Hester Keyser (1779 - 1847)

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This information is from The Keyser Family the Bicentnnial Reunion of the Keyser Family 1688 - 1888, Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam, Compiled by Charles S. Keyser, Philadelphia, 1889, pages 144 and 145.

Born: March 16, 1779, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 25, 1847
Married: John Fox, March 21, 1799, St. Michael's and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parents of John Fox:

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

Parents of Hester Keyser:

Father: Benjamin Keyser, b. unknown, d. unknown, m. Ann Nice prior to 1776.
Mother: Ann Nice

Children of John Fox and Hester Keyser:

1. William Lybrand Fox, m. Marian Holahan

2. Benjamin Fox, m. Louisa Batson

3. Ann Fox, b. 1808; d. July 22, 1856, m. Cephas G. Childs

4. Edward John Fox, m. Martha Chew Johnson
Children of Edward John Fox and Martha Chew Johnson: 1.) William Lybrand Fox; 2.) Thomas Rabb Fox; 3.) Esther Fox; 4.) Edward Wayne Fox; 5.) John Michael Fox b. October 25, 1832, m. Mary J. Simpson February 9, 1859.

Miscellaneous information about Hester Keyser:

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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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.

Sarah Salome Lybrand (about 1745 - unknown)

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Born: about 1745
Died: unknown
Married: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox), May 25, 1762, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Parents of Sarah Salome Lybrand*:
*Information provided from the Stammbaum der Familien website for Leibbrandt - Leibbrand - Leibrand - Leibrandt - Leipprand; in USA also spelled as: Lybrand - Leibrant; in UK also spelled as: Liebbrandt. http://www.leibbrandt.com/stamm.htm

Father: Johann Konrad Leibbrand, b. 15 July 1701, Leonberg, d. 1753 at sea returning to Germany on the ship "Rhine".
Mother: Regina Salome Weiss, b. abt. 1730 in Leonberg, Württemberg
Emigrated to America: 1751 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, on the ship "Duke of Württemberg".

Children of Johann Konrad Lybrand and Regina Salome Weiss:
1. George Heinrich Lybrand, b. 14 NOV 1734 in Leonberg, Württemberg, d. 23 SEP 1776 in Berks County, Pennsylvania

2. Conrad Lybrand, b. Germany, d. 1792 Philadelphia

3. Johann Christian Lybrand, b. 1744 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. 26 NOV 1826 in Philadelphia

4. Sarah "Salome" Lybrand, b. abt 1745

5. Dorothy Lybrand

6. Christina Catherine Lybrand, b. 9 JAN 1754 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Children of Johann Michael Fox and Sarah Salome Lybrand

1. John George Fox
b. February 8, 1763, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


2. Joseph Fox
b. February 29, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. October 30, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


3.Mary Dorothea Fox
b. June 11, 1765, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. July 16, 1842, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Johann Frederick Forepaugh, July 9, 1786, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


4. Salome (Hannah) Fox
b. February 22, 1767, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. May 12, 1769 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


5. John Conrad Fox
b. April 28, 1770, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


6. Samuel Fox
b. July 6, 1777; d. August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox Brick Makers in Philadelphia Directories

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Here is a list of individuals found in Philadelphia Directories who indicated that their profession was brickmaker or bricklayer. Note: I've been told that in early Philadelphia it was common for house numbers to change as new dwellings were built on a block.

1808
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1809
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel M. 23 Sansom
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1811
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel M. 23 Sansom

1813
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry

1814
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th

1816
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, Michael 12 N. 9th

1817
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, widow of John 365 Mulberry

1825
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1828
Fox, M. 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1829
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, M. 12 N. 9th
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1830
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox & Bowers South above Broad

1831
Fox, M. 37 Filbert
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert

1833
Fox, Samuel 37 Filbert
Fox, M. 37 Filbert

1835
Fox, Samuel M. Montgomery Sq.

1837
Fox, Samuel M. 99 Filbert
Fox, John E. 367 Arch
Fox, George 6 near Phoenix Tavern
Fox, Charles Race above 13th
Fox, Samuel 40 Filbert

1839
Fox, James C. 33 Dean
Fox, Charles 469 Sassafras
Fox, Isaac Cadwalader above Master
Fox, Samuel 40 Filbert
Fox, S.M. 99 Filbert
Fox, George 6th above Poplar

1843
Fox, S.M. 32 Madison

1844
Fox, S.M. 36 Rittenhouse
Fox, Samuel 9 Rittenhouse

1846
Fox, S.M. 36 Rittenhouse

1847
Fox, S.M. 3 Park Place

1848
Fox, Samuel M. Rittenhouse N Schuykill 8

1849
Fox, Samuel M. Rittenhouse N Schuykill 8

1855
Fox, Isaac Nicetown Lane
Fox, Elijah J. 401 S. Front
Fox, Lewis Robinson below Montgomery
Fox, Samuel 2 N 16t

Information about Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia (Samuel Fox family burials)

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Ronaldson's Cemetery, aka Philadelphia Cemetery

The playground that replaced it is a dreary, ugly place.

Ronaldson's Cemetery

This cemetery was incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company. It was located at Shippen (now Bainbridge), 9th and Fitzwater St. It was established by a deed of trust from James Ronaldson, 1827. Photographed in the collection of the City History Society of Phila.

Article in The Phila. Bulletin (not dated, found at Genealogical Soc. of Pa.)

Old Cemetery in South Phila. Soon to Be a City Playground

by Joseph T. Reichwein

The last chapter is about to be written in the history of Ronaldson Cemetery, an old Philadelphia landmark.

Today workmen began converting the 123- year-old burial ground bounded by Bainbridge and Fitzwater sts. in the block between 8th and 9th, into a city playground.

Thus will end a riches-to-rags existence for the cemetery, which was once considered the most beautiful in the country, but which, for the last 25 years has been a eglected eyesore-a dumping ground for neighborhood junk.

13,500 to be Reburied

First step in the conversion will be the disinterment and reburial of some 13,500 dead.

Included are the bodies of Revolutionary War heroes and stars of the early stage.

The bodies of six patriots and the stones that mark their graves will be transferred to the burial ground behind Old Swedes Church, Swanson and Christian sts. The area is now a national shrine.

The other dead will be reburied in a section of Forest Hills Cemetery, Somerton. Their graves will be marked by bronze tablets and the crumbling old tombstones in Ronaldson's will be destroyed.

Ronaldson's Cemetery was founded in 1827 by James Ronaldson, who came to this city from Scotland and established a type foundry.

Ronaldson founded the burial grounds because there was no place but Potter's Field in which to bury persons who belonged to no religious congregation.

Many Actors There

Ronaldson's is listed in some old records as "the actor's cemetery," because so many theatrical people are buried there. Most actors, in those days, couldn't be placed in church cemeteries, so their friends purchased space in Ronaldson's.

The main entrance was on Bainbridge St. A wide avenue ran back to Fitzwater st., and many gravel walks cut through the plot. The whole place was beautifully landscaped. Flowers bloomed everywhere.

There are little buildings on each side of the massive iron gate. The founder designed one to be the residence of the caretaker.

The other served as the "bell house." In it, persons who died unexpectedly were placed for three days. A string attached to a bell was placed in their hands so that if there was a move of returning life the bell would ring and arouse the caretaker

Mrs. Karl Boesenhofer, whose Father used to be caretaker, still lives in the tiny residence. The bell house has fallen into disrepair. Both buildings will be torn down.

Funds Inadequate

Ronaldson saved a portion of the space at the front of the plot for his family and sold the rest. In 1833, the lot-holders were Incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company.

Many of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried there were transferred from an old burial ground behind Independence Hall.

As the lot-holders died and the shape of the city changed, interest in the old cemetery declined. The caretaker remained, but funds to keep the place in condition were inadequate.

According to the records, the last persons buried there were several influenza victims in 1918.

Today Ronaldson is littered with tin cans, pop bottles and trash of all sorts. The paths and graves are weed-covered. Many of the high monuments and markers are crumbled.

As far back as 1922 it was proposed that the city take over the land. Finally, in 1946, after a long series of discussions and court proceedings, the city and the cemetery company reached their agreement. The city will foot the bill for the removal and reburial of the bodies.

The work will be done under the direction of Thomas A. Morris, president of the Evergreen Memorial Park Assn.

Rector Makes Search

Dr. John Craig Ronk, rector of Old Swedes Church, when he learned of the proposed move, made a search of the cemetery and located, through still legible stones, the graves of six old soldiers. They include General William Irvine, who died in 1804 after serving in the Revolution and also as a delegate to the Continental Congress: Captain William Moore, who died at the age of 86: Captain Abraham Parsons, who according to his tombstone, "served all through the Revolution and was for a time a prisoner of the British." Captain Wm. McFadden, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who died here in 1839, and Captain John Barber,who served in the war of 1812.

Dr. Ronk has set aside a corner of Old Swedes Cemetery for their new graves.

Morris said the big stone over the grave of Ronaldson, still in fairly good shape, will be placed in Forest Hills as the hub of the new cemetery.

A history & interesting ancedotes about Ronaldson's Cemetery can be found in "Men and Things column" of the Phila. Bulletin, July 22, 1891, a copy of which is in Ashmead's Newspaper Cutting, vol. 4, pp. 137-139

>From Genealogies of Pa. Families by Broderbund Software Inc., Banner Blue Div.

James Ronaldson, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, the first president of The
Franklin Instit. 1824-1841, vice-president of the St. Andrew's Soc.
1829-1830, and owned and laid out Ronaldson's Cemetery. It was a burial
ground for the interment of his friend's and deceased human beings other than
person's of color.

Fox Family Cemetery / Burials Records in Philadelphia

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Samuel Fox originally purchased a cemetery lot in the Philadelphia Cemetery in 1832. Presumably, it was to bury John M. Fox on March 21, 1832. John M. Fox had died and been buried at St. Michael's and Zion Luthern Church, but was disenterred March 20, 1832.

The Philadelphia Cemetery changed hands and became Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia. Ronalson's became neglected and all the graves were moved to Forest Hill cemetery. All that exists at Forest Hill is a mass grave with one monument designating that area as the former Ronaldson's cemetery. The office of Forest Hill has a burial record book containing the burial records from Ronaldson's including the records of the Samuel Fox family burials (see image following the burials listing).

The Calculated Birth Date in the following table is based on the age at death that is shown in the original burial record.

Records of Samuel FOX cemetery lot, Ronaldson's Cemetery, 9th and Fitzwater Sts., Philadelphia

.	Calculated	.
.	Birth	.
Name	Date	Burial Date
Samuel FOX (FUCHS)	1778	9/15/1870
Elizabeth Wehling FOX	1780	9/8/1837
George FOX	1801	4/19/1839
Eliza Fox HOPPER	1805	6/13/1872
John M. FOX	1807	3/21/1832
Anna Marie Fox HAND	1812	4/13/1892
Elizabeth Fox SIMONS	1814	12/20/1856
Ellen L. FOX	1817	3/17/1844
William P. FOX	1818	6/10/1895
Anna E. FOX	1835	2/28/1839
Samuel FOX Jr.	1836	4/18/1869
Mary E. FOX	1836	10/15/1839
William H. H. FOX	1840	8/18/1863
Harry C. FOX	1842	1/10/1870
John M. FOX	1842	12/2/1842
Emma FOX	1842	4/16/1866
Clifton C. FOX	1843	6/27/1843
Charles FOX	1846	4/14/1854
Lambert T. FOX	1851	9/8/1852
Joseph FOX	1868	12/15/1869
Margaret M. FOX	1869	9/22/1870

Here is a copy of the burial records for the Samuel Fox plot at Ronaldson's Cemetery. Click on the image to enlarge it.

FOX burial records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

.	Calculated	.
.	Birth	.
Name	Date	Burial Date
Michael FOX	1768	7/14/1838
John FOX	1773	3/5/1811
John FOX	1791	2/5/1855
Anna Margaretta w/o Michael	1778	4/25/1833
John FOX	1791	2/25/1855
John M. FOX s/o Samuel	1807	3/20/1832
Sarah Ann FOX d/o Michael	1807	7/9/1827
Michael FOX s/o Michael	1810	2/4/1812
Michael FOX s/o Michael	1813	7/15/1815
William FOX s/o Michael	1815	10/31/1815
Salome Mary FOX d/o Samuel	1816	2/10/1817
E.W. Kerper gs/o Michael	1825	7/9/1827
Edward FOX s/o Michael	?	5/24/1823
Daniel FOX	?	5/19/1890

Misc. FOX records from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia

Name	Event
Anna Margaretta FOX	birth 4/12/1813 d/o Michael & Margaret
John Michael FOX	birth 12/8/1816 s/o Michael & Margaretta
Joseph Lybrand FOX	birth 5/31/1819 s/o Michael & Margaret
Ann Eliza FOX	birth 8/31/1838 d/o Samuel M. & Mary Ann
Samuel Middleton FOX	birth 2/12/1811 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
John Michael FOX	birth 11/16/1806 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Mary Salome FOX	birth 10/5/1816 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
William Penn FOX	birth 1/7/1818 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Salome Mary FOX	birth 6/19/1819 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
James Coleman FOX	birth 5/29/1809 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Ann Meriah FOX	birth 11/3/1812 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth
Samuel M. FOX	married Mary Ann Esther 12/9/1834

Misc. records from St. Michael's & Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4th and Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Name	Event
Samuel FUCHS	birth 6/2/1777 s/o John Michael & Salome
Samuel FUCHS	birth 3/4/1787 s/o Christian & Margaretta
Samuel FOX	married Elizabeth Wehling 1/7/1808
John FOX	married Hester Keyser 3/21/1799 (s/o Michael & Sally d/o Benjamin and Ann)
John Michael FOX	married Salome Lybrand 5/25/1762
Johann Georg FUCHS	birth 2/8/1763 s/o Michael & Salome
Joseph FUCHS	birth 2/29/1764 s/o Michael & Salome
Maria Dorothea FUCHS	birth 6/11/1765 d/o Michael & Salome
Salome FUCHS	birth 2/22/1767 d/o Johann Michael & Salome
Johann Conrad FUCHS	birth 4/28/1770 s/o Johann Michael & Salome

Myrtle Dallas Barwick (1879 - 1942)

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Born: November 28, 1879, Amite County, Mississippi
Died: October 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee
Married: William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. , July 21, 1898, Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)

Father: John Noel Barwick, b. November 13, 1849, Santee, Mississippi; d. December 23, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mother: Orleanna Sharp (a.k.a. Emma Anna Sharp), b. August 28, 1862, Amite County, Mississippi; m. John Noel Barwick January 8, 1879; d. March 8, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee.

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. , and Myrtle Dallas Barwick:

1. Carl Hall Fox
b. August 1899, Natchez, Mississippi

2. Aubrey Emanuel "Coolie" Fox, Sr.
b. about 1901, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Memphis, Tennessee; m. Allyne Townsley, Memphis, Tennessee

3. Irvin William "Red" Fox
b. November 13, 1907, Natchez, Mississippi; d. ; m. Martha Frances Chrisman

4. Velma May Fox
b. May 14, 1911, Natchez, Mississippi; d. December 20, 1994, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Melvin Dale Stewart, August 6, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee

William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr. (1878 - 1964)

William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., about 1950, Memphis, Tennessee

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William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., about 1885, Natchez, Mississippi



Born: February 6, 1878, Natchez, Mississippi
Died: February 6, 1964, Memphis, Tennessee
Married: Myrtle Dallas Barwick, July 21, 1898, Vicksburg, Mississippi

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr., and Myrtle Dallas Barwick:

1. Carl Hall Fox
b. August 1899, Natchez, Mississippi

2. Aubrey Emanuel "Coolie" Fox, Sr.
b. about 1901, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Memphis, Tennessee; m. Allyne Townsley, Memphis, Tennessee

3. Irvin William "Red" Fox
b. November 13, 1907, Natchez, Mississippi; d. ; m. Martha Frances Chrisman

4. Velma May Fox
b. May 14, 1911, Natchez, Mississippi; d. December 20, 1994, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Melvin Dale Stewart, August 6, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee

After leaving Natchez, the Foxes lived on the Gayoso farm in northern Mississippi. They moved there by horse-drawn wagon probably in 1913. In was on the Gayoso farm that William H. H. Fox, Jr. lost the eyesight in one eye in an accident. They then moved to Memphis and lived at 1353 Sardis St. on the northwest corner of Sardis and Olive St. William H. H. Fox, Jr., worked for the Illinois Central railroad as a pipefitter. At the home on Sardis, the family had a horse named Pansy and two hogs named Sookie and Sook. We all called him Papa, and all his friends and other relatives called him Willie.

William H. H. Fox, Jr., who was called by his nickname, Willie, was a kind southern gentleman. In his later years, he often visited patients in hospitals and usually gave them a gift of roll candy.

Toward the end of his life, he developed dimentia and lived in several nursing homes. He died of a stroke.

Here's a photo of the Fox family at their home in Memphis, Tennessee, at 1353 Sardis St. In the back row are: Aubrey Emanuel Fox (Sr.), William Henry Harrision Fox, Jr., Myrtle Dallas Barwick Fox, and Orleanna (Emma Anna) Sharp Barwick (Myrtle Dallas Barwick Fox's mother). In the front row are: Velma May Fox and Irvin William Fox. This photo is probably from 1920.


Wife #2: For a short time in the 1950s, he married his second wife, Nannette Brown, in Memphis. The marriage was short, and that's about the best thing that can be said about it.

William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. (1838 - 1926)

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Born: October 23, 1838, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: January 21, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi
Married: Elizabeth Catherine House, May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi
He was called Billy by his friends.

Children of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. and Elizabeth Catherine House:

1. Caradine Mary Fox
b. March 17, 1867, Natchez, Mississippi; d. Natchez, Mississippi; m. Charles William Purnell, Natchez, Mississippi

2. James Alfred Fox
b. July 10, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi; d. August 26, 1943, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Irene Amanda Smith, October 28, 1896, Natchez, Mississippi

3. Casey M. Fox
b. June 25, 1874, Natchez, Mississippi; d. June 24, 1896, Natchez, Mississippi

4. William Henry Harrison Fox, Jr.
b. February 6, 1878, Natchez, Mississippi; d. February 6, 1964, Memphis, Tennessee; m. Myrtle Dallas Barwick

Photo including William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr. (first row, middle) presumably taken in 1923 for the 33rd Annual Reunion of the Mississippi Division U.C.V. and Sons of Confederate Veterans, Natchez, Mississippi, June 12-14, 1923. NOTE: The battle flag in this photo is now stored in the Mississippi State Archives, Jackson, Mississippi, placed there by Irene Cotten and other family members.



Death Notice of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr., printed in the Natchez Democrat, Friday Morning, January 22, 1926.




Obituary of William Henry Harrison Fox, Sr., printed in the Natchez Democrat


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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.

Johann Michael Fuchs/Fox (1745 - 1802) Philadelphia

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Until July 30, 2009, I was only been able to trace my Fox family history back to Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox) who lived in Philadelphia. That's the day I found the Goodhart Family website containing more information about the Fuchs/Fox family.

Born: April 16, 1748, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Died: March 5, 1802, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Married: #2** Sarah "Salome" Lybrand, May 25, 1762

Parents of Johann Michael Fox:

Father*: Johann Nikolas Fuchs, b. September 29, 1697 in Gemünden Hunsrück, d. January 11, 1759 in Gemünden Hunsrück
Mother*: Anna Katarina Reuter, b. 1717 in Gemünden Hunsrück, d. November 7, 1780 in Gemünden Hunsrück

*This information is from the GEDCOM provided by Michael Tyler Goodhart. In the GEDCOM, Johann Michael Fuchs' name is shown as Joh Nickel Fuchs. Goodhartfamily.org: Uniting the Families

Children of Johann Michael Fox and Sarah Salome Lybrand

1. John George Fox
b. February 8, 1763, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


2. Joseph Fox
b. February 29, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. October 30, 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


3.Mary Dorothea Fox
b. June 11, 1765, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. July 16, 1842, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Johann Frederick Forepaugh, July 9, 1786, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


4. Samuel Fox
b. July 6, 1777; d. August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


5. Salome (Hannah) Fox
b. February 22, 1767, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. May 12, 1769 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


6. John Conrad Fox
b. April 28, 1770, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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**Marriage #1: Elizabeth Fox, b. July 6, 1741, d. 06 NOV 1761 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
**Marriage #3: E. K. Breitenbach

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Miscellaneous Information about Michael Fox

Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834

WEISMAN, GEORGE PHILIP. City of Phila. Nailor.
April 7, 1789. May 1, 1789. U.256.
Wife: Catherine. Children: Christina Elizabeth [Wife of Jacob
Heyberger], John Christian Frederick, Susanna Louisa, George Philip,
John William, Catharine Margeretta, John Frederick, Christian Samuel,
Nicholas Emanuel. Exec: Catharine and John Christian Frederick
Weisman. Wit: John Baker, Christopher Baker, Michael Fox.

James C. Fox (1806 - 1856)

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James C. (Coleman) Fox (Portrait c. 1840)

Born: May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 5, 1856, Natchez, Mississippi
Married: Catherine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania

Father: Samuel Fox
Mother: Elizabeth Wehling

Children of James C. Fox and Catherine Ann Bessonett:

1. Benjamin Duncan Fox
b. c. 1835 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. c. September 28, 1863, Chickamauga, Savannah, Georgia

2. Joanna Painter Fox
b. September 24, 1838, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. January 3, 1899 Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. George Danial Waddill, September 26, 1864, Natchez, Mississippi

3. William Henry Harrison Fox (Sr.)
b. October 23, 1840, Natchez, Mississippi, d. January 22, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Eelizabeth House May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi

4. Sylvania Penn Fox
b. c. 1842 Natchez, Mississippi; d. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. Samuel House September 20, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi

5. Henry Clay Fox
b. October 26, 1844; d. January 16, 1858

Grave Markers for James Coleman Fox and his wife Catharine Ann Bessonett -- Fox plot in Natchez City Cemetery. Thier son, Henry Clay Fox is buried between them.



Here is a photocopy of a letter written by James C. Fox to his daughter Joanna Painter Fox Waddill from Wolf Lake, Mississippi, 1856. Note the last line which is a notation by a family member that James C. Fox fell out of a hotel window and was killed. We assume he was helping to build the hotel. Date: August 6, 1856 Click the image to enlarge.



Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox 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. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.

Catherine Ann Bessonett (1813 - 1867)

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Catherine Ann Bessonett (Photo c. 1840)

Born: October 26, 1813, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Died: April 26, 1867, Natchez, Mississippi; buried City Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi

Father: John Bessonett, Sr., b. November 9, 1779, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. June 9, 1863, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Mother: Mary Cronin, b. January 10, 1788; d. July 11, 1830 Bristol, Pennsylvania

Husband: James C. Fox, b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 5, 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; married Catherine Ann Bessonett January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.

Children of James C. Fox and Catherine Ann Bessonett:

1. Benjamin Duncan Fox
b. c. 1835 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. c. September 28, 1863, Chickamauga, Savannah, Georgia

2. Joanna Painter Fox
b. September 24, 1838, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. January 3, 1899 Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. George Danial Waddill, September 26, 1864, Natchez, Mississippi

3. William Henry Harrison Fox (Sr.)
b. October 23, 1840, Natchez, Mississippi, d. January 22, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Eelizabeth House May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi

4. Sylvania Penn Fox
b. c. 1842 Natchez, Mississippi; d. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. Samuel House September 20, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi

5. Henry Clay Fox
b. October 26, 1844; d. January 16, 1858

Grave Markers for James Coleman Fox and his wife Catharine Ann Bessonett -- Fox plot in Natchez City Cemetery. Thier son, Henry Clay Fox is buried between them.