Thomas Cox

8 July 1804–
Moulton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Thomas

Thomas Cox was christened on 8 July 1804, in Moulton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Thomas Cox.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Cox
1774–
Ann Cox
1799–
William Cox
1799–
Thomas Cox
1804–
Sarah Cox
1805–
William Cox
1811–

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World Events (3)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

1 English: from Cocke in any the senses described + the suffix -s denoting ‘son of’ or ‘servant of’.2 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’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Cocke
Adcox
Cocks
Coxe
Woods

Sources (1)

  • Thos. Cox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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