Re: Asa Cox -Children Er, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ruth,Henry, Sarah, Asa, Nancy, Ge
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Asa Cox -Children Er, Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ruth,Henry, Sarah, Asa, Nancy, Ge
Nancy Cox 2/02/09
Asa COX Sr. (c.1760-1839) is NOT the son of Taliaferro COX of Orange Co. VA, and it appears be pure coincidence that he lived in Franklin Co. KY at the same time as Taliaferro's son, Russell COX Sr. (1758-1829).Asa was b. abt. 1760 in NJ, came to Franklin Co. KY bef. 1795, and moved to Jefferson Co. IN bef. 1816.
Asa d. 1839 and thus never told the Census where he was b., but we do have a complete list of his children and their spouses from Wills and Administrations of Jefferson Co. IN --
*"Cox, Asa. (Probate Book E-453.) [c.1840] -- Err Cox, Mary Cox, Peter Lame, Mary Lame, Martin Calvert, Elizabeth Calvert, Theophilus Bryan, Hannah Bryan, John Watts, Ruth Watts, HenryCox, Christina Cox, Asa Cox [Jr.], Mary Cox, William Beebe, Nancy Bebee, Sarah Cox, George M. Cox, [and] Ruth Cox, the widow of Asa Cox [Sr.]."
I've been to locate most of these children (and/or their children) in subsequent Census, either 1850+ (which includes every individual with age and birth) or 1880+ (which also includes their parents' birthplaces).The results are as follows:
*Er COX (b. 19 Jul 1786) told the Census of 1850 that he was b. in NJ, and an 1895 biography of his son says that "Asa Cox, who was born in Jefferson Co. IN 12 Jan 1824, is a son of Er and Elizabeth (Lame) Cox, natives of New Jersey and of German descent."
*Mary (Cox) LAME (b. 1789-1790) told the Census of 1850 that she was b. in NJ, and her son Isaiah LAME told the Census of 1880 that his mother was b. in NJ;
*Elizabeth (Cox) CALVERT (b.abt. 1795) told the Census of 1850 and 1860 that she was b. in KY -- this may tell you when the family made the move from NJ;
*Hannah (Cox) BRYAN (b.1805-1808) told the Census of 1850 that she was b. in KY;
*Ruth (Cox) WATTS (b.abt. 1804) told the Census of 1850, 1860 and 1870 that she was b. in KY;
*Henry COX (b.abt. 1795) d.bef. the Census of 1850, and I couldn't follow his children well enough to see what they said about his birthplace;
*Asa COX Jr. (b. 1808-1809) told the Census of 1850 that he was b. in IN, but he was prob. mistaken, since his son Martin told the Census of 1880 that both of his parent were b. in KY;
*Nancy (Cox) BEEBE (b.abt. 1808) could not be located;
Sarah Ellen COX (b.abt.1810) was still unmarried in 1840 and could not be located in subsequent years; and
*George M. COX (b.1815) told the Census of 1850 that he was b. in KY and told the Census of 1880 that both of his parents were b. in NJ.
Your next step, then, will be to start researching the COX family in NJ.That will be considerably impeded by the fact that the Census for NJ is missing for years 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820.In 1830, the first Census available, there are more COX households in Burlington than in any other county, but that's a pretty tenuous thread to follow.
An alternative is to follow the family of Joseph LAME (1766-1839), who was a neighbor of Asa COX Sr. in Jefferson Co. IN and two of whose children m. children of Asa (Er and Mary).More importantly, Joseph LAME is known to have come from Burlington Co. NJ; he was in Scott Co. KY when Asa COX was next door in Franklin Co.; and he moved from KY to IN at almost the same date as Asa.Often the best way to research your own family is to follow the families they traveled with.
I'll be glad to provide a gedcom with the informaiton I've compiled on this family.You should also make use of USGenWeb and MyIndianaHome.net, both of which will have additional materials.Search the archives at COX-L, LAME-L and NJBURLIN-L to see what you can find there.
And check the online catalogs of the Library of Congress and DAR library for local histories and records that will fill in for those missing Census years.I live across the river in Alexandria VA and could chase down leads in either library for you, if you want to hire me for that purpose.