Archibald Thomson Cox

Brief Life History of Archibald Thomson

When Archibald Thomson Cox was born on 20 June 1818, in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Charles Cox III, was 33 and his mother, Mary Marsh, was 30. He married Martha Lightbody on 17 December 1850, in Lincoln, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Maitland, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. His occupation is listed as shipwright/farmer in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. He died on 25 December 1904, in South Branch, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 86.

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Archibald Thomson Cox
1818–1904
Martha Lightbody
1822–1899
Marriage: 17 December 1850
Cox
1851–
Ms. Cox
1851–
William Cox
1853–1891
Mary Frances Cox
1854–1924
Margaret Elizabeth Cox
1855–1905
Charles Alfred Cox
1859–
John James Cox
1856–1913
Margaret Ann Cox
1856–

Sources (22)

  • Archibald T Cox, "Canada, Nova Scotia Census, 1861"
  • Archibald T. Con, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Archebald T Con, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

World Events (4)

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

1861

In 1861, Hants County was divided for court sessional purposes into two districts named East Hants and West Hants.

1869

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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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