John FOX

John FOX[1]

Male Abt 1605 - 1661  (~ 56 years)

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  • Name John FOX 
    Born Abt 1605  Birchington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 9 Jan 1660/1661  Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13883  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Father John FOX,   c. 17 Feb 1576/1577, Birchington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Johanna CARPENTER,   b. Abt 1574 
    Married 25 Oct 1596  Birchington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Johannes Foe et Johana Oxenbridge vid nupti fuerunt vicessimo quinto die October 1596
    Family ID F1968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan aka Jane RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1602, St. Peter, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Oct 1689, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1628  St. Margaret, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Fox, John, of Minster in Thanet, husbandman, batchelor, about 23, son of John Fox of Birchington, who consents, as is testified by John Pollin of Monkton, husbandman, and Joan Russell of Minster aforesaid, virgin, about 26, daughter of Thomas Russell of St. Peter's in Thanet, who also consents. At St. Margaret's Canterbury. July 18, 1628.


      Possible marriage:
      First name(s) John
      Last name Fox
      Occupation Husbandman
      Residence Wye
      Marital status Widower
      Marriage year 1631
      Marriage date 24 Sep 1631
      Marriage place Kingsnorth
      Spouse's first name(s) Jane
      Spouse's last name Wood
      Spouse's birth year 1608
      Spouse's age 23
      Spouse's residence Allington
      Notes Shown as FAWKES in lic. d.of (blank)wid.Charing
      County Kent
      Country England
      Record set Kent, East Kent Marriage Index 1538-1754
      Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
      Subcategory Parish Marriages
      Collections from England, Great Britain

      Possible marriage:
      First name(s) John
      Last name Fox
      Marriage year 1627
      Marriage date 16 Oct 1626
      Place Wye, Ss Gregory & Martin
      Spouse's first name(s) Joane
      Spouse's last name Nethersoll
      County Kent
      Country England
      Register year range 1603-1730
      Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives
      Archive reference U3/174/1/A2
    Children 
     1. John FOX,   c. 18 Aug 1633, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jane ^ FOX,   c. 18 Mar 1637/1638, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 30 Dec 1639, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     3. Elizabeth FOX,   b. Abt 1639
     4. Ann FOX,   c. 19 Nov 1639, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 23 Jan 1717/1718, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     5. Thomasin ^ FOX,   c. 12 Jan 1640, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Sep 1641, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     6. William ^ FOX,   c. 12 Dec 1641, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Sep 1656, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 14 years)
     7. Robert FOX,   c. 10 Dec 1643, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1689  (Age ~ 47 years)
     8. Jane FOX,   b. Abt 1652,   bur. 23 Nov 1709  (Age ~ 57 years)
     9. James FOX,   d. pre-1689
     10. Joan FOX,   d. pre 1689
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), PRC/17/71/13a, PRC/16/265 F/2, 1660, 27 Feb 1660.

      Will of John Fox, yeoman of Ashford, made 6 Jan 1660/1, probated 27 Feb 1660/1.

      IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, in the twelfth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord Charles the second by the grace of God Kind and so forth and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred and sixty January the six day, I, JOHN FOX, of Ashford, in the County of Kent, yeoman, being sick and weak in body but perfect in senses and memory do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following,

      First and principally I bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty God etc and my body to be decently buried as my Executors hereafter mentioned shall think fit:

      Item, I give unto my son JOHN FOX ten pounds to be paid six months after my decease.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my son ROBERT FOX ten pounds five pounds to be paid to him at the age of twenty and two years and five pounds to be paid six months after the decease of my wife, JANE FOX.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my son JAMES FOX ten pounds to be paid unto him at the age of one and twenty years.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH the wife of THOMAS FAIREBEARD five shillings to be paid three months after my decease.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter JOANE FOX ten pounds five pounds to be paid at the age of twenty and six years and five pounds to be paid six months after the decease of my wife JANE FOX.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter JANE FOX ten pounds to be paid six months after the decease of my wife, JANE FOX.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter ANN FOX ten pounds to be paid six months after the decease of my wife JANE FOX.

      Item, I make and ordain my loving wife JANE FOX Executrix of this my last Will and Testament paying all my legacies and debts and I do request my loving neighbour and friend JOHN SHERWOOD, clothier, to be overseer of this my last Will and Testament to see this my Will put in execution and all my debts and legacies discharged and to be helpful unto my Executrix as need shall require.

      Item, lastly I give and bequeath unto my Executrix all my stock of kine and sheep, one colt, household stuff, all my debts, bills, bonds, leases whatsoever paying all my legacies and debts as aforesaid.

      In witness whereof I the said JOHN FOX do set unto my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

      John Fox by his mark (L.S.)

      PUBLISHED, SIGNED, SEALED in the presence of us
      Elizabeth E. Sherwood by her mark
      John Sherwood

      27th day of the month February 1660 inparta etc coram injus EDWARD ALDEY clerico surrogato etc prenerte me Janbo Napleton juris publico etc.

      Probatum fuit huiusmodi supra scriptum testamentum etc iuramento JANE FOX vidua et relict de defuncti et Executrix in eodem testatmento nominatus ac inde approbatus et infirmat etc ... etc comissa fuit dictus Executrix pruis iurat ad ... etc salvo iure etc.

    2. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), 18 Jul 1628.

      Fox, John, of Minster in Thanet, husbandman, batchelor, about 23, son of John Fox of Birchington, who consents, as is testified by John Pollin of Monkton, husbandman, and Joan Russell of Minster aforesaid, virgin, about 26, daughter of Thomas Russell of St. Peter's in Thanet, who also consents. At St. Margaret's Canterbury. July 18, 1628.