1763 - 1847 (83 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
- 1827
Died |
1827 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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- 1814
Died |
1814 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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- 1760
Died |
1760 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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- 1796
Died |
1796 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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- 1771
Died |
1771 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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- 1835
Died |
15 Dec 1835 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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Family |
William Clark |
Married |
14 Apr 1781 |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Baskerville Clark |
| 2. John Franklin Clark |
| 3. Mary Clark |
+ | 4. Deborah Clark |
| 5. Sarah Fox Clark |
| 6. Anna Clark |
| 7. Jane Applebee Clark, b. 1790 |
| 8. William Clark, b. 1791 |
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- 1832
Died |
4 Dec 1832 |
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Father |
Thomas Clark |
Mother |
Mary Franklin |
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Family |
Jane Fox |
Married |
14 Apr 1781 |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Baskerville Clark |
| 2. John Franklin Clark |
| 3. Mary Clark |
+ | 4. Deborah Clark |
| 5. Sarah Fox Clark |
| 6. Anna Clark |
| 7. Jane Applebee Clark, b. 1790 |
| 8. William Clark, b. 1791 |
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- 1762
Died |
1762 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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1748 - 1828 (80 years)
Birth |
1748 |
Died |
1828 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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1749 - 1809 (60 years)
Birth |
2 Jan 1749 |
Died |
1 May 1809 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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Family |
Hannah Ferrier |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family 1 |
Charles Fox, b. 2 Jan 1749 |
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Family 2 |
Simon Day |
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1751 - 1788 (36 years)
Birth |
24 Aug 1751 |
Died |
1788 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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Family |
Joseph Collier Cookworthy |
Married |
1783 |
Children |
| 1. Hannah Collier Cookworthy, b. 1784 |
| 2. Lydia Cookworthy, b. 1786 |
+ | 3. Mary Collier Cookworthy |
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- 1833
Died |
1833 |
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Father |
Benjamin Cookworthy, b. 1717 |
Mother |
Sarah Collier, b. Abt 1720 |
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Family 1 |
Rebecca Fox, b. 24 Aug 1751 |
Married |
1783 |
Children |
| 1. Hannah Collier Cookworthy, b. 1784 |
| 2. Lydia Cookworthy, b. 1786 |
+ | 3. Mary Collier Cookworthy |
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Family 2 |
Mary Robins, b. 1753 |
Married |
1790 |
Children |
+ | 1. Joseph Collier Cookworthy, b. 1792 |
| 2. William Cookworthy, b. 1793 |
+ | 3. John Cookworthy, b. 1795 |
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1753 - 1833 (80 years)
Birth |
1753 |
Died |
1833 |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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1763 - 1847 (83 years)
Birth |
9 Oct 1763 |
Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Died |
1847 |
Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
Buried |
1847 |
Concord Friends Meeting and Burial Grounds, Belmont County, Colerain, Ohio, USA |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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Family |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Children |
| 1. John Fox, b. 2 Dec 1795, USA |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Miller Fox, b. 22 Aug 1797, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
+ | 3. Anna Applebee Fox, b. 10 Apr 1799, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Rebecca Stevens Fox, b. 20 Mar 1801 |
| 5. John Charles Fox, b. 17 Oct 1803 |
| 6. NN Fox, b. 18 Sep 1804 |
+ | 7. Charles James Fox, b. 17 Oct 1805 |
+ | 8. Sarah Scantlebury Fox, b. 12 Jun 1808 |
+ | 9. Francis Drake Fox, b. 13 Jun 1811, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
| 10. NN Fox, b. 1813 |
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1768 - 1841 (73 years)
Birth |
21 Oct 1768 |
Died |
24 Dec 1841 |
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Father |
Peter Miller, b. Manheim |
Mother |
Elizabeth Richardson |
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Family |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Children |
| 1. John Fox, b. 2 Dec 1795, USA |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Miller Fox, b. 22 Aug 1797, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
+ | 3. Anna Applebee Fox, b. 10 Apr 1799, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Rebecca Stevens Fox, b. 20 Mar 1801 |
| 5. John Charles Fox, b. 17 Oct 1803 |
| 6. NN Fox, b. 18 Sep 1804 |
+ | 7. Charles James Fox, b. 17 Oct 1805 |
+ | 8. Sarah Scantlebury Fox, b. 12 Jun 1808 |
+ | 9. Francis Drake Fox, b. 13 Jun 1811, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
| 10. NN Fox, b. 1813 |
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1724 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
1724 |
Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
John Fox, b. 1700 |
Mother |
Lovall Applebee |
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Family |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
Children |
| 1. Henry Fox |
| 2. Lovall Fox |
| 3. Josiah Fox |
| 4. Spicer Fox |
| 5. Peter Applebee Fox |
+ | 6. Jane Fox |
| 7. Lydia Fox |
| 8. Margaret Fox, b. 1748 |
| 9. Charles Fox, b. 2 Jan 1749 |
+ | 10. Rebecca Fox, b. 24 Aug 1751 |
| 11. John Fox, b. 1753 |
+ | 12. Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
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Abt 1726 - 1788 (62 years)
Birth |
Abt 1726 |
Olveston, Gloucestershire, England |
Died |
9 Jan 1788 |
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Father |
John Stephens, b. 1699, Feock, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Joanna Robinson, b. Abt 1701, Kea, Cornwall, England |
Married |
1722 |
Gloucestershire, England |
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Family |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England |
Married |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
Children |
| 1. Henry Fox |
| 2. Lovall Fox |
| 3. Josiah Fox |
| 4. Spicer Fox |
| 5. Peter Applebee Fox |
+ | 6. Jane Fox |
| 7. Lydia Fox |
| 8. Margaret Fox, b. 1748 |
| 9. Charles Fox, b. 2 Jan 1749 |
+ | 10. Rebecca Fox, b. 24 Aug 1751 |
| 11. John Fox, b. 1753 |
+ | 12. Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
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1768 - 1841 (73 years)
Birth |
21 Oct 1768 |
Died |
24 Dec 1841 |
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Father |
Peter Miller, b. Manheim |
Mother |
Elizabeth Richardson |
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Family |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Children |
| 1. John Fox, b. 2 Dec 1795, USA |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Miller Fox, b. 22 Aug 1797, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
+ | 3. Anna Applebee Fox, b. 10 Apr 1799, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Rebecca Stevens Fox, b. 20 Mar 1801 |
| 5. John Charles Fox, b. 17 Oct 1803 |
| 6. NN Fox, b. 18 Sep 1804 |
+ | 7. Charles James Fox, b. 17 Oct 1805 |
+ | 8. Sarah Scantlebury Fox, b. 12 Jun 1808 |
+ | 9. Francis Drake Fox, b. 13 Jun 1811, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
| 10. NN Fox, b. 1813 |
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1795 - 1797 (1 year)
Birth |
2 Dec 1795 |
USA |
Died |
20 Nov 1797 |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1797 - 1850 (52 years)
Birth |
22 Aug 1797 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Died |
1850 |
West Virginia, USA |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family |
General Moses W. Chapline, b. 27 Oct 1789 |
Married |
21 Jun 1813 |
Children |
+ | 1. Moses W. Chapline |
+ | 2. William Henry Chapline, b. 1828 |
| 3. Francis Drake Fox Chapline |
+ | 4. Elizabeth Good Chapline |
+ | 5. Maria Louise Chapline |
+ | 6. Jane Ralph Chapline |
+ | 7. Sophia Jane Chapline |
+ | 8. Josephine Isabella Chapline |
| 9. Anna Corinna Chapline |
+ | 10. Alexander Hamilton Chapline, b. 15 Oct 1813 |
+ | 11. Mary Ann Chapline, b. 5 Jun 1815 |
| 12. Charles James Fox Chapline, b. 1829 |
+ | 13. Rowena Caldwell Chapline, b. 15 Oct 1840 |
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1799 - 1873 (73 years)
Birth |
10 Apr 1799 |
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA |
Died |
12 Feb 1873 |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family |
Robert J. Curtis, b. 1791 |
Married |
21 Sep 1822 |
Belmont, Ohio, USA |
Children |
+ | 1. Mary Curtis, b. 15 Jul 1823 |
| 2. Charles Fox Curtis, b. 31 Mar 1825 |
+ | 3. George Douglas Curtis, b. 29 Dec 1826 |
| 4. Elizabeth Chapline Curtis, b. 22 Oct 1828 |
| 5. Robert Bonham Curtis, b. 3 Dec 1830 |
+ | 6. Josiah Fox Curtis, b. 5 Dec 1832, Ohio, USA |
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1801 - 1885 (84 years)
Birth |
20 Mar 1801 |
Died |
19 Aug 1885 |
Ohio, USA |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family |
Elijah Pickering, b. 10 Oct 1801 |
Married |
27 Sep 1826 |
Belmont, Concord, Ohio, USA |
Children |
+ | 1. Henry Fox Pickering, b. 19 Dec 1827, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
+ | 2. Anna Miller Pickering, b. Feb 1830 |
+ | 3. Sarah Fox Pickering, b. 23 Mar 1832, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
+ | 4. Josiah Fox Pickering, b. 23 Jul 1834 |
+ | 5. John Charles Pickering, b. 25 Nov 1836 |
| 6. Francis Drake Pickering, b. 4 Mar 1839 |
| 7. Hamilton Chapline Pickering, b. 18 Jun 1841 |
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1803 - 1803 (0 years)
Birth |
17 Oct 1803 |
Died |
4 Dec 1803 |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1804 - 1804 (0 years)
Birth |
18 Sep 1804 |
Died |
18 Sep 1804 |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1805 - 1895 (89 years)
Birth |
17 Oct 1805 |
Died |
2 Jun 1895 |
Ohio, USA |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family |
Esther Cooper, b. 10 Apr 1810 |
Married |
7 Feb 1837 |
Children |
+ | 1. Anna Miller Fox, b. 2 May 1838 |
+ | 2. William Spicer Fox, b. 22 Sep 1839, Harrison County, Ohio, USA |
| 3. Sarah Cooper Fox, b. 14 Nov 1841 |
| 4. Francis Cooper Fox, b. 1 Nov 1855 |
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1808 - 1889 (80 years)
Birth |
12 Jun 1808 |
Died |
25 Apr 1889 |
Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family |
Benjamin Ellis Dungan, b. 15 Mar 1808 |
Married |
30 May 1833 |
Belmont, Concord, Ohio, USA |
Children |
| 1. Josiah Fox Dungan, b. 10 Mar 1834 |
+ | 2. Charles James Dungan, b. 8 Oct 1836, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
| 3. William Henry Dungan, b. 4 Jun 1838 |
+ | 4. Thomas Corwin Dungan, b. 3 Apr 1840 |
+ | 5. Mary Anne Dungan, b. 16 Jun 1841 |
+ | 6. Elizabeth Chapline Dungan, b. 7 Jul 1843 |
+ | 7. Julia Updegraff Dungan, b. 9 Jan 1845 |
+ | 8. Sarah Conrad Dungan, b. 9 May 1847 |
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1811 - 1859 (48 years)
Birth |
13 Jun 1811 |
Wheeling, West Virginia, USA |
Died |
5 Nov 1859 |
Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Family 1 |
Juliana E. Jennings |
Married |
1 Jul 1841 |
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Family 2 |
Juliana DuBois Updegraff, b. 21 Mar 1819 |
Married |
30 Oct 1851 |
Children |
+ | 1. Charles Aubrey Fox, b. 11 Sep 1852, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
+ | 2. Mary Anna Fox, b. 25 Sep 1854 |
+ | 3. Edward Updegraff Fox, b. 9 Apr 1856, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
+ | 4. Elizabeth Wilson Fox, b. 21 Mar 1858 |
| 5. Frances Drake Fox, b. 14 May 1860 |
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1813 - 1813 (0 years)
Birth |
1813 |
Died |
1813 |
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Father |
Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Mother |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 |
Married |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Name |
Josiah Fox |
Birth |
9 Oct 1763 |
Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1847 |
Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
Burial |
1847 |
Concord Friends Meeting and Burial Grounds, Belmont County, Colerain, Ohio, USA |
Siblings |
11 Siblings |
| 1. Henry Fox d. 1827 | | 2. Lovall Fox d. 1814 | | 3. Josiah Fox d. 1760 | | 4. Spicer Fox d. 1796 | | 5. Peter Applebee Fox d. 1771 | + | 6. Jane Fox d. 15 Dec 1835 ▻ William Clark, m. 14 Apr 1781 | | 7. Lydia Fox d. 1762 | | 8. Margaret Fox, b. 1748 d. 1828 (Age 80 years) | | 9. Charles Fox, b. 2 Jan 1749 d. 1 May 1809 (Age 60 years) ▻ Hannah Ferrier | + | 10. Rebecca Fox, b. 24 Aug 1751 d. 1788 (Age 36 years) ▻ Joseph Collier Cookworthy, m. 1783 | | 11. John Fox, b. 1753 d. 1833 (Age 80 years) | + | 12. Josiah Fox, b. 9 Oct 1763, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 1847, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years) ▻ Ann Miller, m. 9 Oct 1794 | |
Person ID |
I3969 |
Geneagraphie | Descendant of Francis Fox |
Last Modified |
29 Aug 2000 |
Father |
John Fox, b. 1724, Hayle, Cornwall, England d. Yes, date unknown |
Mother |
Rebecca Stephens, b. Abt 1726, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England d. 9 Jan 1788 (Age 62 years) |
Marriage |
1747 |
Gloucestershire, England |
Family ID |
F47317 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ann Miller, b. 21 Oct 1768 d. 24 Dec 1841 (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
9 Oct 1794 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Children |
| 1. John Fox, b. 2 Dec 1795, USA d. 20 Nov 1797 (Age 1 year) |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Miller Fox, b. 22 Aug 1797, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1850, West Virginia, USA (Age 52 years) |
+ | 3. Anna Applebee Fox, b. 10 Apr 1799, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA d. 12 Feb 1873 (Age 73 years) |
+ | 4. Rebecca Stevens Fox, b. 20 Mar 1801 d. 19 Aug 1885, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years) |
| 5. John Charles Fox, b. 17 Oct 1803 d. 4 Dec 1803 (Age 0 years) |
| 6. NN Fox, b. 18 Sep 1804 d. 18 Sep 1804 (Age 0 years) |
+ | 7. Charles James Fox, b. 17 Oct 1805 d. 2 Jun 1895, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years) |
+ | 8. Sarah Scantlebury Fox, b. 12 Jun 1808 d. 25 Apr 1889, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) |
+ | 9. Francis Drake Fox, b. 13 Jun 1811, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA d. 5 Nov 1859, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, USA (Age 48 years) |
| 10. NN Fox, b. 1813 d. 1813 (Age 0 years) |
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Family ID |
F1543 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 Aug 2000 |
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Notes |
- He was apprenticed at the age of eighteen to the master constructor at His Majesty's dockyard at Plymouth, England.
In 1793 he came to America to study American timber and to visit friends and relatives in Philadelphia .
Anna Miller Josiah and Anna Fox had 10 children, with only six surviving. Shortly before Josiah Fox's planned return to England, General Henry Knox, then Secretary of war, asked Josiah Fox to join the government as a clerk to personally design a ship that was to be given to Algiers in the Barbary Court Treaty. At that time there was no United States Navy Department. Josiah Fox worked for the United States government under four Presidents: Washington, Adams, Madison and Jefferson. On February 20th 1798 in Phil. Josiah Fox became a naturlized American citizen. 1794 - Appointed Clerk U.S. War Dept. 1795 - 1798 Temporarily appointed Assistant Navy Constructor 1798 - 1801 Navy Constructor and Superintendant of Navy yard, Gosport, Va. 1804 - 1809 U.S. Navy Constructor.
Joint efforts FOX-HUMPHREY-DOUGHTY
44 Gun Frigates:
U.S.S. United States 1797 - U.S.S. Constitution 1797 "Old Ironsides" (still afloat Boston, Mass) - President 1800
36 Gun Frigates:
U.S.S. Constellation 1797 (still afloat) - U.S.S. Chesapeake 1799 - Congress 1800.
Josiah Fox was the sole designer of:
U.S.S. Cresent 1797 - Revenue Cutters Pickering, Eagle and Diligence 1797-1798 - U.S.S. John Adams 1799 - U.S.S. Philadelphia 1799 - Scooner Ferrt 1804 - 8 Gun Boats 1804-1805 - Brig Hornets 1805 - Sloop of War Wasp 1806.
Josiah Fox was a Quaker descent and an Abolishionist, belonged to the Society of Friends. During his shipbuilding career he was disowned by the Society of Friends for designing war ships. Several years later when better known, he was reinstated. In 1811 when his term of government was finished, he brought his family from Washington D.C. to Wheeling, Va., to design and build boats because of the excellent waterways to use in trading American goods with the West Indies, but because of the Embargo Act gave up this venture. In need of finding another occupation to support his family, Josiah Fox came to Ohio in 1814 and purchased a 200 acre farm in Concord, Ohio, now known as Colerain, Ohio.
In 1833 Josiah inherited a sizeable family estate in England. He and two of his sons went to England to visit friends, relatives, and to collect his inheritance, bringing back with them many curiosities. He then retired as a gentleman farmer in Colerain, Ohio, in a brick home which he designed and built in 1830, now known as "Quaker Acres". which was built to resemble his home in England. This home is still standing and can be seen from State Route 250 Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio.
In 1847 Josiah Fox died at his home at the age of 84.
His official appointments can be found in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Peabody Naval Museum, Salam, Mass; Norfolk Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; The Constitutional Museum Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass; and personal family records.
In 1976 a bronze plaque was placed on his grave in Colerain, Ohio by his descendants along with U.S. Navy Personnel, listing his accomplishments. In 1980 and 1983 Ohio Historical Road markers were placed at each end of Colerain, Ohio. Curiosities brought by Josiah and his sons to America in 1834: Letters, Will, Deeds, Family Bible, Silver pieces, Coins, Snout of a Sawfish, Survey of Cornwall 1600's, Mussel shells.
Compiled by Ellen W.Holler(nee Westlake) 1987, Bridgeport, Ohio. Great-Great Grandaughter of Josiah Fox. (Ellen died in 1992) I have photos of the house and grave mentioned, taken in 1990.
Cathy Stevenson
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