Samuel Fox -- (1777 - 1870) Philadelphia

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Samuel Fox was a brickmaker in Philadelphia. His company name was Samuel Fox & Sons.

Born: July 6, 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Married: Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parents of Samuel Fox:

Father: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox)
Mother: Salome "Sarah" Lybrand

Children of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling:

1. James Fox

2. Samuel Middleton Fox
b. February 12, 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. ; m. Mary Ann Esther December 9, 1834

3. William Penn Fox

4. Eliza Fox
b. ; d. ; m. Hopper

5. Elizabeth Fox

6. Ellen L. Fox

7. George Fox

8. James C. Fox
b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Catharine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.


9. John Middleton Fox
b. 1807, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10. Anna Marie Fox
b. 1812, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. John E. Hand, Philadilphia, Pennsylvania. Buried Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

11. Salome Mary Fox
b. October 10, 1816, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Addresses:

Home:

1825: 37 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1837: 40 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1870: 1212 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Business:

1855: 52 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Samuel Fox and Samuel M. Fox)

Miscellaneous information about Samuel Fox:

Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part A: 1823: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
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John Stock, Philadelphia, Painter and Glazier. Will written: April 4, 1823; proved May 26, 1823. Executors were: Michael Baker (of Philadelphia) - Hardware Dealer; Samuel Fox, Brickmaker. Witnesses were: Lewis Walker, John Byerly and George Fox.

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Wills: Abstracts, Book 6 - Part A: 1815: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
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John Martin, Philadelphia, Carter. Will written: July 21, 1815; will proved: July 29, 1815. Executors were: Friends George Peterman of said city, flour merchant, and Samuel Fox of same place, brick maker.

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John Fox Will Abstract, Philadelphia
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Classification: Will
Surnames: Fox
John Fox; not dated; mentioned wife Esther Fox and children; youngest son Edward; properties in Philadelphia, some held in connection with Michael Fox; witnesses Michael Fox, Samuel Fox, Michael Lybrand; Administrations to Michael Fox and Samuel Fox, November 13, 1811

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Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part C: 1825: Philadelphia Co, PA
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MOORE, ELIZABETH. Philadelphia. Widow.
April __, 1825. April 30, 1825. 8.411.
Mother: Elizabeth Meyers.
Children: Thomas, Marmaduke, Elizabeth, Maria.
Exrs. to be guardian of Elizabeth and Maria.
Exec: Friends: Christopher Tennant, Daniel Oldenburgh.
Wit: A. C. Salaignac, Samuel Fox.

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History: 1813: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA
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LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL DATA
Copyright Vi P. Limric 1999

Source: The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, 1911
LAWS PASSED SESSION 1812/13 -- HARRISBURG, PA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same.

9. An act authorizing MICHAEL FOX and SAMUEL FOX, administrators with the will annexed, of JOHN FOX, late of the city of Philadelphia, brickmaker, dec., to grant and convey real estate. That it shall be lawful for the administrators to grant and convey the real estate, of John Fox dec., as if they had been nominated and appointed executors of the will.
22 Dec 1812.

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SHEAFLY, MARY. Northern Liberties, City of Philadelphia. November 11,
1806. June 27, 1808. 2.315.
To granddau. Mary Warner, dau. of only son Joseph Sheafly decd., and
her husband John F. Warner, son of Heronimus Warner, all estate
allowing my husband John Sheafly to have his maintenance out of same
during life. Exec: Heronimus Warner and John F. Warner. Letters
granted to John F. Warner. Witnesses: John M. Irwin, Jacob Lybrand,
Samuel Fox.

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In the book History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 By John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, Samuel Fox is mentioned in the Firemen, Fire Companies and Large Fires Section:

Page 1892. “The Diligent Fire Company in 1800 had its apparatus in the house on Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, in front of Mrs. Myers’ lot. In 1807 a removal was made, and a grant of a lot of ground for twenty-one years on Ninth Street, below Market, was procured from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. A brick house was build there in 1811. The original fire-engine, built for the company by Richard Mason, was replaced by another in January 1822, built by Patrick Lyon, the chambers of which were not less than nine and a half inches in diameter. This engine was the most powerful in America, and was know as “Pat Lyon’s masterpiece.” …The meetings of the company were held in 1800 at the house of Mrs. Myers; afterward at the house of John Cordner, in Filbert Street, above Eighth. In 1804 they were held at Amos Holahan’s Golden Lion, Eighth and Filbert Streets; afterward at the Robin Hood, in Filbert Street; and afterward at Keyser’s school room. Among the members after 1800 were James Traquair (marble-mason), John Dunlap (printer), Dr. Thomas Ruston, Henry Sailor, Timothy Banger, Charlee Keyser, Samuel Fox, Samuel Porter, Michael Lybrandt.”

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Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox (the son of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling) by William Struthers, a marble mason in Philadelphia. William Struthers' company, William Struthers & Company, was a marble and contracting business in Philadelphia, whose commissions included the United States Mint, George Washington's sarcophagus and most of Philadelphia's most important monuments, including The Merchant's Exchange, the Philadelphia Exchange, The Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad Building, and the Mechanic's Bank. Note how the letter says, "No brickmakers in the City have had a better reputation than S. Fox & Sons." That's quite a good endorsement from someone as prominent in the United States as William Struthers. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.