Lyn, I just checked M.S.Osborne's Wilcox/Wilcoxson Familes of New England and Their Descendants, 2nd Rev. (1997) and she doesn't have anything listed for John>John>Frank. Kathy ([email protected]) is doing a Wilcox line at Schroon Lake. Kathy, is this yours? Marsha Wilcox [email protected] Davis & Wilcox Web Design -- http://www.usroots.com/spungold/dwwd.html USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL Oconto Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ Shawano Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wishawan/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm [email protected] wrote: > > Hello Wilcox researchers! I am new to the list, and also new to researching > my family history. I am working on the following WILCOX line, and I admit, I > am starting to feel like I am looking for a needle in a haystack. If there is > ANYONE who recognizes any of these WILCOX names or places, I would be > grateful. > > > John Wilcox (born 5 May 1850 in Wilmington, New York) married to Betsey Allen > (born 6 September 1855 in Ironville, New York). John and Betsey (Allen) > Wilcox had the following children: > 1. Bertha Wilcox, born 28 November 18…married ??? Grogan > 2. Pearl Wilcox, born 22 June1884… married Henry Sumner > 3. Mary Wilcox, born 27 March 1886… married ??? Gannon > 4. Allen Wilcox, born 1893….married ? > 5. Frederick Wilcox, unknown > 6. John Carlton Wilcox, born 11 June 1892… married Daisy (Lewis)(Hammond), > born Drayton Market, Shropshire, England 1882 > They were married on 22 May, 1913 in Rutland, Vermont. > > I believe that all of John and Betsey (Allen) Wilcox’s children were born > somewhere in Essex County in the late 1880’s through the 1890’s. > > I do know that John Wilcox, my Great,Great-Grandfather, is buried in Forest > Hill Cemetery, in Crown Point, New York. In the same plot area, there is also > an Abner Wilcox and Edwin R.D.Wilcox and his wife, Frances. To date, I have > not found any documented proof that these men are related, other than a > hopeful guess. > > I also know that my Great-Grandmother, Daisy (Lewis,Hammond) Wilcox was born > in England, moved to Canada to live with her brother, but then moved to > Northern New York with a family she had lived with in Canada for a time. I > do not know the name of this family though. Once in New York, she met and > married an older man named William Hammond, who owned some sort of store there > in Essex County. Daisy and William Hammond had a son together, named > Frederick Hammond. Daisy Hammond then met John (Jack) Wilcox who worked in > the store, and apparently her marriage broke up over this. Daisy and William > Hammond divorced, and Daisy married John > t to a family named Sheehan. > > Daisy and John Carlton Wilcox then moved, along with John’s sister Pearl and > her husband to Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Daisy and John Wilcox had six > children in Pennsylvania, one of which was my Grandfather Frank Wilcox. > > This is basically all I have as verifiable information on my family. > According to a Great-Aunt, she remembers going to Schroon Lake, New York to > visit cousins, but she can not remember any of the particulars as she was a > very young girl at the time, and it was almost seventy years ago. I have > heard that there is a Wilcox Pond located there. > > The only other solid information I have is that John Wilcox, Sr. died 7 June > 1917 in Glen Falls, New York, but his body was removed to Crown Point for > burial. Betsy (Allen) Wilcox died in Hudson Falls, NY. I do not know where > she is buried. There are also four "mystery" notations found in a family > Bible: > 1. Grandma Wilcox 14 November 1897 > 2. Grandpa SMITH 12 November 1900 > 3. Grandma SMITH 21 April 1900 > 4. Master John Wilcox, died 31 October Automobile accident. > > Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and I welcome any > suggestions or leads to further my search. > > Lynnette Wilcox Burge > > > > ==== WILCOX Mailing List ==== > Web Archives > http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/WILCOX-L/