Walter Cox

• GIVN: Walter
• SURN: Cox
• Sex: M
• Born: 28 Sep 1744 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Christened: 7 Oct 1744 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Died: 23 Oct 1826 in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States
• _UID: F6CB4F1A2A0111DAB9B700A0CC5D9B65790B
• _FSFTID: MFLC-VT4
• Baptised LDS: 6 Nov 1872 25 Mar 1891 24 Jun 1954
• TEMP: ARIZO
• Record last updated: 2 Mar 2014
• TIME: 21:50
• Notes:

  Walter and at least 3 of his brothers fought at Bunker Hill in the revolution.
  
  Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War Vol. IV p. 55
  
  Official War Record Of Walter Cox: Walter Cox, Private, Maj. Nathaniel Heath's Co., enlisted Nov. 14, 1779, discharged Feb 13, 1780, service to May 1, 1780, two months and 18 days; also same Co., enlisted May 1, 1780, discharged Aug 4, 1780 service three months and four days' also same Co., enlisted Aug 7, 1780 discharged Oct 6, 1780, service two months; above service performed with guards at Boston under successive engagements. He served on the Patriot side during the Revolution with a conspicuous record of length of service--almost 11 months of continuous service. (Mass. Soldiers & Sailors, Vol. IV, pp. 55, 56).
  
  Walter was a tanner by occupation. Tradition says he removed to New York where he died before sending for his family. Several transactions, not altogether indicative of thrift, are recorded in the Middlesex Co., Mass., deeds from 1783 to 1786. The date and place of his death are not on record.
  
  . The records of the First Parish in Lexington have the following entry under date of 9 Jul 1775: "Susanna Cox, of Walter Cox, who had owned the covenant at Cambridge baptized." The summer of 1775 was "very warm" in this section, & Walter, who was fighting the Redcoats at this time, doubtless sent his family to Lexington for safety.
  
  The Cox history also includes the following: Apparently Mrs. Judith Cox and children were in straitened circumstances in Charlestown in March 1807. She removed to Ohio in 1832 with her children: Elizabeth, Walter, Susanna, William, John Hobbs, JONATHAN UPHAM, & Samuel.

• Notes:

  (Research):Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 gives Walter Cox, christened 7 Oct 1744 in Cambridge, with father Thomas. Where is Matthew and Elizabeth?