William Cox Esq.

Brief Life History of William

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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Family Time Line

William Cox Esq.
1681–1752
Catharina Van Langevelt
1695–1768
Marriage: 25 May 1719
Longfield Cox
1720–1789
Thomas Cox
1720–
William Cox
1727–
Thomas Cox
1728–
Colonel John Cox
1732–1793
William Cox
1744–
Sarah Cox
1726–1797
William Cox of New Jersey
1726–
Samuel Cox
1734–

Sources (4)

  • This old Monmouth of ours : history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey
  • Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, Vol. XXX, (1918), pp. 289-299: Will of Cornelius Langevelt, written 5 February 1733/4, proved 24 December 1734
  • The Colonial Dames of America, Chapter 1, Grafton Press, 1910, pg. 29,30,31

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1683

Historical Boundaries 1683: Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

1685

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

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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