Brief Life History of William
When William Fox was christened on 12 March 1707, in Modbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Michael Fox, was 44 and his mother, Grace Bowden, was 38. He died on 3 August 1712, at the age of 5.
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Family Time Line
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- William Fox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1664– Male
1670– Female
Siblings (9)
1696–1696 Male
1698– Male
1701– Male
1702– Male
1705– Female
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from a word denoting the animal (Middle English, Old English fox), widely used to denote a sly or cunning individual. It was also used for someone with red hair. In England this surname absorbed some early examples of surnames derived from the ancient Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks .
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ (see Tinney ).
Irish: also adopted for Ó Catharnaigh, see Kearney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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