It is an educated guess that Dorcus Hull Cox was buried in the now-gone family cemetery on land once owned by her husband Phillip Cox. Gravestones for both her husband and son Philip Jr. were found in the middle of the 20th century nearby.
According to a document at the New Jersey Archives filed in 1950:
"Somerset County, Warren Twp. on North side of road from Warrenville to Springdale on farm of Frederick Dilzell (formerly Tom Tramer farm). Stone in field about 100 years from road. Broken in two across the middle. Part of inscription missing. 'In memory of Mr./Philip Cox who died ( ) Sep ( ) 80 ( ).' A transcription made by Charles Gardner in 1947 read 'In memory of (Mr.) Philip Cox who died Sept. 19, 1785 aged 80 years.' This would have been Philip Jr.
"Another stone, hand-letters fieldstone now used as the second step of a walk leading from the kitchen of the Dilzell house to the barn. 'Phillip Cox July ye 12 1736." This would have been Phillip Sr. His estate was probated in 1736 confirming the date and his identify. An early genealogy conflates father and son into one man who died at 108.
There is a Findagrave memorial for Philip Cox placed at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church cemetery that is misplaced according to their records in which he doesn't appear. The proofs cited do not check out. Nor was Phillip Cox's father-in-law the minister there. His father-in-law died in Maine in 1691.
Dorcus Hull was born c.1685 in York County, now Maine, then Massachuetts, the daughter of Phineas Hull c.1647-c.1691 (probate 1693) and Jerusha Hitchcock 1653-c.1689 (daughter of Richard Hitchcock and Lucretia Williams) who married c. 1673. It is reported that her mother died in an Indian attack and that Dorcus was the only child who survived. However, it may have been Phineas Hull's second wife Mary Rishworth (also married to William White and John Sayward) who was captured in 1690 and held for a year. This is unclear.
There is some question exactly who Phineas Hull's father was. Some say it was the Rev. Joseph Hull 1595-1665, and some say it was his son Joseph Hull Jr. 1622-aft 1647. In any event Phineas Hull was certainly in York County in 1671 and Rev. Joseph Hull died there in 1665. The Hull Family Association thinks that Phineas was a son of the Rev. Joseph Hull. Dorcus also had a son Phineas.
She married Philip Cox 24 Sep 1702 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is not known how she got there, but there was a pattern of people fleeing the Indian Wars in York County and ending up in New Jersey. Perhaps she joined her Hull relatives there after her father's 1691 death--her father's brothers Hopewell, Benjamin, and Samuel were in NJ. It is interesting that Philip Cox witnessed a will in 1702 in Piscataway, NJ with Nicholas Mundy Jr. who married Hopestill Hull, daughter of Hopewell Hull. If Phineas Hull was Rev. Joseph Hull's son, the two women would have been first cousins.
Quoting Stephen Cox: "On December 6, 1731, Philip Cox and Dorcas Cox sold land in York County, Maine, to Pendleton Fletcher. The 60 acres had first been granted to Phineas Hull on December 3, 1681, and it was assigned to Dorcas Cox and Philip Cox on November 5, 1731. In this record, it is Dorcas who is listed first, and they state their residence as East Jersey in the county of Somerset. Earlier in these records, Philip Cox gives his son, Philip Cox, power of attorney to act on his behalf, on August 20, 1731. He says this is in regard to any land for "me or Dorcas my wife late Dorcas Hull…"
Phillip Cox purchased land in the Blue Hills of Somerset County in 1727 but reportedly was there earlier. He was found in the record purchasing items at a Piscataway estate sale in 1709.
Dorcus had the Bible of her mother, Jerusha Hitchcock Hull, and added her own six children. According to Philip Cox's will, their then-living children were:
* John 1703-1767 (#178452869)
* Philip 1705-1785 (#178453152)
* Phineas ("Fines") 1709-1774 (#178453211)
* Elizabeth 1716-1799--she married David Riggs in 1736 (#178453279)
Two other children listed in the Bible records were not listed in the will. This implies that they died before 1727 when the will was written. They were Joshua or Jacob (unclear) b. 1711, and Mary b. 1719. Elizabeth Sutton is sometimes listed as a daughter but that is an error.
There are unproven reports that Dorcus' name was at one point Graves, perhaps indicating that she had been married to a Mr. Graves either before or after Philip Cox but this seems unlikely. There is no documentation, and she was about 18 when she married Phillip Cox. Some claim that she was a Graves by birth but that doesn't seem to be the case given the Bible and 1731 Maine land sale records. This speculation comes from "The Cox Family in America" published in 1912.
Reading the entry for this family, 110 years later, it is clear that it is full of errors. The author confuses the death dates Phillip Sr. and Phillip Jr. making Phillip Sr. 108 years old at his death. Phillip Sr.'s 1736 DOD is clear from his probate records. He is given three wives. It is perfectly clear that he married Dorcus Hull in 1702 whether or not he was previously married and that they were married at the time of his death. Only Dorcus' four living children were mentioned in his will. It also claims that Phillip's father was Isaac Cox, a London merchant, but proof has not been found. Generally the entry for this family in "The Cox Family in America" is hard to track and somewhat confused. Nonetheless, taken with a grain of salt, it is valuable.
According to a document at the New Jersey Archives filed in 1950:
"Somerset County, Warren Twp. on North side of road from Warrenville to Springdale on farm of Frederick Dilzell (formerly Tom Tramer farm). Stone in field about 100 years from road. Broken in two across the middle. Part of inscription missing. 'In memory of Mr./Philip Cox who died ( ) Sep ( ) 80 ( ).' A transcription made by Charles Gardner in 1947 read 'In memory of (Mr.) Philip Cox who died Sept. 19, 1785 aged 80 years.' This would have been Philip Jr.
"Another stone, hand-letters fieldstone now used as the second step of a walk leading from the kitchen of the Dilzell house to the barn. 'Phillip Cox July ye 12 1736." This would have been Phillip Sr. His estate was probated in 1736 confirming the date and his identify. An early genealogy conflates father and son into one man who died at 108.
There is a Findagrave memorial for Philip Cox placed at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church cemetery that is misplaced according to their records in which he doesn't appear. The proofs cited do not check out. Nor was Phillip Cox's father-in-law the minister there. His father-in-law died in Maine in 1691.
Dorcus Hull was born c.1685 in York County, now Maine, then Massachuetts, the daughter of Phineas Hull c.1647-c.1691 (probate 1693) and Jerusha Hitchcock 1653-c.1689 (daughter of Richard Hitchcock and Lucretia Williams) who married c. 1673. It is reported that her mother died in an Indian attack and that Dorcus was the only child who survived. However, it may have been Phineas Hull's second wife Mary Rishworth (also married to William White and John Sayward) who was captured in 1690 and held for a year. This is unclear.
There is some question exactly who Phineas Hull's father was. Some say it was the Rev. Joseph Hull 1595-1665, and some say it was his son Joseph Hull Jr. 1622-aft 1647. In any event Phineas Hull was certainly in York County in 1671 and Rev. Joseph Hull died there in 1665. The Hull Family Association thinks that Phineas was a son of the Rev. Joseph Hull. Dorcus also had a son Phineas.
She married Philip Cox 24 Sep 1702 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is not known how she got there, but there was a pattern of people fleeing the Indian Wars in York County and ending up in New Jersey. Perhaps she joined her Hull relatives there after her father's 1691 death--her father's brothers Hopewell, Benjamin, and Samuel were in NJ. It is interesting that Philip Cox witnessed a will in 1702 in Piscataway, NJ with Nicholas Mundy Jr. who married Hopestill Hull, daughter of Hopewell Hull. If Phineas Hull was Rev. Joseph Hull's son, the two women would have been first cousins.
Quoting Stephen Cox: "On December 6, 1731, Philip Cox and Dorcas Cox sold land in York County, Maine, to Pendleton Fletcher. The 60 acres had first been granted to Phineas Hull on December 3, 1681, and it was assigned to Dorcas Cox and Philip Cox on November 5, 1731. In this record, it is Dorcas who is listed first, and they state their residence as East Jersey in the county of Somerset. Earlier in these records, Philip Cox gives his son, Philip Cox, power of attorney to act on his behalf, on August 20, 1731. He says this is in regard to any land for "me or Dorcas my wife late Dorcas Hull…"
Phillip Cox purchased land in the Blue Hills of Somerset County in 1727 but reportedly was there earlier. He was found in the record purchasing items at a Piscataway estate sale in 1709.
Dorcus had the Bible of her mother, Jerusha Hitchcock Hull, and added her own six children. According to Philip Cox's will, their then-living children were:
* John 1703-1767 (#178452869)
* Philip 1705-1785 (#178453152)
* Phineas ("Fines") 1709-1774 (#178453211)
* Elizabeth 1716-1799--she married David Riggs in 1736 (#178453279)
Two other children listed in the Bible records were not listed in the will. This implies that they died before 1727 when the will was written. They were Joshua or Jacob (unclear) b. 1711, and Mary b. 1719. Elizabeth Sutton is sometimes listed as a daughter but that is an error.
There are unproven reports that Dorcus' name was at one point Graves, perhaps indicating that she had been married to a Mr. Graves either before or after Philip Cox but this seems unlikely. There is no documentation, and she was about 18 when she married Phillip Cox. Some claim that she was a Graves by birth but that doesn't seem to be the case given the Bible and 1731 Maine land sale records. This speculation comes from "The Cox Family in America" published in 1912.
Reading the entry for this family, 110 years later, it is clear that it is full of errors. The author confuses the death dates Phillip Sr. and Phillip Jr. making Phillip Sr. 108 years old at his death. Phillip Sr.'s 1736 DOD is clear from his probate records. He is given three wives. It is perfectly clear that he married Dorcus Hull in 1702 whether or not he was previously married and that they were married at the time of his death. Only Dorcus' four living children were mentioned in his will. It also claims that Phillip's father was Isaac Cox, a London merchant, but proof has not been found. Generally the entry for this family in "The Cox Family in America" is hard to track and somewhat confused. Nonetheless, taken with a grain of salt, it is valuable.
It is an educated guess that Dorcus Hull Cox was buried in the now-gone family cemetery on land once owned by her husband Phillip Cox. Gravestones for both her husband and son Philip Jr. were found in the middle of the 20th century nearby.
According to a document at the New Jersey Archives filed in 1950:
"Somerset County, Warren Twp. on North side of road from Warrenville to Springdale on farm of Frederick Dilzell (formerly Tom Tramer farm). Stone in field about 100 years from road. Broken in two across the middle. Part of inscription missing. 'In memory of Mr./Philip Cox who died ( ) Sep ( ) 80 ( ).' A transcription made by Charles Gardner in 1947 read 'In memory of (Mr.) Philip Cox who died Sept. 19, 1785 aged 80 years.' This would have been Philip Jr.
"Another stone, hand-letters fieldstone now used as the second step of a walk leading from the kitchen of the Dilzell house to the barn. 'Phillip Cox July ye 12 1736." This would have been Phillip Sr. His estate was probated in 1736 confirming the date and his identify. An early genealogy conflates father and son into one man who died at 108.
There is a Findagrave memorial for Philip Cox placed at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church cemetery that is misplaced according to their records in which he doesn't appear. The proofs cited do not check out. Nor was Phillip Cox's father-in-law the minister there. His father-in-law died in Maine in 1691.
Dorcus Hull was born c.1685 in York County, now Maine, then Massachuetts, the daughter of Phineas Hull c.1647-c.1691 (probate 1693) and Jerusha Hitchcock 1653-c.1689 (daughter of Richard Hitchcock and Lucretia Williams) who married c. 1673. It is reported that her mother died in an Indian attack and that Dorcus was the only child who survived. However, it may have been Phineas Hull's second wife Mary Rishworth (also married to William White and John Sayward) who was captured in 1690 and held for a year. This is unclear.
There is some question exactly who Phineas Hull's father was. Some say it was the Rev. Joseph Hull 1595-1665, and some say it was his son Joseph Hull Jr. 1622-aft 1647. In any event Phineas Hull was certainly in York County in 1671 and Rev. Joseph Hull died there in 1665. The Hull Family Association thinks that Phineas was a son of the Rev. Joseph Hull. Dorcus also had a son Phineas.
She married Philip Cox 24 Sep 1702 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is not known how she got there, but there was a pattern of people fleeing the Indian Wars in York County and ending up in New Jersey. Perhaps she joined her Hull relatives there after her father's 1691 death--her father's brothers Hopewell, Benjamin, and Samuel were in NJ. It is interesting that Philip Cox witnessed a will in 1702 in Piscataway, NJ with Nicholas Mundy Jr. who married Hopestill Hull, daughter of Hopewell Hull. If Phineas Hull was Rev. Joseph Hull's son, the two women would have been first cousins.
Quoting Stephen Cox: "On December 6, 1731, Philip Cox and Dorcas Cox sold land in York County, Maine, to Pendleton Fletcher. The 60 acres had first been granted to Phineas Hull on December 3, 1681, and it was assigned to Dorcas Cox and Philip Cox on November 5, 1731. In this record, it is Dorcas who is listed first, and they state their residence as East Jersey in the county of Somerset. Earlier in these records, Philip Cox gives his son, Philip Cox, power of attorney to act on his behalf, on August 20, 1731. He says this is in regard to any land for "me or Dorcas my wife late Dorcas Hull…"
Phillip Cox purchased land in the Blue Hills of Somerset County in 1727 but reportedly was there earlier. He was found in the record purchasing items at a Piscataway estate sale in 1709.
Dorcus had the Bible of her mother, Jerusha Hitchcock Hull, and added her own six children. According to Philip Cox's will, their then-living children were:
* John 1703-1767 (#178452869)
* Philip 1705-1785 (#178453152)
* Phineas ("Fines") 1709-1774 (#178453211)
* Elizabeth 1716-1799--she married David Riggs in 1736 (#178453279)
Two other children listed in the Bible records were not listed in the will. This implies that they died before 1727 when the will was written. They were Joshua or Jacob (unclear) b. 1711, and Mary b. 1719. Elizabeth Sutton is sometimes listed as a daughter but that is an error.
There are unproven reports that Dorcus' name was at one point Graves, perhaps indicating that she had been married to a Mr. Graves either before or after Philip Cox but this seems unlikely. There is no documentation, and she was about 18 when she married Phillip Cox. Some claim that she was a Graves by birth but that doesn't seem to be the case given the Bible and 1731 Maine land sale records. This speculation comes from "The Cox Family in America" published in 1912.
Reading the entry for this family, 110 years later, it is clear that it is full of errors. The author confuses the death dates Phillip Sr. and Phillip Jr. making Phillip Sr. 108 years old at his death. Phillip Sr.'s 1736 DOD is clear from his probate records. He is given three wives. It is perfectly clear that he married Dorcus Hull in 1702 whether or not he was previously married and that they were married at the time of his death. Only Dorcus' four living children were mentioned in his will. It also claims that Phillip's father was Isaac Cox, a London merchant, but proof has not been found. Generally the entry for this family in "The Cox Family in America" is hard to track and somewhat confused. Nonetheless, taken with a grain of salt, it is valuable.
According to a document at the New Jersey Archives filed in 1950:
"Somerset County, Warren Twp. on North side of road from Warrenville to Springdale on farm of Frederick Dilzell (formerly Tom Tramer farm). Stone in field about 100 years from road. Broken in two across the middle. Part of inscription missing. 'In memory of Mr./Philip Cox who died ( ) Sep ( ) 80 ( ).' A transcription made by Charles Gardner in 1947 read 'In memory of (Mr.) Philip Cox who died Sept. 19, 1785 aged 80 years.' This would have been Philip Jr.
"Another stone, hand-letters fieldstone now used as the second step of a walk leading from the kitchen of the Dilzell house to the barn. 'Phillip Cox July ye 12 1736." This would have been Phillip Sr. His estate was probated in 1736 confirming the date and his identify. An early genealogy conflates father and son into one man who died at 108.
There is a Findagrave memorial for Philip Cox placed at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church cemetery that is misplaced according to their records in which he doesn't appear. The proofs cited do not check out. Nor was Phillip Cox's father-in-law the minister there. His father-in-law died in Maine in 1691.
Dorcus Hull was born c.1685 in York County, now Maine, then Massachuetts, the daughter of Phineas Hull c.1647-c.1691 (probate 1693) and Jerusha Hitchcock 1653-c.1689 (daughter of Richard Hitchcock and Lucretia Williams) who married c. 1673. It is reported that her mother died in an Indian attack and that Dorcus was the only child who survived. However, it may have been Phineas Hull's second wife Mary Rishworth (also married to William White and John Sayward) who was captured in 1690 and held for a year. This is unclear.
There is some question exactly who Phineas Hull's father was. Some say it was the Rev. Joseph Hull 1595-1665, and some say it was his son Joseph Hull Jr. 1622-aft 1647. In any event Phineas Hull was certainly in York County in 1671 and Rev. Joseph Hull died there in 1665. The Hull Family Association thinks that Phineas was a son of the Rev. Joseph Hull. Dorcus also had a son Phineas.
She married Philip Cox 24 Sep 1702 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is not known how she got there, but there was a pattern of people fleeing the Indian Wars in York County and ending up in New Jersey. Perhaps she joined her Hull relatives there after her father's 1691 death--her father's brothers Hopewell, Benjamin, and Samuel were in NJ. It is interesting that Philip Cox witnessed a will in 1702 in Piscataway, NJ with Nicholas Mundy Jr. who married Hopestill Hull, daughter of Hopewell Hull. If Phineas Hull was Rev. Joseph Hull's son, the two women would have been first cousins.
Quoting Stephen Cox: "On December 6, 1731, Philip Cox and Dorcas Cox sold land in York County, Maine, to Pendleton Fletcher. The 60 acres had first been granted to Phineas Hull on December 3, 1681, and it was assigned to Dorcas Cox and Philip Cox on November 5, 1731. In this record, it is Dorcas who is listed first, and they state their residence as East Jersey in the county of Somerset. Earlier in these records, Philip Cox gives his son, Philip Cox, power of attorney to act on his behalf, on August 20, 1731. He says this is in regard to any land for "me or Dorcas my wife late Dorcas Hull…"
Phillip Cox purchased land in the Blue Hills of Somerset County in 1727 but reportedly was there earlier. He was found in the record purchasing items at a Piscataway estate sale in 1709.
Dorcus had the Bible of her mother, Jerusha Hitchcock Hull, and added her own six children. According to Philip Cox's will, their then-living children were:
* John 1703-1767 (#178452869)
* Philip 1705-1785 (#178453152)
* Phineas ("Fines") 1709-1774 (#178453211)
* Elizabeth 1716-1799--she married David Riggs in 1736 (#178453279)
Two other children listed in the Bible records were not listed in the will. This implies that they died before 1727 when the will was written. They were Joshua or Jacob (unclear) b. 1711, and Mary b. 1719. Elizabeth Sutton is sometimes listed as a daughter but that is an error.
There are unproven reports that Dorcus' name was at one point Graves, perhaps indicating that she had been married to a Mr. Graves either before or after Philip Cox but this seems unlikely. There is no documentation, and she was about 18 when she married Phillip Cox. Some claim that she was a Graves by birth but that doesn't seem to be the case given the Bible and 1731 Maine land sale records. This speculation comes from "The Cox Family in America" published in 1912.
Reading the entry for this family, 110 years later, it is clear that it is full of errors. The author confuses the death dates Phillip Sr. and Phillip Jr. making Phillip Sr. 108 years old at his death. Phillip Sr.'s 1736 DOD is clear from his probate records. He is given three wives. It is perfectly clear that he married Dorcus Hull in 1702 whether or not he was previously married and that they were married at the time of his death. Only Dorcus' four living children were mentioned in his will. It also claims that Phillip's father was Isaac Cox, a London merchant, but proof has not been found. Generally the entry for this family in "The Cox Family in America" is hard to track and somewhat confused. Nonetheless, taken with a grain of salt, it is valuable.
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