William Cox Esq. was born on 9 September 1681, in Stanford in the Vale, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of William Cox. He married Catharina Van Langevelt on 25 May 1719, in Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 March 1752, in Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Graveyard, Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1683: Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1685: Monmouth, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1693: Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States 1869: Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States 1919: Freehold Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
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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