MARGARET BIRDSEYE (WILCOXSON) 1611-1655

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of William E. Hull, son of Sarah Wilcox (Hull), daughter of Stephen Wilcox, son of Joseph Wilcox, son of Joseph Wilcoxson, son of Margaret Birdseye (Wilcoxson).]



Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Final resting place of Margaret Birdseye Wilcoxson Plot: PETER PRUDDEN'S GARDEN - NO TOMBSTONE REMAINS


The old Norman Church at Herfordshire, England.

IMMIGRATION
AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 24 MARGARET SAILED FROM LONDON TO AMERICA WITH HER HUSBAND WILLIAM AND HER 2-YEAR-OLD SON JOHN.
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Mary Elizabeth Meyer Buoys great grandmother
Margaret Birdseye 1611-1655 is the 6th great grandmother of Mary Elizabeth Buoy. also the 7th great grandmother of Humphry Bogart.
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Arrival William Wilcoxson's (1601-1652) father may have been William Wilcoxson (1560-1626) at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England whose sons were George, William (the younger son), Anne, and Mazie. William Wilcoxson (1601-1652) was a "lynen weaver" in Derbyshire, England. He married Margaret Birdseye (1611-1670) in about 1632 in England and their first child/son John was born there. William Wilcoxson (34) and wife Margaret (24) and son John (2) sailed 05 April 1635 from England aboard "The Planter" and arrived at Boston on 26 May 1635. They went to Concord, MA first where William Wilcoxson was a Freeman in 1636. Two more children were born there. In 1639 William Wilcoxson went to Pequonnocke and the Cupheag Plantation (soon Stratford, Connecticut) with his wife and 3 small children. Their homelot was #70 and it was on Elm Street and the had a share in the Common Field. Eight more children were born there. William Wilcoxson served as a Deputy in the Court of the governing body of Stratford and on 20 and 25 May 1647 was a Representative to the Connecticut General Court at Hartford for Stratford. William Wilcoxson's will was dated 29 May 1651 and his estate inventory was 16 June 1652. Son Joseph Wilcoxson (1635-1703) was born at Concord, MA and went with his parents and siblings to Stratford, Connecticut in 1639 as a child. He married Anna (some believe her to be Anna Shailor/Shaler as son William inherited 12 Acres of land from Goodman Shailer and it might be presumed that this was his grandfather and therefore the father of Anna, Anna's ancestry information sought!) at Stratford, Connecticut in about 1658 and their first 2 children were born there. The family moved to Killingworth, Connecticut in about 1665 as did Joseph Wilcoxson's mother and step-father. Six more children were born there. Widow Anna was living in 1708 when she petitioned for the custody of her Farnham grandchildren. Granddaughter Margaret Wilcoxson (1673-1763), daughter of Joseph Wilcoxson (1635-1703), married Joseph Graves (1672-1714) in about 1697 and they raised 5 children at Guilford, Connecticut.
Sources: Genealogical Dictionary, Savage, 1860 -
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