Rebecca Cox

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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Family Time Line

James Jessup
1820–
Rebecca Cox
1816–1859
Marriage: 31 December 1837
Oliver Jessup
1841–1906
Joshua Jessup
1845–1863
Nancy Jessup
1848–1880
Levi Jessup
1857–1923

Sources (3)

  • 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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World Events (8)

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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