JOHN FOX, a native of the county Devonshire, England, where he was born in the year 1751, came to America when a young man, and settled first at Germantown in the Province of Pennsylvania. There he married Anna Margaret Rupert, b. December 14, 1756, in Holland. Shortly after, in 1799, they settled in what was then Londonderry township, Lancaster county, in the neighborhood of Hummelstown. Mr. Fox died April 25, 1816, and his wife on the 21st of October, 1838. Both were interred in the Lutheran churchyard at Hummelstown. They had issue:
i. John, b. June 10, 1780; m. Sarah Shonberger.
ii. Margaret, b. 1782; m. John Phillips.
iii. Thomas, b. November 4, 1786; m. Barbara Baum.
iv. George, b. December 17, 1788; m. Elizabeth Eshenauer.
v. James, b. 1794; m. Sophia Bayle.
vi. Richard, b. February 9, 1799, in Londonderry township, Dauphin county, Pa.; d. July 1, 1827; m. Rachel Hummel, b. November 24, 1799; d. September 27, 1867; daughter of Frederick Hummel and Rachel Eckert; no issue.
