Stephen S. Foye (abt. 1810 - 1879)

Born about 1810 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Died 27 Feb 1879 at about age 69 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

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Note

Note: #NI06298

Sources

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N72K-5P2 : 22 May 2019), Stephen S. Foye, 27 Feb 1879; citing Weymouth, Massachusetts, v 311 p 255, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,216.
• https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofr00pars/page/352
• WikiTree profile Foye-5 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.

Notes

Note NI06298From Edmund S Soper's Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People - Reminiscences, pub 1907

In 1844 the house occupied by Mr. Thomas B. Porter and Peter Lane, on the " turnpike" (Washington street), was burned. This house was formerly the old Weymouth and Braintree Academy. After this, Mr. Porter built and lived in the house on the corner, near the Universalist Church, and now occupied by Dr. William F. Hathaway. Captain Peter Lane built on half of the old Academy cellar, the house now occupied by Frederick Cate, who married Captain Lane's daughter. Mr. Rufus K. Trott lived in the house just above, but which was soon occupied for many years by Mr. Ezra Leach.

Next above Mr. John O. Foye had built his dwelling, and opposite, his shop. Mr. Foye was a carpenter, as also was his brother Stephen, the church-builder. Mr. Foye was prominent in the Universalist Church, and a man of influence in all that was going on in the village. As I remember, in his later years he became quite a traveller and journeyed as far as Palestine.

Jeremiah Bailey was Mr. Foye's right-hand man, and I remember how his horse turned in a circle to drive the machines in his carpenter's shop where he made sashes and blinds. Things in this shop moved just as leisurely as they did in Hunt's shoe shop.