George Wilcoxson, Sr. (3 October 1695 – 9 January 1739)

George Wilcoxson, Sr. (3 October 1695 – 9 January 1739)

Father of John Wilcoxson who married Sarah Boone.

The surname Willcockson, meaning son of Willcock, is spelled Wilcoxson, Wilcoxon, Wilcoxen, Willcocks, Willcox and Wilcox, interchangeably.

Daniel Willcockson, and most of his siblings an d issue in Kentucky,generally used the spelling Wilcoxson.

John Willcockson has been identified as the son of George Willcockson and Elizabeth Powell. [Note 2]

Sarah Boone was a daughter of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, who moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Rowan County, North Carolina in 1750. [Note 3]

Elizabeth Powell, who married George Willcockson, was a daughter ofRowland Powell

and Maud Richard who were married in 1695. [Note 4]

George Willcocksoncame to Pennsylvania from Cossal, Nottinghamshire, England: [Note 5]

Wilcox (or Wilcoxson) sometime of Cossal ... John Wilcoxson of Cossal, Notts., was father of George Wilcoxson of Cossal, Nottinghamshire, and afterwards of Pennsylvania where he m. 15 April 1719, Elizabeth, daughter of Rowland Powell, a native of Wales, and d. 1739.

His son, John Wilcox moved to North Carolina in 1750-2, Member of Assembly1771, served in the American Revolution, moved to Kentucky before 1782, m. 1742 Sarah, dau. of Squire Boone of Pennsylvania (b. Manchester, England, 25 Nov. 1696; d. 1 Jan. 1765), later of Rowan Co., North Carolina, by Sarah his wife(b. 1700; m. 23 July 1720; and d. 1777), daughter of Edward Morgan of Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (a town settled by a colony of Welshmen in 1698,where he purchased 300 acres in 1711), and formerly of Philadelphia.

This Edward Morgan (b. 1678-9; d. 1718), according to family records was a son of Sir James Morgan, 4th Bt. of Llantarnam by a first marriage to Anne (by whom he hada

dau. Sarah, b. 1676, who m. 1691, Stephen Beasley, and settled in Philadelphia), dau. of Judge Richard Hopton of Bishop Frome, later of Canon Frome (and his wife Susan,

dau. of Sir William Harvey), Chief Justice of Wales, temp. Charles II and James II, and first cousin therefore of Sir James's second wife, Alice, widow of Nicholas Jones (whom she had m. 13 April 1683), and dau. of Sir Edward Hopton of Canon Frome (see that family in Landed Gentry of Great Britain), by Deborah (d. 13 July 1702), dau. ofRobert

Hatton.

Sir James Morgan d. 30 April 1718, when the Baronetcy appears to have become extinct (but see The Morgan Family by James Appleton Morgan). Johnilcox was killed by Indians at battle of Bryant Station, Kentucky, 1782. His son, Lieut.-Col. George Wilcox, of Shelby Co., Kentucky, J.P. (1801), High Sheriff (1811), served in the War of 1812 with 8th Kentucky Militia, b. 1766; m. 1789, Elizabeth (b. in London 1774; d. 1814), dau. of John Pinchbeck ...

This genealogical sketch contains several inaccuracies, which do not necessarily diminish the credibility of most of the statements.

George Wilcox of Shelby County, Kentucky, whose family used that spelling of the surname, was a son of George Willcockson, Jr. and a nephew of John Willcockson who married Sarah Boone.

George Willcockson, Jr. married Elizabeth Hall. John Willcockson was not killed at Bryan's Station in 1782. He was alive in North Carolina in 1790 and 1798. [Note 6] Squire Boone was born in Devonshire, England, not Manchester. He married Sarah Morgan on 23 September 1720; not in January. [Note 7]

Edward Morgan built his house in Towamencin Township in 1695 and thedeeds for the land were dated in 1708 and 1714. [Note 8]

James Appleton Morgan confused the marriage sequence of Sir James Morganby publishing that his first wife was Anne Hopton, widow of Nicholas Jones,and that she bore one son, Edward Morgan, who died in infancy. He identifiedthe second wife of Sir James as Alice Hopton, the mother of Sarah Morgan, who married Stephen Beasley, and Edward Morgan, the father of Sarah Morgan Boone. [Note 9]

A chronological analysis of the facts proves that Sir James Morgan of Llantarnam had to be married first to Anne Hopton and then to Alice Hopton Jones.

Edward Morgan, who, traditionally, was the father of Sarah Morgan Boone, and Sarah Morgan Beasley had to be children of the first marriage.[Note 10]

Supporting proof of the Burke lineage has not been found but it is substantiated by the evidence that has been located. George Willcocksonand Elizabeth Powell were married on the 15th of the 2nd month 1719: [Note 11]

Page 37 George Wilcockson, son of John Wilcockson of Nottingham, Great Britain and Elizabeth Powel, daughter of Rowland Powel of Haverford married in meetinghouse in Haverford 2.15.1719

George Willcockson died before 25 October 1739 in Chester County, when Elizabeth

Willcockson was granted administration of his estate, against a bond in the amount of 160 pounds, secured by Philip Yarnall and Joseph Pugh. [Note12]

Elizabeth Powell Willcockson died shortly thereafter because the administration ofher estate occurred in 1740.

Philip Yarnall, administrator for Elizabeth Wilcox widow and relict of George Wilcox, her

late husband, who had died intestate leaving several children to survive them, particularly Mary Wilcox, aged about five years, who needed support, petitioned the court for Mary Wilcox to be bound out to John Yarnall until age eighteen, and to be taught to read and write, and "housifrey." [Note 13]

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