father of john wilcoxson who married sarah boone The surname Willcockson, meaning son of Willcock, is spelled Wilcoxson,Wilcoxon, Wilcoxen, Wi llcocks, Willcox and Wilcox, interchangeably.Daniel Willcockson, and most of his siblings an d issue in Kentucky,generally used the spelling Wilcoxson.
John Willcockson has been identified as the son of George Willcockson and
Elizabeth Powell. [Note 2] Sarah Boone was a daughter of Squire Boone andSarah
Morgan, who moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Rowan County,North
Carolina in 1750. [Note 3]

Elizabeth Powell, who married George Willcockson, was a daughter ofRowland
Powell
and Maud Richard who were married in 1695. [Note 4] George Willcocksoncame to
Pennsylvania from Cossal, Nottinghamshire, England: [Note 5]

Wilcox (or Wilcoxson) sometime of Cossal
... John Wilcoxson of Cossal, Notts., was father of George Wilcoxson of
Cossal, Notts., and afterwards of Pennsylvania where he m. 15 April 1719,
Elizabeth, daughter of Rowland Powell, a native of Wales, and d. 1739. His
son,
John Wilcox moved to North Carolina in 1750-2, Member of Assembly1771,
served in the American Revolution, moved to Kentucky before 1782, m. 1742
Sarah, dau. of Squire Boone of Pennsylvania (b. Manchester, England, 25Nov.
1696; d. 1 Jan. 1765), later of Rowan Co., N. Carolina, by Sarah his wife(b.
1700; m. 23 July 1720; and d. 1777), daughter of Edward Morgan of Gwynedd,
Montgomery Co., Pa. (a town settled by a colony of Welshmen in 1698,where he
purchased 300 acres in 1711), and formerly of Philadelphia. This EdwardMorgan
(b. 1678-9; d. 1718), according to family records was a son of Sir James
Morgan, 4th Bt. of Llantarnam by a first marriage to Anne (by whom he hada
dau. Sarah, b. 1676, who m. 1691, Stephen Beasley, and settled in
Philadelphia), dau. of Judge Richard Hopton of Bishop Frome, later ofCanon
Frome (and his wife Susan, dau. of Sir William Harvey), Chief Justice ofN.
Wales, temp. Charles II and James II, and first cousin therefore of Sir
James's second wife, Alice, widow of Nicholas Jones (whom she had m. 13April
1683), and dau. of Sir Edward Hopton of Canon Frome (see that family in
Landed Gentry of Great Britain), by Deborah (d. 13 July 1702), dau. ofRobert
Hatton. Sir James Morgan d. 30 April 1718, when the Baronetcy appears tohave
become extinct (but see The Morgan Family by James Appleton Morgan). John
Wilcox was killed by Indians at battle of Bryant Station, Kentucky, 1782.His
son, Lieut.-Col. George Wilcox, of Shelby Co., Kentucky, J.P. (1801),High Sheriff
(1811), served in the War of 1812 with 8th Kentucky Militia, b. 1766; m.
1789, Elizabeth (b. in London 1774; d. 1814), dau. of John Pinchbeck ...

This genealogical sketch contains several inaccuracies, which do not
necessarily diminish the credibility of most of the statements. GeorgeWilcox
of Shelby County, Kentucky, whose family used that spelling of thesurname,
was a son of George Willcockson, Jr. and a nephew of John Willcockson who
married Sarah Boone. George Willcockson, Jr. married Elizabeth Hall. John
Willcockson was not killed at Bryan's Station in 1782. He was alive inNorth
Carolina in 1790 and 1798. [Note 6] Squire Boone was born in Devonshire,England, not
Manchester. He married Sarah Morgan on 23 September 1720; not in January.[Note 7]
Edward Morgan built his house in Towamencin Township in 1695 and thedeeds for
the land were dated in 1708 and 1714. [Note 8]

James Appleton Morgan confused the marriage sequence of Sir James Morganby
publishing that his first wife was Anne Hopton, widow of Nicholas Jones,and
that she bore one son, Edward Morgan, who died in infancy. He identifiedthe
second wife of Sir James as Alice Hopton, the mother of Sarah Morgan, who
married Stephen Beasley, and Edward Morgan, the father of Sarah MorganBoone. [Note 9]
A chronological analysis of the facts proves that Sir James Morgan of
Llantarnam had to be married first to Anne Hopton and then to Alice Hopton
Jones. Edward Morgan, who, traditionally, was the father of Sarah Morgan
Boone, and Sarah Morgan Beasley had to be children of the first marriage.[Note 10]

Supporting proof of the Burke lineage has not been found but it is
substantiated by the evidence that has been located. George Willcocksonand
Elizabeth Powell were married on the 15th of the 2nd month 1719: [Note 11]

Page 37 George Wilcockson, son of John Wilcockson of Nottingham,Great
Britain and Elizabeth Powel, daughter of Rowland Powel ofHaverford married
in meetinghouse in Haverford 2.15.1719

George Willcockson died before 25 October 1739 in Chester County, when
Elizabeth
Willcockson was granted administration of his estate, against a bond inthe
amount of 160 pounds, secured by Philip Yarnall and Joseph Pugh. [Note12] Elizabeth
Powell Willcockson died shortly thereafter because the administration ofher
estate occurred in 1740. Philip Yarnall, administrator for ElizabethWilcox,
widow and relict of George Wilcox, her late husband, who had diedintestate
leaving several children to survive them, particularly Mary Wilcox, agedabout
five years, who needed support, petitioned the court for Mary Wilcox to be
bound out to John Yarnall until age eighteen, and to be taught to read and
write, and "housifrey." [Note 13]