing in the room above stairs in the house where- in I now dwell, at the white ground, also my riding chair and two horses and all my horned cattle. Item. To Jennett, daughter of said sis- DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 70 ter Elizabeth Marshall, her Executors, Ad- ministrators and Assigns, forever, a mulatto man named Philadelphia and a negro man named Cato. Item. To Margaret, another daughter of said sister, her Executors, Administrators and Assigns forever. A negro man, Chat- ham, a negro boy, Lowery. Item. To Joseph and Hannah Cox, son and daughter of late brother Joseph Cox, their Executors &c. the sum of Two hun- dred pounds current money of South Car- olina each. Item. To the rest of children of said brother Joseph Cox, the sum of one hundred pounds apiece like current money above. Executors to pay legacy within six calendar months after decease if possible. Item. To Niece Jane, wife of Nathaniel Harrison, of New Providence, Surgeon, her Executors &c., (so as the same be not liable unto controul of her said husband) a Negro DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 71 woman Sarah and her child Myrtilla, Two silver salts, one Dozen of Walnut Chairs, Two square Mahogany tables, and side board Table. Item. To Martha, my niece, daughter of brother Isaac Cox, her Executors &c., two Negro men Old Dick and Province and a Negro girl named Monimia, also two Silver waiters, one dozen large and one dozen small silver spoons. Item. To my Niece, Altha Cox, another daughter of Brother Isaac Cox, her Execu- tors &c., a negro man John and a Negro girl Hannah. Item. To John Cox, son of Brother Isaac Cox, his Executors &c., a Negro man Dick, a Negro boy Joe, a Negro man Sam, the schooner, William and Sarah and her appur- tenances, and two thousand pieces of eight in cash. Item. To Isaac Cox, another son of said Brother Isaac Cox, his Executors, &c., a DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 72 Negro man Scipio, a young Negro man Jack Coverly, my schooner Betsey, and her appur- tenances, Two hundred pieces of eight in cash, my Gold shoe and knee buckles and silver hilted sword. Item. To Mary Cox, daughter of said Brother Isaac Cox, her Executors &c., a Negro man Robin, a Negro boy Toney and three hundred pieces of eight in cash, also a Negro woman called Flora. Item. To James Cox, son of my uncle Thos. Cox, Executors &c. Two hundred pieces of eight to buy him a Negro boy, all my wearing apparrel, also Three hundred pieces of eight to be paid to him as soon as he attains age of Twenty years. And in meantime, interest of said three hundred pieces of eight to be applied towards main- tenance and bringing up. Item. To said Nathaniel Harrison, Sur- geon, his Executors, &c., a negro boy St. Croix and two hundred and fifty pieces of DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 73 eight in cash for his wife, Jane Harrison. Also to my esteemed friend Nathaniel Har- rison of New Providence, Merchant, his Ex- ecutors &c. one hundred pieces of eight. Item. I direct my Executors, to give un- to Thomas Jackson of New Providence, Mariner, his note of hand to me for five hun- dred pieces of eight. Item. Also to friend Thomas Duncome, of New Providence, Merchant, Two hundred pieces of eight, out of what Leonard Bowles owes me. Item. To said Leonard Bowles, one hundred pieces of eight, of what he owes me. Item. It is my Will and I do hereby manumize and make free my Negro and mulatto slaves, old Diana, Grace and her daughter Susannah. Item. And I give and bequeath unto said Grace, my Negro woman Rachel and her child. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 74 Item. And I bequeath unto the said Susannah as soon as she attains the age of Sixteen years, one thousand pieces of eight and my Negro slaves Jack Domingo, Provi- dence and Tweed, and I desire the said Sus- annah as soon as conveniently may be, to be taken from her mother and put under the care of my Brother Isaac Cox, at Philadel- phia, and that interest and profits of said money and negroes be applied towards her maintenance and bringing up. Item. All the rest, residue and remain- der of all my real and personal estate of what kind soever and wheresoever, to be equally divided between my said brother Isaac Cox and sister Elizabeth Marshall, their heirs, Executors and Administrators. Item. I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament revoking all former Wills, &c. Jacob Cox, (L.S.) Witnesses. Alice Thomson, Daniel Burtt, James Rigby. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 75 Item, Executors, Brother Isaac Cox and Nathaniel Harrison, Merchant (Date of Record does not appear). Item. Debts, Funeral expenses to be paid, and expenses of proving Will, by Ex- ecutors. Item. Affidavit of Proof appears: Dated 13. 10. 1764. Estate administered by Nathan- iel Harrison, other Executors absent. Codicil. Dated 9th October, 1764, To be taken as part of Will. Thomas Duncome to be also an Executor. Bequest to said Grace, her heirs and as- signs forever, my lot of land situate to West- ward of where I now (reside (?) Witnessed as above. (Signed) Jacob Cox (L.S.) " Jacob Cox and his wife Sarah Thompson had one child as follows: Child: DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 76 104. William, b. July, 1758; bap. at Christ Church, Nassau, N. P., Aug. 30, 1759. As there is no further mention of him or his mother in any kind of records, it is probable that both he and his mother died during his infancy. 15. JAMES S. COX, m. Oct. 21, 1784, in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Cath- arine Sitgraves, born in 1766; died Nov. 2, 1785, aged 19 years. He m. (2) Charlotte Sitgraves, at St. Peters Church, Philadel- phia, Pa., Jan. 4, 1787. She was born 1768; died Oct. 24, 1820, aged 52 years. She was a sister of his first wife, and they were daughters of William Sitgraves and his wife Susannah , born 1735; died June 30, 1808, aged 73 years. They had a sister who married Scott, whose son John M. S. Scott was a lawyer at Philadelphia, Pa., and who made oath at DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX n the proving of Charlotte (Sitgraves) Cox's will, as to his knowledge of her handwriting. Charlotte (Sitgraves) Cox, the second wife of James S. Cox, made her Will Jan. 27, 1820, at Philadelphia, Pa., and proved there Nov. 8, 1820, by which she gives to sons John, James, William S. and Samuel, and to daughter Hitty, wife of John Markoe, and to daughter Eliza, and granddaughter Charlotte Cox. Mentions aunt Sitgraves and cousin Sarah Atmore. James S. Cox, soon after his education was completed, entered into partnership with his brother John, and for many years they were successful merchants in the island of Grenada, W. I. In 1782, this partnership seems to have been dissolved, James S. mov- ing with his family to Philadelphia, Pa., where he entered largely into the marine in- surance business, and was for many years President of "The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania." James S. Cox and DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 78 wife dined with George Washington, April 2, 1795, at Philadelphia, Pa. James S. Cox made his Will at Philadel- phia, Pa., Oct. 7, 1820. Proved there Sept. 19, 1821, by which he gives to sons John, William S., James and Samuel, and to grandson James Markoe, son of his daughter Hitty, and to " niece Martha Cox, daughter of my brother Florentius." Also gives " to my three sisters, Jane, Rebecca and Martha Cox, now residing in the island of Bermuda, lands devised to me in the island of Ber- muda, by my late father Thomas Cox." A memorial in Philadelphia, Pa. : " In Memory of James S. Cox, Born in the Island of Bermuda. For nearly forty years a resident of this city, who departed this life the W"" of September 1821, in the 73* year of his age." Children: 105. John, b. Jan. 24, 1788; m. Martha Lyman. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 79 106. William S., b. ; m. Eliza Banks. 107. James, b. ; m. (1) Sarah Ral- ston; m. (2) Elizabeth Dorsey. 108. Samuel, b. ; m. Helen M. Ly- man. 109. HITTY, b. Sept. 28, 1785; m. John Markoe, Feb. 6, 1804. She was only child by (1) wife. 110. Eliza, b. . 109. HITTY COX, m. John Markoe, Feb. 6, 1804. She died Dec. 12, 1863. He was bom Dec. 24, 1781; died Oct. 26, 1834, and was a son of Abraham Markoe, born July 2, 1727; died Aug. 28, 1806, who mar- ried Dec. 16, 1773, Elizabeth Boynton, who died Jan. 26, 1795, the daughter of John Boynton and his wife Elizabeth Chevalier of Philadelphia, Pa. Abraham Markoe was a son of Peter Markoe who was born Sept. 7, 1702; died July 4, 1747, and his wife EHza- beth , born Oct. 24, 1703, on the island DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 80 of St. Croix, Danish West Indies. James S. Cox, by his Will, dated Oct. 7, 1820, gives to his daughter Hitty and her son James Markoe. Children: 111. James b. Dec. 20, 1804; d. July 6, 1876; m. Sarah C. Fisher. 112. Abraham, b. Jan. 31, 1806; d. Feb. 14, 1816. 113. Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1807; d. May I, 1886; m. (1) Wm. Carmac; m. (2) Wm. Cox, Jr. 114. Maria S., b. Feb. 15, 1809; d. April II, 1810. 115. John, b. Oct. 17, 1810; d. May 27, 1865. 116. Maria, b. Dec. 18, 1812; d. Feb. 12, 1873; m. Geo. M. Wharton. 117. Ellen, b. Nov. 15, 1814; m. Geo. Euden, Jr. 118. Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1817; d. Oct. 5, 1819. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 8i 119. Emily, b. Feb. 12, 1817; m. M. G. W. Chapman. 120. Samuel, b. Feb. 15, 1819; m. (1) Rebecca L. Dunlap; m. (2) Eliza- beth Hall. 121. William, b. July 25, 1820; m. Maria Dorsey Cox. The following from the Boston Herald relates to a distinguished member of the Markoe family: "New Yoek, Sept. 13, 1907. Dr. Fran- cis Hartman Markoe, a well known surgeon and medical lecturer, died today of heart disease at his home, 15 East Forty-ninth street. He had been critically ill since early in the summer. His wife and their son, F. H. Markoe, Jr., were in Europe when Mr, Markoe' s illness first assumed a critical phase and they hurried home at once." 16. JOHN COX. He was born in Dev- onshire Parish, Bermuda; was in business DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COX 82 with his brother James S., in Grenada, W.I., thence to the United States; afterwards re- turned to Grenada, where he died in 1810, unmarried. 95. JACOB GLEN SANDERS, m. Jane Ten Eyck. They lived at Albany, N. Y. She was a sister of Augusta Mc- Blair Ten Eyck (78), whose pedigree is given in this book at page 56. Children: 122. KATHARINE M. SANDERS, b. Aug. 25, 1881. 123. Jane Sanders, b. Sept. 15, 1885; d. infancy. 122. KATHARINE M. SANDERS, m. Jan. 19, 1907, Sheafe Coffin Rose of Den- ver, Colo., where they now reside. Child: 124. George Sheafe Rose, b. Nov. 29, 1907. INDEX OF PLACES Adams County, Pa., 62 Albany, N. Y., 55, 64, 65, 82 Amsterdam, Hoi,, 61 Anne Arundel County, Md., 66 Antioch, 63 Astoria, L. I., 44 Bahama Islands, 17, 18, 27, 34.69 Bedfords Tribe, 9 Belmont, N. J., 33 Bermuda Islands, 3, 5-8, 10- 16, 20-22, 25, 78, 81 Blockley, Pa., 45, 46 Boston, Mass., 7, 12 Brackish Pond, 13, 14, 20 Burlington County, N. J., 56 Burlington, N. J., 46, 56 Butternuts, N. Y., 68 Canterbury, Eng., 3, 4, 39 Cape Cod, 8 Casco Bay, 12 Cavendish Tribe, 9 Charleston, S. C, 8, 23, 24, 27-31, 34,35 Cherry Valley, N. Y., 55, 56, 62 Coenties Slip, N. Y., 61 Cony Island, 9 Coopers Island, 9 Danish West Indies, 80 Delaware River, 35 Denver, Colo., 82 Devonshire Parish, 4, 15, 16, 20, 21, 81 Devonshire Tribe, 9, 10, 14-16 Easton, Pa., 41, 42 Eleuthera, 14-16 Elizabeth, N. J., 30, 32, 62 Elizabethtown, N. J., 35 England, 6, 13 Esopus, N. Y., 60 France, 6 Freehold, N. J., 57 Gelderland, Hoi., 60 Germany, 62 Grenada, W. I., Tj, 82 Hackensack, N. J., 62 Hamilton Tribe, 9, 10 Harwich, 22 Harwynen, Hoi., 60 Holborn, Eng., 4 Holland, 61 Hurley, N. Y., 59,60 lllutheria Island, 12 Ireland, 6 James Island, 29 Lakewood, N. J., 62, 63 Lancaster, Pa., 62 Littletown, Pa., 62 London, Eng., 3, 4, 6, 10, II, 18. 39 London Stone, Eng., 5 Longbridge Island, 9 Madison, N. J., 64 Manalapan, N. J., 57 Mansils Tribe, 9 Marlboro, Md., 66 Marlborough, N. J., 58 Maryland, 66 Massachusetts Bay, 8 INDEX OF PLACES 84 Middlesex County, N. J., 41 Middletown, N. Y., 43 Monmouth, N. J., 45 Monmouth County, N. J., 57 Morrisiania, N. Y., 68 Mounthawe, Eng., 4 Mount Holly, N. J., 56, 57 Nassau, N. P., 27, 28, 31-33, 41, 69, 76 New Amsterdam (N. Y,), 60, 61 Newark, N. J., 53, 54 New England, 7 New Jersey, State of, 31, 58 New Providence, 11, 17-19, 25,27,34.35.70,73 „ New York, N. Y., 30-32, 48, 50-55, 60, 61, 64-68 Nonesuch Island, 9 Northampton Tribe, 8 North Branch, N. J., 58, 59 North Falmouth, 12 Northumberland County, Pa., 36 Old Hurley, N. Y., 60 Pagets Tribe, 7, 9 Pembrooke Tribe, 9 Pennsylvania, State of, 48, 49,68 Perthshire, Scot., 31 Petty Major, 19 Philadelphia, Pa., 4, 8, 16, 32, 34-39. 4 1 -46, 48-51,53. 68, 74, 76-79 Philadelphia County, Pa., 36, 45 Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 53 Princeton, N. )., 46 Province of Penna., 37 Queen Anne Parish, Md., 66 Raritan River, N. J., 59 Rochester, N. Y., 55 Sanders Tribe, 9 Smiths Island, g Smiths Tribe, 9 Smythes Parish, 7 Smythes Tribe, 7 Somer Islands, 6 Sommer Isles, 8, 15, 16 Somerset County, N. J., 59 Somerville, N.J., 59 South Carolina, 28, 30, 32, 33, 38.70 Southampton Tribe, 9 St. Andrews, Eng., 4 St. Andrews Parish, 30 St. Bartholomew, Eng., 5 St. Croix, W. I., 80 St. Davids Island, 9 Prince George County, Md., 66 St. Georges Island, 9 St. Johns Parish, Md., 66 St. Mary, Eng., 4, 5 St. Peter, Church of, 63 St. Sepulchre Parish, 4, 5 St. Swithins Church, Eng., 5 Sumer Islands, 7 Summer Islands, 5 Throggs Neck, N. Y., 55 Troy, N. Y., 67 Ulster County, N. Y,, 60 United States, 82 Warwicks Tribe, 9 Washington, D. C, 56, 66 Westchester County, N. Y., 32, 55 West Indies, 15, 16 White Point, S. C, 35 Wiccacoe, Pa., 35 Winyaw, S. C, 25 Woolnoth Parish, Eng,, 5 Yale College, 55, 61, 65 INDEX OF NAMES Alberry, John, 13 Andros, Edmund, 12 Armstrong, Elizaljeth M., 33 Margaret, 30, 33 Margaret E., 30 Wm., 30, 33 Atmore, Sarah, 77 Axson, Wm., 28 Baker, Looe, 68 Banks, Eliza, 79 Barnett. Ann, 3g Elizabeth, 38 Isaac, 39 Bayard, Mary, 54 Stephen N., 54 Beazley, , 28 Beekman, Catharine, 48, 50, 51.54 Cornelia, 53, 54 Eliza, 51 Gerard W., 48, 50 Hannah, 51 James, 53, 54 Johanna, 53 John, 54 Magdalena, 51 Margaret, 51, 53 Mary, 54 Samuel, 54 Bermuda Company, 6, 8, 10, 15 Bills, John, 19 Bloomfield, , 33 Boardman, Clarinda S., 65 Gerard, 65 Kenneth, 65 Lansdale, 64, 65, 67 Levantia W., 64 Boardman, Rosina C, 65 Wm. C, 67 Boele, Maria, 61 Boudinot, Catharine, 54 Elisha, 54 Bowles, Leonard, 73 Boynton, Elizabeth, 79 John, 79 Bringhurst, Joseph, 35 Brinkerhoff, Mary C, 62 Burmudez, Juan, 5 Burtt, Daniel, 74 Butler, Nathaniel, 7 Cannon, Henry B., 61, 62 Henry R., 62 Julia Ten Eyck, 61 Carmac, Wm., 80 Chapman, M. G. W., 81 Chevalier, Elizabeth, 79 Chew, Benjamin, 51 Conover, John P., 57 Leah, 57 Copeland, Patrick, 7 Cotes, Bartholomew, 10 Cox, Ann, 17, 22, 47 Abraham B., 54, 55, 61 Althea, 40, 44, 71 Augusta McBlair, 55 Captain, 7 Catharine, 51, 52, 76 Catharine Ann, 53 Catharine C, 67 Catharine M., 54, 65 Charlotte, 76, 'J^ Cornelia. 53, 54 Cornelia B., 55, 62 Edward, 6 Eliza, 'J'], 79 INDEX OF NAMES 86 Cox, Elizabeth, ig, 20, 27, 31 family, 13 Florentius, 16, 17, 20, 21, 26,78 Hannah, 28, 29, 70 Hitty, 77-79 Isaac, 3, 4, 23-27, 33-40, 47-52, 68, 71, 72. 74. 75 Isaac B., 52-54 Jacob, 23, 27, 28, 32, 41, 68, 74, 75 J.B.,51 James, 78, 79 James S., 21, 45, 51, 72, 76-78, 80, 82 Jane, 20, 21, 40, 41, 78 John, 4, 5, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21-23, 26, 28, 29, 38, 40, 47,51,52,77,78,81 John F., 46, 53, 66 Joseph, 10, 23, 26-31, 35, 38,70 Josiah, 21 Julia Ten Eyck, 61 Katura, 29, 30, 32 Kitty, 28 Levantia W,, 55, 64, 67 Maria D., 81 Martha, 8, 17, 20-22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 40, 41, 71, 78 Mary, 18, 19, 22, 38, 40, 53, 67, 68, 72 Philip L.,67 Rebecca, 20, 21, 78 Richard, 6 Roger, 8 Rosina, 67 Samuel, ^8, 20, 21, 77-79 Sarah, 17 Thomas, 5, 17, 20, 72, 78 William, 76-79 Wm., Jr., 80 ,21 Crane, Elizabeth, 43 Cruger, John, 33 Dandridge, Wm., 29 Darrell, Mary, 21 Davis, Nicholas, 12 De la Bigarre, Agricola B., T 53 Julms, 53 Peter, 51, 53 De Lancey, Ann, 47 Elizabeth, 47 Peter, 47 Deen, Florence V., 64 Devonshire, Earl of, 10 Dorsey, Elizabeth, 79 Downs and Nicholson, 34 Duncome, Thomas, 73, 75 Dunlap, Rebecca L., 81 Dunmore, Jeremiah, 12 Duyckinck, Mary, 48 Euden, Geo., Jr., 80 Evans, Samuel, 26 Fisher, Sarah C, 80 Frith, Morris A. M., 22 Fudge, George, 38, 39 Gadsby, John, 56 Julia, 56 Gallagher, Mary, 46 George II, 16 Girard, Stephen, 50 Glen, James, 26 Golden, Cadwalder, 47 Elizabeth, 47 Gouza, , 42 Griffetts, Margaret, 38, 39 Hagaman, Margaret, 58 Hall, Elizabeth. 81 Harrison, Francis, 41 George, 38 Jane, 38, 70, 73 John, 41 Margaret, 41 Nathaniel, 41, 70, 72, 73, 75 INDEX OF NAMES 87 Holmes, Audrey, 64 Howland, Rev. Dr., 62 Hubbart, Geo., 10 Humphrey, James, 39 James, Jr., 39 Hutchins, Joseph, 29 Jackson, Thomas, 73 James, Kinge of England, 6 Kean, John, 68 Peter P. J., 68 Keteltas, Jane, 53 Lansdale, Eliza, 66 Isaac, 66 Thomas, 66 Lane, Jane, 58 Lawrence, James R„ 31 Liston, Elizabeth, 28 Hannah, 27 Martha, 30. 35, 36 Robert, 36 Thomas, 28, 29 Livingston, Jacob, 55 Levantia W., 55 Peter W., 51 Sarah, 68 Luchen, Rev. Mr., 68 Luckin, Edward, 10 Lyman, Helen M., 79 Martha, 78 Lynch, Thomas, 28 Marsden, Joshua, 13 Marshal, Alexander, 34 Marshall, Charles, 27, 31 Elizabeth C, 32, 69, 70,74 Jennett, 32, 33, 69 Margaret, 32, 33, 79 Markoe, Abraham, 79, 80 Elizabeth, 80 Ellen, 80 Emily, 81 Francis H., 81 Markoe, F. H.,Jr., 81 Hitty, 80 James, 78, 80 John, 77, 79, 80 Maria, 80 Maria S., 80 Mary, 80 Peter, 79 Samuel, 81 William, 81 Marx, Asher, 53 May, Henry, 5 McGalliard, Jane, 57 Mercer and Ramsey, 31 Mercier, John, 28 Meredith, Reece, 68 Millet, Ellen, 4 Millett, Thomas, 4 Minott, John, 28 Moore, Benjamin, 47 John, 51 Morris, Jacob, 67, 68 John C. 68 Lewis, 68 Richard, 68 Sarah, 68 Mulligan, Ellen, 44 Wm., 44 Murray, John, 52 Norris, Provy, 56 Norwood, Mary, 5 Richard, 8, 15 Ogden, Aaron, 31 Lewis, 47 Okes, John, 5 Phile, Charlotte, 42 Place, James, 17 Popple, Wm., 20 Pratt, John, 20 Randolph, Joseph F., 56 Ralston, Sarah, 79 INDEX OF NAMES 88 Ramsey, Charles, 33 Eleanor, 33 Elizabelh, 30, 32, 33, 38 Elizabeih C. M., 32 Isabel, 33 John, 27, 30, 31,33, 47,52 Martha, 33 Rigby, James, 74 Rivers, Daniel, 26 Robinson, Robert, 6 Rodes, Alice, 4 John, 4 Rosa, Albert, 60 Janneken,6o, 61 Rose, Katharine M., 82 George S., 82 Sheafe C, 82 Ross, Wm , 18, 20 Roy, Mary, 67 Sanders, Daniel, 13 |;icob G.,65, 82 Jane, 82 Katharine M., 82 Nath., 12 Schunenian, Louise, 43 Schwartz, Cornelia B., 62, 64 David L., 62, 64 Herman L., 64 Levantia L., 64 Scott, James, 18 John M. S., 76 ,76 Seymour, Florentius, 16, 18 Shuie, Barnaby, 35 Sitgraves, Catharine, 76 Charlotte, 76, 77 VVm., 76 Smith, Betty, 25 Johebeth, 25 Nancy, 25 Spangler, , 63 Spaniards, 12 Spengler, Georg, 63 Spencer, Joseph, 26 Standish, Anne, 5 Martha, 5 Stiles, Edward, 34 Stowe, Sarah, 33 Ten Eyck, Augusta Mc B., 55,56,82 Coenradt, 61 Jacob, 58, 59 Jane, 82 Jemima V. N., 59 John C, 56, 57 Matthys, 60 Wm 57, 58 Thompson, Sarah, 68, 75 Wm., 20 Thomson, Alice, 74 Thorpe, Ann, 42, 43 Torrance, Hugh, 47 Tynes, Ann, 22 Catharine, 22 Florentius J., 22 Mary C, 22 Richard, 4 Richard W., 22 Van Cortlandt, Jane, 54 Van Dorn, Agnes, 41, 45 Van Home, Cornelia, 66 Van Nest. Jeminia, 59, 60 Jerome, 59 Wall, Gerret D., 56 Washington, George, 45, 78 Watlington, Benj., P., 21 Benj. W., 21 John C, 21 Wetherill, , 43 Wharton, Geo., W., 80 White, Levantia, 55 Whitney, Christina, 21 Wikoff, Ann, 38, 42 Anna, 43 Anna M., 44 INDEX OF NAMES 89 Wikoff, Charlotte E. 43 Ellen, 44 Frederick P., 43 George H., 43, 44 Henry, 38 45- 46 Isaac, 38,39,41,42,45.46 Issac C, 46 Isabella, 43 Jacob, 38 Jacob C, 42, 45, 46 John, 42, 44 Julia, 43 Leopold, 43 Martha, 38, 39, 44 Mary A., 44 Peter, 38-40, 42,-46 Wm., 38, 41. 42, 45 Wikoff, Wm., H., 44 Williams, Capt., 10 W. F., 10 Wilson, James, 49, 50 Winthrop, John, 7 Witherell, Samnel P., 46 Woodside, Wm., 19, 20 Wurtzburg, Bishop of, 63 , Eleanor, 66 Elizbeth, 79 John, 18 Margaret, 66 Martha, 22 Mary, 17, 20 Sarah, 16 Susannah, 76