WILLIAM
WILCOCKS, son of WILLIAM
WILCOCKS (ca.1724-1800) and PHOEBE HOWELL, was born Abt. 1744 in
New Jersey, and died Bef. June 01, 1802 in
Nelson Co., Kentucky. He married PHOEBE OSBORNE September 20, 1767 in New Providence,
Essex Co.,
New Jersey. She was born Abt. 1750, and died Aft. 1810 in
Nelson Co., Kentucky.
Children of WILLIAM
WILCOCKS and PHOEBE OSBORNE are:
i. WILLIAM2
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1771,
Essex Co., New Jersey; m. MARY RICKMIRE, February 25, 1802,
Nelson Co., Kentucky.
ii. EZRA
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1773,
Essex Co., New Jersey; m. SARAH FRIEND, April 15, 1794,
Nelson Co., Kentucky.
iii. MARY
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1775,
Essex Co., New Jersey; m. JAMES RHODES, June 13, 1791; d. Abt. 1840, Daviess Co., Kentucky.
iv. LYDIA
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1777,
Essex Co., New Jersey; d. Bef. 1850,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; m. SAMUEL
BARNES, September 21, 1797,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; b. Abt. 1777, Maryland; d. 1858, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois.
v. RACHEL
WILCOCKS, b. September 28, 1774,
Essex Co., New Jersey; d. December 10, 1840,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; m. ELIJAH
BARNES, April 03, 1798,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; b. January 12, 1777, Maryland; d. February 11, 1845,
Nelson Co., Kentucky.
vi. LUCY
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1781,
Essex Co.,
New Jersey.
vii. ZERAH
WILCOCKS, b. Abt. 1783,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; d. Aft. 1850,
Nelson Co., Kentucky; m. LYDIA HAZEL, May 07, 1810, Green Co., Kentucky.
Nelson County,
Kentucky Deed Book 1, Page 20
25 October 1785
Shadrack Carter to William
Wilcox - - 5 pounds - - land on Beech
Fork River near the mouth of
Cedar Creek.
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William
WILCOCKS is shown on the 1786 tax list of
Nelson Co., Virginia (now
Kentucky)
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Nelson County,
Kentucky Deed Book 4, Page 14
4 December 1790
Morris Brady and wife, Susannah to William
WILCOCKS - - 100 pounds - - 292 acres on the west side of
Cedar Creek on the waters of Beech
Fork, at the mouth of Panther
Creek.
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1792 Tax List of
Nelson Co., Kentucky, Benjamin Frye's District
William
Willcox, 1 white male over 21, 1 white male 16 - 21, 4 horses, 14 cattle, 310 acres of land
Ezra
Willcox (his son), 1 white male over 21, 2 horses, 1 cow
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1793 Tax List of
Nelson Co., Kentucky, Austin Hubbard's District
Wm. Willcox, 1 white male over 21, 1 white male 16 - 21, 4 horses, 14 cattle, 310 acres of land
Ezra
Willcox, 1 white mal eover 21, 3 horses, 2 cattle
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Nelson County,
Kentucky Deed Book 4, Page 753
10 August 1793
Shadrack Carter and wife Jane, to William Wilcock - - 20 pounds - - 60 acres on the waters of Beech
Fork River, on the north side of
Cedar Creek.
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1794 Tax List of
Nelson Co., Kentucky, Austin Hubbard's District
Wm. Wilcocks, 1 white male over 21, 4 horses, 11 cattle, 310 acres of land
Ezra
WILCOCKS, 1 white male over 21, 2 horses, 1 cow
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Nelson County,
Kentucky Deed Book 7, Page 468
27 August 1799
George Helm, late Sheriff of Hardin County to William
WILCOCKS for taxes of Frances Wheatley, 4 pounds for 1000 acres on north side of Green River in Ohio County adjacent to Walker Daniels.
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Nelson County,
Kentucky Deed Book 6, Page 31
1 August 1801
William
WILCOCKS and wife Phebey, to their son, Ezra
WILCOCKS for love and affection and 40 pounds - - 100 acres on
Cedar Creek and Panther Run, being part of that tract purchased of Morris Brady.
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Nelson Co., Kentucky Will Book A, Pages 635 - 638
A list and return of the sales of the estate of William
WILCOCKS, dec'd, made on the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two by Phebe Wilcock, administratrix
Richard Collard bought at the Sales:
15 Lbs of Wool - 0-39-0; 1 Brake Flax 0-6-6; - 2-5-6
Elijah
BARNES bought at the Sales:
3 Head of Hogs - 0-20-4; 1 Iron Wedge - 0-4-0; Brown Filley - 22-4-22; 1 Brindle Cow - 0-75-0; 1
Stack Hay - 0-16-6; - 27-19-10
Williams Dawues bought at the Sales:
1 Brindle Heifer - 0-24-6; 1 Bedstead - 0-6-0; 1 Bedstead - 0-9-0; - 1-19-6
John Bodine bought at the Sales:
1 Waggon - 13-0-0; Yoke of Oxen - 11-18-6; - 24-18-6
Matthew Rogers bought at the Sales:
1 Plough - 0-57-6; - 2-17-6
Frances Berryman bought at the Sales:
26 Geese - 0-45-6; - 2-5-6
Robert Slaughter bought at the Sales:
1 Log
Chain - 0-55-6; Flax - 0-8-7; 1 Axe - 0-9-6; - 3-13-7
Matthew Cissel bought at the Sale:
1 Log
Chain - 0-20-0; Foot Adze - 0-6-0; - 1-6-0
Ignatius Barren bought at the Sale:
1 Axe - 0-13-6; 1 Scythe - 0-6-6; 1 Chest - 0-20-0; - 2-0-0
William Wright bought at the Sale:
1 Axe - 0-14-6; 1 Man's Saddle - 0-6-0; - 1-0-6
John Leimon bought at the Sale:
1 Cupboard - 0-123-0; - 6-3-0
James Hackley bought at the Sale:
1 Hone - 0-2-7;
Pot Trowwel - 0-14-0;
Chain Harness Collars & c - 0-30-0; 1 Chest - 0-20-0; - 3-6-7
James Rhoades bought at the Sale:
1 Warming Pan - 0-9-0; Books - 0-6-0; Wheel - 0-7-0; Drawing Knife - 0-2-0; Saddle - 0-6-0; - 1-10-0
Atkinson Hill bought at the Sale:
5 Files - 0-6-0; Old Irons - 0-16-6; 1 Barrel - 0-7-0; Saw Mill Irons - 0-207-0; 1 Mill Saw - 0-46-0; - 14-2-6
Charles Morehead bought at the Sale:
1 Lot Pewter - 0-13-0; 1 Lot Pewter - 0-33-0; Steelyards - 0-24-0; - 3-10-0
Samuel
BARNES bought at the Sale:
3 Head Hogs - 0-20-4; 1 Wheel - 0-9-0; Clevis and Pin - 0-5-0; 1 Clock Reel - 0-3-0; A Yearling Filley - 0-186-0; 5 Head of Sheep - 0-54-0; - 13-17-0
Benedict Rhoades bought at the Sale:
2 Chisels & Gauge & c - 0-10-6; 1 Saw - 0-11-0, 1 Large Kettle - 0-51-0, 1 Plough - 0-37-2; Two Year Old Filley - 7-12-0; Tea Kettle 0-1-0; - 13-19-8
Philip Norris bought at the Sale:
1 Gray Horse - 16-10-0; - 16-10-0
William
Willcocks bought at the Sale:
5 Yards Cloth - 0-38-0; 2 1/2 Lbs. Lead - 0-2-6; 1 Bar Iron - 0-20-0; 1 Bed - 0-66-0; Clevises - 0-6-0; Sorrel Horse - 13-14-0; 32 and 1/2 Bushels of Corn - 0-33-0; - 21-19-6
Ezra Willocks bought at the Sale:
1 Rifle Gun - 0-120-0; 1 Hand Saw - 0-11-6; Knives & Forks - 0-4-0; 1 Wheel - 0-18-0; Broad Axe - 0-18-6; Kettle - 0-25-0; Bails - 0-3-9; 2 Bridles - 0-8-0; Pitch
Fork - 0-4-2; Case of Razors - 0-18-2; - 10-19-11
Laurence Greyer bought at the Sale:
1 Bottle Ink and 4 Bowls - 0-8-0; Grindstone - 0-9-0; 1 jug - 0-0-9; 1 Hammer - 0-1-6; - 0-19-3
John Huston bought at the Sale:
Clevis, Hooks and
Chain - 0-12-0; Tongs - 0-9-0; - 1-1-0
Jonathan Culver bought at the Sale:
1 Cross Cut Saw - 0-18-0; - 0-18-0
Alban Greenwell bought at the Sale:
1 Linen Wheel - 0-10-0; - 0-10-0
David Reed bought at the Sale:
1 Iron Square - 0-3-0; - 0-3-0
Jeremiah Dawus Bought at the Sale:
1 "Fizgig" - 0-1-6; - 0-1-6
William Rogers bought at the Sale:
34 lbs Iron - 0-28-0; 30 lbs Iron - 0-24-6; Think
Plank - 0-33-6; - 4-16-0
James Slaughter bought at the Sale:
823 Feet Poplar
Plank - 0-3-7; 775 Sycamore
Plank - 0-3-0; Leather - 0-17-0;
Stack Wheat - 0-33-0; 3 Head of Hogs - 0-20-4; - 6-2-11
Anthony Foster bought at the Sale:
1 Stack Wheat - 0-27-6; - 1-7-6
Pheby
Willcocks bought at the Sale:
1 Bed - 4-11-0; 1 Bed - 6-0-0; 1 Chest - 0-22-0; Pewter - 0-40-0; Hackle - 0-15-6; Earthenware - 0-7-0; Coffee
Pot and Cannister - 0-10-0; 1 Tea
Pot - 0-5-1; Coffee Mill - 0-4-6; 1 Looking Glass, Lamp and Candlestick - 0-5-7; 3 Sows & 13 Pigs - 0-24-0; 10 hogs - 0-63-0; 6 Hogs - 0-33-0; 1 Hog - 0-3-0; 1 Frying Pan - 0-7-6; 1/2 Dozen Knives & Forks - 0-9-0; 1 Pair Shears - 0-1-6; 1 Book H. Midwifery - 0-11-0; 1 Pair Flat Irons - 0-13-7; 1 Table - 0-9-0; 1 Wheel - 0-9-0; 1/2 Dozen Chairs - 0-9-0; 1 Woman's Saddle - 0-66-0; Candle Yarn? - 0-6-0; 1
Pot - 0-20-6; 1 Oven - 0-3-0;
Pot Trowwel - 0-12-0; 1 Black Mare - 19-0-0; 1 Yearling Heifer - 0-40-0; 1 Kegg - 0-2-2; 1 Cow - 0-46-0; 1 Cow - 0-36-0; 1 Tea Kettle and Crock - 0-1-7; Table Cloth & Towel - 0-4-0; Piggins - 0-3-0; Cotton Cards - 0-1-0; Bucket - 0-3-0; Churn & Padlock - 0-1-0; Old Barrels - 0-8-0; Cotton - 0-1-6; 1
Stack Wheat - 0-22-0;
Stack Hay - 0-40-0; 1
Stack Hay - 0-34-0; 30 Bushels Corn - 0-35-6; 700 Feet Ash
Plank, 540 Laths, 4000 Shingles & 540 Feet Scantling - 6-0-0; - 63-19-7
Total of Sales: - 272-14-11
Pheby
Willcocks, Administrator
At a county court held for
Nelson County on Monday the 10th day of January 1803 this list of the sales of the estate of William
Willcocks, dec'd, was returned and ordered to be recorded.
Teste: Ben Grayson, Clerk
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NOTES FOR WILLIAM
WILCOCKS SR.:
From a Biography of Levi Frances
Wilcox "William
Wilcox was born in
New Jersey, and died at the age of sixty six years, having lived on the same tract of land as that occupied by his family, his death occurring before the memory of our subject. HE HAD FOUR SONS, ONE OF WHOM FOLLOWED DANIEL BOONE TO
Kentucky, AND SOON LOST HIS LIFE THERE. Peter
Wilcox, the father of William, arrived from England in 1736, and the Elizabethtown Association surveyed to him 400 acres of land in
New Jersey. This is shown by the records in the Presbyterian Church at Westfield, N. J. Levi V
Wilcox served as Deputy Sheriff in his native state. All of the ancestors or our subject were members of the Methodest Church, and with his grandfather
Wilcox, Lorenzo Dow used frequently to stop. The descendants are still living on the family farm, the only living brother of Hulda Crane now residing near Vallisca, Iowa, aged eighty-six years."
( Note: Peter Wilcox-Willcockse did not arrive from England in 1736. Records indicate that he was married in Long Island, N. Y. in 1715. It would seem that if he immagrated from England, it would have been with his family along with his parents. His name does not appear on any ships passenger lists examined by this writer to date. One
Wilcox researcher has suggested that Peter may have been born in America.)
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http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1X9The
Willcocks and Badgley family cemetery located in the woods of the Deserted Villege, Watchung Reservation, Union County NJ. There are an estimated 24 graves in this little modest cemetery. There are headstones of the three Revolution War Patriots. The original headstone is of John
Willcocks who died November 22, 1776. John
Willcocks was a member of "Captain Marsh's Light Horse Troop", and was killed defending General George
Washington retreat across
New Jersey. The following is the historical event in the Revolution of when John
Willcox was killed defending our freedom: On November 16, 1776,
Fort Washington fell to an overwhelming assault by the British forces who captured over 2,000 American troops. Following the fall of New York City to British occupation, the Continental Army crossed the Hudson River and scaled the Palisades to man the fortifications on the bluffs of
Fort Lee.
General
Washington, realizing that with the loss of New York's
Fort Washington,
Fort Lee was of little military value, and made preparations to evacuate his remaining army through
New Jersey. An orderly retreat, however, was not in store for the Americans. On November 20, General Cornwallis ferried between 6,000 and 8,000 men across the Hudson River north of
Fort Lee. When word of the crossing reached
Washington, he ordered the abandonment of
Fort Lee and an immediate retreat before his army was cut off and captured by the British. Most of the American supplies and artillery had to be left behind. During these darkest days for the Revolution when it seemed as though the Continental Army could not survive, Thomas Paine, who was in
Fort Lee with Washington’s army, wrote the famous words, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” The other Patriots graves, John's brother WILLIAM
Willcocks DIED OCTOBER 20, 1800 AFTER SERVING AS JUDGE ADVOCATE IN CHATHAM NJ, FOR REVOLUTIONARY COURT MARTIALS DURING THE WAR. Their cousin Joseph Badgley died in 1785.