Not the same as Stephen Wilcox, II who married Mary Wilcox

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilcox-9651

Stephen was born on 28 May 1707 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, the son of Daniel and Sarah Wilcox.[1]

Note: This is NOT the Stephen Wilcox of Mayflower descent who married Mary Thomas!

Stephen married Mary Rickitson on 10 July 1731 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.[2]

Beneficiaries named in his will, written 9 March 1778:[3]

• Mary, my beloved wife
• my son Abner Willcox
• my son David Willcox, executor
• my son Culbert Willcox
• my son Daniel Willcox
• my son Samuel Willcox
• my son Jireh Willcox
• my daughter Hannah Willcox
• my daughter Catharine Cornell
• my daughter Mary Peckham

Stephen's probate was dated 28 May 1778

Note:

There were two Steven Wilcoxes with wives named Mary living in Dartmouth. The Stephen of this profile, and his cousin b. 10 Jan 1708 to Steven and Susannah (Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001.) who married Mary Thomas.

References:

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910. Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Bristol Probate, book 25, p,255 will dated 9 March 1776, proved 6 Oct. 1776,
names his living children: sons, Cuthbert, Daniel, Abner, and David, and his daughters Hannah, Catherine Cornell, and Mary Peckham.

Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915. Dartmouth, Massachusetts: Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org

Bristol County Deeds, book 28; 343, dated 20 Aug 1739

Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) “The Mayflower Ancestry of the Descendants of Daniel Wilcox of Portsmouth, R. I.” v. 87, p. 84

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), “Edward Wilcox of Lincolnshire and Rhode Island.” Vol. 174, p. 191

The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) “Tyle Wilcox Discovered” Vol. 62. P. 22.

Stratton, Eugene. “William Wilcox - A Cook and Warren Line.” Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 48, pp. 18–19.

Edes, Grace Williamson. William Ricketson, William Ricketson, Jr., and Their Descendants. Boston: [S.n.]., 1917.

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 28 2023, 0:20:17 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

≤p> ≤/p>≤p>William Wilcox (Willcox) born 6 Jan 1752 s/o Stephen & Mary Thomas≤/p>≤p>Author: mycajah- micajah Date: 2 Nov 2004 11:48 PM GMT≤/p>≤p>Surnames: Wilcox, Willcox Thomas, Ricketson≤/p>≤p> ≤/p>≤p>William Wilcox born 6 Jan 1752 was once identified by an early genealogist as "not named in his fathers will, probably died young." Once that was in print it was reprinted in other publications.--≤/p>≤p>In the early 1730/31, two Stephen Wilcoxes live in Dartmouth, Mass. and married two Mary's,≤/p>≤p>Stephen born 28 May 1707, married Mary Ricketson and Stephen born 10 Jan 1707 married Mary Thomas. Stephen (Wilcox -Willcox) that married Mary Ricketson had a will dated 9 Mar 1778 and proved 6 Oct 1778. William is not listed because he was the s/o Stephen and Mary Thomas.≤/p>≤p>Stephen that married Mary Thomas descended from two Mayflower families.≤/p>There is an approved lineage in the General Society in Plymouth which list this William Wilcox as a sixth generation descendant of both Francis Cooke and Richard Warren, He served in the Revolution, married Mary (Molly) Stevens in Mar 1778 and had 8 children. He was a schoolmaster in Digton, Mass & died 30 Jun 1807 in Saratoga,N.Y.