Person:Isaac Fox (8)

Archive record lists Isaac md (2) 4 Sep 1720 BEBBE, Elizabeth.

From "Thomas Fox of Concord and His Descendents" written by William Freeman Fox, 1909, Albany. This is what it says on Isaac Fox and Abigail, page 24-25: "Isaac Fox, youngest child of Thomas of Concord, was born in Concord, Mass., October 17, 1657. He was married in Billerica, Mass., July 18, 1678, to Abigail Osban, and settled in Medford, Mass., where his children were born. He lived there until 1693, or later, and then moved to New London, Conn., where he settled on a farm south of New London village, in the immediate neighborhood of his brothers, Samuel and John, and his sister, Hannah Lester. His wife, Abigail, died March 12, 1718, and he married a second time, September 4, 1720, with Elizabeth Beebe. ...... His will, which describes him as 'Isaac Fox, late of New London,' is dated July 1, 1731, with a codicil dated March 24, 1734-5, and was admmitted to probate May 15, 1735. It names his wife, Elizabeth Fox, and sons Isaac, John, Samuel, Ebnezer and Thomas; and his daughter, Abigail Davis. Isaac Fox had eight children with his first wife, all of whom were born while he was living at Medford, Mass. They were: John, born April 10, 1679; Isaac, born December 12, 1680; Abigail, born March 11, 1682; Hannah, born November 15, 1683; John (2d), born April 24, 1685; Samuel, born April 30, 1687; Ebenezer, born October 14, 1689; Thomas, born November 10, 1693."

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