Hello All - Does anyone have any information about an Obediah Willcox - who was supposed to own a plantation in Virginia (On the James River, between Lynchburg and Richmond) at Wilcox Landing during the 19th century. He had an ancestor - Rev. John Willcox whose children went to Westerly R.I., Virginia (Wilcox Landing), Pennsylvania and New York State. Obediah came from the Virginia branch. A statue of Rev. John Willcox is supposed to be in a square in Hartford, Conn The Wilcox family originated in a place called Lancastshire, England, as far back as the early 13 hundreds, the originator's name was Coan, and was connected in some way in the Kings household, well in some way the name came to be spelled from William Coan to William Coax, then, Cocks, then he was called Will Cox, then the name ws connected as Willcox, which was the way my Great Great Grandfather spelled his name. My Great Grandfather, took off one "L" and spelled as it is today - Wilcox Thank you, Margi (Wilcox) Shindell

Maggie: I have seen the place name "Wilcox Landing" but your e-mail is the first to give me a clue as to where it was. Because our William was in the Virginia Continental Regiments and because of family stories to the effect that William's wife was from southern Virginia - we are interested in any Virginia Wilcoxes. Will be on the look out for yours. Charley F. Wilcox

Thank you Charley - Here is some further information (in case it will help!) Obediah Willcox was supposed to have owned a large plantation in Virginia (I am guessing it was on the James River at Wilcox Landing since that is where my Great Grandfather was born). He was married to Anna Eliza Webb. Anna died at age 58 leaving 5 children, including my Great Grandfather - Franklin James Wilcox. Franklin was born about 1832 at Wilcox's Landing (on the James River, between Lynchburg and Richmond). He left at age 21 to go to out west (Minnesota). Franklin was about 6'4" and weighed about 240 pounds. As stated previously, Obediah was a descendant of a Rev. John Willcox from Connecticut. Rev. John Willcox's children went to Westerly R.I., Virginia (Wilcox Landing), Pennsylvania and New York State. A statue of Rev. John Willcox is supposed to be in a square in Hartford, Conn (NOT CONFIRMED) Franklin changed the name to one "L" Wilcox from the two "LLs" Willcox. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer in this line. Margi (Wilcox) Shindell Shindell@bellsouth.net Atlanta, GA "Charley F. Wilcox" wrote: > Maggie: > I have seen the place name "Wilcox Landing" but your e-mail is the > first to give me a clue as to where it was. > Because our William was in the Virginia Continental Regiments and > because of family stories to the effect that William's wife was from > southern Virginia - we are interested in any Virginia Wilcoxes. Will be on > the look out for yours. > Charley F. Wilcox > > ==== WILCOX Mailing List ==== > WILCOX Family Mail List Archives: > courtesy of Rootsweb, our gracious host! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Just type in the mail list's name: WILCOX > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM