Our Fox Line - English

Generation Five

Captain John Fox was born 1624.  John Fox, circa. 1602 - 1665
Elizabeth Convers, circa. 1600 - circa. 1658

Child of John Fox

Generation Six

Henry Fox -  Born in 1650 in Virginia.  Henry died in King William Co., VA on 16 Nov 1714, he was 64. Abt 1673 when Henry was 23, he married Anne West, in VA, daughter of Col. John West of York County and his wife, Unity Crowshaw.  Col. West was for years burgess from King William County. Born in 1655 in West Point, King William Co., VA. Anne died aft 1708, she was 53.  Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia.  Vo III pp 326-327:  "Henry Fox presented to the Council a petition in behalf of John and Thomas Fox his sons."  Henry Fox married Anne, daughter of Col John West, [and Henry was] nephew of Thomas, Lord Delaware and [Henry] had two sons named in the Council record, John, Thomas and probably Henry Fox.  Anne died about 1696 she was 38. (conflicting information).  See the WEST line here.

From Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol I, Memorial to Henry Fox of "Huntington," King William Co., VA:  Henry Fox resided at "Huntington", an elegant brick mansion on the Mattapoui River.  The brick walls were standing until a few years ago.  One of the beautiful octagonal bricks from this old home is preserved in the collection of old bricks collected b the late Rev Arthur P. Gray of West Point, VA.  This writer has visited the site of the "Huntington house, and the adjoining plantation called "Fox's".  At the former place the tenant pointed out the old Fox graveyard, although no tombstones are now evident. 

Henry Fox was a vestryman and warden in St. John's Parish for may years.  he is first mentioned as a member of the vestry in 165 when certain differences relating to Mr. John Monnro, Minister, of St. John's Parish, were in contention.  These church troubles extended over a period of years until in 1705 Henry Fox, Captain Thomas Claiborne and Captain John West, Vestrymen in St. John's Parish, made a protest to Governor Francis Nicholson and the Council to intercede.  Their petition said in part:  "We have no personal prejudice against Reverend Mr. John Munro,, our present minister, upon account o this being of the Scottish nation, Tho we must confess an Englishman would be more acceptable".

Henry Fox was the first sheriff of King William county.  His commission dated 17 February 1702 is recorded in King William record book No. 2, page 149.  Prior to this he had been a magistrate in King and Queen count in 1698 and in 1702 was appointed senior presiding justice of King William county.  Henry Fox represented King William county in the House of Burgesses from 1712 until his death in 1714.  On November 17th, 1714 an order was given to the Governor advising him to elect a Burgess for King William county 'in ye room of Mr. Fox, deceased'.

Henry Fox married Anne West, daughter of Colonel John West of York county, VA., and his wife Unity, daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw.  Major Croshaw and Colonel West were members of the House of Burgesses and prominent in the political affairs of the colony.

continuing from the same source: 

West:  Colonel John West (1632-1689) was the eldest son of Governor John West and is recorded as being the first English child born on the York River.  governor West was born in Ham shire, England, on the 14th of December 150, being the twelfth child of Sir Thomas West, Second Lord De La Warr and his wife Anne Knollys.  He received his B.A. degree from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1613 and about 1620 came to Virginia, being a member of the London Company.  He became active in the affairs of the Colony and in 1629 was elected a member of the House of Burgesses.  In 1630 he took his seat as a member of the Kings' Council and served as a member of that distinguished body until his death in 1659.  He was Governor of Virginia 1635-1637, and was by order of King Charles made muster master of the Virginia Colony in 1637 for which he received an annual salary of 10,000 pounds of tobacco.  Governor West died at his seat in the forks of the York River called Delaware town in 1659.  His mansion stood near the present town of West point.

Through his maternal grandmother Lady Catherine Boleyn Cary, Knollys wife of Sir Francis Knollys (ca. 1514-1539), Governor West was descended from royalty on many lines.  Lady Catherine was the daughter of William Cary, Esquire (1496-1528), and her sister was lady Mary Boleyn, sister of Queen Anne, wife of King Henry VIII.  Lady Mary was the daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire (1477-1539), and his wife lady Elizabeth Howard, both descendants of royalty.  It is highly likely that Lady Catherine Boleyn's children were by King Henry VIII, as she was his mistress for two years (coincidentally when she was the King's Mistress was when she had her two children, Catherine and Henry).

Henry Fox and Anne West had the following children:

Generation Seven

Henry Fox was born about 1674 and died around 1715.   Henry married first Mary Kendrick, then second to Mary Claibourne, daughter of William Claibourne & Elizabeth Ludman, born about 1691.  Mary died about 1719 when she was 28.

Henry Fox and Mary Claiborne had the following children:

Generation Eight

David Fox was born circa 1720 in Virginia.  He married Elizabeth unknown.  In the 1790 Hillsborough district of Chatham County NC, there are these Fox families listed, is this our David?  My note.

Fox, John..........................................1-0-3-0-0
Fox, David.........................................2-3-5-0-0
Fox, Nicholas....................................2-5-3-0-0

In the same county and district in 1800, Fox families are listed as follows:

01277 215 1276 FOX David 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4

01290 216 1289 FOX John 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

David Fox and Elizabeth unknown had the following children:
 

Generation Nine

James Fox. Born on 23 Apr 1743 in Beaufort Co., SC. James died in Hopkins Co., KY abt 1812, he was 68.  James married Elizabeth Bean.

Hopkins County, KY will Book #1, page 96 & 97 - James Fox will written 22 June 1811; daughter, Elizabeth, appoints my two sons, Titus and Allin Fox as Executors, copy of will in file.  No other children listed, however testators are, Ebenezer Bourland, James Fox and Daniel Fox.  Elizabeth Fox is probably unmarried or a widow and James wife has died as she is not mentioned.  Circumstantial proof is compelling that John Wesley Fox, Daniel Fox, Enoch Fox, Noah Fox and Jeremiah (James) Fox are his children.

James Fox and Elizabeth Bean had the following children:

Generation Ten

Noah Fox, born 1776 in Shenandoah, Virginia and died before 1860 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Noah married Cynthia Laffoon who was born in 1782 in South Carolina.  Cynthia died on December 24, 1860 in Hopkins County, Kentucky.  Cynthia was the daughter of William Laffoon and Susannah or Sarah?  It is not known at this time when or where Cynthia and Noah met, but I am assuming that Noah traveled to South Carolina from Virginia and met Cynthia there and then they migrated west to Hopkins County, Kentucky.

In the 1800 Pendleton District, South Carolina Census, Noah Fox is listed as follows (note William Laffoon is living next door)

Noah Fox - 1--1---1----one male under 10, one male between 26-40, one female 16-26.

William Laffoon - 1-2-1-1-1-2---1-----4

one male, under ten, two males between 10-16, one male between 16-26, one male 45 and up. 

one female under ten, two females between 16-26, one female between 26-45.

They moved to Hopkins County, Kentucky just after the turn of the century (1800)
 

From the 1850 Hopkins County, KY Census:

Noah Fox and Cynthia Laffoon had the following children:

Elvira Fox married Thomas C. Davis.  See our Davis Line

From here see the See our Davis Line