Born in Richmond Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada
Daughter of James Sweet
and Mary Unknown
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Dudley Fox
— married
before 1843 in Canada West
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Dorwood Fox, Almina Fox, Mary Jane (Fox) Simpson, Adaline Matilda (Fox) Soles, Albert Fuller Fox, George Sutton Fox, Cephas Miller Fox, Charles W. Fox, Joseph T. Fox, William Willard Fuller Fox, Lawrence Fox, James Wesley Fox, Shirley Fox and Anna Perry (Fox) Naven
Died
at age 95
in Newburgh, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2013
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth Sweet, daughter of James Sweet (1792-1890), was born on Aug. 6, 1819 in Richmond Township, Lennox & Addington Counties, Upper Canada (Ontario). She became the second wife of Thomas Dudley Fox Sr. (abt.1806-bef.1891), with whom she lived in Newburgh, Ontario and raised a very large family.[1][2] She was a widow by 1891 and continued to live in Newburgh[3][4][5] until her death there on Sept. 25, 1914 at the age of 97.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43B-RHL : 18 March 2021), Anna Perry Fox in household of Thomas Fox, Newburgh, East Camden, Addington, Canada West, British Colonial America; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXK-C1Y : 2 March 2021), Anna Fox in household of Thomas Fox, Newburgh, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Thomas Fox, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2C-V6G : 3 August 2016), Annie Fox, Newburgh, Addington, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148124.
- ↑ Year: 1901; Census Place: Newburgh (Village), Addington, Ontario; Page: 12; Family No: 129. Sub-district: Newburgh (Village). Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6428 to T-6556.
- ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9T-PW1M : 16 March 2018), Edward Navin, 1911; citing Census, Lennox and Addington Sub-Districts 1-35, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,507.
- ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXLG-5X7 : 26 March 2020), Mary Elizabeth Sweet Fox, 25 Sep 1914; citing Newburgh, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, yr 1914 cn 19365, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,861,976.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Tamara (Hird) Ferris 
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23andMe, GEDmatch EY3144418 [compare]
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~3.12%
Justin Irvine :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Edwin Robert James Fox :
23andMe, GEDmatch PV8889757 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PV8889757 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PV8889757 [compare], FTDNA kit #B494761
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Categories: Richmond Township, Upper Canada | Newburgh, Ontario
- Thomas Dudley Fox: merge Fox-6041 into Fox-3298 - Mary Elizabeth (Sweet) Fox: merge Sweet-2361 into Sweet-1312 - Cephas Miller Fox: merge Fox-16948 into Fox-3304 Thanks!