Deborah (Fox) Croker (1682 - 1705)

Born 2 Aug 1682 in St Germans, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Died 28 Jan 1705 at age 22 in Halbathick in Liscard, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Deborah was a Friend (Quaker)

Deborah was the daughter of Francis Fox of St Germans, Cornwall and Joan Smith. She was named in her father's 1703 will.^[1] She married Samuel Croker of St Germans, Cornwall at Rawl Quaker Meeting House in the parish of St Germans on 27 March (Quaker 1st month) 1701.^[2][3] They had the following children:

• George, born at St Germans, Cornwall on 5 April (Quaker 2nd month) 1703^[4][5]
• Francis, born at St Germans, Cornwall on 7 May (Quaker 3rd month) 1704^[6][7]

Deborah died on 28 January 1705/6 (Quaker 11th month 1705) and was buried at Halbathick Quaker burial ground, Liskeard, Cornwall on 29 January^[8][9]

Research Notes

Birth

A reliable source is needed for the birth date given on this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/476/399, Discovery Centre catalogue entry for "Will of Francis Fox, Clothier of Saint Juliot (should be St Germans), Cornwall"
2. ↑ The National Archives, RG6/1339, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the East Division of Cornwall (Liskeard, East Looe, Wadebridge, [St] Austell, etc): Liskeard, marriages, FindMyPast
3. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQLB-B4S), Deborah Fox, 27 Mar 1701, Marriage; citing p. 81, Liskeard, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
4. ↑ The National Archives, RG6/1339, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the East Division of Cornwall (Liskeard, East Looe, Wadebridge, [St] Austell, etc): Liskeard, births, FindMyPast
5. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWGB-M1Q), Deborah Croker in entry for George Croker, 05 Apr 1703, Birth; citing p. 45, Liskeard, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
6. ↑ The National Archives, RG6/1339, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the East Division of Cornwall (Liskeard, East Looe, Wadebridge, [St] Austell, etc): Liskeard, births, FindMyPast
7. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3B3-JZB), Deborah Croker in entry for Francis Croker, 07 May 1704, Birth; citing p. 75, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
8. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1339, CORNWALL: Monthly Meeting of the East Division of Cornwall (Liskeard, East Looe, Wadebridge, [St] Austell, etc): Liskeard, burials, FindMyPast - gives year as just 1705
9. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQL7-Y2V), Deborah Croker, 29 Jan 1705, Burial; citing p. 116, Liskeard, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London