Joseph Newton Fox (1753 - 1847)

Born Jun 1753 in Morris County, New Jersey colony

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Sac) Fox — married about 1779 in Butler, Pennsylvania

Husband of Alcey Jane (Wilson) Fox — married 1789 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Husband of Eloner Elsey (Dobbens) Fox — married Aug 1837 in Perry Twp., Greene County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1847 at age 94 in Perry Twp., Greene County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Private Joseph Fox served with Westmoreland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Fox is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041395.

Son of John Peter Peter Fox (Fauchs) and Elsie Tate

Joseph Newton Fox's first wife was Emily Sac, the daughter of Chief George White Eyes "Captain Grey Eyes al. Sir William" Koquethagechton, Lenni Lenape Chief of the Delaware Lenape Indians-Turtle Clan, of New Jersey.

Joseph & Emily gave birth to

1. Unknown (d. 11/11/1775),
2. Elizabeth Betty Fox (b.1781),
3. Unknown (b. 1783), and
4. Mary Fox (b. 1785).

Joseph Newton Fox then married Jane Wilson and begat

1. Martin Peter Fox (b.1790),
2. Isaac Fox (b.1793),
3. Rebecca Fox (b.1794),
4. Charity Fox (b.1799),
5. John Hudson Fox (b.1800),
6. James Wilson Fox (b.1803), and
7. Joseph Fox (b.1805).

Joseph Newton Fox married a third time to Eleanor "Elsy" Eboner Dobbins or Haines (both surnames were listed in records so she may have been a widow). They begat

1. Lot Fox,
2. George Fox and
3. Elisha Fox.

Joseph Newton Fox & Jane Wison-Fox are buried in Fox Cemetery in Perry Township, about 3 miles NW of Mount Morris, PA.

He was a private in the 11th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army serving 6 years during the Revolutionary War and has a listing with the Sons of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society, Fort Jackson Chapter. Another source listed him as serving with Capt. Thomas Robinson's Rangers. He fought in the Battle of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Stony Point, spending the terrible winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, PA.^[1]

He settled in Perry Township of Green County, PA and patented land there in January 15, 1814. For DAR or SAR membership his Rev. War pension # is W7292, US Revolutionary War Service, War Dept. Collection of Rev. War Records (Record group 93), National Archives & Records Administration, Washington D.C.

In his book Joseph Fox, His Descendants and Related Families, Charles S Fox provides letters and first hand accounts from various family members indicating their beliefs that our Fox line is of English ancestry....red-haired Foxes vs black-haired, cousins didn't marry (HA!) and the fact that the ships they came on sailed from England, etc. The only "factual" evidence is the letter from the US Government concerning the Rev War Pension for Elizabeth Fox Myers who supposedly referenced the names Isaac & Rebecca Fox at the end of her application. Those documents are from the National Archives and there is no such reference on her documents, only on the letter from the government..

A researcher has searched for census, land, wills, church records, marriage documents for Isaac Fox born 1723 & Rebecca born 1725 in PA, VA, MD, NJ..and found NO evidence they ever existed..

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• FOX, JOSEPH
• Ancestor #: A041395
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA
• Rank(s): PRIVATE
• Birth: 1758 MORRIS TWP MORRIS CO NEW JERSEY
• Death: 12-13-1847 GREENE CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Pension Number: S*W7292
• Service Source: S*W7292
• Service Description: 1) CAPTS DAVID STEEL, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, ROBINSON; COL TRUBECKER
• RESIDENCE: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2013-01-18 07:59:31.0, By: 1) County: WESTMORELAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
• SPOUSE (1) JANE WILSON: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• SPOUSE (2) ELONER ELSEY X Unknown: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2013-01-18 07:59:31.0, By: 2)
• Child daughter: MARY FOX, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SAMUEL BODINE
• Child son: JAMES WILSON FOX, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SUSANNA MYRES
• Child son: MARTIN FOX, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] NANCY MARTIN
• Child son: JOHN FOX, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] CATHERINE FOX
• Child son: LOT FOX, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY A X Unknown

Sources

1. ↑ Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ":" U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Pension Application W.7292

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX96-LJP
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 05 Apr 2024), "Record of Joseph Fox", Ancestor # A041395.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #47960698 Joseph Newton Fox

• Diane Sue Leffler Schoonover, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #0274, Date of Import: May 5, 1998. note: has name as Joseph Fox.

• Don Norman, Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Jane Lew, WV, Don Norman's Family Files web page, (Aug 1997 http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/norman.htm), "Electronic."

• Ancestral File ver. 4.19. (AFN: LR2H-VX) Joseph FOX (AFN: LR2H-VX) Submitter(s):

RONALD C DAVISON Microfilm: NONE 6020 WESTSIDE ROAD CAVE JUNCTION OR Submission: AF91-106583 USA 97523

JAMES MICHAEL HOY Microfilm: NONE 718 GOULDMAN LANE GREAT FALLS VA Submission: AF91-101664 22066

JOHN L (LES) HIXON Microfilm: NONE 1420 N 2ND ST ATCHISON KS Submission: AF91-101671 USA 66002-1203

JOHN L (LES) HIXON Microfilm: NONE 1420 N 2ND ST ATCHISON KS Submission: AF91-104583 USA 66002-1203

JOHN L (LES) HIXON Microfilm: NONE 1420 N 2ND ST ATCHISON KS Submission: AF91-104584 USA 66002-1203

MARJORIE JEAN (COX) OLIVER'S FAMILY Microfilm: NONE 2113 W LAKEVIEW BLVD N FT MYERS FL Submission: AF92-102763 USA 33903

HAZEL M. BORGNIS Microfilm: NONE 42 LOGAN AVE WESTERVILLE OH Submission: AF97-114713 USA 43081

DIANE S SCHOONOVER Microfilm: NONE 5709 RANCHO GRANDE ARLINGTON TX Submission: AF97-125810 USA 76017

• Geni profile: Joesph Fox

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 15 Apr 2020), "Record of joseph Fox", Ancestor # A041395.