Person:Josiah Cox (3)

Josiah Cox was baptised on 8th January 1843 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, son of a dressmaker called Catherine Cox, formerly Mason, and her husband William Cox, a blacksmith and farmer. Josiah appears in the 1851 census living with his parents, siblings, and paternal grandmother at Barnack. Josiah's grandmother died later that year. Josiah's father died in 1856, when Josiah was only thirteen years old.

The 1861 census finds Josiah living at Barnack with his mother and two brothers.

By 1868 Josiah had moved over 250 miles away from Barnack, to St Mellion in Cornwall. His older brothers John and William had both moved to that area a few years earlier to work as gamekeepers, and Josiah clearly did the same. Josiah was married on 25th March 1868 at St Mellion to Nanny Tyzzer. At the time of their marriage both were living at Newton Ferrers, a big estate in the parish of St Mellion.

After their marriage, Josiah and Nanny moved around extensively. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1870 at Tetcott in Devon. By 1871 they were living at Middle Lodge on the Maritstow estate in the parish of Tamerton Foliot in Devon. They had another daughter, Kate, at Tamerton Foliot in 1872.

By 1873 they had moved to Clowance Mill in the parish of Crowan in western Cornwall. They had a son called John baptised at Crowan in August 1873, but sadly he died the following month. Back in Barnack, Josiah's mother died in 1876.

By 1880 they had returned to the area where they had married, living at Hornifast in the parish of Pillaton, just south of St Mellion. They had a daughter called Lucy late in 1880, but she too died as a baby, being buried at St Mellion in January 1881. The census later that year finds them at Hornifast with their two surviving daughters. Ten years later they were in the same area, living in the neighbouring hamlet of Pentillie Quay, on the banks of the River Tamar. Both Hornifast and Pentillie Quay are part of the Pentillie Castle estate, belonging to the Coryton family, who were therefore likely Josiah's employers at this time. The head gamekeeper at Pentillie Castle at the time was Josiah's older brother William.

By 1901 they had moved again, returning to Tamerton Foliot where they had lived in the early 1870s, living at Welltown Cottage there.

By 1908 they had returned to Cornwall, living at Hambland, a hamlet on the hills above the coast in the parish of Tywardreath, between Fowey and Par. Nanny died at the age of 66, and was buried at Tywardreath on 5th January 1908.

After her death, Josiah spent some time living at the Union Workhouse in St Austell, appearing there in the 1911 census. He died there the following year, aged 69. He was buried back at Tywardreath on 31st August 1912.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Northampton in the Year 1843
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   5	1843 Jan[uary] 8	Josiah son of	William and Catherine	Cox	Barnack	Blacksmith	J.B. Snelgar, Curate

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2094; Folio 484; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, head, married, male, 49 [1801/2], Farmer of 95 Acres, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, wife, married, female, 47 [1803/4], Farmers Wife, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John Cox, son, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Dressmaker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary Cox, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], Farmers Daughter, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], Farmers Daughter, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Matthew Cox, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Josiah Cox, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Sophia Cox, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, mother, widow, female, 77 [1773/4], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2314; Folio 53; Page 25, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, head, widow, female, 57 [1803/4], Formerly dressmaker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Cox, son, unmarried, male, 29 [1831/2], Wheelwright, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Matthew Cox, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1839/40], Wheelwright, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Josiah Cox, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1842/3], Farm Laborer, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2110; Folio 32; Page 6, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Middle Lodge, Maristow, Tamerton Foliot, Devon
   Josiah Cox, head, married, male, 28 [1842/3], Gamekeeper, b. Barnoak, Lincolnshire [sic]
   Nanny Cox, wife, married, female, 29 [1841/2], Gamekeeper Wife, b. Perren [sic], Cornwall
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], Gamekeeper Dau[ghte]r, b. Tetcott, Devon
   Mary Tyzzer, sister in law, unmarried, female, 16 [1854/5], Servant, b. St Allen, Cornwall

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 2282; Folio 62; Page 7, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Hornifers, Pillaton, Cornwall
   Josiah Cox, head, married, male, 38 [1842/3], Game-keeper, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Nanny Cox, wife, married, female, 39 [1841/2], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Tetcott, Devon
   Kate Cox, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Foliott Tamerton [sic], Devon

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1808; Folio 56; Page 12, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Pentillie Quay, Pillaton, Cornwall
   Josiah Cox, head, married, male, 48 [1842/3], Gamekeeper, employed, b. Barnack, Lincolnshire
   Nanny Cox, wife, married, female, 49 [1841/2], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, single, female, 21 [1869/70], b. Tetcott, Devon (N)
   Kate Cox, daughter, single, female, 19 [1871/2], b. Tamerton Foliot, Devon (S)

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 2088; Folio 14; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Welltown Cottage, Tamerton Foliot, Devon
   4 rooms occupied
   Josiah Cox, head, married, male, 58 [1842/3], Gamekeeper, worker, b. Barnack, Lincolnshire
   Nanny Cox, wife, married, female, 59 [1841/2], b. Perranzabuloe, Cornwall
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, single, female, 31 [1869/70], Plain Needle Work, own account, working at home, b. Tetcott, Devon

8. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 13780, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: St Austell Union Workhouse, St Austell, Cornwall
   [many inmates, including:]
   Josiah Cox, inmate, male, 68 [1842/3], widower, Formerly Gamekeeper, [birthplace blank]

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Josiah COX, September Quarter 1912, St Austell Registration District, Volume 5b, page 116, aged 67 [1844/5]

10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Cornwall, England. Online Parish Clerks.

    bur. 31 Aug 1912, Tywardreath, Cornwall: Josiah Cox / The Workhouse St Austell / 67 [1844/5]