Thomas Cox, son of General James Cox and Ann Potts, was the seventh of thirteen siblings. He was born on 8 Jul 1787 and died in his 27th year according to his headstone. He was interred in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. His headstone is positioned on the east wall of the Sunday School, along with that of his mother Ann Borden Potts, who died during the capsizing of the Traveller en route to Philadelphia. Newspaper accounts of her death indicate that she was survived by two daughters and eight sons. Thomas was one of the three children who predeceased her, the other two being William and James.
Sources include his headstone, First Baptist Church records, the Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) 11 Apr 1815, and "The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610" 1912 by Henry Miller Cox. Please note that more than one source gives his date of death as 21 Dec 1813, while church records indicate 31 Jan 1815. The date utilized for this memorial derives from his headstone.
Sources include his headstone, First Baptist Church records, the Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) 11 Apr 1815, and "The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610" 1912 by Henry Miller Cox. Please note that more than one source gives his date of death as 21 Dec 1813, while church records indicate 31 Jan 1815. The date utilized for this memorial derives from his headstone.
Thomas Cox, son of General James Cox and Ann Potts, was the seventh of thirteen siblings. He was born on 8 Jul 1787 and died in his 27th year according to his headstone. He was interred in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey. His headstone is positioned on the east wall of the Sunday School, along with that of his mother Ann Borden Potts, who died during the capsizing of the Traveller en route to Philadelphia. Newspaper accounts of her death indicate that she was survived by two daughters and eight sons. Thomas was one of the three children who predeceased her, the other two being William and James.
Sources include his headstone, First Baptist Church records, the Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) 11 Apr 1815, and "The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610" 1912 by Henry Miller Cox. Please note that more than one source gives his date of death as 21 Dec 1813, while church records indicate 31 Jan 1815. The date utilized for this memorial derives from his headstone.
Sources include his headstone, First Baptist Church records, the Centinel of Freedom (Newark, NJ) 11 Apr 1815, and "The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610" 1912 by Henry Miller Cox. Please note that more than one source gives his date of death as 21 Dec 1813, while church records indicate 31 Jan 1815. The date utilized for this memorial derives from his headstone.
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