Richard (Foxwell), ag. 72 in July 1676, ordered Ind. trading goods in London in 1629. In Boston 19 Oct. 1630 he desired adm. as freeman and 18 May foll. was sw. A letter of Wm. Hilton to J. Winthrop jr. 18 Apr. 1633 says: 'There arrived a fishing ship at Piscataqua the 15th of this present month where in is one Richard Foxwell who hath formerly lived in this country.' In London 6 Jan. 1632/3 he signed a note for goods bot in 1629. Whether he had m. Capt. Bonython's dau. by this time is unasc. In June 1640 he stated that 'these four years or thereabouts' he had lived at Black Point in the right of his f.-in-law. For Ind. trade he estab. a house on the western side of St. George's River, which was lost to the French, altho he cont. to trade with the French. (Essex Qtly. Ct. ii. 23-26; 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. vi. 570). Altho unsucc. in business he maintained an emin. char. during a long life. Courts were held at his house, which was a garrison in Philip's War. Suff. Ct. files 1526 contains a 2-page doc. in his hand stating Capt. Scottow's failure in defence, and adding 'Mr. Rishworth I pray faile me not to do your endeavour to put an issue to my busyness, for I have taken a hurt of late which I Doubt will shorten my days.' Adm. 6 Nov. 1677 to s. Philip. He served as chairman of selectm., foreman of jury, clerk of the writs, Lygonia assemblyman, member of the Scarb.-Falm. court. … His wife Susannah (Bonython) is almost absent from the records. … Ch: Richard, d. 4 June 1664, carpenter's tools ment. in his inv. … Esther, m. in 1657 Tho. Rogers. John, b. ab. 1639. Lucretia, b. ab. 1644, m. James Robinson. Susannah, m. John Ashton. Philip, b. ab. 1651. Sarah, in 1673 a wit. in Kittery (Y. D. iv. 41), m. Sep. 1678 Joseph Curtis. Mary, m. George Norton.
