The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
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John Fox took up land near Cappa-
hoosic in l76S-luite late. Preceding
him was John Fox. presumably his
grandfather. who took up land in 1853,
and had son Henry, who was vestry
man of St Johns Parish. King and
Queen. 1895, and Justice OF King ana
Queen in 1899 When King William
county was formed the estate of Henry
Fox was in that county. He was a
member of the House OF Burgesses in
lIli. He married Ann, daughter OF
Colonel John West, which marriage Is
recorded in "Hening's Statutes vol. 6.
page i2S. He had John. Thomas and
most probably Henry, who was sheriff
of King William in IT24 and 1875, and
daughter Anne.
Thomas Fox (was he Henry's son9
settled in Spotsylvania county. and
died about 1902. He refers in his will
To his land in King William known as
FoX's Ferry, and leaves sons Nathan
TEL Thomas. stephen. Edmund. James.
Joseph. John. William: and daughters
Philadelphia, Betty Ann. Molly. Bar
bara.
Ann married John Chew. Philadelphia
married John Wigglesworth. and Bar
bara married Captain William Brown
Wallace. OF the Revolutionary army.
son of Henry, married Philadelphia.
daughter OF William Claiborne. OF
Romancoke, and sister of Philip
Whitehead Claiborne. of King William
county.
Nathaniel Fox was first lieutenant in
Sixth Virginia Regiment. captain af-
forwards and retired in 177S. Another
Nathaniel Fox was ensign in Sixth Vir-
ginia Regiment. and Thomas FoX. who
Virginia Regiment. was taken prisoner
at Charleston in 1880, and remained a
prisoner until end of tho war.
Rev. John (S) FOX tHenry (2) John
% vas rector of Ware Parish, 1851
So He married Isabel Booth, whose
tombstone, still at Ware Church
reads
Here lyeth the body of isabel.
daughter of MIR Thomas Booth. FIRST
wife of Rev John Fox. minister of this
Parish, who with exemplary patience
having borne various Affections and
with equal piety dischargeoeher several
duties on earth. cheerfully yielded to
mortality, exchanging the miscries Of
this life for the joys of glorious
eternity on the 18th lay of ,tune. i'm
the year of our Lord MDCCXLIL,
of her age IS.
Here also lie the bodies of Mary ana
sNuSdIlhdh' uHnsnleIS or the above
mentioned John and Isabel. The ono
departed this life on the 5th day Of
September, l7i2 in the 18th year OF
her age: the other on the 9TH of Oc-
to5er in the Sd year of her age
MDCCXLIII"
Besides the daughters thus tenderly
memorialized. John (5) and Isabel had
John a., of the IT6S patent
He married Ann Mason. and had
John CO... who married Eleanor Lewis,
OF Warner Hall and had Elizabeth t6)
and John Co Warner; Thomas 15)
Booth Fox married Courtenay Baylor.
of New Market. ana had Frances Ann
90. Mary 90 and John 90; William
Car Fox married -. Ball. and Amy
o5y Fox married Katherine Cluvcrius.
and had John co, Mary 90; lIartwcli
(5) Fox married Frances Whiting, and
had Eleanor CD Susannah CO., John
90 FoN Francis 90 and William
Francis go; Isabella O., Catherine
Fox married Emanuel Macon Jones,
and had Emanuel 90 Macon and Will
Lam 90 Boo,h Jones; John Warner
t5) Fox married Mary Ball. and had
John t6) and Maria 90 The latter IL
tenaerly remembered in Gloucester
still as gentlewoman OF remarka bio