When Samuel Wilcox was born on 4 November 1801, in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States, his father, Nathan Wilcox Jr., was 27 and his mother, Margaret Frances Wilcox, was 21. He married Mary Moore about 1818, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died on 26 May 1831, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Canton Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
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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