Family of John
Wilcoxon
John Wilcoxon
b. 1680 or 1690
m. 1685, to Magdalen T. (?)
d. August 22, 1716,
Prince Georges County, Maryland
Will was written May 6, 1712, and probated
in Prince Georges, Maryland,
September
22, 1716.
Occupation: tobacco farmer
There is a new
theory that he was possibly born 1671 in Gawsworth, Cheshire County,
England,
to a Thomas Wilcoxon. (Wilcoxon Newsletter)
May
27, 1709, lifetime land lease for a tract "Batchalor's Hope" on NW
side of Hinson Branch, from Thomas Addison. Rent
500 lbs. tobacco/yr.
Thomas Addison was a
witness to John's will.
Magdalen T. (?)
b. 1655
m. (2) by October 17, 1716, to William Jarvis (d.
1719, MD)
d. 1720
May be
the daughter of Francis Mauldin of Calvert County, Maryland, who bequeathed 250 acres
to his "daughter Magdalen and heirs" (Maryland Calendar of Wills,
Volume III, Page 187)
CHILDREN
of John Wilcoxon and Magdalen T.:
1.
John Wilcoxon
b. about 1687,
Maryland
m. Agness (d. after
August 28, 1745)
d. December 1754,
Frederick County, Maryland
Will dated December
4, 1754, probated December 16, 1754, in Frederick
County, Maryland, lists grandsons Peter Noland,
Samson Noland and granddaughter
Ann Noland.
Occupation: plantar
John & Agness
sold 300 acres known as "Coxen's Rest" on August 28, 1745.
2.
Lewis L. Wilcoxon
b. about 1690, Maryland
borrowed 40 pounds sterling from his
brother Thomas.
Susan/Susannah
recorded an administration bond in Fairfax County, VA, as widow
of Lewis, dated March 1743.
3. Thomas Wilcoxon
b. March 9, 1694/1695, Prince Georges County,
Maryland
m.
Ruth (Letton?) (b. September 3, 1703; d. 1779)
d.
1777
4.
William Wilcoxon
b. after May 6, 1712, and possibly after September
22, 1716
m.
? (1 child, possibly named William)
d.
1811
Named
as an heir of his stepfather William Jarvis.
Inherited 1/2 of his stepfather's estate, plus 100
acres called "Warick". William
was to
be his own master at age 18.
Tradition
has that John, Lewis and Thomas were tall, red-headed Welshmen.
