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OR Birth: 1641 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Sons mentioned in will:
Richard Fox (sr.) died at the age of approximately 67 years on 31 Mar 1708/9 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.[4][5]
Inventory and Will in Vol. VIII, Page 5 Name: Richard Fox Location: Glastonbury Invt. 111-15-06 pounds. Taken 29 April, 1709, by Jonathan Smith, Joseph Smith and Samuel Smith. Will dated 10 July, 1708:
I, Richard Fox, of Glastonbury, husbandman, do make this my last will and testament: Imprs. I give and bequeath to Beriah, my beloved wife, the use of my dwelling house, cellar, orchard and improveable lands during the time of her natural life, and then to return to my sons hereafter named. It. I give to Beriah my wife all my moveables, both within doors and without, for her use and comfort so long as she doth live, and then to dispose of the above said moveables, if any are left, to any or all of her children as she pleaseth. I give to my son Richard Fox 50 acres of land which the Town gave to me, lying in the Great Swamp, which appears by a deed which I gave to him. Ite. I give to my son Ebenezer Fox one-half of my upland joining to my house, namely, the north side of my lot, bounding north upon land belonging to Capt. Wells, east upon John House and west upon Salmon Brook, to him and his heirs forever. It. I give to my son John Fox 25 acres of my land in the Great Swamp which the Town gave to me. If my son John see cause to live on the land, I give it him and his heirs forever; but if he said John Fox will not live upon the land, then the above said 25 acres of land I give to my son Ebenezer Fox and to my son Abraham Fox equally. It. I give to my son Abraham Fox 25 acres in the Great Swamp of land which the Town gave to me. It. I give to my son Joseph Fox the one-half of my land which my dwelling house now stands upon, with the dwelling house, which parcel of land is the south side of my upland and is bounded on the north on land given my son Ebenezer Fox above mentioned, and south upon Joseph Smith Senr his land, and east upon John House his land, and west upon Salmon Brook, which parcel of land and house I give to my son Joseph Fox and his heirs forever. Richard X Fox.
Witness: Benjamin Talcot, Thomas Morly. Court Record, Page 130--6 June, 1709: Beriah Fox of Glastonbury exhibits an invt. of the estate of her late husband Richard Fox. Page 132--5 September, 1709: Will exhibited and proven. There being no executor appointed in the will, Adms. is granted to Beriah Fox widow, with the will annexed. Page 40 (Vol. VIII) 19 November, 1711: Beriah Fox now exhibits an account of her Adms. Approved, and this Court grant her a Quietus Est. [6]
The Fox Y-DNA Surname Project on FTDNA has found that "a descendant of Richard Fox Sr. (1641-1708), of Glastonbury, CT, matches ... a descendant of Vaniah Fox (-aft.1790), who married Abigail Cadwell in Glastonbury, CT, in 1748." The exact connection is however unknown. Most interestingly, both of those Y-DNA tests also closely match a descendant of Francis Harry Fox (abt.1849-), who has now been traced back to Walter Fox (abt.1690-abt.1735), born in about 1690 in Minterne Magna, Dorset. As the majority of 17th century emigrants to Massachusets and Connecticuts came from Dorset, Somerset and Devon, it is not particularly surprising to find a connection to a Dorset Fox. Further research is currently ongoing to trace that line further back to possibly identify the common ancestor and the emigrant. It would also be helpful to identify living descendants of that Dorset Fox family still in the area for further Y-DNA testing to confirm the connections.
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