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William Cox, age 12, arrived on board the Godspeed on
10 June 1610, at the same time as the new Governor, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr.
The fact that Thomas West’s brother, Robert West, has married Elizabeth Coxe
suggests a possible link. At the time of the muster in 1625 he was listed as
living at Elizabeth City. He next appears in the record being granted a 10-year lease on 28 September 1628 for 100 acres in Elizabeth City on the north bank of the James River. This was followed in November 1636 by his appearance in Henrico County where he patented another 150 acres about two and one half miles above Arrowhattocks. A year later he patented another 150 acres in the same locale where one of the neighboring families was that of Edloe’s. For reasons not given in the record Mathew Edloe claimed the headrights for transporting William and Elizabeth Coxe with those of 22 others in a land patent in 1637. The rest of his visibility is scant but includes the possibility of having served as a burgess for Henrico County in 1646. On 14 December 1656 a Peter Lee patented 126 acres in Henrico County adjacent to land of “orphans of William Coxe”. William Cox had two sons, Thomas and John. There is no record of children of Thomas Cox, who appears in the record inheriting a right in 250 acres purchased in 1642 by William Cox and assigning his interest in the land to one John Knowles in 1668. John Cox by a first wife had five sons: William, Bartholomew, Henry, John and George, and by a second wife, Mary Kennon, had one son, Richard. John’s will was filed in 1697. Note: Due to the lack of standardized spelling there is some possible confusion in the record entries between various names: Cox, Coxe, Cocke, Cockes, and special care is needed in interpreting names found. References: 1. “Adventures in Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5”, 4th Edition; Vol. 1; by John Frederic Dorman, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 20040. 2. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, p.178; Vol. 6, pp 93, 405; Vol.37, p. 159. 3. William and Mary Quarterly (series 10) Vol. 24, p. 138; (/Series 2) Vol.9, pp 57,58 |
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