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John Foley (bef. 1631 - 1684)

John Foley
Born before in Old Swinford, Worcestershire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Died after age 53 in Old Swinford, Worcestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

John Foley, son of Richard Foley and his wife, Alice Brindley, was baptised at Old Swinford in Worcestershire on 20 July 1631. [1]

He was recorded as a Turkey merchant aged 50 in 1682. [2]

When his nephew, Richard Foley died in 1684 John inherited the north Staffordshire works of the family enterprise, then died himself that November. His heir was his brother-in-law, Henry Glover. [3]

Birth

County Worcestershire
Place Oldswinford
Church St Mary
Parish Register
Baptism date 20 Jul 1631
Person forename John
Father Richard FOLEY

Death

County Worcestershire
Place Oldswinford
Church St Mary
Parish Register
Burial date 20 Nov 1684
Person John FOLEY

Sources

  1. Baptismal record Old Swinford, Worcestershire (20 July 1631 John Foley son of Richard Foley) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
  2. Visitations of Worcestershire Page 46 Foley
  3. M. B. Rowlands, ‘Foley family (per. c.1620–1716)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 1 May 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes




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