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Samuel Wilcoxson

Samuel was born in 1640 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. Samuel's father was William Wilcoxson and his mother was Margaret Birdseye. His maternal grandparents were John Birdseye and Elizabeth Andrews. He had a brother named Obadiah. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 73 on March 12th, 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

General Notes
- Known as "Sergeant Samuel". He removed first to Windsor. He removed next to Simsbury, CT where he and his descendants continued to abide for about a century and a half. He represented Simsbury in the Connecticut Assembly at Hartford for many years. Samuel was the sixth named patentee of Simsbury, serving as Sergeant in the Simsbury Trainband periodically from May 1689 to May 1712. He was a distinguished citizen of Simsbury, living at Meadow Plain and one often comes across his name in town records where he acts as town attorney in many land transfers.
  
  Children:
  +32 i. Samuel Wilcoxson.
  +33 ii. William Wilcoxson.
  +34 iii. Joseph Wilcoxson.
  +35 iv. Margaret Wilcoxson.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Wilcoxson
  - b.  1601 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England d.28 Nov 1652 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  
  Samuel Wilcoxson
  - b.  1640 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT d.12 Mar 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
  
  Nicholas Birdseye
  - b.  1560 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain d.  1600 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain
  
  John Birdseye
  - b.15 Sep 1588 in Reading, Berkshire, England d.  1649 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut
  
  Thomas Crawley
  - b.31 Oct 1546 in Rushton, Northampton, England d.  1595
  
  Joan Crawley
  - b.  1568 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England d.  1600 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain
  
  Agnes Garner
  
  Margaret  Birdseye
  - b.  1611 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England d.  1655 in Windsor; CT
  
  Thomas Andrews
  - b.20 Apr 1566 in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain d.  1600
  
  Elizabeth Andrews
  - b.13 Feb 1597 in Shillington, Bedfordshire England d.  1630 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
  
  Jane Manning
  - b.  1568 in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England, Great Britain d.  1606 in Houghton, Bedfordshire, England

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