'Cox2'
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Families covered: Cox of Ballynoe, Cox of Coolcliffe
| BLG1886 identifies the arms of the following family as "Arg., three bars gu. on a canton az. a lion's head erased or". | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Cox of Ballynoe, co.Limerick (a 09.1637) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Standish (dau of Sir Thomas Standish of Bruffe) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cox of Ballynoe | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sampson Cox of Ballynoe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Constantina Fitzmaurice (dau of William Fitzmaurice of Kerry & Lixnaw, relict of John Odell of Ballingarry) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Cox of Ballynoe (bpt 20.0.1.1703, d 10.1762, eldest surviving son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.03.1727) Margaret Hutchinson (dau of Hugh Hutchinson of Bantry) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hugh Cox of Ballynoe (bpt 31.12.1730, d 1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1757) Elizabeth Vowell (dau/coheir of John Vowell of Springfort) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Vowell Cox of Ballynoe | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anne Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick O'Kelly of co. Clare | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Cox of Ballynoe (b 1765, d 20.10.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1796) Mary Scanlan (dau of Michael Scanlan of Ballinaha by Elizabeth Wheeler (cousin of Hugh, 2nd Lord Massy)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cox of Ballynoe (b 22.01.1799, d 19.04.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.06.1826) Elizabeth Vandeleur (d 05.02.1872, dau of Col. John Ormsby Vandeleur of Maddenstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Edward Langford of Stonehall | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Aphrasia Cox (b 1801-2, d 12.02.1890) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1829) John White of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward John Croker of Grange Hill | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Hugh Cox of Knockeogh, co. Cork (d 1812) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anstance Spread (dau of John Spread of Forest) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | John Cox had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Scanlan | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Sampson Hugh Cox had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1819) Elizabeth Gaggin (dau of John Gaggin of Ballybane) | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue (d unm) - Robert, 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Constantia Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Stephenson | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Adams of co. Cork | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Deborah Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Lane of Ballyscanlan | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Emanuel, Samuel, Robert, William (RN) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margery (Margaret) Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gabbett | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Catherine Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Odell of The Grove, Limerick | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jeremiah Jackson of Fanningstown | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | 4 sons + 3 (elder) daughters | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Cox had issue | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Cox of Plymouth, Devon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hutchinson | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Frances Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Massey (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Anne Cox possibly fits here? | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Gabbett | |||||||||||||||
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| BLG1847 identifies the arms of the following family as "Or, three bars, az., on a canton, gu., a lion's head, erased, arg.". That suggests that there was probably a quite close connection between this family and the one shown above. | |||||||||||||||
| John Cox 'of Coolcliffe (co. Wexford)' | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tench (dau of Joshua Tench of Bryanstown) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Cox 'of Coolcliffe' | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.04.1746) Mary Hore (dau of William Hore of Harperstown) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1773) Sarah Donovan (dau of Richard Donavan of Clonmore) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Cox of Coolcliffe (d unm 1796, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir William Cox of Coolcliffe, Sheriff of co. Wexford (b 05.12.1776, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1820) Anna Hickson (dau of Robert Hickson of Dingle) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Thomas Cox (youngest son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Hamilton (dau of _ Hamilton of Castlebar) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sarah Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Aretas William Young, Governor of Prince Edward's Island | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Cox | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. William Sutton of Long Grange | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue (d unm) - John, Allan, Edward, Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Dorothy Cox probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1780) Edward Tottenham of Ballinahoun (b 1717, dsp 1793, Rev.) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - William Alllan (d unm), Ponsonby (d unm), Walter (d unm), 2 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1886 ('Cox of Ballynoe')
(2) For lower section : BLG1847 ('Cox of Coolcliffe')
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