Ancestry of
Jeanette Jerome

(1854–1921)

William Wilcox

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Jeanette Jerome — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • William Wilcox 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy Allen   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Aug 1739 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 10 Sep 1782 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 2 Jan 1762 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  David Wilcox (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • One source lists 02 JAN 1762 as the wedding date for William Wilcox and Sarah Smith, but this would seem unlikely if their eldest child David Wilcox was born 10 JAN 1762.

• Sources for William Wilcox

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Dartmouth, p.260 of 2331, Marriage record for William Wilcox and Sarah Smith.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 1, p. 302, Birth record for son David Wilcox.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 2, p. 549, Marriage intention for William Wilcox and Sarah Smith.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 1, p. 304, Birth record for William Wilcox.
  • ⁵ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 170.
  • ⁶ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1942, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 159-166 and accompanying chart.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 606.