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Birth:          ABT 1644 Bedminster, Somersetshire, England
Death:          Sep 1690 Philadelphia, PA
Burial:         14 Sep 1690 Philadelphia, PA

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came with or shortly after Penn. Was a Quaker. Was a ropemaker. By 1685 a member 
of the Penna Assembly, and served as Justice of the Court of Common Please, Quarter 
Session of the Peace and Orphans Court (from message on rootsweb re derbysgen
a native of Wales, per Wilcoxson and Allied Families p 7
on familysearch there is a record of birth of Abigail Wilcox, 28 Jul 1679 b "Bristol and 
Somerset" dtr of Barnabas Wilcox and Sarah Wilcox
ancestry has this one plus Hester Wilkcox b 30 Aug 1673 Bristol, Gloucestershire.
awt Brown Fam Tree says Barnabas Wilcox b 1635 Bristol, d 15 Sep 1690 Phila, md 
Sarah Boone (b 1639 Bristol, d 29 Nov 1692 Phila.), child Hannah b 1675
but Packard/Leatherby Tree has same info but has her last name as Roberts
and Stella's Tree says her name is Adams! and she shoes children as George, Joseph, 
Esther, Hannah, Abigail, Ruth, Rachel
and there are other trees picking up on Boone, Roberts and Adams
per familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/e/n/Marla-Jenkins-WV/WEBSITE-
0001/UHP-1462.html, he was a prosperous ropemaker in Bristol, a Quaker who was 
persecuted by the Crown in the 1680s. So William Penn personally encouraged him to 
come to Penna in 1682, which he did with his son Joseph (13 years old). Came to 
Phila "by 1685." This from "Ball Cousins" by Margaret Kinsey.
Bedminster supposedly is near Bristol.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/derbysgen/1997-06/0865883818


Marriage To ----- Sarah (ABT 1645 - 21 Nov 1692)
    m. ABT 1668 Bristol Meeting, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

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Children by ----- Sarah ABT 1645 - 21 Nov 1692
WILCOX Rachael (ABT 1685 - 17 Feb 1760)

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