Thomas Joseph Wilcox

Revolutionary War Veteran
Rank - Private

Captain Squire, 2D Regt, Essex County

Resided in Clinton Township, New Jersey

"Clinton Township was a township located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, which existed from 1834 to 1902.

Clinton Township was created on April 14, 1834, from portions of Elizabeth Township, Newark Township, Orange Township and Union Township. Clinton Township included present-day Irvington and Maplewood and parts of Newark and South Orange.[7]

On April 1, 1861, South Orange Township (now Maplewood) was formed from portions of Clinton Township and Orange.[7]

Irvington was formed as an independent village as of March 27, 1874, and became fully independent as a town on March 2, 1898.[7] The town's Clinton Cemetery, opened in 1844, refers to the earlier name.

What remained of the old township was absorbed into Newark on March 5, 1902, based on the results of a referendum held on March 11, 1902.[7] The area is now part of the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Newark."

Burial site:

"Original interment in Old Newark Burial Grounds. In 1887 the city began removal of the remains, but it was not until about 1900 that arrangements to dismantle the cemetery were completed. To receive the remains, a crypt was prepared in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, under a monument dedicated to the first settlers of the city. The gravestones from the old burial ground were mounted along the walls of the crypt around the foundation of the monument."