When Isaac Foxon was born on 28 December 1787, in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Foxon, was 25 and his mother, Mary Whitmore, was 27. He married Elizabeth Watson on 27 April 1811, in Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 30 May 1826, in Claybrooke Parva, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 38, and was buried in Claybrooke Parva, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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1 English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name Folk ( see Fowke ) + the patronymic marker -son.
2 English: variant of Foxton .
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