Cox

Origins of surname

This name has a number of possible origins. It may have been a nickname from the bird, from the old English cocc, and applied to a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock. It may also have referred to a natural leader, or an early riser, or a lusty or aggressive individual. It may also have derived from the old English personal names Cocc or Cocca, found in placenames, although not on independent record. But as cock became a common term for a boy, it may also have been used affectionately as a personal name. The third possibility is that it may be of topographical origin for a "dweller by the hill", deriving from the old English cocc meaning haycock, heap or hillock.

Early records

The name first appears in Jersey church records in 1782 with the marriage of William Cox, of Middlesex, and Marie Wethers of Petersfield, at St Saviour

Variants

• Cox
• Cocks

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of William Cox

Church records

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• Cox baptisms in Jersey
• Cox marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Cox marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Cox burials in Jersey

Great War service

• Alfred Reginald Somers Cox, Captain, Worcestershire Regiment, ex-RMIJ
• Arthur Herbert Cox (St ), Captain RE
• Thomas Cox (St H), Private, RJGB

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

Occupation records

• Cox Occupation identity cards

Family wills

• Cox family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

Burial records

• Cox burial records 1820-1978

Family album

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  Lilian Cox, nee Fowler, born in Jersey in 1876, wife of John Thomas Cox, and their three daughters ...

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  ... Margaret Grace Kirby Cox, born Jersey 1904, daughter of John Thomas Cox and Lilian Theresa Elvina, nee Fowler with her nephews Samuel Robert and Joseph Reginald, Los Angeles, 1937

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  ... Margaret Grace Kirby Cox in 1935

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  ... Kathleen Crewe Cox, born Jersey in 1900, in 1925

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  ... Kathleen Cox with her sons Samuel and Joseph

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  ... Kathleen Crewe Cox and her son Samuel in Philadelphia in 1928

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  ... Elaine Lilian Violet Cox, born Jersey in 1905, in 1935

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  E Cox (middle row, second right) was a member of the league champions BOBA football team in 1946-47

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  E Cox (middle row, center) was captain of the YMCA league and cup double winning football team in 1928-29

Family businesses

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  1873 advert

Family gravestones

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  Cox - St Ouen parish cemetery

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New records

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