Richard FOX 'the elder' of Rayle
(1751-1821)
Eleanor WILLIAMS
(1761-1835)
John TREWARTHA of Bridge in Illogan
(1757-1829)
Rachel MESSER
(1763-1828)
John FOX of Rayle
(1790-1862)
Ann TREWARTHA
(1795-1835)
John FOX of Rayle
(1815-1891)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Sarah Frances GEORGE

  • William John FOX

John FOX of Rayle

  • Born: 1815, Illogan, Cornwall
  • Christened: 27 Sep 1815, Illogan, Cornwall 1
  • Married: 7 Jan 1860, Breage, Cornwall 2
  • Died: 24 Jul 1891, Illogan, Cornwall 3
  • Buried: 27 Jul 1891, Illogan, Cornwall 4

  Research Notes:

In 1851 John (35), farmer of 53 acres employing 2 men, unmarried, was with his parents on Rayle Farm in Illogan.

In 1861 John Fox (45) of Illogan, farmer of 50 acres employing 2 men & 2 boys, and wife Sarah Frances (26) of Falmouth were living in Ventouraze Illogan.

In 1871 John Fox (55) of Illogan, farmer of 96 acres employing 3 men & 1 boy, and wife Sarah Frances (36) of Falmouth, farmer's wife, were living on Rayle Farm, Illogan. With them was son William John (9) of Illogan.

In 1881 John Fox (65) of Illogan, farmer of 84 acres employing 3 men & 2 girls, and wife Sarah F. (45) of Falmouth, were living on Rayle Farm, Illogan. At home was son William J. Fox (19) of Illogan, employed on farm.

In 1891 John Fox (76) of Illogan, farmer, and wife Sarah F. (56) of Falmouth, farmer, were living on Rayle Farm, Illogan. Present was visitor Grace Hicks (48) of Ireland.

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John Fox of Rayle Farm died aged 76 years (burial record).

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The Will with a Codicil of John Fox late of Rayle in the Parish of Illogan in the County of Cornwall, farmer, who died 24 July 1891 at Illogan was proved 8 October at Bodmin by Thomas Willoughby of Pool in Illogan, merchant, and John Treseder of Laity in the Parish of Redruth in the said County, Farmer, the executors. Personal estate: £3,450 10s. 11d. 3

  Marriage Information:

John married Sarah Frances GEORGE, daughter of Andrew Lumesden GEORGE and Grace, on 7 Jan 1860 in Breage, Cornwall. (Sarah Frances GEORGE was christened on 31 Mar 1835 in Falmouth, Cornwall and was buried on 12 Dec 1893 in Illogan, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Fox, 43, bachelor, yeoman, of Illogan, son of John Fox, yeoman, and
Sarah Frances George, 24, spinster, of Prussia Cove, daughter of Andrew Lumsden George, coast guard

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Andrew L George, Frances George

Sources


1 Cornwall Online Parish Clerk (OPC), citing Bawden's Transcripts.

2 Breage Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 151, no. 302.

3 England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019, 1891, p. 202.

4 Illogan Parish Registers, Burials, p. 98, no. 783.


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