Descendants of Henry Fox


Generation No. 1

 1.  HENRY1 FOX.

 	Child of HENRY FOX is:
 2.	i.	WILLAIM2 FOX, d. 1764.


Generation No. 2

 2.  WILLAIM2 FOX (HENRY1) died 1764.  He married SARAH AVENT 1734 in Brunswick County Virginia, daughter of THOMAS AVENT and MARGARET GOOCH.

 	Children of WILLAIM FOX and SARAH AVENT are:
 	i.	LUCY3 FOX, m. WILLIAM ROBINSON.
 

 	ii.	MARY CLAIBORNE FOX, m. THOMAS JOHNSON.
 

 	iii.	ELIZABETH FOX, m. JOHN RIVES.
 

 	iv.	NOONA FOX.
 

 	v.	WILLIAM FOX, d. November 07, 1789, Greensville County Virginia; m. PATSEY RIVES.
 

 3.	vi.	JOHN FOX.
 4.	vii.	THOMAS AVENT FOX.


Generation No. 3

 3.  JOHN3 FOX (WILLAIM2, HENRY1).  He married CECILIA BONNER, daughter of JOHN BONNER and SARAH HICKS.

 	Child of JOHN FOX and CECILIA BONNER is:
 5.	i.	ISSAC4 FOX.

 4.  THOMAS AVENT3 FOX (WILLAIM2, HENRY1).  He married MILDRED ?.

 	Children of THOMAS FOX and MILDRED ? are:
 	i.	LAVINA4 FOX, m. UPSHAW JORDAN, January 16, 1817.
 

 	ii.	JAMES FOX.
 

 	iii.	WILLIAM FOX, m. SARA WEBB WALTON.
 

 	iv.	REBECCA MILDRED FOX, d. 1830.
 

 	v.	JOHN AVENT FOX.
 

 6.	vi.	THOMAS FOX, b. Greensville County Virginia.


Generation No. 4

 5.  ISSAC4 FOX (JOHN3, WILLAIM2, HENRY1).  He married PHADA HAILEY.

 	Child of ISSAC FOX and PHADA HAILEY is:
 	i.	SARAH5 FOX, b. 1807; m. WILLIAM SAUNDERS.
 


 6.  THOMAS4 FOX (THOMAS AVENT3, WILLAIM2, HENRY1) was born in Greensville County Virginia.  He married JANE LIFSEY September 13, 1813, daughter of WILLIAM LIFSEY.

 	Children of THOMAS FOX and JANE LIFSEY are:
 	i.	MARTHA5 FOX.
 

 	ii.	SARAH J. FOX, m. JAMES LIFSEY, November 27, 1850, Greensville County Virginia.
 

Notes on the Fox lineage:

First in Va. was a Capt. John Fox of the 'Whitehorse and Currycombe', by order of the English Admiralty was given permission on Aug. 8, 1650 to leave for Virginia, on the ship called the 'Thomas and Anne'. John Fox, commander. They landed the 'Thomas and Ann " on May 4, 1656 in Virginia. In York Co., Va. Records Book for 1657-l662, pg. 148: "I, John Fox, of the parish of Stepney in the county of  Midddlesex, now in London, mariner,  send greetings..." (Va. Historical Mag. And Biog.  vol. XIV, p. 85-86.)  "At Sea. Latitude 24 degrees .7 br ye 9th 1662," by Stephen Fox  who appears to have died at sea en route from New England to London. It is addressed to "Lovinge brother" and was  administered as a will in London on Oct.20, 1663, by his brother John Fox. In the will, Stephen mentioned "Brothers Thomas, William, Peter, sister Mary," and gave instructions for the disposition of tobacco on the "James River" in Virginia. 'There was a Thomas Fox who was a member of the London Company in 1609. (Hening, Statues at Large, I, pg. 86.)

In Apri1 1683, Thomas Lord Culpepper  with the consent of the Council granted to Henry Fox, by patent, 300 acres of land in New Kent and Gloucester Counties, bounded by the line of  William Anderson and "by a branch nigh  Col. John Lewis his Quarters". This grant consisted of 200 acres which  John Fox had purchased from Thomas Hanks and 100 acres  100 acres new taken up for the transportation of  two  persons (Roberts Seale and Thomas Lee) into the colony. John Fox died some time before April 16, 1683.

Henry Fox  was son and heir of John Fox, ca. 1650-1714; it appears the first of the Fox
name to patent lands and establish a home in now: King William Co., Va. He married  Ann West, the daughter of Col. John West and had issue:
A. 	John Fox m. Francis Lightfoot and had many descendants.
B. 	Thomas Fox m. Mary Turnstall and had many descendants
C. 	Henry Fox m. Mary Claiborne and had issue
 

Fox Family:
D.Anne Fox m. Capt. Thomas Claiborne. had issue.
Henry Fox (ca 1650-1714) presented to the council a petition on behalf of John & Thomas Fox his sons of Nathaniel West, devisees of John West decd. setting forth that said John  West by deed of gift and by his will and Testament give and grant to John West decd. Thomas and Nathaniel West his sons and said Henry Fox a certain tract or divident of land containing by estimate about 4,000 acres lying now King William Co.,Va.,..." Leave to survey Was give and patents were granted on Oct.31,1712. Henry Fox was prominent in the affairs of the county, ho1ding at one time or another every high office. He was a vestryman  of St. John's parish in 1695. He was also a burgess of King William 1702-12. He had a son named  Henry  who was sheriff of King William Co., Va. in 1724, and 1725. His last appearance in Brunswick  Co. was in 1735 when Henry Fox of N.C. deeded his land to John Davis. He married Mary Claiborne, see Claiborne Family and Reliques  of the Rives. He had issue:
A. Henry Fox
B. John Fox, bapt. in Abington Parish May 19, 1700.
C.Joseph Fox, lived in Hanover Co., Va.
D. Richard Fox m. Hannah Williamson daughter of John  Williamson who died in Surry Co., Va in 1732. Richard Fox d. in  Mecklenburg Co., Va. in 1771. And had 11 children.
E.	William Fox, d. 1764 lived in Brunswick and Greensville Co.s,Va. (will is in Brunswick Co.
 dated Dec. 22, 1763 proved Jan. 23, 1764.) H, married Sarah Avent, daughter of Co1.



1)	Lucy Fox m. William Robinson
2) 	Elizabeth Fox (Betty) m. John Rives.
3) 	Mary Claiborne Fox m. Thomas Johnson
4)	Sarah Fox
5)	Noona Fox
6)	 William Fox, d. Greensville Co., Va. on  Nov. 7, 1798. m. Patsey Rives  who d. 1750.
7) 	John Fox m. (Cecilia Bonner, dau. of John Bonner and Sarah Hicks, issue: a. Isaac Fox m.  Phada Hailey and had:
			1) Sarah Fox, b. 1807 m William Saunders.
8) 	Thomas Avent Fox married twice. He married 1) Mildred  ?,  and had:
	a)	Lavina Fox m. Upshaw Jordan on Jan. 16,1817 by  the Rev. William H. Comann in Greensville Co., Va.
	b)	James Fox
c) 	William Fox m. Sarah  Walton, widow of  Danie1 Walton and dau. of  Micajah Webb.
d) 	Rebecca  Mildred Fox, d. 1830.
e) 	John Avent Fox
f) 	Thomas Fox b. Greensville Co.,Va., m. Jane Lifsey, dau of William Lifsey on Sept. 13, 1813 and had issue: a. Martha Fox-no information, b. Sarah J. Fox m. James Lifsey on Nov. 27, 1850 in Greensville Co., Va. c. Ezekiel  Fox. d. 1884 m. Mary Jane Prince. She was the daughter of James H. Prince and Sarah J. Lifsey. They had issue:

	
a) Thomas Joshua Fox
b) 	Wil1iam Monroe Fox
c) 	Dora Gay Fox m. Robert James, Cobb, son of Jethro Cobb and Martha Vaughn.
d) 	Benjamin  Fox m. Fannie Powell, issue: 3 children
e) 	Junius Kincaid Fox, b. Feb. 28, 1844 d. Dec. 10, 1919 m. Annie Marie Cobb, daughter of Jethro Cobb and Martha Vaughn. Issue: 6 children
f) 	Anne Fox m. Christopher C. Seaborn and had issue; 3 children.
g) 	Sarah Jane Fox  d. .July 12, 1935 m. Henry Harrison Cobb b. May 2, 1844 in Southampton Co. Va. ,d. Jan.18, 1901 there; was the son of Jesse and Jane Cobb. They were married Jan. 14, 1873. She was b. in Greensville Co., Va., Nov.19, 1847. Had issue:
h) 	Jane Inez Cobb . b. Mar. 7, 1877 m. Robert Edward Watson, son of Samuel and Minerva Watson of Mecklenburg Co., Va. ,b. 1865,d.1924 in  Suffolk,Va., on Mar. l, 1893 by J.H.Kabb in Greensville Co., Va. She died in 1919 in Suffolk,Va. They lived in Emporia, Capron, and  Suffolk, Va. Had issue: 
i) 	John Lillian Cobb, b. April 11,1861 m. Maggie Lee Cobb, daughter of Robert James Cob and Dora Gay Fox.
j) 	Annie Irene Cobb, b. 1~oh 26, 1875, u. William Gray, and had 4 children.
k) 	Jessie E. Cobb, b. Mar.  10,1879 d. Dec. 10, 1905.
l) 	Twilley b. Nov.2, 1874.
m) 	Henry Harrison Cobb, Jr. b. Aug. 24, 1884, d. April 12, 1918, m. Jan. 7, 1907 Annie Laurie Bryant, daughter of Benjamin L. Bryant and Rosa J. They had 4

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Robert Edward Watson m. Jane Inez Cobb, and had issue:
A .Eddie Lee Watson b. 1896  d.       m.  Jeter C. Powell on April 30, 1919 and had issue.
B. Terry Elem  Watson b. Jan.l, 1897 in Capron, Va., m. Lena Upton.
C.Raymond Clyde Watson b. Feb. 2,1899 in Capron, Va. m. 1) Mabel Lorain Harrell and  2) Eri E. and had issue.
D. 	Dobie Clifton Watson b. Mar. 28, 1902 m Irene Poster, had issue.
E. 	Lauris J.  Watson, b. Capron, Va. m. Elena (Eleanor) ______
F. 	 Otto Leo  Watson, b. Capron, Va. m. Lillian ______
G. 	Shelley Burch Watson, b. Oct.28, 1907,Capron,Va., m. June 14, 1929 in Suffolk,Va.  Alice Wingfield Witley,b. Suffolk,Va. Sept.12, 1910, d. June 15, 1971 in Suffolk, was the daughter of George Franklin Whitley and Dolly Ann Bell.