Frances (Maples) Fox (1760 - 1845)

Born 7 Nov 1760 in Navenby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Fox III Esq — married 16 Apr 1792 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1845 at age 84 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

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Biography

Cabinet Maker's wife, of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Background

Frances Maples was the 4th daughter of Gervase Maples Jr and Susannah Ghest née Wilson. She was born on 7 November 1760 in Navenby, Lincolnshire. She was baptised on 13 December 1760 at St Peter's Church, Navenby.

Frances and her siblings were orphaned when she was aged 13. She was probably then taken care of by her aunt Lettice Wilson Morris and her husband, Wade Morris. This is surmised because in 1795 she named her eldest son George Morris Fox after them. They were probably his Sponsors.

Marriage and family

In 1792 she married John Fox, a Cabinet Maker, of Huntingdon, and a widower with five sons. They had issue eight children. He died in 1817.

1841 British Census

She was recorded in the 1841 Census, living in Huntingdon.

Death and burial

She died on 9 March 1845 in her 85th year. She was buried on 14 March 1845 with her husband in St Mary's Churchyard, Huntingdon.

Sources

'Recollections of Rev Richard Taylor' and genealogical notebooks, transcribed by (his great-grandson) Cranleigh Harper Barton BEM, which form part of the Cranleigh Barton Bequest (1975), Whanganui Regional Museum, New Zealand.

1841 British Census.

Research by Philip Saunders, Huntingdon Archivist and Historian.

Burials, 14 Mar 1845, St Mary's Church, Huntingdon (NBI).