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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Richard Fox |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
Bef 1642 |
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| Marriage |
Bef 1677 |
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Beriah Smith |
| Will[4] |
10 Jul 1708 |
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Alt Death[1] |
19 Mar 1708/09 |
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Death[3] |
31 Mar 1709 |
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Estate Inventory[4] |
29 Apr 1709 |
£111-15-06. Taken by Jonathan Smith, Joseph Smith and Samuel Smith. |
| Probate[4] |
6 Jul 1709 |
Inventory exhibited. |
| Probate[4] |
5 Sep 1709 |
Will proved; administration to the widow. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fox, in Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
2:1002.
"Richard Fox died at Glastonbury, March 19, 1708, aged sixty-seven years. He married Beriah Smith, daughter of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, and she administered the estate. Children: 1. Mary, born 1677, married, February 25, 1695, Henry Goslin. 2. Sarah, born 1678, married, June 1, 1698, Ebenezer Kilborn. 3. Richard, born 1679, married Lydia Colt, daughter of John Colt, of Windsor, and (second) Mary Smith. 4. Eunice, born 1683, married, May 8, 1703, John House. 5. Elizabeth, born 1685. 6. John, born 1688, married Susannah White, of Deerfield. 7. Ebenezer, born 1690, married Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Henry Arnold, January 2, 1714. 8. Abraham, born 1692, married, January 3, 1717, Dorothy Holish [Hollister]. 9. Dorothy, born 1693, married, April 7, 1714, Samuel Price. 10. Joseph, born August 7, 1696, married, December 6, 1717, Esther Sparks."
- ↑ Richard Fox, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
2:196.
"Richard (Fox), Wethersfield, m. Beriah, d. of the first Richard Smith of the same, was inhab. of the E. side of the riv. now Glastonbury."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Glastonbury Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
37.
"Fox, … Richard, Sr., d. Mar. 31, 1708/9, Æ about 67 [1:4]"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Fox, Richard, Glastonbury, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
2:62-63.
"Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710. Inventory and Will in Vol. VIII, Page 5.
Fox, Richard, Glastonbury. Invt. £111-15-06. Taken 29 April, 1709, by Jonathan Smith, Joseph Smith and Samuel Smith. Will dated 10 July, 1708:
I, Richard Fox, of Glastonbury, husbandman, do make this my last will and testament: Imprs. I give and bequeath to Beriah, my beloved wife, the use of my dwelling house, cellar, orchard and improveable lands during the time of her natural life, and then to return to my sons hereafter named. It. I give to Beriah my wife all my moveables, both within doors and without, for her use and comfort so long as she doth live, and then to dispose of the abovesaid moveables, if any are left, to any or all of her children as she pleaseth. I give to my son Richard Fox 50 acres of land which the Town gave to me, lying in the Great Swamp, which appears by a deed which I gave to him. Ite. I give to my son Ebenezer Fox one-half of my upland joining to my house, namely, the north side of my lot, bounding north upon land belonging to Capt. Wells, east upon John House and west upon Salmon Brook, to him and his heirs forever. It. I give to my son John Fox 25 acres of my land in the Great Swamp which the Town gave to me. If my son John see cause to live on the land, I give it him and his heirs forever; but if he said John Fox will not live upon the land, then the above said 25 acres of land I give to my son Ebenezer Fox and to my son Abraham Fox equally. It. I give to my son Abraham Fox 25 acres in the Great Swamp of land which the Town gave to me. It. I give to my son Joseph Fox the one-half of my land which my dwelling house now stands upon, with the dwelling house, which parcel of land is the south side of my upland and is bounded on the north on land given my son Ebenezer Fox above mentioned, and south upon Joseph Smith Senr his land, and east upon John House his land, and west upon Salmon Brook, which parcel of land and house I give to my son Joseph Fox and his heirs forever.
RICHARD X FOX.
Witness: Benjamin Talcot, Thomas Morly.
Court Record, Page 130—6 June, 1709: Beriah Fox of Glastonbury exhibits an invt. of the estate of her late husband Richard Fox.
Page 132—5 September, 1709: Will exhibited and proven. There being no executor appointed in the will, Adms. is granted to Beriah Fox, widow, with the will annexed.
Page 40 (Vol. VIII) 19 November, 1711: Beriah Fox now exhibits an account of her Adms. Approved, and this Court grant her a Quietus Est."
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