Abner Wilcox
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| Born |
April 19, 1808 Harwinton, Connecticut |
| Died | August 20, 1869 (aged 61) Colebrook, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Educator |
Abner Wilcox (April 19, 1808 – August 20, 1869) was a missionary teacher from New England to the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Abner Wilcox was born April 19, 1808, in Harwinton, Connecticut. His father was Aaron Wilcox (1770–1850) and mother was Lois Phelps. He was fourth of nine children. On November 23, 1836, he married Lucy Eliza Hart who was born November 17, 1814, in Cairo, New York. They were assigned to be in the eighth company of missionaries to Hawaii for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The sailed from Boston on December 14, 1836, on the bark Mary Frasier and arrived in Honolulu on April 9, 1837. Also on this voyage were missionaries Amos Starr Cooke and Samuel Northrop Castle, founders of Castle & Cooke. The Wilcoxes taught at the Hilo Mission boarding school founded by David Belden Lyman and his wife on the Island of Hawaiʻi. They had four sons born while at Hilo.
In 1845 they moved to Waialua on the island of Oʻahu. In 1846 the family moved to teach at a similar school at the Waiʻoli Mission near Hanalei, Hawaii, on the northern coast of the island of Kauaʻi. There they had four more sons, although one died young.
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