Sarah Cox

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Cox was born about 1754, in Symondsbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Cox, was 51 and her mother, Sarah Margery, was 45. She married John Roussell on 28 May 1775, in Chideock, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

John Roussell
1750–
Sarah Cox
1754–
Marriage: 28 May 1775
Henry Roussell
1777–
William Rousell
1779–
Martha Roussell
1781–
Mary Roussell
1783–
William Rousell
1783–1859

Sources (10)

  • Sarah Cox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sarah Cox, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Sarah Cox, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001"

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World Events (5)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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