Family of Moses * COX and Alice * PERKINS

Husband:	Moses * COX (1594-1687)
Wife:	Alice * PERKINS (1608-1657)
Children:	Moses * COX (1620-1687)
Marriage	1640	NH, US

Husband: Moses * COX

Moses * COX

Name:	Moses * COX
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1594	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England^1,2
Immigration	1639 (age 44-45)	to Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US from England³
Death	28 May 1687 (age 92-93)	Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US⁴

Wife: Alice * PERKINS

Name:	Alice * PERKINS
Sex:	Female
Father:	Isaac * PERKINS (1571-1629)
Mother:	Alice* (1580-1639)
Birth	1608	Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US
Death	20 Oct 1657 (age 48-49)
	Cause: drowning on boat trip from Hampton

Child 1: Moses * COX

Name:	Moses * COX
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Alice * WISE (1620-1657)
Spouse 2:	Prudence MARSTON (1622-1682)
Birth	18 Jul 1620	Hampton, Hampshire, England
Death	28 May 1687 (age 66)	Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US⁵

Note on Husband: Moses * COX

Moses Cox was born about 1594, and died 28 May 1687 at the age of 93 in Hampton, NH. His will was dated 1 Nov. 1682, and probated on July 18, 1687. In 1640, when he was appointed the first herdsman for the town of Hampton. In 1662 he was a selectman. His house stood a few rods from the "mill road," on the westerly side. He first married Alice Wise about 1636 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Alice Wise was born about 1620 in Hillmorton, England and was the daughter of Humphrey Wise and Susannah Tidd. She and her son John were drowned in the wreck of a vessel that sailed from Hampton for Boston Oct. 20, 1657, along with six others including William Swayne, whose widow, Prudence, Mr. Cox married the following year. He married Prudence (Marston) Swayne, the daughter of William Marston, on June 16, 1658. Children of Moses Cox and Alice Wise are:

1. John (Coxe) Cox, born about 1638 in Hampton, NH; died 20 Oct 1657 in At Sea. 2. Sarah Cox, born about 1642 in Hampton, NH; died after 1682; married Nicholas Norris 21 Jan 1663/64 in Hampton, NH. 3. Rachel Cox, born about 1644 in Hampton, NH; died after 1705 in Rockingham Co., NH; married Thomas Rollins about 1670 in Exeter, NH. 4. Mary (Coxe) Cox, born 26 Jun 1644 in Hampton, NH; died after 14 Aug 1707; married John Godfrey 6 May 1659 in Hampton, NH; born about 1632; died 19 Mar 1696/97. 5. Moses (Coxe) Cox, Jr., born 2 Nov 1649 in Hampton, NH; probably died young.

Child of Moses Cox and Prudence Marston:

6. Leah, born April 21, 1661; married James Perkins; died February 19, 1749. She was her father's principal heir, and, with her husband, succeeded to the paternal estate, and lived on a part of the homestead, which has ever since belonged to the Perkins family, and is now held by Dea. James Perkins, of the fifth generation.

Sources

1	"American Genealogical-Biographical Index" (Godfrey Memorial Library, On-Line, Provo, UT).

2	Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Births" (Provo, UT 2001).

3	"Passenger and Immigrations Lists Index 1500-1900".

4	Edmund West, "Family Data Collection - Death" (Generations Network, Inc 2001).