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SCOTCH-IRISH QUAKERS of VIRGINIA
Descendants of John Cox
Important research note: all of the enclosed Cox's are from the same location and probable from the same line of decent. They have intermarried for a number of years which is in keeping with Scotch-Irish tradition. There appears to be two Cox lines; Solomon Cox m. Ruth Cox, and the family of Samuel Cox m. Hannah Wierman. They were first cousins and both were disowned by Cane Creek MM, probably for their participation in the Regulator movement.
NOTE: Not all of the COX'c were Quaker's, but most were.
COX, John, born abt 1665, died abt. 1711, married to: Rachel Carr
NOTE:Emigrated from Drayton, Berkshire to London Grove, Chester Co., PA.
COX, William, born [?], married to: Catherine KINKEY
COX, John, born [?], married to: Mary GARRETSON
COX, Thomas, born [?], married to: Mary COOKE
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JOHN COX
COX, John, born [?], married to: Mary GARRETSON
Children of John COX and Mary GARRETSON COX, Samuel, born [?], married to: Hannah WIERMAN
NOTES: They migrated to Cane Creek, NC about in 1757
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SAMUEL COX
Children of Samuel COX and Hannah WIERMAN
COX, Jesse, born abt 1720 in Chester or York Co., PA, d. 1791 Randolph Co., NC.. Married to: Elizabeth BEDSAUL
COX, Catherine, born [?], married to: Harmon COX, 1757
[s/ Harmon COX]
NOTE: these are 1st cousins, which joins the two family lines.
COX, Harmon
NOTES on Harmon COX: Harmon Cox was disowned by the Quakers at Cane Creek MM, 1 June 1771, after the Battle of Alamance (16 May 1771). COX, Samuel Jr., born [?], died July 29, 1832 in Whitely Co., Kentucky. Married to: Martha Cox, born [?], died 1845. [daughter of Solomon Cox (son of John Cox and Mary Garrettson)] NOTES on Samuel COX Jr.: His children do not appear to have married Quakers and the family moved from Kentucky to Livingston Co., Missouri after his death where Martha died in 1845. Samuel Jr. was disowned with his father and brother Harmon on the same day in 1771 by the Quakers. NOTES on Jesse COX: was a member of the Regulators [pre-revolutionary continentals]. Jesse COX was a member of Flower Swift's militia company and appears to have moved to Crooked Creek in NC and in 1810 may have then removed to Grainger Co., TN.. His brother Harmon COX moved with him. His marriage to Elizabeth BEDSAUL probable makes him Flower Swift's brother-in-law. 1782 Montgomery Co., tax list: 1 tithable - 0 slaves - 6 horse - 9 cattle; On the 1793 Wythe tax list Jesse has 6 horses and no blacks. Jesse Cox was not on the list of those fined by Capt. Swift for missing militia duties.
NOTES on Flower Swifts Militia: Capt. John Cox's Militia: Benjamin Cox. Harmon COX and Samuel Cox are also on Capt. John Cox's 1777 militia musters. Sam Cox was fined 0-3-0, a minimal amount indicating he made most of the militia musters or was excused for being "unfit". Harmon and Benjamin Cox were not fined by Swift or had paid their fines. It is likely that they participated in militia duties.
Samuel Cox (Sr.) was a first cousin of the Harmon Cox who was convicted of High Treason and is one of the six to be "respited until the King's pleasure could be known." This is the trial at which the six who were condemned were to be executed by being hung, drawn and quartered. On 7-8 Sept 1779, Samuel Cox is one of those who " were accused of being "inimical to the government" just prior to the formation of the Swift company. On 7-8 Sept 1779, Samuel Cox is one of those who " were accused of being "inimical to the government" just prior to the formation of the Swift company.
NOTES on Harmon COX: It is doubtful that this Harmon would be on the Swift muster as he would be about 60 years old or more in 1782 and was one of the 12 wealthiest men in Randolph county, NC at its founding in 1779. He would have been about 50 at the Battle of Alamance. Then again, consider that Thomas Jefferson when he was the Gov. of NC ordered that all men between the age of 16 and 60 were automatically members of the militia regardless of religious belief. [Quakers]
1782 Montgomery Co., tax list: Harmon Cox 1 tithe, 0 slaves, 5 horse, 11 cattle. Benjamin (cannot tell if it is this Benjamin or the Quaker one), 1 tithe, 0 slave, 2 horse, 2 cattle. Samuel Cox: 1 tithe, 13 horse, 15 cattle. Harmon Cox is not on the 1793 Wythe tax list. Benjamin and Samuel Cox are apparently not on the 1793 Wythe list either.
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William Cox
COX, William, born [?], married to: Catherine KINKEY
NOTES on Catherine Kinkey: Katherine Kinkey's sister Mary was the mother of Herman Husband, the best known leader of the Regulation. After the Battle of Alamance 1771, Husband was outlawed and he eventually landed in Somerset Co., PA where he lived before the Revolution under the pseudonym "Tuscape Death".
Children of William Cox and Catherine Kinkley
COX, William, born 1726, in Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE., died 1801, in Knox Co., KY.
COX, Solomon, born [?], married to: Ruth COX
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Thomas Cox
COX, Thomas, born [?], married to: Mary COOKE
Children of Thomas COX and Mary Cooke:
COX, Richard, born [?], married to: Ann HODGIN
NOTES on Richard COX: is unplaced. [all points match] One possibility is; This line goes from London Grove to York Co., PA to Wrightsboro MM, Georgia, then to SC and NC. In 1780 they remove to Bush River MM, SC but there are few records until 1812 when they appear in Greene Co., OH. All other Richard Cox's do not fit. Not on the tax list of 1782 Montgomery or on the 1793 Wythe tax lists.
MOST IMPORTANT to this record: Richard was fined the most heavily of anyone in Swift's company for not showing up for militia functions: Richard Cox 0-12-6
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Quaker Records
Cane Creek MM: 1752- Catherine Cox received from Newark MM and marries Eleazar Hunt; William, Solomon and Thomas received from Newark MM 1753; 1754 - Herman received from Fairfax MM; Feb 2, 1767 - Isaac, Samuel, Solomon William and William Jr. disowned; Feb 3, 1767 - Juliatha and Phebe Cox disowned; April 1, 1769 - Herman Cox disowned; June 1, 1771 Isaac, Samuel and sons Herman and Samuel are disowned. July 1771 Tamer Cox to Bush River MM; March 4, 1773 - Jesse Cox disowned. New Garden MM: 1779 - Rebeckah, Benjamin, Catharine and Juliatha, ch. Of William Cox, received from Cane Creek (certificate dated Dec 1778). They are not found in the Westfield MM records. Some of this family does appear from 1804 onwards in the Lost Creek MM, TN records.