William Fox (1741 - 1784)

Born 24 Feb 1741 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Wyman — married 6 Jun 1765 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary Wright — married 24 Sep 1772 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA

Died 16 Dec 1784 at age 43 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William /Fox/ Capt.^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 24 FEB 1741

Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Mass^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: 16 DEC 1784

Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Mass^[5][6]

Burial

Burial:

Place: 42 years old^[7]

Note

Note: #N654

Marriage

Husband: William Fox

Wife: Abigail Wyman

Child: William Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Abigail Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Samuel Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 06 JUN 1765

Place: Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA^[8][9]

Marriage:

Date: 06 JUN 1765

Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Mass

Husband: William Fox

Wife: Mary Wright

Marriage:

Date: 24 SEP 1772

Place: Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA^[10][11]

Marriage:

Date: 24 SEP 1772

Husband: Jonathan Fox

Wife: Ruth Carter

Child: William Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ruth Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jonathan Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Judith Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Margery Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ann Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jabez Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susanna Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susanna Fox

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 17 AUG 1737

Place: Woburn, Middlesex, MA^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Fox-6528 was created by Gillby Weldon through the import of Foxes_2 -- wiki.ged on Jul 28, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S125
3. ↑ Source: #S2019 Data: Text: page 43.
4. ↑ Source: #S247
5. ↑ Source: #S2128 Page: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Woburn/
6. ↑ Source: #S247
7. ↑ Source: #S2128 Page: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Woburn/
8. ↑ Source: #S247
9. ↑ Source: #S2126
10. ↑ Source: #S400
11. ↑ Source: #S2126
12. ↑ Source: #S2128 Page: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Woburn/

• Source: S125 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (R) Publication: Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998; Repository: #R2 NOTEABBR Ancestral File (R) CONT
• Repository: R2 Name: NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2019 Title: Transcript of Epitaphs in Woburn First and Second Burial Grounds, by William Richard Cutter, Nathan Wyman NOTESource Medium: Book CONT
• Source: S2128 Title: Woburn, Middlesex, MA Vital Records
• Source: S247 Title: familysearch.org

Notes

Note N654He is assumed to be the parent of Abigail Fox, based on strong circumstantial evidence. She lived in Woburn, but only Thomas Fox (brother of William) was listed in the 1790 Woburn Census. That's because William died in 1784. Abigail Fox got married in 1788, so was not in the 1790 Census as a Fox.

The children of Thomas Fox are known and do not include Abigail.

The name of Sergeant William Fox appears among the men of Woburn who

marched at the alarm from Lexington and assisted in driving the

Red-Coats back to Boston.

He had a son named Samuel, who may be the Samuel Fox who married Susanna Newhall in Lynn MA on 4-28-1791. He is not in the Lynn census for 1800 or 1810, and she is very likely the Susanna Fox who married Ebenezer Wyman in 1798.

At americanancestors.org we see: Wm. Fox 1785 Admin. #8401. Guardian #8403.

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From: Transcript of Epitaphs in Woburn First and Second Burial Grounds, by William Richard Cutter ,Nathan Wyman

We see: "Abigail (Wyman) Fox, first wife of Capt. William Fox, married June 6, 1765; daughter of Deacon Samuel and Abigail (Hartwell) Wyman (epitaph 222), born April 30, 1744. "Oct. 1771, William Fox's wife died very sudden." (S. Thompson's Memorandum Book

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He is listed in: Woburn militia of 1775, SECOND PARISH, Captain Joshua Walker's Company, 66 men, as Sergeant William Fox.

See: http://www.woburnmilitia.org/musterlist.htm

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THE BATTLE OF APRIL 19, 1775. Pages 30-31:

WOBURN.

Captain Samuel Belknap's Company.

Entered the Contest at Concord.

" A List of the names of the Men who Marched from Woburn [torn off] Concord and from thence to Cambridge on the nineteenth day of April 1775 under

the Command of Capt. Samuel Belknap together with their after Services until the Army was form'd."

Lexington Alarms, XI, 194

Captain Samuel Belknap, Lieutenant Joseph Winn, Lieutenant Nathaniel Brooks, Sergeant Joshua Tay, Sergeant Samuel Person, Sergeant William Fox, . . .

Book: THE BATTLE OF APRIL 19, 1775, LEXINGTON, CONCORD, LINCOLN, ARLINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, SOMERVILLE and CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BY FRANK WARREN COBURN. LEXINGTON, MASS., U. S. A. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 1912.

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William Fox, chaise maker, and several other men made a petition August 3, 1773. The article says to see Wright Genealogy.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 47; Volume 1893, page 465.

By New England Historical Gen. Soc.