THE WILCOX FAMILY - MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES

MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES

a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct.
from 1650 to 1800
with genealogical and biographical chapters
on early families.

Charles Collard Adams
New York: Grafton Press, 1908.

THE WILCOX FAMILY

[transcribed by Coralynn Brown ]


        The surname Wilcox is of frequent and widely disseminated occurrence in the earliest English records ; apparently reaching back to much more remote periods. It was relatively a more frequent as well as a more considerable name in England three or four centuries ago than it is at present. For example, in the earliest continuous catalogue of Oxford University, extending from 1508 to 1523, this name in various forms of spelling is found no less than eight times among those receiving degrees, while the present yearly catalogue, with its greatly increased list, would average one or two. The same is true in respect to its earlier frequency in the list of county families. The earliest recorded traces of the name are found in Cornwall and Wales. In Downs " Visitation of Wales" (written in Welsh), the family of Wilkoks is named among the County families, and an English note to the text says of a certain William Wilkoks mentioned that " he was certainly de-ceased before 1305." Another William Wilkoks is named as executor of the Will of Sir John Golafree of date 1393. Of later date the name, in the more modern spelling of Willcocks, is found in many old records in various parts of England, and occasionally appears somewhat prominently, as in that of the Puritan author, Thomas Wilcocks, some of whose books reached many editions, and still later in that of Joseph Wilcocks, Bishop of Rochester, who, while Dean of Westminster, "restored the West Front " of that historic edifice: According to Lower, in his " Origin of English Surnames," the name Wilcox is derived from William, while Camden places it among names derived from birds. Neither of these authorities states how the derivation is made. It is also sometimes assumed that it is of Saxon or possibly of Celtic origin, but in any case is of very early date. It is equally certain that in the earliest emigration to America the name was represented by families from different parts of England in no wise connected with each other. Among these early emigrants of the Wilcox name was John Willcock of the Hartford, Connecticut, Colony, who appears to have been one of the " original proprietors " (as they were called), of that settlement. His name and the exact location of his house lot is found in the plot of the original plan of Hartford made as of date 1640, by William Porter of Farmington. By surveys from the original records of the "Distribution of 1639." This is the earliest trace so far found of this settler. From the fact of his being numbered among the "original proprietors" it is a natural inference that he was one of the company of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who removed from Newtown (Cambridge), Mass., in 1636. The certainty is that he was in possession and occupancy of a house lot located in "the bend of the little River" (now a portion of the Bushnell Park), at date of the "Distribution of 1639." [The above is contributed by George A. Wilcox, esq., from his Wilcox Genealogical Notes ; unpublished till used in "Fifty Puritan Ancestors" by Elizabeth Todd Nash.]
        The family of Wilcox is of Saxon origin, and was seated at Bury St. Edmonds in the county of Suffolk, England, before the Norman Conquest. Sir John Dugdale, in his " Visitation of the County of Suffolk," mentions fifteen generations of this family previous to 1600. In the reign of King Edward III., Sir John Wilcox was entrusted with several important commands against the French, and had command of the crossbowmen from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. John William Wilcox of Bury Priory in Suffolk, and eminent King's counsel, is the representative of this ancient family. Sir George Willcocks, of Brookend, County Tyrone, Ireland, is the eldest son of the late George Willcocks, Esq., of Coal Island, County Tyrone, by Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Charles Caulfield. He was born in 1820, educated at Dungannon, and is a magistrate for County Tyrone. This family is a branch of the family of Willcockses of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex, but has been settled in Ireland for about two centuries. They have been, and some branches are still, members of the Society of Friends. On the old records the name is spelled both Wilcox and Wilcocks.
        The arms of the Wilcoxes of England are, per fesse, or and az, a fesse, gales, over all a lion rampant, counterchanged.
        Crest : a demi lion rampant, az. The lion rampant indicates that he to whom the arms were granted had gained a victory while in command of the army. (Contributed by Rodney P. Wright, Cambridge, Mass.)

1 John¹. Wilcox was chosen surveyor, 1643-44; townsman, 1650 ; d. 1651. Will is dated July 24, 1651. The volume containing it was discovered a few years ago in a second-hand N. Y. book store by Charles J. Hoadly, State Librarian. Probably buried in Center Church "burying yard," where a tall obelisk stands, bearing the names of 100 of Hartford's founders. His wife d. abt. 1668.
Children:

2. John, b._____.
Sarah, b.; m. John Bidwell and settled in Middletown.
Ann, b. abt. 1616; m. John Hall, Jr., and settled in Middletown.

2. John² Wilcox, b. in England, came to Hartford with his father, but rem. to Middletown Upper Houses, where he d. May 24, 1676. He had agreed to settle in Middletown, but failing to do so promptly the General Court in 1653, voted to compel him to occupy his grant or find a substitute. On Mar. 10, 1657, he purchased the homesteads of Joseph Smith and Matthias Treat, who were returning to Rocky Hill part of Wethersfield, but after combining these into one homestead he sold to his cousin, Samuel Hall.
        In 1659 he was on the com. on roads and on June 30, 1660, was given lands at Wongunk. It has been claimed that he rem. to Dorchester for a few years. On Nov. 1, 1665, Thomas Hubbard sold to him "one house where J. Wilcox oecupieth" and three acres of land therewith. Thomas Hubbard had already built near the corner of what are Pleasant and South streets, and the condition of his grant of 1663 was that he should not sell "till he doth inhabit four years," and so John Wilcox must have purchased and built before Nov. 1, 1665. These three acres have now (1908) what is known as the Beaumont-Hanmer House.
John Wilcox had bargained for seven acres in the rear of his homestead and had received from the town a grant of three acres in the rear of these seven. Hubbard must have been in financial straights as indicated by John Crow's getting possession of some of his land, which his heirs and the treasurer of the Colony deeded in 1686 to Thomas Ranney, who proceeded to locate his two oldest sons, Thomas and John, thereon. Hubbard had sold his homestead to Isaac Johnson, who had come from Roxbury. Wilcox had died. Then Isaac Johnson deeded to Esther Wilcox, widow of John, as executrix of his estate, the seven acres aforesaid, retaining twelve acres which he soon sold to John Clark, who had married Elizabeth White, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel. John Wilcox married four times : (1) Sept. 17, 1446, Sarah Wadsworth, who d. 1649-50, dau. of William Wadsworth, who left one child; m. (2) Jan. 18, 1650, Catherine Stoughton, dau. of Thomas Stoughton, of Windsor, who built the Stone house or fort; m. (3) Mary, widow of Joseph Farnsworth, of Dorchester and before that the widow of Long; she d. 1671; m. (4) Esther Cornwell, b. May, 1650, dau. of William Cornwell. She m. (2) John Stow of Middletown, and d. May. May 2, 1733.
Child by first marriage:

Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1648; d. Dec. 13, 1727; m. David Ensign, an original mem. of the West Hartford church.
Children by second marriage:
John, b. Oct. 29, 1650; d. early.
Thomas, b.______; d. early.
Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1654; d. early.
3. Israel³, b. June 19, 1656.
4. Samuel³, b. Nov. 9, 1658.
Children by fourth marriage:
5. Ephraim, b. July 9, 1672.
Esther, b. Dec. 9, 1673.
Mercy, b. Mar. 9, 1675-6.

3. Israel³ Wilcox (John, John), b. June 19, 1656, Upper Houses ; m. Mar. 26, 1678, Sarah² Savage (John'), b. July 30, 1657 ; d. Feb. 8, 1724. He d. Dec. 20, 1689.
Children:
5a. Israel⁴, b. Jan. 16; 1680.
6. John⁴, b. July, 1682.
7. Samuel⁴, b. Sept. 26, 1685.
8. Thomas⁴, b. July, 1687.
Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1689.

4. Samuel³ Wilcox (John, John), b. Nov. 9, 1658; d._____; m._____.
Child:
Francis⁴, b._____; m. Nov. 13, 1711, Abigail Graves of Hatfield, Mass.
Child:
Francis⁵ b. Oct. 9, 1717; m. 1741, Rachel Wilcox.
Child:
Abel⁶, b. May 31, 1756: m. Dec. 4, 1776, Experience Ramsdell; rem. to Whitesboro, N. Y.
Child:
Samuel⁷, b. July 25, 1781; m. Abigail⁸ White, b. Aug. 29, 1789, Whitesboro, dau. of Joseph⁷ (Hugh, Hugh, Daniel, Daniel, Nathaniel, John). Child:
Henry⁸ White, b. Feb. 14, 1826; m. Mar. 16, 1863, Hannah Eliza Wilcox. Res. Winsted, Conn.
Child:
Edward H.⁹, b. Dec. 28, 1873 ; m. Sept. 21, 1898, Emma Grace Taylor. Res. Winsted, Conn.
Children:
Abigail¹⁰ White, b. Apr. 29, 1900.
Myrtle, b. June 16, 1902.

5. Ephraim³ Wilcox (John, John), b. July 9, 1672; m. Aug. 23, 1689, Silence Hand, dau. of Benjamin Hand, who had rem. from Guilford to Middletown. The town record says he "de-parted this life by death Jan. 4,____." It was Jan. 4, 1712-13. He had rem. to East Middletown.
Children:
Esther, b. Oct. 31, 1699; m. Thomas3 Ranney. (See the Raney Family.)
9. Janna, b. Sept. 20, 1701.
Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1705; m. John Warner.<
Ephraim, b. June 4, 1709.
10. John, b. Aug. 8, _____.

5a. Israel⁴ Wilcox, b. Jan. 16, 1680; d. July 6, 1731; m. Mary North.
Child:
Israel⁵.
Child:
Amos Bronson⁶, m. Sarah Rogers.
Children:
Israel Bronson⁷
Children:
Frederick William⁸, b. Mar. 14, 1836, Stockbridge, Vt., m. Jan. 27, 1870, Burlington, Vt., Mary Elizabeth Meagher, b. Mar. 16, 1845, Burlington. Enl. Co. G, 5th Vt. Inf., Sept. 2, 1861-Sept. 15, 1865. Was in Chicago with loss at fire of 1871. In express bus. until 1884.
Children:
Frederick Edward, b. Dec. 31, 1871. Res. Philadelphia.
Walter Horace, b. Feb. 10, 1873; d. Feb. 20, 1890.
Flora Alice, b. July 9, 1874 ; m. Nov. 24, 1898, Wm. Henry Turney, b. Sept. 2, 1870, Newton, Ill., son of Thomas Turney and Frances Northrup. Res. Chicago, Ill.
Children:
Newton Everett, b. Mar. 22, 1902.
Myrtle Alice, b. Mar. 31, 1905.

Mary Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1876; d. Dec. 29, 1899; m. Jan. 21, 1897, Lambert J. Schmitz.
Child:
Chester Lambert, b. May 10, 1898.
Clarence Israel, b. Oct. 24, 1877; d. Aug. 26, 1900.
William Henry, b. Mar. 12, 1879; unm. Res. Chicago, Ill.
Mabel Ruth, b. May 24, 1882; m. Apr. 15, 1901, Lewis Moody Worley. Res. Aurora, Ill.
Children:
Elva Nevin, b. Jan. 25, 1902.
Grace Elizabeth, b. Oct. 1, 1905.
Arthur Grant, b. Sept. 14, 1884; d. Oct. 19, 1901. Abigail Ann, b. Jan. 13, 1886, unm. Res. Chicago. Illinois.

Hannah Rogers⁷, b. May 1, 1810; d. Sept. 21, 1892; m. Nov. 12, 1827, David L. Davis, b. Nov. 10, 1811; d. Jan. 13, 1875.
Children:
Amos Bronson⁸ Davis, b. Sept. 15, 1838; d. Oct. 4, 1863.
Meridan W. Davis, b. June 21, 1841; d. Jan. 28, 1863.
Sibbel W. Davis, b. Mar. 23, 1843; d.___ ; m. Nov. 21, 1865, Seneca Thompson. Res. Grundy Center, Iowa.
Children:
Ray E.⁹, b. June 16, 1876.
Gay Grover, b. Dec. 10, 1878.
Fred, b. Mar. 17, 1881.
Burt, b._____.
Alvin C. Davis, b. July 22, 1846; m. Oct. 20, 1869, Mary S. Wilcox (Israel Bronson Wilcox), res. Chester, Iowa.
Child:
Hannah⁹ Davis, b. July 27, 1870; m. Mar. 16, 1889, William G. Lombard. Res. Plainfield, Ill.
Children:
S. Henry¹⁰, b. Jan. 15, 1890.
Carrie M., b. July 28, 1892.
Laura B., b. July 20, 1894.
Nellie P., b. July 28, 1896.
E. Dewey, b. Aug. 28, 1898.
Sherman G., b. June 6, 1901.
Fannie M., b. Jan. 12, 1905.<
Twins, b. Apr. 6, 1907; d. Apr. 10, 1907.
Melvin E. Davis, b. July 22, 1846; m. Jan. 20, 1875, Hannah O. Davis. Res. Naperville, Ill.
Children:
Mabel A., b. Oct. 16, 1880.
Edwin b. Nov. 24, 1886; d. Dec. 7, 1888.

Hiram E., b. Oct. 1, 1848; m. (1) Sept. 4, 1872, who d. Sept., 1880; m. (2) Mar. 31, 1881, Mary Ann Leslie. Res. Aurora, Ill.
Children:
Grace M., b. Jan. 18, 1877; d._____.
Benjamin L., b. Sept. 29, 1883; m. Apr. 15, 1903, Nettie May Rink. Res. Plainfield, Ill.
Children:
Irene M., b. Jan. 15, 1905.
Ruth M., b. May 2, 1907.
Pearl, b. June 1, 1886; m. Nov. 2, 1904, LeRoy C. Smith. Res. Oswego, Ill.
Child:
Margaret, b. Aug. 8, 1905.
Silas R., b. Apr. 8, 1851; m. Oct. 27, 1875, Ellen Woodward. Res. Bristol Station, Ill.
Children:
Edith L., b. July 16, 1879 ; m. Oct. 25, 1900, Henry K. Jones.
Elsie V., b. Jan. 27, 1881; m. Mar. 15, 1904, Fred S. Charles.

6. John⁴ Wilcox (Israel³, John², John¹), b. July, 1682; m. Apr. 12, 1710, Sarah Warner. Was deacon in the Cong. ch. He d._____.
Of their Children:
John, b. Feb. 12, 1712-13; "departed this life by death suddenly," Apr. 5, 1713.
Jemima, b. July 1, 1723 ; m. Janna Wilcox, Jr.
Moses, b. July 31, 1728 ; m. Desire Ranney. (See the Ranney Family.)
11. Ozias, b. Sept. 16, 1730.

7. Samuel⁴ Wilcox (Israel³, John², John¹), b. Sept. 26, 1685; m. Mar. 3, 1714-15, Hannah³ Sage, b. Dec. 21, 1694, dau. of John² Sage. He d. Jan.19, 1727. The widow m. Malachi Lewis, and d. Apr., 1737. Four children by first marriage, the oldest
Child:
12. Daniel, b. Dee. 3. 1715.

8. Thomas⁴ Wilcox (Israel³, John², John¹), b. July 5, 1687; m. June 28, 1716, Anna North, dau. of John North, Farmington, great-granddaughter of John North, Boston. 1635, Farmington, 1653. He d. Jan. 20, 1726, and she as "Hannah" m. Richard Coleman and executed a lease of land to Nathaniel Riley.
Children:
Martha, b. Apr. 21, 1720.
13. Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1720.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 24, 1722-3; m. (1) Dinah Orvis ; m. (2) Rachel Lewis. Said to have rem. about 1760 to Vermont.
Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1724.

9. Janna⁴ Wilcox (Ephraim³, John², John¹), b. Sept. 20, 1701; m. Apr. 29, 1725, Rachel Bordman, b. Nov. 16, 1706, Wethersfield, Conn., dau. of Samuel. Rem. to East Middletown.
Of his eleven Children:
Silence, b. Apr. 19, 1726; m. Ephraim⁴ Ranney. (See the Ranney Family.)
Janna, b. July 25, 1728; m. Nov. 14, 1751, Jemima Wilcox.
14. Ephraim, b. May 26, 1738; m. Diadama French, and rem. to Westminster, Vt.
14a. Aaron, b. June 13, 1745.

10. John⁴ Wilcox (Ephraim³, John², John¹, b. Aug. 8, ____, m. July 6, 1738, Hannah Wilcox (prob. dau. of Samuel³). He d. Oct. 21, 1795. Twelve children, of which
Children:
15. Joseph, b. Mar. 29, 1746.
15a. Giles, b. Jan. 2, 1750.

11. Ozias⁵ Wilcox (John⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Sept. 16, 17'30; m. Oct. 31, 1753, Mabel Gould, of Washington, Conn., who d. Sept. 26, 1774.
Children:
Amos, b. Oct. 18, 1757; in Rev. War; buried here.
Eliphalet, b. Aug. 30, 1761; served on a privateer ; buried here. Father of Eben, who was the father of Frederick, Joseph, James, Charles, and George Savage, residing here.
Asa, b. May 21, 1764; d. in Rev. Army.

12. Daniel⁵ Wilcox (Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Dec. 31, 1715, Upper Houses ; m. Mar. 16, 1738, Sarah⁵ White, b. April 22, 1716, d. June 28, 1807 (Daniel, Daniel, Nathaniel, John) . He rem. to the " n. w. quarter," now East Berlm. Gave each child a farm. The inventory mentions that he had laid out 60 rods for a cemetery. This is known as "Wilcox Cemetery," in the village of East Berlm. The table stones contain these inscriptions:

In Memory of
Mr. Daniel Wilcox
who died (in a fit of Apoplexy)
July 29th A.D. 1789 .eE 74
He was the Father of 18 children.
62 grand children,
& 88 great grand children.

I gave this ground
I'm laid here first
Soon my remains
Will turn to dust.
My wife and progeny around
Come sleep with me
In this cold ground.

In Memory of
Mrs. Sarah, Relict of
Mr. Daniel Wilcox who died (in a fit of the numb palsey)
June 28th A.D. 1807 ZE 92. She was the mother of 13 children,
70 grand children,
191 great grand children,
18 great great grand children, total 292

Beneath this stone
My dust it lies,
Till the last trumpet
Shakes the Skies.
Children and friends,
I warn you all
Least suddenly
Your Judge Should call.

Children:
Lois, b. June 14, 1738 ; d. Aug. 18, 1805 ; m. Solomon⁴ Sage, b. 1737 (Capt. David, John, David). East Berlm.
Children:
Solomon
Hosea
Calvin
Oliver
Joseph
Isaac
Luther
Grace
Mabel
Mindwell
Lois.

Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1739; m. Jan. 27, 1757, Jedediah North.
Daniel, b. Nov. 17, 1741; "died in ye camp at Roxbury" ; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1763, Susanna Porter, of E. Hartford, who d. Nov. 13, 1769; m. (2) Nov. 7, 1771, Mercy Gibson.
Children to live:
David, b. Dec. 6, 1768.
Daniel, b. Oct. 26, 17 74.
David, b. Sept. 24, 1743 ; d. Oct. 1, 1762, "at the Hannah," a prisoner of war.
Hepzibah, b. Jan. 31, 1745; d. 1821; m. Sept. 22, 1763 David Beckley, who d. Nov. 19, 1798. He kept the Beckley Tavern in Berlin and entertained Gen. George Washington on his way to Boston, about the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Stephen, b. Oct. 19, 1746 ; d. Dec. 31, 1843; in Rev. Army ; m. Mary Kelsey, who d. Oct. 26, 1836, aged 87. Lived in what is now (1908) the "Mildrum " house.
Hulda, b. May 24, 1748; d.____; m. Jeremiah Bacon, of Westfield Society, Middletown.
16. Josiah, b. May 31, 1750.
Olive, b. Oct. 16, 1751; d. the day she was to have m. Mr. Hart, of New Britain.
17. Samuel, b. Sept. 12, 1753.
Isaac, b. Aug. 14, 1755; d. Nov. 23, 1775; unm. Was in Rev. Army. Taken sick in Boston, brought home and died.
Jacob, b. June 21, 1758; d. Mar. 15, 1841; m. June 7, 1780, Rachel Porter, of Hartford. In Rev. Army at 18. Was pensioned. Died in New Haven. Child: Orrin, b. Feb. 11, 1782.
Patience, b. Jan. 4, 1760; d. Sept. 2, 1810; m. Eli Barnes, who d. July 18, 1851. Lived in the "Dora Kelsey" house.

13. Thomas⁵ Wilcox (Thomas⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Oct. 5, 1720, Upper Houses; m. May 16, 1744, Freeloves⁵ Bradley, b. Mar. 20, 1722, Guilford, Conn., d. Jan. 11, 1817 (Stephen, Stephen, Stephen, Stephen, b. Bingley, Yorkshire, Eng., came to Guilford 1639). Thomas Wilcox rem. to East Guilford, now Madison, Conn., where he d. Nov. 9, 1778.
Children:
Clotilda, b. Apr. 29, 1745; m. Samuel Hoyt; d.. Sept. 29, 1796.
Tamsen, b. Jan: 13, 1747; M. Eleazer Dowd; d. Sept. 14, 1820.
Edmund, b. Oct. 7, 1748; m. Elizabeth Scranton; d. Mar. 7, 1795.
Billy, b. July 11, 1750; rem. to Granville, Mass.
18. Jonathan, b. July 13, 1752.
Samuel Dowd, b. Aug. 28, 1756; rem. to Granville, Mass.
Benj. Bradley, b. Feb. 3, 1759; m. Mary Todd ; d. Oct. 2, 1806.

14. Ephraim⁵ Wilcox (Janna⁴, Ephraim³, John², John¹), b. May 26, 1738, East Middletown; m. Aug. 24, 1761, Diadama French, of Guilford, Conn., who d. Mar. 31, 1817, aged 80. He d. June 23, 1816, Westminster West, Vt., to which place he had removed in 1761 with his brother-in-law, Ephraim Ranney. He settled on the place now owned by D. C. Gorham. This was the first settlement of a family in the West Parish of which there is any record. He was the first to contribute for the support of the gospel in the west Parish, having in Jan., 1789, advanced ten dollars to Rev. Mr. Bullen to commence preaching there. The earliest deaths in the West Society were those of Ephraim, Jr., and Jemima. Their graves are found in the old family lot a few rods east of the school house in District No. 1, and large forest trees have grown over their graves.
Children:
Diadama, b. May 31, 1763; d. Apr. 22, 1781.
John, b. June 14, 1764; d. Sept. 1, 1839.
Waitstill, b. Apr. 1, 1766.
Jemima, b. July 15, 1768; d. Sept. 25, 1774.
Jerusha, b. Apr. 12, 1771.
Ephraim, b. Apr. 16, 1773; d. Oct. 4, 1774.
Jemima, b. Apr. 17, 1777.
Janna, b. Jan. 30, 1780.
19. Lumon, b. Sept. 24, 1789.

14a. Aaron⁵ Wilcox, b. June 13, 1745, East Middletown; d. Mar. 18, 1820; m. Sarah Bell, b. Feb. 19, 1745; d. May 18, 1820.
Child:
Asahel⁶, b. May 9, 1771; d.. Oct. 31, 1817; m. Oct. 2, 1791, Lucy Crittenden, b. 1772; d. Oct.. 25, 1811.
Child:
William W.⁷, b. 1802; d. Nov. 6, 1824; m. Mary P. Rand, b._____; d. Nov. 4, 1826.
Child:
William Walter⁸, b. May 23, 1825, posthumous; m. Nov. 17, 1853, Elizabeth Shepard Crittenden, b. Mar. 5, 1835, who res. in Middletown (see the Shepard Family). Mr. Wilcox was eminently successful in inventing ship chandlery articles, and built up a great industry, commencing with $133. In 1869 the firm of Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. was established and it is one of the largest in the United States. He d. Nov. 10, 1903. Mrs. Wilcox is member of the Huguenot Society, regent of Wadsworth Chapter, G. A. R., vice. pres. for Conn. of the Mary Washington Memorial Association.
Children:
William Walter⁹, b. Apr. 11, 1862; grad. 1885, Williams College ; m. Nay. 3, 1886, Mary Root, b. Aug. 23, 1865, Hartford, Conn. Succeeded his father as pres. of the firm.
Children:
Pauline Root¹⁰, b. Aug. 3, 1891.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 10, 1896.
William Walter, b. Dec. 27, 1901.
Mary C., b. Aug. 8, 1866; m. Oct. 1, 1890, Herman C. Whittlesey, grad. 1880, Yale. From 1881 to 1891 in Imperial Customs Service in China. Bet. 1892, and is a member of the firm established by her father.
Children:
Percival Wilcox, b. Sept. 1, 1891.
Winifred Hamilton, b. Oct. 30, 1892.

15. Joseph⁵ Wilcox (John⁴, Ephraim³, John², John¹), b. Mar. 29, 1746, d. Jan. 31, 1832 ; m. Nov. 30, 1785, Miriam Bacon, b. Feb. 7, 1762, d. Mar. 19, 1825, dau. of Josiah and Sybil Bacon. Eight children.
Child:
20. Elisha Bacon, b. June 20, 1795.

15a. Giles⁵ Wilcox, b. Jan. 2, 1750; d. Oct. 23, 1838 ; m. Nov. 9, 1775, Rachel Dowd, b. 1753; d: Sept. 1, 1828; dau. of David Dowd and Sarah Turner.
Child:
Giles⁶, b. Aug. 28, 1779; d. Sept. 20, 1841: m. Feb. 27, 1803, Lucy Clark, b. Dec.. 1778: d. Apr. 17, 1834 ; dau. of Benjamin and Abiah Clark. Farmer, surveyor, teacher.
Of their Children:
Rachel⁷, b. Apr. 14, 1804: d. Mar. 13, 1886: m. Selden G. Ely, noted surveyor of Cromwell.
Susannah⁷, b. Mar., 1806 ; m. Wm. D. Starr.
Child:
Mrs. Edward T. Johnson of Cromwell.
20a. Lucy Ann⁷, b. May 12, 1814 ; m. Wm. Frederick Boardman.

16. Josiah⁶ Wilcox (Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. May 31, 1750, "n. w. quarter," Upper Houses, now East Berlin : m. (1) Sept. 23, 1773, Elizabeth Treat, who d. May 13, 1775; m. (2) Mar. 20, 1777, Huldahs Savage, b. Mar. 25, 1755, d. Jan. 22. 1816 (John, Thomas, John, John). He was a fifer in the Rev. Army, and d. Sept. 3, 1835.
Children by first marriage:

21. Joseph Russell, b. Jan. 16, 1774.
Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1775; d. Mar. 30, 1815; m. Junia Warner. (See Warner Family.)
Children by second marriage:
Olive, b. Jan. 14, 1778; d. Feb. 16, 1847; m. Dec. 22, 1800, James Booth, b. 1776, d. Jan. 2, 1859.
21a. Lemuel, b. Feb. 28, 1780.
Lyman, b. 1782; d. 1782.
22. Lyman, b. Dec. 19, 1784.
Lynda, b. Oct. 31, 1786; d. Mar. 18, 1816; m. 1811, Reuben North, b. 1787, d. Apr. 4, 1853. He m. (2) Huldah, the sister.
Huldah, b. Oct. 11, 1789 ; d. Sept. 11, 1865; m. Reuben North.
Horace, b. Sept. 9, 1793 ; m. Sophia Lombard.

Hepzibah⁷, b. Apr. 29, 1796; d. Aug., 1853; m. (1) Aug. 19, 1818. Norris Galpin, b. Mar. 22, 1794, d. Mar. 3, 1826; m. (2) Benj. Wilcox, b. June 27, 1782.

[GALPIN LINEAGE-John Galpin lived in Bristol, England. Philip¹ .Galpin came to Stratford, Conn.
Sergeant Caleb³ Galpin, grandson of Philip, came from Stratford and settled in the " n. w. quarter," now Berlin, Conn., purchased a large farm, and was a man of influence.
Amos⁴ Galpin, Berlin, m. Anna Patterson, a sister of William and Edward Patterson, the first mfrs. of tinware in the U. S.
Thomas⁵ Galpin served in Capt. Gad Stanley's Co. in the Revolution.
Norris⁶ Galpin, b. Mar. 22, 1794; d. Mar. 3, 1826; m. Aug. 19, 1818, Hepzibah Wilcox.
Henry Norris⁷ Galpin, b. Dec. 22, 1820, on his mother's side was descended from John Kirby, Thomas Ranney, David Sage, John Savage, Nathaniel White and John Wilcox. His mother, as a widow, with her little son, lived with her relatives and until her marriage to Benjamin Wilcox. Henry Norris Galpin then became a clerk in the store of Samuel Curtis Wilcox, and for a while managed a store for him in Washington, N. C. In a few years he became a partner in the Berlin store, the firm being Wilcox, Galpin & Co., and remained with the firm under all its changes to his death, in 1892. He became postmaster in 1845 and, excepting a period of four years, was postmaster till his death. He was received, in 1854, into the Cong. Ch., and was a liberal contributor to its support. He was known as " the poor man's friend." He was treasurer of the church, school district, Olive Selden School Fund, trustee of the Cole Fund, director of the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., Vice-President of the Berlin Savings Bank from its origin in 1873 to his death. He was a member of the Legislature in 1863, 1880, and 1882. He m. (1) T. Eliza Dowd, who d. in 1846; m. (2) 1864, Harriet A. Dowd, who d. in 1865; m. (3) Oct. 2, 1867, Eliza Sanford Booth. He d. Dec. 22, 1892.
Children:
Mary, b. July 24, 1868; m. June 24, 1891, Ernest W. Mildrum. Res. East Berlin, Conn.
Ruth, b. Dee. 4, 1870 ; unm.; res. Berlin, Conn.
Helen, b. May 23, 1879; m. Jan. 8, 1902, Arthur H. Lombard. Res. Guilford, Conn.]

17. Samuel⁶ Wilcox (Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Sept. 12, 1753, Upper Houses, now East Berlin; m. (1) May 28, 1778, Middletown, Conn., Phebe Dowd, b. May 28, 1759 ; d. Mar. 9, 1796, dau. of Richard Dowd.; m. (2) Sarah⁵ Savage, b. Feb. 17, 1757, d. Feb. 26, 1826 (Elisha, a Rev. soldier; William, William, John); m. (3) Rebecca's Savage, b. Dec. 12, 1762; d. May, 1844; sister to Sarah. He d. Mar. 12, 1832. Lived in the "Heald" house.
Children:
Richard, b. Oct. 24, 1780; d. Sept. 3, 1839; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1802, Olive Porter, b. Mar. 15, 1783; d. May 27, 1827; m. (2) widow Betsy Smith, b. Feb. 17, 1757, d.____,1829; m. (3) widow Laura Savage Smith, b. Dec. 12, 1762; d.____; sister of Betsey Savage. Children:
Willis
Celestia
Mary Olive
Maria.
23. Benjamin, b. June 27, 1782.
Daniel, b. June 27, 1785; d.____; m. Sept. 8, 1811, Mary Thorpe, b. Jan. 12, 1792 ; rem. to N. Y.
Children:
Henry
Julia
Emily
Lyman
Albert
Edward.
Sylvester, b. Apr. 20, 1788; d. July 25, 1854; m. Apr. 27, 1812, Lurania Dickenson, b. Oct. 1, 1792; rem. to New York.
Children:
Phebe
Cedelia
Lauretta
Elizabeth
Josiah.

18. Jonathan⁶ Wilcox (Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Israel³, John², John¹) , b. July 13, 1752, Guilford, Conn.; m. Elizabeth Todd, b. Feb. 10, 1764; d. Sept. 29, 1833, dau. of Timothy Todd. He was a member of Capt. Hand's Company from Sept. 8 to Oct. 31, 1776, his brother Edmund being sergeant of the same company.
Children:
Curtis, b. Mar. 7, 1775; m. Wealthy Hill; d. Aug. 15, 1829.
John, b. Apr. 5, 1777; m. Electa Goodrich.
Amos Todd, b. Aug. 5, 1779; m. Cynthia Bushnell.
Elizabeth Todd⁷, b. Feb. 24, 1782; m. Oct. 25, 1804, David Phelps Nash, d. July 19, 1849.
Child:
Jonathan Wilcox⁸ Nash, m. Catherine Artemesia Wilcox. Child:
Elizabeth Todd⁹ Nash, author of "Fifty Puritan Ancestors."
Henry, b. July 22, 1785; m. Jeannette Bushnell; d. Jan., 1853.
Matilda, b. 1788; d., unm., Oct. 22, 1809.
Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1789 ; m. George Pratt
18a. Jonathan Samuel⁷, b. Nov. 1, 1791.
Augustus B., b. Oct_ 4, 1794; m. Clarissa Jewett ; d. Feb. 10, 1873.

18a. Jonathan Samuel⁷ Wilcox, b. Nov. 1, 1791; m. Chloe⁷ Hand, b. Nov. 30, 1791; d. Sept. 21, 1875 (Daniel Hand, Jr., Capt. Daniel, Janna, Joseph, Jr., Joseph, John, of Maidstone, Kent, Eng., b. abt. 1611, came to Lynn, Mass., 1635; to South Hampton, L. I., to East Hampton, L. I.; d. 1660).
    "Colonel Jonathan Samuel Wilcox was made Colonel of Militia and in that capacity received and entertained Lafayette upon his visit to Madison in 1824. He had extensive business interests, was prominent in all plans for the public welfare and regarded as an intellectual man with very progressive ideas." (Miss Nash.) He d. Feb. 10, 1875.
Children:
William Wallace⁸, d., unm., Yale, 1835.
Eliza Maria, m. Joseph Hand. Scranton. Children:
Joseph Augustine, m. Ada Meylert ; meta. Congress five terms, Scranton, Pa., Dist.
Jonathan Samuel, d. infancy.
Jonathan Samuel⁸, m. Sarah Jane Ansley, of Augusta, Georgia.
Children:
William Wallace⁹, d., unm.
George Ansley, m. Ida Van Epps
Katherine Jessie, m. Graham C. Dunlop.
Sarah Jane.
John Samuel, d., unm.
Catherine Artemesia⁸, m. Jonathan Wilcox Nash.
Children:
Frances Jane⁹, m. George W. King.
Daniel Hand Wilcox, d. y.
Catherine Gertrude.
Elizabeth Todd, authoress.
Alice Maria.
Daniel Hand⁸, m. Frances Louise Ansley. Children:
Eliza Maria⁹, m. George Pliny Sawyer.
Ansley, Yale, 1874; m. (1) Cornelia Ramsey ; (2) Grace Rumsey.
Marion, Yale, 1878; m. Eleanor Sanchez.
Elizabeth Hand, m. Walter Irving Badger.
Daniel Hand, m. Bessie Hurd.
Francis Ansley, m. Annie Corson.
Esther Ansley, m. Rev. Edward C. Fellowes.
Mabel McGhee.
David Urquhart, Yale, 1895.
George Augustus⁸, Yale, 1852; m. Mary Hobart Grenelle, res. Madison, Conn., in summer, N. Y. City in winter. Child:
Constance Grenelle.

19. Lumon⁶ Wilcox (Ephraim⁵, Janna⁴, Ephraim³, John², John¹), b. Sept. 24, 1789, Westminster West, Vt.; m. May 26, 1803, Zibah Howard, b. Dec. 4, 1781. He d. Apr. 27, 1847.
Children:
Janna, b. Aug_ 6, 1803; d. May 31, 1868.
Clarissa, b. Oct. 3, 1805; d. Jan. 9, 1844.
Ancil, b. Aug. 29, 1809; d. July 13, 1867. Mary, b. Feb. 26, 1812 ; d. July 27, 1862.
24. Ephraim, b. May 8, 1816.
25. Adaline Diadama, b. Apr. 26, 1818; m. Geo. Campbell. Rhoda, b. Nov. 23, 1820; d. Apr. 4, 1899; m. John Stevens.
26. Jane Jemima, b. Nov. 28, 1822; m. D. C. Gorham.

20. Elisha Bacone Wilcox (Joseph, John, Ephraim, John, John), b. June 20, 1795; m. Jan. 26, 1818, Hepzibah,______, Lived in Westfield Society, Middletown.
Of their Children:
27. Horace Cornwell, b. Jan. 26, 1824.
Dennis Cornwell, b. Dec. 14, 1831. Child:
Frederick Peck Wilcox, office of International Silver Co., New York City.

20a. Lucy Ann Wilcox, b. May 12, 1814; d. Oct. 21, 1843; m. Apr. 16, 1835, William Frederick⁷ Boardman (Nathan, Nathan, Josiah, Isaac, Isaac, Samuel), b. May 29, 1813; d. June 17, 1847.
Child:
28. Arthur Boardman, b. Apr. 28, 1839.

21. Joseph Russell⁷ Wilcox (Josiah⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Jan. 16, 1774, "n. w. quarter," now Berlin; m. (1) Dec. 2, 1795; Lena Foster ; (2) Jan. 2, 1849, Betsy Haskell, widow of Captain William⁶ Smith (Captain John, Joseph, Rev. Joseph, Philip, Samuel). He built the house now (1908) the "Geoghegan" house, standing opposite the Northwest cemetery; was deacon of the Cong. Ch. in Upper Houses, owned a grist mill and fulling mill, manufactured brick, owned at time of death the Middletown-Farmington Turnpike Co. He d. Jan. 25, 1852.
Of their Children:
Chauncey, b. Sept. 6, 1796; was a Cong. clergyman; d. Jan. 31, 1852.
Alsa⁸, b. Sept. 26, 1798; m. Oct. 5, 1823, Emily⁷ Treat (Elisha, Elisha, Isaac, Thomas, Richard, Richard), b. July 16, 1804, Upper Houses, who d. Sept. 25, 1872. He d. Oct. 10, 1838.
Children:
Lydia Hart⁹, b. July 8, 1824; m. June 11, 1844, Albert Bacon, son of Ebenezer Bacon and Lavinia Wilcox. She d. July 22, 1893. He d. Mar. 1, 1907.
Chauncey, b. Sept. 12, 1826; d. Jan. 29, 1833.
Mary Treat, b. June 29,____; d. Jan. 29, 1833.
Emily Treat, b. May 4, 1834, unm. Res. Westfield Society.
Adaline, b. May 6, 1836. Res. Westfield Society.

21a. Lemuel Wilcox, b. Feb. 28, 1780; d. Nov. 24, 1864, Berlin, Conn.; m. 1801, Rhoda North, b. July 20, 1779, Berlin ; d. May 3, 1835, Hinckley, O.
Child :

Adelia, b. Dec. 11, 1808, Berlin; d. Jan. 9, 1894, Warsaw, Ind.; m. Roswell Snow, b. Sept. 24, 1803, Pelham, Mass. ; d. July 11, 1879, Elyria, O. Child :
Horace North Snow, b. July 1, 1843, Hinckley, O.; m. (1) Jan. 31, 1866, Hettie Ellen Bethel, b. June 2, 1846, Germanton, N. C.; d. July 5, 1882, Durham, N. C., dau. of Rev. Joshua Bethel and Eliza Carlton Geren; m. (2) Nov. 19, 1884, Wayne Co., N. C., Anna Exam, b. May 31, 1861, Wayne Co., N. C., dau. of William Jordan Exam and Mary Alston Burt. Corporal Co. I, 8th Ohio Vols., - Aug. 10, 1861; disc. Jan. 1, 1863, "to enable him to enter the Military Telegraph Service." Served as such till 1866. Meth.. Prohib.-Rep., F. & A. M., mgr. of Foundry and Machine Works. Res. Durham, N. C. Children:
Olivia Adelia, b. Aug. 30, 1870; m. Jan. 18, 1893, James Monroe Hornaday, b. June 3, 1863, Chatham Co., N. C. Tobacco mfr. Res. Durham, N. C.
Children:
Hettie Bethel, b. Feb. 22, 1895.
James Munroe, b. Aug. 6, 1897.
Annie Snow, b. Sept. 11, 1900.
Jessie Logan, b. Jan. 4, 1878; d. Oct. 17, 1878.
Horace North, b. Mar. 16, 1886.
Richard Wright, b. May 28, 1891.
Beverly Carradine, b. Oct. 21, 1895.
Mary Exam, b. May 22, 1897.

22. Lyman⁷ Wilcox (Josiah⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Dec. 19, 1784; m. Lina Dickenson; b. 1787; d. 1858. He d. 1828, leaving a widow with seven children, the oldest being but 16. Her gold beads and silver spoons are owned by her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lina Dickenson Lee, of New Britain, Conn. (1908).
Children:
Julia Ann, b. 1813; d. May 16, 1864; m. Levi R. Barnes. Their descendants live in East Berlin and New Britain.
Lyman, b. 1819; d. Mar. 10, 1855; m. Maria Bulkeley, of Berlin.
Children:
Lyman, m. Addie Sperry.
Robert, m. Ella Wheeler, poetess.
Harriet Louisa, m. Leander Bunce ; res. New Britain, Conn.
Sherman⁸, b. Nov. 14, 1820; d. June 26, 1903; m. Harriet Friend Hall.
Child:
30. Henry Edwin⁹, b. Mar. 1, 1844.

23. Benjamin⁷ Wilcox (Samuel⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹),, b. June 27, 1782, " n. w. quarter," now East Berlin, Conn.; m. (1) Feb. 26, 1806, Betsy⁶ Savage, b. June 25, 1787, d. Jan. 28, 1831, dau. of Selah⁵ Savage, ensign at Battle of Bunker Hill (Elisha, Lieut. in Rev. Army; William, William, John) and Elizabeth Porter, b. Mar. 12, 1760, " n. w. quarter ; " d. Apr. 19, 1805. He m. (2) Hepzibah Wilcox Galpin, and d. May 10, 1843. He and Shubael Patterson were the first to utilize the waters of the Mattabesett or Sebethe River for manufacturing purposes. They erected in what now is East Berlin a mill for spinning cotton yarn to be put out to women to be woven by them on hand looms. This property passed to the Roys and Wilcox Co., and then to Peck, Stow and Wilcox Co.
Children by first marriage:
Eliza Porter, b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. Feb. 17, 1832 ; m. Dec. 18, 1831, Julius H. Dowd, b. 1800, son of Luther Dowd, of Madison, Conn.
29. Samuel Curtis, b. Dec. 11, 1811.
Edward, b. Apr. 22, 1815; m. Sept. 28, 1838, Harriet M. Dowd ; b. Oct. 3, 1815, sister to Julius H. Dowd. He remained on the ancestral farm, in business with his brother, deacon of Cong. Ch.; d. Aug. 13, 1862.

[PORTER LINEAGE--John Porter was given land, 1639, in Windsor. Conn.
Samuel² Porter, b. 1625, in England; m. 1659, Hannah Stanley, dau. of Thomas Stanley. He rem. to Hadley, Mass., where he d. 1689.
Hezekiah³ Porter, b. Jan. 7, 1665; d. 1752; m. May 20, 1686, Hannah Cowles, b. 1661, dau. of Samuel Cowles and Abigail Stanley.
David⁴ Porter.
Capt. Samuel⁵ Porter and wife were original members of the Berlin Cong. Ch.
Elizabeth⁶ Porter, b. Mar. 12, 1760.]

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24. Ephraim⁷ Wilcox (Lumon6), b. May 8, 1816, Westminster West, Vt.; d. June 29, 1871; m. Apr. 16, 1839, Harriet N., b. Jan. 1, 1820, d. Dec. 12, 1903, dau. of Calvin Jewett and Sally Parker. Excepting a year in Zanesville, 0., and another in St. Johnsbury, Vt., his life was passed in Westminster West. Engaged in farming till Mar., 1856, when he bought the village store. Afterwards he remodeled the old Ephraim Ranney Tavern into a commodious dwelling house and place of business, became a successful merchant, being much honored wherever known for his probity. Constable and tax collector and member of Legislature, and of Cong. Ch.
Children born:
Edwin Augustus, b. Feb. 2, 1840, Zanesville, 0.; clerk in a store in Newbury, Vt., from 1855 to Apr., 1861; corp. 1st Vt. Reg. 3 mos. ; Q. M. of 4th Reg., Ver. Inf.; disc. for disability Sept., 1862, from which he never regained his health. Went to Boston 1863; com. traveller to 1881; since then a selling agent for mills. Res. Somerville, Mass.
Calvin Lumon, b. Apr. 25, 1843 ; d. May 26, 1861.
Harriet Ellen, b. May 21, 1850, Westminster West. In 1872 with mother and brother rem. to Somerville. She was deeply interested in the compilation of this book, contributing all Wilcox data in the Westminster line. She d. Nov. 5, 1906.

25. Adelina⁷ Diadama (Lumon⁶), b. Apr. 26, 1818, Westminster West, Vt.; d. July. 31, 1884; m. May 8, 1839, George Campbell, son of Edward R. Campbell. For many years Mr. Campbell had a national reputation as an importer and breeder of choice merino sheep in Westminster and Texas. The Campbell homestead is a place noted, now as formerly, for its hospitality.
Children:
Edward Luman Campbell, b. Mar. 30, 1840 ; m. Lydia Ranney, dau. of Russell Ranney (see the Ranney Family).
Caroline C. Campbell, b. Aug. 16, 1844; d. Apr. 27, 1896; m. Oct. 14, 1867, Horace Hubbard, b. Nov. 25, 1843, d. Mar. 11, 1897, son of Dr. Calvin Hubbard, of Springfield, Vt.
Children:
George Campbell Hubbard, b. July 29, 1874.
Bessie Adeline Hubbard, b. Aug. 19, 1875.
Fayette Elmore Hubbard, b. May 21, 1877.
Calvin Eugene Hubbard, b. June 7, 1880.
Mary Chamberlain Hubbard. b. Feb. 10, 1883.
Frederick Walker Campbell, b.; d. Sept. 8, 1848.
Frederick G. Campbell, b. Aug. 19, 1853; m. Oct. 13, 1875, Emma L. Harlow, b. July 15, 1854; succeeds his father in the homestead.
Children, b. in Westminster West:
Harry Harlow, b. May 23, 1876.
Frank Walter, b. Sept. 26, 1877.
Helen Louise, b. Mar. 15, 1880 ; m. Dec. 20, 1899, John Piddock, d. in Mexico, 1900.
Mary Wardwell, b. Dec. 23, 1881.
George, b. Sept. 11, 1883.
Lena Morris, b. Mar. 21, 1887.
Edward Raymond, b. June 5, 1891.
Charles H. Campbell, b. May 8, 1857; m. Mar. 28, 1888, Mary Lyon Wardwell, a granddaughter of Mrs. Eleazur Harlow, a Ranney. Owner of a large ranch and engaged in real estate and insurance business. Great Falls, Montana.
Child:
George Henry, b. July 14, 1889.

26. Jane Jemina⁷ Wilcox (sister of Adelina6), b. Nov. 28, 1822, Westminster West; m. Oct. 1, 1848, David Crowell Gorham, b. Mar. 9, 1818. Resides on the old Wilcox place, which has remained in the family.
Children:
Susan Jane Gorham, b. Aug. 25, 1850.
Clara Ella, b. Oct. 4, 1854.
Henry Crowell, b. Oct. 11, 1858, manager and successor in the old homestead.
Edwin Edgar Gorham, b. June 23, 1860; teacher of vocal music in Boston, Mass.

27. Horace Cornwell Wilcox, b. Jan. 26, 1824, Westfield Society of Middletown. Lived on the farm till he was twenty years of age. Attended district school till he was eighteen. At twenty years of age began to peddle wares. In 1850 removed to Meriden and began to sell britannia ware for James Frary, then went into partnership with him and brother, Dennis C. Wilcox, under the firm name of H. C. Wilcox & Co. In 1852 the world-wide Meriden Britannia Company was organized and he was its president till his death. He was an original partner in the White & Wilcox Organ Co., and became interested in many public enterprises. He built the railroad from Meriden to Cromwell and by so connecting Meriden with the Connecticut River he reduced the price of coal seventy-five cents for each and every ton used by manufacturers and others in Meriden. Then he extended the road to Waterbury, constituting a road of twenty-eight miles in length, and so connected at Waterbury with the New England Railroad, making a line independent of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co., and furnishing an independant outlet to the south and west for Meriden and Waterbury manufacturers. He financed the bonds of this road at heavy loss to himself. From a beginning of business on a capital of three borrowed dollars he became one of the most prosperous and successful business men in Connecticut, all owing to his indomitable energy. He was alderman, mayor and state senator. His son, George Horace, succeeded him in the presidency of the Meriden Brittania Company and is now (1908) the head of the International Silver Company and of many other prominent enterprises.
    Horace Cromwell Wilcox m. (1) Aug. 9, 1849, Charlotte A. Smith, daughter of Jabez Smith of Middletown; m. (2) May 31. 1865, Ellen M. Parker of Meriden.
Children by first marriage:
Ella Augusta, m. William P. Morgan; res. San Francisco, Cal.
Georgine.
Walter.
Allyn.
Children by second marriage:
George Horace.
Dwight P., dead.
Horace, dead.
Florence Cornwell.

George Horace⁸ Wilcox (Horace Cromwell⁷Elisha Bacon⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), , b. Aug. 22, 1856, Meriden, Conn.; m. Jan. 23, 1884, New Britain, Colm., Nettie Barker Curtis, b. Aug. 26, 1860, Meriden, dau. of Lucius Webb Curtis and Olive Hotchkiss. Mfr., Cong., Rep. Pres. of many companies.
Children:
Harold Curtis, b. Jan. 7, 1889.
Ray Cornwell, m. Dec. 24, 1891.
Horace, b. Oct. 7, 1893.

28. Arthur⁸ Boardman, b. Apr. 28, 1839, Westfield Society, Middletown; m. Aug. 21, 1862, Maria E. Paddock, b. Jan. 28, 1841, dau. of Seth J. Paddock and Lucinda Kenyon. Attended Mineral Spring Institute, Cromwell, learned the joiner's trade. The first to enlist from Cromwell in Rifle Co. A, 3d Conn. Reg., 3-months Vols., Apr. 25, 1861-Aug. 12, 1861. On Aug. 11, 1862, enl. in Co. K, 20th Reg. Conn. Vols., for three years. Married ten days later, mustered out at Washington June 13, 1865, as 1st lieutenant. Rem. to Hartford, ret. 1868 to Cromwell. Has held many local offices, being now (1908), as for many years, town clerk, town treasurer, treasurer of the Cromwell Dimes Saving Bank. Deacon, trustee. and liberal member of the Baptist Church.
Children:
Frank Crawford, b. Oct. 10, 1866, Hartford, Conn.; m. Jane Adams Elam of Tenn. Grad. Yale School of Fine Arts, studied in Paris. Holds prominent place among American artists.
Child:
John Elam, b. July 29, 1906.
Charlotte Hall, b. May 11, 1869 ; d. June 21, 1875.
Arthur Howard, b. Oct. 15, 1870; m. Sept. 3, 1901, Edith T. Kjeldsen, b. 1880. Coal merchant, tax collector. Held prominent position in Republican local party. Only tax-payer to sue to compel the restoration to the town of money taken to pay personal bills.
May Wilcox, b. Dec. 9, 1875; m. June 4, 1896, Geo. W. Brewer, R. R. agent at Southbury, Conn. She grad. at Boston Conservatory of Music.
Children:
Grace Anne, b. Aug. 22, 1897.
Howard George, b. Jan. 26, 1899.
Robert Donald, b. Sept. 9, 1902.
Edith May, b. Dec. 29, 1904.
Wallace Selden, b. Dec. 9, 1875; grad. 1896, Suffield Literary Institute; grad. 1901, Wesleyan Uni.; grad. 1904, Rochester Theo. Sem. Licensed to preach, Sept., 1901, by Cromwell Bapt. Ch. Pastor of Baptist Ch., West Wardsboro, Vt.

29. Samuel Curtis⁸ Wilcox (Benjamin⁷, Samuel⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹), b. Dec. 11, 1811, East Berlin, Conn. ; m. (1) July 20, 1836, Eliza Anne Parsons, b. Mar. 19, 1815; d. Jan. 20, 1845, dau. of Nathan Parsons, of Durham, Conn.; m. (2) June 7, 1846, Anna Scovell Peck, b. Mar. 15, 1827, d. Mar. 7, 1884, dau. of Norris Peck and Elizabeth Langdon, of Kensington Parish, Berlin, Conn.

Norris Peck, b. Dec. 9, 1795, a prominent farmer and citizen of Berlin, was a descendant of Deacon Paul Peck, supposed to have been born, 1622, in Co. Essex, England, and to have come to Boston, 1635, in the ship Defense, and to have removed, 1636, with Hooker to Hartford, his name being on the list of 1639 as a proprietor "by courtesie of the town." His house and farm was on the corner of Washington Street and Capital Avenue, about to be occupied by the new State Library and Supreme Court Building. He was surveyor of highways, townsman, chimney-viewer, deacon in the First Church, Apr., 1691; d. Dec. 23, 1695.
The Langdons were large landholders in what is now the town of Berlin, having in their possession a large tract of land now occupied by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., and by the extensive brick yards of the vicinity. They were prominent as patriots in the Revolutionary Army.
        Samuel Curtis Wilcox was reared on the farm, attended school at Ballston Spa, N. Y., taught school for several years. He returned to Berlin to engage in mercantile pursuits. Establishing a general store in Berlin, he traveled South by team, and. established a similar store at Washington, N. C., conducting these for many years. He then established a tinware manufactory in company with two others under the name of Carpenter, Lamb & Wilcox. It was one of the first tinware factories in the United States, and started with thirty hands. In 1845 Mr. Wilcox established ac East Berlin a small manufactory for tinmen's tools and machines, from which nucleus there came the firm so widely known as the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. The latter was established in 1870, by the consolidation of, eight similar factories, seven in Connecticut, and one in Cleveland, 0., and employs several thousand hands, with a capital of $1,500,000. Mr. Wilcox was vice-president till his death.
        When the Corrugated Metal Co. of East Berlin was in financial straits Mr. Wilcox came to its rescue. Through his advice, bridge construction was added to its scope and thus in 1871 the Berlin Iron Bridge Company was born, with Mr. Wilcox as its president. To the new enterprise he applied his masterly business abilities with a phenomenal success; He remained its efficient and directing executive till his death. The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. was ever a growing and progressive corporation, and sent its iron bridges and buildings all over the United States, as well as into foreign lands.
        Mr. Wilcox was a stockholder and director of many enterprises. In politics he was a Democrat. For its substantial growth and development Berlin owes much to him. He was an accurate judge of human nature, and wisely chose his lieutenants. Kind in disposition, he was at the same time. a man of strong convictions, to which he was ever true. His business foresight was one of his most valuable qualities, and back of it lay an energy which carried his enterprises on to success.
Children by first marriage:
Laura Parsons, b. Mar. 17, 1837; d. Dec. 28, 1866.
Julia Eliza, b. Sept. 1, 1838; d. Apr. 2, 1852.
Catherine Parsons, b. Dec. 18, 1842; d. May 17, 1843. Samuel Parsons, b. Aug. 24, 1844; d. Aug. 20, 1846.
Children by second marriage:
Samuel Howard, b. Apr. 23, 1848.
Clarence Peck, b. Mar. 18, 1850 ; d. June 15, 1852.
Anna Peck, b. Dec. 2, 1853; d. Dec. 15, 1856.
Amos Peck, b. Dec. 2, 1853 ; d. Dec. 30, 1853.
Edward Henry, b. Sept. 22, 1856 ; d. Jan. 24, 1865.
31. Frank Langdon, b. Jan. 6, 1859.
Elizabeth Peck, b. Mar. 8, 1861.
Victor Peck, b. May 27, 1866 ; d. May 28, 1867.

30. Henry Edwin⁹ Wilcox (Sherman⁸, Lyman⁷), b. Mar. 1, 1844; m. Apr. 15, 1869, Esther Coe Birdsey, b. June 14, 1848. (See Kirby-Sage Chapters.) He worked with his father at the forge, then engaged in farming. In 1892 rem. to Middletown, in 1904 to Bristol, Conn.
Children:
Henry Birdsey, b. Sept. 1, 1870, Meriden, Conn. ; m. Sept. 28, 1896, Elizabeth Pemberton Wallace. Res. Bristol. Child:
Ruth Elizabeth, b. Mar. 17, 1899.
Marion Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1871, Middlefield, Conn.; m. June 18, 1896, Rev. William Munroe Newton, grad. Wesleyan Univ.; presiding elder Vermont Conf., M. E. Church. Res. So. Royalton, Ver.
Children:
Dean William, b. Oct. 21, 1898.
Elizabeth Marion, b. Jan. 7, 1903.
Lina Dickenson, b. Feb. 5, 1875, Middlefield, Conn.; m. Oct. 30, 1899, Charles Webster Lee; res. New Britain, Conn.

31. Frank Langdon⁹ Wilcox (Samuel Curtis⁸, Benjamin⁷, Samuel⁶, Daniel⁵, Samuel⁴, Israel³, John², John¹) , b. Jan. 6, 1859, Berlin, Conn.; m. Jan. 19, 1898, Harriet Churchill Webster, b. Mar. 20 1870, in Berlin, Conn., dau. of Deacon Charles Selah Webster and Julia Sophia Higgins. Res. Berlin, Conn.

Mr. Wilcox was educated with the view of taking up, in a measure, his father's tasks, and his life for twenty years has been in the direction designed. He attended the Berlin Academy until he was twelve years of age, when he entered St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he was grad. in 1876, after five years in its preparatory course. He then entered Trinity College, Hartford, where he was grad. in 1880, entering the shops of the Peck; Stow & Wilcox Company, at Kensington, Berlin, he became their manager in 1885, continuing in that capacity until the consolidation of the Kensington factory, with the other factories of the company, four years later. He then became associated with the Berlin Iron Bridge Company as its treasurer, which responsible position he held until the company was absorbed by the American Bridge Co., on May 12, 1900. He is also interested in and identified with many business interests in Hartford county ; vice-president o1 the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.; director of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Hartford; Phoenix National Bank, of Hartford; New Britain Mechanics National Bank, of New Britain; of the Berlin Savings Bank, of Berlin; secretary and treasurer of the Middltown & Portland Bridge Co. Is pres. of Fidelity Trust Co. of Hartford.
        In politics Mr. Wilcox is a staunch Republican. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1893, serving as clerk of the Judiciary Committee. In 1903 he was a member of the State Senate, representing the Second District ; was chosen chairman of Committee on Senatorial Districts, Expositions and Rivers, Roads and Bridges. Was of the Connecticut Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Is president of Trinity College Alumni Associaton and Athletic. Association and a benefactor of the College Athletic Club; a member of St. Elmo Commandery, Knights Templar, Meriden, Conn.; of Delta Psi, College fraternity; of Engineers Club of New York; Judge Advocate on 1st Company Governor's Foot Guard, and of several social clubs. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Connecticut Commission to the Jamestown Exposition, and is President of the Society of Middletown Upper Houses, being descended from six of the founders of the Upper Houses. He is superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School of Berlm. While at one time Berlin had twenty-five voters bearing the name of Wilcox, he at present (1908) is the only Wilcox voter in the town. The Wilcox tribe covers all the land today.

Children:
Margaret Webster, b. Feb. 15, 1902.
Samuel Churchill, b. Nov. 29, 1904.

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