When Joseph Wilcox was born on 19 April 1760, in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, William Wilcox, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Baker, was 40. He married Prudence Dalrymple on 22 March 1793, in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 November 1829, in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.
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