Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Cox was born on 21 February 1816, in Ohio, United States, her father, Joshua McGovern Cox, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Mooney, was 22. She married James Jessup on 31 December 1837, in Randolph, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 11 September 1859, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Whiteriver Cemetery, White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States.
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- Rebecca Jessup in household of James Jessup, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rebecca Cox, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Rebecca Cox Jessup, "Find A Grave Index"
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1818
Historical Boundaries 1818: Randolph, Indiana, United States
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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