When Thomas Wilcox was born on 12 May 1689, in Ivybridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Israel Wilcox, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Savage, was 31. He married Elizabeth Sarah Cole on 3 June 1727, in Wilmington, Delaware, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in England, United Kingdom in 1710 and Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1768. He died on 11 November 1779, in Ivy Mills, Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Glen Mills, Thornbury Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Thomas Willcox had migrated from Exeter, Devonshire, England to Concord, Delaware County, PA., and established his paper mill there in 1729. Thomas Willcox was married to Elizabeth Cole, who had immi …
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