Barnabas Wilcox (1635 - 1690)

Born 1635 in Bristol, England

Husband of Sarah (Boone) Wilcox — married 1665 in Bristol, Somerset, , England

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1690 at about age 55 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Barnabas was from Bedminster Parish, near Bristol, Somersetshire, England. He was a rope maker and a Quaker.

Barnabas and family came to North America in 1683, and settling at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he was a merchant, and a member of the Colonial Assembly of 1685. He later became a Justice of the Peace (1686-1690).^[1]

Barnabas and Sarah had the following issue:

1. George Wilcox, 1667 - 1694
2. Joseph Wilcox, 1669 - 1721
3. Esther Wilcox, 1673- 1724
4. Hannah Wilcox, 1679 - 1710; she married John Rhodes
5. Abigail Wilcox, 1679 - 1713; she married Samuel Powell
6. Ruth Wilcox, 1681 - 1681
7. Rachel Wilcox, 1685 - 1760; she married Elisha Gatchell

Birth

Date: 1635

Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Arrival

Date: BET 1683 AND 1684

Place: Pennsylvania^[2]

Death

Date: 14 SEP 1690

Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Colony

Burial

Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Jordan, 2004
2. ↑ Source: #S128 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1683-1684; Page Number: 506

• Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;
• Source: S128 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc;
• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;
• "England, Bristol, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1777-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-PQM8 : 11 March 2018), Barnabas in entry for Hannah Wilcox, 11 Sep 1679; citing Christening, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Bristol City Archives, England; FHL microfilm 004319977.
• Jordan, John W., Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Publishing Com, 2004, pp. 110-11.
• Will extract,US Genweb archives
• Text from will extract,

WILLCOX, SARAH. Schoolkill, Phila. Co. April 20, 1692. September 30, 1692. A. 216. Being the sole Administratrix of my deceased husband, Barnabas Willcox - estate to children George and Joseph, who are the Executors, daughter Rachell the youngest child, Hester, Hanah and Abigall. Willm. Clayton is mentioned in connection with a mill property. Overseers: John Bristoe of Chester, Paul Sanders of Schoolkill. Witnesses: Paul Sanders, John Roades, James Fapell.

• Browning, Charles Henry. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: William Campbell, 1912.

"As said, in the first year, the three small separate meetings for the Welsh Tract, and the Liberties, had no further organization than as independent preparative meetings. In Merion Town, there were, in the year 1682, only five families, those of Dr. Edward Jones, Robert David, Wil liam Edward, Edward Rees, and John Edward; in Haverford Town, only the families of Lewis David, Henry Lewis, William Howell, and George Painter, and in the adjoining "city liberties," only those of Thomas Duckett and Barnaby Wilcox, while in far off Radnor Town, there were no families at all, (although by his map, Surveyor-General Holme would have it believed there were forty settlements in Radnor tp., and thirty-two in Haverford, in the following year). Therefore, it can be said, Friends' families across the Schuylkill, in 1682-3, were "few and far between.""

• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW2T-JZ7 : 11 December 2014), Barnebe Wilcox in entry for George Wilcox, 22 Aug 1667, Birth; citing p. 70, Bristol & Somerset, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.