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     Rebecca Cox was born in 1865 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹

     Rebecca A. Cox was born in Jul, 1898 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA.¹

     Rebecca J. Cox was born in 1849.¹

     Rebecca J. Cox was born in 1849 at Virginia, US.¹

     Richard Cox Cox was born of obscure parentage at Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, in 1499 or 1500.

He was educated at the Benedictine priory of St Leonard Snelshall near Whaddon, at Eton, and at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1524.At Wolsey's invitation he became a member of the cardinal's new foundation at Oxford, was incorporated B.A. in 1525, and created M.A. in 1526. In 1530 he was engaged in persuading the more unruly members of the university to approve of the king's divorce.

A premature expression of Lutheran views is said to have caused his departure from Oxford and even his imprisonment, but the records are silent on these sufferings which do not harmonize with his appointment as master of the royal foundation at Eton.
In 1533 he appears as author of an ode on the coronation of Anne Boleyn, in 1535 he graduated B.D. at Cambridge, proceeding D.D. in 1537, and in the same year subscribing the Institution of a Christian Man. In 1540 he was one of the fifteen divines to whom were referred crucial questions on the sacraments and the seat of authority in the Church; his answers (printed in Pocock's Burnet, iii. 443–496) indicate a mind tending away from Catholicism, but susceptible to "the king's doctrine"; and, indeed, Cox was one of the divines by whom Henry said the "King's Book" had been drawn up when he wished to impress upon the Regent Arran that it was not exclusively his own doing. Moreover, he was present at the examination of Barnes, subscribed the divorce of Anne of Cleves, and in that year of reaction became archdeacon and prebendary of Ely and canon of Westminster.

He was employed on other royal business in 1541, was nominated to the projected bishopric of Southwell, and was made king's chaplain in 1542. In 1543 he was employed to ferret out the "Prebendaries' Plot" against Cranmer, and became the archbishop's chancellor. In December, he was appointed dean of Oseney (afterwards Christ Church) Oxford, and in July was made almoner to Prince Edward, in whose education he took an active part. He was present at Dr Crome's recantation in 1546, denounced it as insincere and insufficient, and severely handled him before the privy council.
After Edward's accession, Cox's opinions took a more Protestant turn, and he became one of the most active agents of the Reformation. He was consulted on the compilation of the Communion office in 1548, and the first and second books of Common Prayer, and sat on the commission for the reform of the canon law. As Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1547–1552) he promoted foreign divines such as Pietro Martire Vermigli, and was a moving spirit of the two commissions which sought with some success to eradicate everything savouring of popery from the books, manuscripts, ornaments and endowments of the university, and earned Cox the sobriquet of its canceller rather than its chancellor.

He received other rewards, a canonry of Windsor (1548), the rectory of Harrow (1547) and the deanery of Westminster (1549). He lost these preferments on Mary's accession, and was for a fortnight in August 1553 confined to the Marshalsea. He was not of the stuff of which martyrs are made; he remained in obscurity until after the failure of Wyatt's rebellion, and then in May 1554 escaped in the same ship as the future Archbishop Sandys, to Antwerp. Thence in March 1555 he made his way to Frankfurt, where he played an important part in the first struggle between Anglicanism and Puritanism. The exiles had, under the influence of Knox and Whittingham, adopted Calvinistic doctrine and a form of service far more Puritanical than the Prayer Book of 1552. Cox stood up for that service, and the exiles were divided into Knoxians and Coxians. Knox attacked Cox as a pluralist, Cox accused Knox of treason to the emperor Charles V. This proved the more dangerous charge: Knox and his followers were expelled, and the Prayer Book of 1552 was restored.

In 1559 Cox returned to England, and was elected bishop of Norwich, but the queen changed her mind and Cox's destination to Ely, where he remained twenty-one years. He was an honest, but narrow-minded ecclesiastic, who held what views he did hold intolerantly, and was always wanting more power to constrain those who differed from him (see his letter in Hatfield MSS. i. 308). While he refused to minister in the queen's chapel because of the crucifix and lights there, and was a bitter enemy to the Roman Catholics, he had little more patience with the Puritans. He was grasping, or at least tenacious of his rights in money matters, and was often brought into conflict with courtiers who coveted episcopal lands.

The queen herself intervened, when he refused to grant Ely House to her favorite, Sir Christopher Hatton; but the well-known letter beginning "Proud Prelate" and threatening to unfrock him seems to be an impudent forgery which first saw the light in the Annual Register for 1761. It hardly, however, misrepresents the queen's meaning, and Cox was forced to give way. These and other trials led him to resign his see in 1580, and it is significant that it remained vacant for nineteen years.

Cox died in July 1581: a monument erected to his memory twenty years later in Ely cathedral was defaced, owing, it was said, to his evil repute. Strype gives Cox's hot temper and marriage as reasons why he was not made archbishop in 1583 in preference to Whitgift, who had been his chaplain; but Cox had been dead two years in 1583.

His first wife's name is unknown; she was the mother of his five children, of whom Joanna married the eldest son of Archbishop Parker. His second wife was the widow of William Turner, the botanist and dean of Wells.
     Richard Cox married Jane Auder.¹
     Richard Cox was born in 1500 at Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ He was the Bishop of Ely from 1559 to 1580.¹
     Richard Cox died on Jul 22, 1581 at Eton, England.¹

     Richard Cox was born in 1725 at McDowell's Mill, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.¹
     Richard Cox married Jane (?) in 1757.²
     Richard Cox died in 1810 at Stokes, North Carolina, US.²

           Captain Richard Cox II married Katherine Bird.¹
     Captain Richard Cox II was born in 1610 at Kilworth, Cork, Ireland.¹
     Captain Richard Cox II died in Jul, 1651.¹

     Sir Richard Cox III was; Became Lord Chancellor of Ireland. After the death of his father, Richard was reared by his grandfather, Walter Bird, and his uncle, John Bird. Sir Richard lived in Cork, then settled in Bristol, England. He wrote " Hibernia Anglicana: History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof by the English to the Present Time." He was in the Battle of Boyne, and was Military Governor of Cork in 1691. He was Knighted in 1690.

Children:
Amy Cox b. 1676
Richard Cox b. 1677
John Cox b. 1678
Walter Cox b. 1679
George Cox b. 1681
Catherine Cox b. 1682
Mary Cox b. 1683
Amy Cox b. 1684
Anne Cox b. 1685
William Cox b. 1686
Elizabeth Cox b. 1688
Michael Cox b. 1691
Susannah Cox b. 1692
John Joshua Cox b. 22 Apr 1694 in Ulster, Ireland
Sarah Cox b. 1698.¹
     Sir Richard Cox III was born on Mar 25, 1650 at Brandon, Ireland.^1,2
     Sir Richard Cox III married Lady Mary Bourne, daughter of John Bourne, on Feb 26, 1673 or 1674 at Ireland.^1,3
     Sir Richard Cox III died on May 3, 1733 at Ireland at age 83.^1,2

     Robert "Chank" Cox was also known as Robert W. Cox.² He was also known as Chank Cox.
     Robert "Chank" Cox was born in 1857 based on his age at marriage.²
     He most likely was born in Aug, 1862 at Virginia, US, based on the census in 1900.³
     Chank Cox was a farmer in 1878 at Scott, Virginia, US.²
     Robert "Chank" Cox married Margaret Ellen Dingus, daughter of Aaron B. Dingus and Mary J. (?), on May 23, 1878 at Scott, Virginia, US.²

     Robert Floyd Cox was born in 1865 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     Robert Floyd Cox married Anna Bell Bond on Dec 30, 1885 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA.²
     Robert Floyd Cox died in a mill accident in 1893.²

           Robert Fugate Cox married Pearl Bartee.²
     Robert Fugate Cox was born on Mar 4, 1905.²
     Robert Fugate Cox died on Mar 14, 1969 at age 64.²

     Robert H. Cox was also known as Robert Cox.²
     Robert H. Cox was born on Sep 2, 1852 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹
     Robert H. Cox married Sarah F. Stapleton, daughter of Aggie Casteel, on Mar 2, 1881 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,3,4,5
     Robert died on Jan 25, 1918 at Floyd District, Scott, Virginia, US, at age 65.^6,7
     He was buried at Cox Cemetery (Robert Henry), Dungannon, Scott, Virginia, US.⁶

     Rosa M. Cox was also known as Rosie Cox.
     Rosa M. Cox was born on Jan 18, 1893 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,2
     Rosie Cox died due to suicide by hanging on Nov 25, 1929 at Johnson District, Scott, Virginia, US, at age 36. She was single and working as a domestic.²
     Rosa M. Cox was buried at Cox Cemetery (Robert Henry), Dungannon, Scott, Virginia, US.³

     Her married name was Williams.¹
     Roxy Belle Cox married (?) Williams.¹
     Roxy Belle Cox was born in 1875 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹

           Roy B. Cox died on Sep 19, 1893.¹
     Roy B. Cox was born on Sep 19, 1893.¹
     Roy B. Cox was buried at Williams/Kilgore Cemetery, Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, US; located in crackers neck community.¹

           Roy David Cox was a teacher.³
     His Social Security Number was 233-40-5427.⁴
     Roy David Cox was born on Mar 14, 1898 at Virginia, US.^1,5
     Roy David Cox married Mabel Bowman on Sep 6, 1926.⁶ Roy David Cox died from heart failure at 1:15 a.m. on Oct 3, 1980 at Coeburn, Wise, Virginia, US, at age 82.³
     Roy David Cox was buried at Kiser Cemetery, Coeburn, Wise, Virginia, US.³

     Samuel Cox was born in 1724 at McDowell's Mill, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.¹

     Dr. Samuel Cox was born circa 1822 at Scott, Virginia, US.²
     Dr. Samuel Cox died in 1855 Died of Consumption August of 1855. The death was reported by his father. at Scott, Virginia, US.²

           Samuel L. Cox was a farmer at Scott, Virginia, US.¹ He was also known as Samuel Logan Cocke.³ He was also known as Logan Cox.²
     Samuel L. Cox was born on Apr 10, 1837 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,4,5,3
     Samuel L. Cox was born in 1840.²
     Samuel L. Cox married Arreny C. Salling, daughter of Joseph Salling and Dicey (?), on Jan 14, 1858 at Scott, Virginia, US, Service performed by Isaac Kern.^1,4
     Samuel L. Cox served with the Virginia Cavalry, 25th Regiment, Company C.⁶
     Samuel L. Cox died on Jan 18, 1927 at age 89.^4,3
     Samuel L. Cox was buried at Fort Blackmore Methodist Church, Fort Blackmore, Scott, Virginia, US.⁴

     Samuel L. Cox was born in 1854 at Virginia, US.¹
     Samuel L. Cox was born in 1856.²

           Sandra Kay Cox married Terry Greenwell on Jun 1, 1974.^1,2

           Sarah Cox married John R. Carter, son of William B. Carter.¹

     Sarah Cox was born circa 1798 at Virginia, US.¹

     Sarah A. Cox was born in 1847.¹

     Sarah B Cox was born in 1857 at Scott, Virginia, US.¹ Her married name was Conley.²
     Sarah B Cox married Moses A. Conley on Aug 4, 1874 at Morgan County, Kentucky, USA.^2,3
     Sarah B Cox died after 1897.²

     Sarah C. Cox was born in 1839.¹

     Sarah Elizabeth Cox was also known as Sarah E. Cox.²
     Sarah Elizabeth Cox was born on May 29, 1856 at Scott, Virginia, US.^1,3,2,4
     Sarah Elizabeth Cox married Charles Ritchie on Apr 3, 1880 at Scott, Virginia, US, service performed by William M. Hillman. Mr. Ritchie was a widower.^2,1 Her married name was Sarah Ritchie.²
     Sarah Ritchie died before 1890.¹