When John Fox was born on 18 July 1707, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Fox I, was 24 and his mother, Susannah Merriam, was 29. He married Sarah Hoar in 1730, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 November 1754, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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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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