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Our surname was identified by the National Archives under the SOUNDEX Code No. J220 which includes; Jacox, Jacock, Jacocks, Jaycock, Jaycox, Jeacock and Jeacockes. Code No. J200 includes Jaycx  and Code No. J222 includes such spellings as Jaycockes, Jacoxes and Jeacockes. Phonetically, the variations always surprise me and I have discovered 89 different spellings thus far. The more commonly found surnames in the United States today; Jaycox, Jacox and Jacocks, are an Americanized version of Jeacockes, an English name. Jaycock another derivation of this name, is mainly found in Canada today while the Jeacock is still most common in England.  Since there are so many spelling variations found, especially in earlier historical documents when people were less literate. It is important to try many spelling variations to find the ancestors you are trying to locate.

Our ancestors arrived in the mid 1600's and can be found in the early town records of Hempstead, New York and Stratford, Connecticut.  Francis Jecockes is listed as one of the earlier settlers of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. See the list of early settlers at JDevlin's site. The Jecockes can then be found in Hempstead, Long Island, New York as early settlers.  From Long Island, around the time of the Revolutionary War, the families moved upstate New York to Dutchess County, Canada and then westward settling in Illinois and Ohio, Colorado and California. 

The majority of Jaycox today are found in New York and Ohio. Most of the persons with the surname Jaycox who died in the years 1959 to 2003; lived in the state of New York (23%) at the time of their death. This is based on the information provided in the Social Security Death Index.  This only includes deaths reported to the Social Security board because they were receiving benefits or applying for death benefits. The remainder of the top ten states where they lived were; Ohio (11%), Missouri (8%), Florida (4%), Illinois (4%), California (4%), Connecticut (4%), Colorado (3%) and New Jersey (3%). Over 70% of the Social Security Numbers for these persons were issued before 1951. At the time the numbers were issued the top ten states where they
lived were slightly different but New York, Ohio and Missouri were still the top three.

Arnie Jeacock of London, England, has spent many years conducting a One Name Study (http://www.one-name.org/) on these Surnames and added 59 different spellings versions that he has found in his research for the United States, England, South Africa, Canada and Germany.  His earliest record dates back to 1397 in the spelling, Jancock.  He claims that there are 481 Jeacock's in various places around the world today.  You can reach him at [email protected].

 I have combined his names with my list to make one comprehensive list to use for searching:

Spelling Versions of Jeacock/Jaycox/Jacox/Jacocks, ... (1397-2004)

 

Please let me know of any others you have found in your research to add to the list.

 

The following are links to Transcriptions and Indexes of Data Found:

    Poughkeepsie, New York (1843-1897),189 Records

   

            Death Index

           Death Index: Florida 1936-1988

            Death Index: New York City 1891-1911

            Grave Markers & Locations

            Obituaries

  Social Security Index for Jaycox, Jaycoxe-Thru August, 2003

      

1790 Census           1800Census             1810 Census           1820 Census 

          1830 Census           1840 Census            1850 Census           1860 Census

1870 Census           1880 Census            1890 Census (None)          

 1900 Census          1910 Census            1920 Census           1930 Census

                                       Mortality Schedules 1850-1880

 

Census, Other than United States

 

1901 Census for England and Wales

 Hempstead, New York 1698

Immigration

 

Ellis Island Immigrants (Jaycox)

Ship Arrivals 1820 to 1829 (Jacox, Jeacock)

 

Collectable Items

 

          Ephemera, Letters, Business Logos & Business Promotional Items

 

Biographies

 

Jaycox, Leander H. (1836-1892), son of Peter & Mary Jaycox

 

 

Geographical Locations/Place Names

 

           There have been a town, several streets, a school and even a Mountain names in honor of our ancestors. 

Streets, Roads and Avenues 

Places (Towns)

Ponds/Streams

Mountains

Rock Formation

 

Mailing List/Newsletter

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Be sure to also subscribe to the JAYCOCK list  [email protected]   and check their Archives at  https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/index/Jaycock/  where a lot of discussion for all these family names have occurred. 

Rootsweb Volunteer

I am a volunteer for the ROOTSWEB Cemetery list and will take photos of Grave Markers in cemeteries located on Long Island in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. I also on occasion go to Queens and Brooklyn by request, but just not as fast. You can email me with a request at  [email protected] or find other volunteers world-wide at:  https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cemphoto/Cemetery_Photos.html

Search Engine

I've included a search engine but I would only  recommend using it for first name searches due to the variations in surname spellings.