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John Fox (abt. 1678 - abt. 1706)

Capt John Fox
Born about in King William County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 28 in Hanover County, Colony of Virginiamap
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John Fox resided in the Southern Colonies in North America before 1776.
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Biography

John was Master of Indian School, College of William and Mary. He married Frances Lightfoot,1702 or 1703, was Lt. and Capt. in King & Queen Co. militia, 1702 signed declaration supporting for King William; 1712 owned 600 acres, 200 inherited from Nathaniel West. Was merchant of London, 1714 business failed, resulting in imprisonment for debt, loss of lands 1715. Attempting to win patronage, he authored a biographical pamphlet about Lord Fairfax, who gave him one shilling for the effort. Rest of life he was impoverished, died in Hanover County a ward of St. Paul’s Parish

John was born about 1670.

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  • Needs Relationship Review: See Cody Wyatt Comment ~9 Jul 2023. Spratlin-29 14:59, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

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Ken Spratlin
US Southern Colonies Project adding project protection (PPP)—duplicated.

Please continue to manage normally, and review US Southern Colonies Project Editing Guidance before editing.

posted by Ken Spratlin
Wyatt-5178 Cody Wyatt
Ken, take a look at the profile for Joseph Fox (Fox616). In the Sources section it even has a sourced excerpt stating the Joseph Fox who m. Susanna Smith, d/o Thomas Ballard Smith, was the son of Thomas Smith. This is what I was speaking of in my other comment I made on this page previously. There is some mix up between this Joseph (shown as son of this John) and the Joseph attached under this John's brother, Thomas.
posted by Cody Wyatt
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Wyatt-5178 Cody Wyatt
I don't feel comfortable making any changes unless someone in the Project is in agreement after looking at the sourced evidence currently available.
posted by Cody Wyatt
Ken Spratlin
The "source" [1] on Fox-616 only points to a database, not to a specific reliable source. This needs research before the relationship is changed.
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850
posted by Ken Spratlin
Ken Spratlin
I added needs=Relationship Review.

I also added the two profiles to the project needs attention page:

US Southern Colonies Managed Profiles Needs Attention

posted by Ken Spratlin
Wyatt-5178 Cody Wyatt
Fox-13292 and Fox-2412 appear to represent the same person because: Both profiles show spouse as Frances Lightfoot (Fox-13292 has her as his spouse in the demo's, Fox-2412 states he was m. to Frances Lightfoot in the Biography). Both profiles show same timeframe for birth. It's the same person. Here is where it gets tricky....John Fox (Fox-13292) shows a son, Joseph (Fox-616). John Fox did have a son Joseph, but people MAY have possible confused and/or conflated Joseph Fox (Fox-616, shows as son of John Fox & Frances Lightfoot) with Joseph Fox (Fox-18363, shows as son of Thomas Fox & Mary Tunstall). Both Josephs show different fathers: One, a son of John and the other a son of Thomas. John and Thomas are brothers and are both sons of Henry Fox Sr & Anne West. The Joseph I am more concerned with regarding my Wyatt line, is the Joseph Fox who was the son of the Thomas Fox who was a witness to a deed dated 5 Feb 1764 in Spotsylvania Co., VA, from Thomas Ballard Smith of Trinity Parish, Louisa County, to grandsons Thomas Ballard Wyatt, Francis Wyatt, and John Wyatt, all sons of John Wyatt of St. George Parish, Spots County, for 300 acres in St. George Parish, Spots County. The relevance of this deed regarding Joseph Fox, is that the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly show Joseph Fox m. Susanna Smith on 6 Oct 1730 in Spotsylvania County, VA. Susanna (Smith) Fox was the sister of the above mentioned Thomas Ballard Smith. Furthermore, the John Wyatt mentioned in the deed above, the father of Thomas Ballard Wyatt, Francis Wyatt, and John Wyatt, married Elizabeth Ballard Smith, the daughter of Thomas Ballard Smith. The Mary Tunstall I mentioned earlier in this post, who married Thomas Fox, was the step-daughter of Richard Wyatt of King and Queen County (also associated with Essex County and later King William County) who m. Catherine Tunstall (widow of Edmund Tunstall). None of this is any surprise since Richard Wyatt and the mentioned John Wyatt were related and share the same Y-DNA.
posted by Cody Wyatt

Rejected matches › John Fox (1688-) › John Fukes (bef.1681-1745)

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