Katherine (Fitchew) Cox (bef. 1752 - 1816)

Born before 10 May 1752 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Wife of James Cox — married 1774 in Bristol St Mary Redcliffe, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 29 Feb 1816 after age 63 in Wrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Katherine was born in Bristol, England, in 1744. She was the daughter of James Fitchew and Catharine (Saunders) Fitchew, who were of the Society of Friends (Quakers).

She married James Cox in 1774 and they had two sons:

1. Stephen Cox, 1775-1844
2. John, 1780-1860

Mrs Anne S Titley, a descendant of James and Katherine wrote,

"Seven years after James Cox married Katherine Fitchew they were living at Wrington, Somerset, where he was carrying on business of a tanner. In the election for two members of Parliament for that year for Bristol he (James, ed) had a vote and therefore had some interest in the City of Bristol. In the election of 1784 he again voted, this time for an address Redcliffe Street Bristol in the parish of St Mary Redcliffe. In 1787 he was running a tannery at Bedminster Causeway and in 1793 he seems to have removed it to Redcliff Hill or was running two concurrently. In 1797 he was described in a Bristol Directory as a tanner in Bedminster and in that year he died at North Street Bedminster at the age of 54 on August 7th and was buried at Wrington.

"After the death of James Cox the tanning business was carried on by James

Fitchew his brother-in-law; James’s widow continued to live at North Street Bedminster but moved in 1801 to Redcliff Hill. Her brothers James and Stephen Fitchew carried on there a business as maltsters, hop factors and grocers, James living at 7 Colston’s Parade and Stephen on Redcliff Hill itself. In 1803, Stephen Cox (son of James Cox and Katherine (Fitchew) Cox) came into the tanning business at Bedminster, but in 1805 his mother, who seems to have been a forceful character, retaining her son in the business, took over and it was henceforth known as 'Katherine Cox & Co, Tanners, Bedminster.'

"Katherine Cox died February 29th, 1816, and was buried at Wrington."

Research Notes

• Anne Titley believes Katherine was born in 1750.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.ndlhs.org.uk/pennant/Pennant-24.PDF. Page 35.

• Pennant 24, ISSN 0966-5951, "The Local History Journal of Blackwell, Nailsea, Tickenham and Wraxall." Previously published by Nailsea & District Local History Society. This ebook version, © The respective authors and Nailsea & District Local History Society, PO Box 1089, Nailsea BS48 2YP, has been made available in August 2009, so that an individual may download and read this document, for private research purposes only. [1] Viewed 8 June 2020.
• Birth:
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