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NAME RECORD (#13203)
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Name |
Last |
First |
Middle |
Marriage |
Wilcox |
Benjamin, d.1840 |
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Birth |
Date |
Town |
State |
Country |
1782/06/27 |
East Berlin |
CT |
USA |
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Father | Wilcox, Samuel 3rd, 1753-1832 |
Mother | Dowd, Phoebe, 1759-1796 |
Baptism |
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Occupations | |
Marriage (2) |
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click |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Last Name |
Marriage Name |
MarriageDate |
MarriageTown |
MarriageState |
MarriageCountry |
1 |
link |
Hepzibah, 1796-1853 |
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Wilcox |
Galpin/Wilcox |
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2 |
link |
Betsey, 1787-1831 |
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Savage |
Wilcox |
1806/02/26 |
East Berlin |
CT |
USA |
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Children (3) |
# |
click |
First Name |
Middle Name |
Last Name |
Marriage Name |
Birthdate |
1 |
link |
Eliza |
Porter |
Wilcox |
Dowd |
1808/01/17 |
2 |
link |
Samuel |
Curtis, 1811-1886 |
Wilcox |
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1811/12/11 |
3 |
link |
Edward, b.1815 |
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Wilcox |
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1815/04/22 |
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Death |
Date |
Town |
State |
Country |
Cemetery |
Cemetery Town |
Cemetery State |
Cemetery Country |
Obit File |
1840/05/10 |
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Wilcox Cemetery |
East Berlin |
CT |
USA |
0 |
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Notes (1) |
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Note |
1 |
Benjamin married 1st Betsey Savage. He married 2nd Hephsibah Wilcox, who was previously married to Norris Galpin. BPLH Room Card Notes record " With Shubal Pattison, spun cotton yarn which local women wove on hand looms their cotton thread said to be 1st cotton industry in America". He was a large land owner. He lived at 233 Main Street, East Berlin; house built in 1822. BPLH Card Notes record that he had title "Esq.". Card Notes also record that he may be the same Benjamin Wilcox listed on p.183 of "Tinsmiths of CT". BPLH Room Card Notes record that he served as Selectman in 1816, 1841 and 1842 and that he had to be replaced in 1843 when he died. Card Notes record death date 10 MAY 1843; Hale Cemetery Records record 1840. He died at age 61 years.
Hale Cemetery Records - p.76
North, Catherine. History of Berlin - p.50 |
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Sources | BPLH Room Card Catalog Notes Cemetery records Middletown Upper Houses |