Biography

06/19/1669 - 02/1721

WILCOX (WILLCOX), Joseph, a Clerk from Philadelphia County; born, June 19, 1669 in Bedminster Parish, Bristol, England; ropemaker; tax assessor, Philadelphia County (1693); justice of the peace, Philadelphia County (1695); alderman and justice of the peace, Philadelphia (1701-1720); elected, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (1703-1704, 1706-1710, 1711-1712, 1717-1718); elected, mayor, Philadelphia (1705-1706); appointed, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (November 19, 1707-October 13, 1710); elected, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1718-1721); died, February of 1721 in Bristol Township (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Yard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.