Brief Life History of Israel
When Israel Fox was born in 1753, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Ephraim Fox Jr, was 34 and his mother, Mary Sanford, was 24. He married Elizabeth Porter in 1786. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1828, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Israel Fox, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Israel Fox, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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