Edward Long Fox (1761 - 1835)

Born 26 Apr 1761 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Brown — married 14 Oct 1784 in Plymouth, Devon, England

Husband of Isabella (Ker) Fox — married 21 Nov 1805 in St. Stephen's, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Descendants

Died 2 May 1835 at age 74 in Brislington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edward was the son of Quakers |Joseph Fox and Elizabeth (Hingston) Fox. He was born at Falmouth, Cornwall on 26 April 1761.^[1][2][3]

Edward trained as a physician, qualifying at Edinburgh, Scotland on 24 June 1784. In 1787 he was made an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London. He practised at Bristol, initially in general practice, before concentrating on those with mental illness. In 1804 he opened at asylum at Brislington House, Brislington near Bristol.^[4]

On 15 October 1784 Edward married Catherine Brown at the Church of Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon. This was a Church of England ceremony, suggesting that by then he had ceased to be a Quaker. The parish register describes him as a doctor of Plymouth and his wife as a spinster of the parish.^[5][6] (A transcript on Familysearch of the marriage bond wrongly gives the year as 1787.^[7])

Edward and Catherine had at least six children:

1. Edward Long Fox (1785-1829)
2. Mary Brown Fox (1786-)
3. Catherine Brown Fox (1787-)
4. Henry Hawes Fox (1789-1851)
5. Jane Brown Fox (1791-)
6. Emma Brown Fox (1794-1795)

Edward's wife Catherine Fox passed away in 1803.

Edward Long Fox married Isabella Ker on 21 Nov 1805 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.^[8]

Edward and Isabella had at least fourteen children:

1. Isabella Ker (Fox) Ranken (c1803-1889) [she seems to have been born before they married, but no christening record has been located to confirm, only her estimated age from other records.]
2. Francis Ker Fox (c1806-1883)
3. Charles Joseph Fox (c1807-1870)
4. Edwin Fydell Fox (c1808-1812)
5. Elizabeth Ann (Fox) Goodeve (c1809-1829)
6. Madelina Ker Fox (c1810-1890)
7. William Edward Fox (c1811-1875)
8. Anna Mary (Fox) Cartwright (c1813-1889)
9. Edwin Fydell Fox (c1815-1891)
10. Emma Selina Fox (c1816-1862)
11. George Frederick Fox (c1818-)
12. Catherine Long (Fox) Danger (c1820-1854)
13. Louisa C Fox (c1821-)
14. Washington Fox (c1824-1866)

Edward died on 2 May 1835 and was buried on 9 May at Brislington Quaker burial ground, Somerset. His Quaker death and burial record describes him as a doctor, resident at Brislington House, Brislington, and states that he was not a Quaker at his death; it gives his age as 74.^[9][10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1578, CORNWALL: Quarterly Meeting of Cornwall, births, FindMyPast
2. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-65C), Joseph Fox in entry for Edward Fox, 26 Apr 1761, Birth; citing p. 66, Cornwall, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
3. ↑ Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database (https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/) Non-confirmist Baptism record for Edward Long FOX, 1761
4. ↑ Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians website, entry for Edward Lane Fox
5. ↑ Plymouth & West Devon Record Office, Devon Marriages And Banns, transcript and linked image of parish register, FindMyPast
6. ↑ "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC9T-7H9 ), Edward Long Fox and Catharine Brown, 1784
7. ↑ "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYS-QRBQ), Entry for Edward Long Fox and Catharine Brown, 14 Oct 1787
8. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFLH-W4H : 13 March 2020), Edward Long Fex, 1805.
9. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/39, BRISTOL AND SOMERSET: Monthly Meeting of the North Division of Somerset (Bath, Claverham, Sidcot, etc): Burials, FindMyPast
10. ↑ The National Archies, ref. RG6/1060, BRISTOL AND SOMERSET: Quarterly Meeting of Bristol and Somerset: Burials, FindMyPast
11. ↑ "England, Bristol, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1777-1936", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-5S3B), Entry for Edward Long Fox, 09 May 1835