Did George Fox father any children?

Question

My ancestor, Margaret Askew Fell, married George Fox at about the age of 55. George was ten years younger. I see conflicting reports that some of her children are named Fox. Is there any evidence concerning George fathering a child, or adopting Margarets child(ren)?

Answer 1

George Fox

mentioned in the record of William Fox

Name	George Fox
gender	Male
Son	William Fox

Other information in the record of William Fox

from England Births and Christenings

Name	William Fox
Residence Place	Knossington, Leicester, England
Gender	Male
Christening Date	22 Mar 1628
Christening Date (Original)	22Mar1628
Christening Place	East and West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England
Father's Name	George Fox

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England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Indexing Project (Batch) Number	I07122-3
System Origin	England-EASy
GS Film number	1656179
Reference ID	item 2 p93

Citing this Record

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQQN-NZW : 30 December 2014, George Fox in entry for William Fox, ); citing East and West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,656,179.

Answer 2

George Fox

mentioned in the record of John Fox

Name	George Fox
gender	Male
Son	John Fox

Other information in the record of John Fox

from England Deaths and Burials

Name	John Fox
Gender	Male
Burial Date	24 Nov 1638
Burial Place	East And West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England
Father's Name	George Fox

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England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

Reference ID	IT2 P128
Indexing Project (Batch) Number	I07122-3
System Origin	England-EASy
GS Film number	1656179

Citing this Record

"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDHD-L5Z : 24 December 2014), George Fox in entry for John Fox, burial 24 Nov 1638; citing East And West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,656,179.

Comments

Thank you Frank, I have seen some of this information before. The problem is that George Fox was born in 1624, and would be too young to father children in 1628 and 1638.

Answer 3

George Fox

mentioned in the record of Ellen

Name	George Fox
gender	Male
Wife	Ellen

Other information in the record of Ellen

from England Deaths and Burials

Name	Ellen
Gender	Female
Burial Date	12 Mar 1637
Burial Place	East And West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	George Fox

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England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

Reference ID	IT 2 P172
Indexing Project (Batch) Number	I07122-3
System Origin	England-EASy
GS Film number	1656179

Citing this Record

"England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDHD-LPX : 24 December 2014), George Fox in entry for Ellen, burial 12 Mar 1637; citing East And West Langton, Knossington, Leicester, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,656,179.

Answer 4

No, I think you can trust the present-day members of the Society of Friends to have a) noticed if he'd had any children and b) have fixed the Wikipedia article to be sure it was correct.  Eyeballing the sources of his Wikipedia article, I see all the various expected historic Quaker journals, plus a lot of handy links to online versions.  Quakers have always journaled like crazy, and they still go back and read all those old journals, too.   

I do notice that Margaret Fell's Wikitree profile is missing most of her kids, though.

(I should mention I was raised Quaker, educated at a Quaker high school; my parents are still Quaker; and I have many Quaker friends.)