Wilcox, John, 1625 - 1676

John Wilcox was the son of John Wilcox, possibly of Bury-St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.  He immigrated to Hartford, Connecticut with his father by 1639 but removed to Middletown in 1654, where he was a pail maker and selectman.  In 1646 he married Sarah Wadsworth, the daughter of William Wadsworth of Hartford.  As a widower, he married three more times, one of his wives being Esther Cornwall, the daughter of Sergeant William Cornwall.  Wilcox was an early landowner at Wangunk Meadow.  Paula Higgins, “In-Depth First Settler Profile: John Wilcox, Jr. (1654), Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants.