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Families covered: Fox of Brislington, Fox of Little Sheffield, Hall of Sheffield

                               
Stephen Fox
m. (13.11.1623) Isabel Perrins (dau of Peter Perrins or Pyrrans)
1. Stephen Fox of Little Sheffield (bpt 26.02.1625-6)
  FMG (p665) shows the marriage of Stephen, son of Stephen, to Frances Wild but notes "This Stephen Fox was a legatee in the will of John Wild, but I have not sufficient that he mar. a dau.". FMG (p1173) starts with this Stephen, noting that "it appears that (he) was the son of an earlier Stephen by Isabel Pyrrans, and shows his marriage to _ Stocks. Note that both possible wives are shown as having married a 2nd time after Stephen, implying that either Stephen divorced on of them of that one is shown in error.
  m1/2. _ Stocks of Little Sheffield (m2. _ Malleson)
  A. Stephen Fox of Little Sheffield
  m. (25.08.1674) Margaret Ludlam (dau of George Ludlam of Little Sheffield (who b. 1627, d 25.04.1721))
  i. William Fox of Little Sheffield (b 22.02.1685)
  m. Sarah Birks
  a. William Fox of Little Sheffield, later of Hopton (Derbyshire) then Tinsley (b 1725-6, dsp 02.05.1795, farmer)
  m. Hannah Twibell (b 1733-4, d 17.07.1802, dau of James Twibel of Southey Green)
  b. Sarah Fox (dsp)
m. _ Greaves of Mount Pleasant
  c.+ other issue - Margaret (d young), others (dps)
  ii. George Fox (b 04.02.1688, dsp)
  iii. Stephen Fox of Little Sheffield (b 17.01.1691,d before 13.09.1772, cutler & razor maker)_
  m. Hannah Pearson (b 1690-1, d 13.09.1772, dau of John Pearson of Sheffield)
  a. Catherine Fox (d 14.04.1746)
  m. (19.11.1739) Matthew Norris of Sheffield (b c1718, d 12.1761, m2. Hannah Smith)
  b.+ other issue (all d unm, all razor makers in Sheffield) - John (bpt12.10.1714, d 08.10.179*), Stephen (bpt 21.01.1716, d 28.09.1773), William (bpt 29.05.1719, d 11.05.1769)
  iv. Jane Fox (b 21.06.1675)
m. John Hall of Sheffield (upholsterer)
  The following comes from FMG vol 4, MS537, p1175).
  a. John Hall of Sheffield (upholsterer)
  b. William Hall of Sheffield
  m. Mary Twibell (dau of James Twibell, sister of Hannah)
  (1) William Hall
  (2) Jane Hall
  m. Simon Andrews Young (d 1813)
  (3) Mary Hall
  m. Frederick Lobrott of Birmingham
  (4) Elizabeth Hall
  m. James Sharrow of Sheffield
  v. Hanna Fox (b 03.02.1676)
  m. Peter Simon of Mill Sands, Sheffield (cutler)
  The following comes from FMG vol 4, MS537, p1175).
  a. Peter Simon (bur 17.06.1779, vicar of Whitkirk (Yorskhire) & _ (Norfolk))
  m. Elizabeth Holt of Norfolk
  (1) Elizabeth Simon
  m. P_ Eastbourn of Odiam & York (civil engineer)
  (2)+ other issue (dsp) - Peter in Brighton, John
  b. Charles Simon of Sheffield (cutler)
  (1)+ issue - Thomas of Sheffield (dsp, cutler), Ezras
  c. Ann Simon
m. George Waterer, Mayor of Doncaster (a 1756, perfumer)
  d. Hannah Simon
  m. _ Blakesley of London
  vi. Mary Fox (b 26.06.1679)
  m. _ Patrick of Sheffield
  FMG vol 4, MS537, p1175) shows a Patrick father, by a Mary Fox, of David of London (dsp) and a daughter who m. _ Dean having a son John (Dean) "living at Limehouse 1691". Either that date was wrong or that cannot be this Mary.
  vii. Margaret Fox (b 07.05.1683)
  m. (21.12.1711) Robert Rawson of Sheffield (baker)
  viii. Anne Fox (b 10.02.1697)
  m. William or Andrew Lamplough of Doncaster ("grandson to the Archbishop of York") identified on FMG (p1176)
  m2/1. (1651?) Frances Wild (dau of John Wild of Hall Carr, m2. William Kirkham of Sheffield)
2.+ other issue - Ann (bpt 20.02.1624), Frances (b 1627)

 

 

Joseph Fox of Falmouth (surgeon)
m. Elizabeth Hingston
1. Edward Long Fox of Bristol, later of Brislington House (near Bristol) (b 26.04.1761, d 02.05.1835, physician, 2nd son)
  m1. 15.10.1784) Catherine Brown (d 23.09.1803, dau of Edward Brown of Walcott)
  A. Henry Hawes Fox of Bristol, later of Northwoods in Gloucestershire (d 1851, physician)
  m. Harriet Jones
  i. William Charles Fox of the Grange, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire (cleric) had issue
  m1. Eliza Frances Hunt (dspm 01.1861, dau of Rev. George Hunt of Buckhurst)
  m2. (08.1863) Georgina Sarah Wodehouse (dau of Rev. H. Wodehouse of Worle)
  ii.+ other issue - Henry Hawes of London, Edward (dsp), Richard Vaughan (dsp 1822), Harriet Charlotte (dsp 1826)
  B. Mary Brown Fox (b c1787, d 15863)
  m. Charles Louis Muller of London
  C. Jane Brown Fox
  m. Henry Davis (nephew of R. Hart (MP))
  D.+ other issue (dsp) - Edward Long of London, Catherine Brown, Anne, Emma
  m2. (21.11.1805) Isabella Ker (b 1779-80, d 10.04.1861, dau of Major John Charles Ker of Blackshiels)
  H. Francis Ker Fox of Brislington House had issue
  m1. (08.1829) Janet Sarah Simpson (d 05.1850, dau of Rev. Thomas Brown Simpson of Keynsham then Congresbury by Sarah Vaughan)
  m2. (07.1851) Mary Bradley (dau of Rev. Charles Bradley of Glasbury)
  I. Charles Joseph Fox of Brislington, later of Torquay (b 21.01.1806, d 28.06.1870) had issue
  m. (30.12.1834) Ellen Lucas (d 18.12.1855, dau of Thomas Lucas of London by Jemima Newcome)
  J. William Edward Fox of Clifton (b 30.05.1811, a 1872) had issue
  m. (13.07.1849) Emma Green (widow of Sir George King A. Molyneux, Bart, of Castle Dillon)
  K. George Frederick Fox of Keynsham (b 24.05.1817, a 1872) had issue
  m. (14.05.1840) Ellen Simpson (b 04.10.1818, dau of Rev. Thomas Brown Simpson of Keynsham then Congresbury)
  L. Edwin Fydell Fox of Brislington (b 20.01.1814, a 1872) had issue
  m1. (20.04.1841) Elizabeth Augusta Pigott (b 06.12.1820, d 18.06.1850, dau of John Hugh Smith Pigott of Brockley)
  m2. (14.07.1868) Ellen Elizabeth Warrington (b 07.07.1833, dau of William Warrington of London)
  M. Washington Fox of Bristlington, later in Canada (b 13.01.1824, d 18.10.1866) had issue
  m. (04.05.1860) Mary Desmond Coffin
  N. Catherine Long Fox (b 18.01.1819, d 08.07.1854)
  m. (27.12.1845) Thomas Danger of Bristol (b 11.09.1811)
  O. Isabella Ker Fox
  m. Rev. Charles Ranken of Richmond
  P. Elizabeth Anne Fox (b 03.07.1808, dsps 26.09.1829)
  m. William Goodeve of Clifton
  Q. Anna Mary Fox (b 18.12.1812)
  m. (09.07.1844) Rev. George Leopold Cartwright of Brislington (b 05.02.1815)
  R. Louisa Caroline Fox (b 31.05.1820)
  m. (17.07.1856) Thomas Danger (m1. Katherine Fox (above))
  S.+ other issue (dsp) - Edwin Fydell (b 06.04.1807, d 27.01.1812), Madelina Ker (b 11.01.1810, a 1872), Emma Selina (b 21.06.1815, d unm 19.06.1862), Frances (Fanny) Sopthia (b 15.10.1821, d 01.15824)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 21.07.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS272, 'Handley-Wild-Perrins', p665), FMG (vol 4, MS536, 'Fox-Norris', p1173+)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 25.11.20, part reviewed 28.11.20) : MGH (NS1, vol 1 (1874), 'Genealogical Memoranda relating to the Family of Fox of Brislington, Clifton, etc. etc.' (p114+) & 'Fox of Brislington, etc.' (p283+))
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