Emmetje “Amy” Cox

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195490572/william-cox

This William Cox’s wife was Emey or Emmatje which is a Dutch diminutive/hypocoristic form of the given name Emke (Emma). In each successive generation at least one daughter was named Emy; Emey; Emmey, later anglicized or phoneticized by some as Amy.

Gilbert Cope, a renowned genealogist and historian of Chester County, states that

"Emey was quite probably kin to Van der Culen: Reynear Van der Culen/Coelen who died in 1677; his wife Cattelyntje had to sell his land to pay of his debts" (at Hay Makers hoeck or Hockessin). His son of the same name left a Will dtd 24 Apr 1695, New Castle Misc Will Records, Vol 1, pg 470 (not in chronological order or indexed and difficult to locate). [See also 1734 and 1735 land records quoted below wherein Reynear Van der Coelen is mentioned]

The works of Dr. Peter Stebbins-Craig also state that William Cox was married to Emmatjie Vander Coelen. Source: The Swedish Colonial Society Forefathers, 1909. The document is not paginated.

Family

William & Emey Cox had several children, not necessarily in this order and not all verified/documented as yet:

• 1. Richard Cox [#206783827] married Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey & Ann (Richards) Scarlet, on 10mo/ Dec 15, 1726 at Chichester Mtg. The Marriage record is extant - "Richard Cox, yeoman of London Grove to Elizabeth Scarlet, spinster of Chichester". Among the witnesses were Humphrey and Ann Scarlet; William and Thomas Cox; John & Rebecca Scarlet, Thomas, John and Elizabeth Dutton, John and Elizabeth Hurford, Nathan and Hannah Wood, and others. Elizabeth Scarlett's niece Phebe Scarlett below was the daughter of Elizabeth's brother Shadrach Scarlett and his wife Phebe Bowater.
• 2. John Cox [#206764657] of White Clay Creek administered the estate of his father William Cox in 1743 as stated below. He married Mary, daughter of Johan/Jan Garretson (vander Hofe / of the farm) & wife Ann. Note that John Cox had a daughter Emey Cox who married Wm Wierman of York Co in 1753.
• 3. Ann Cox [#206850346] married Casparus Garretson (brother of Mary above) in 1713 under Hockessin Mtg, New Castle Co, DE; his brother Cornelus Garretson was mentioned in the 1743 Estate documents of William Cox. Ann married 2nd Nathan Hussey in 1728 at New Castle Mtg House; 2nd marriage for both. Casparus Garretson died in 1727; his Will is extant. [Delaware Wills, Miscellaneous Bk 1, pg 90, Executor wife Anne]
• 4. William Cox [#56833829] of Hockessin married Katherine, daughter of Harmon Kinkey of Cecil Co, MD. about 1716. They had 10 children and removed to North Carolina where he died in 1767 [N.C. Will Bk A 1752-1788, pg 53, et seq]. The Kinkey sisters tie this family together: Mary Kinkey m. Wm Husband in 1720 at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, Earleville, MD; Katherine Kinkey m. Wm Cox about 1716; Margery Kinkey m. Wm Gregg in 1725 at Centre Mtg, New Castle County Upon Delaware.
• 5. Thomas Cox married Elizabeth, daughter of John Fincher of London Grove, in 1722 at Marlboro Mtg in Chester Co. The marriage was witnessed by siblings John & Mary (Garretson) Cox and Richard Cox. NOTE: Among the witnesses were John & Elinor (Langdale) Cooke and Elinor Cooke - both siblings of 2nd wife Mary Cooke. His wife Elizabeth (Fincher) died in 1729 and Thomas married 2nd Mary Cooke by a Priest as reported by London Grove Preparative Mtg of Friends on 8mo/Oct 31, 1730. He removed "over the Susquehanna" which was Lancaster Co (1729), later York County (1749) and later Adams Co (1800), PA. Although Elizabeth (Fincher) died in 1729, Thomas Cox is mentioned in the 1746 Will of John Fincher "To Thomas Cox living over the Susquehanna £5 for the use of his daughter Rebecca wife of James Fraiser." [PA Will Bk B, pg 240].
• 6. Emey (anglicized to Amy) Cox [#125270561] married John Allen (1694-1771), authorized by Kennett Mtg held at Center on 3mo/May 2, 1719, he having produced a Certificate from New Garden Mtg dated 1mo/Mar 14, 1719 in order to marry Amy 'Cocks' and her "father William Cox having been heard". They declared their 1st intent before Kennett Women's Mtg on 2mo/Apr 4, 1719. This record is extant although faint and difficult to read.

References

• Transcripts from Jerry Richmond’s Quaker Collection site < image >