Other Events:

• Military: Sergeant during the Revolutionary War, Connecticut
• Occupation: Ketchbrook, Connecticut; Cloth Draper
• _UID: 70F415E971A1D51189730060081E6327661D

Notes:

Occupation:
Jabez with the first in country to manufacture Scotch Plaid. He had a mill in Ketchbrook, East ___?

Died:
"In 1780, Governor Tryen, commander of the royal troops in NY, was sending the traitor Arnold to harass the Connecticut coast. Sergeant Jabez Fox raised a small company of men to assist General Putnam in the defense of the border. His nephew William was one of the party. The little company of twelve men were attached by a largely superior force of British and Tory cavalry.

Sergeant Fox and his men were in a brick schoolhouse where they defended themselves, killing six of the attacking force. Their ammunition finally ran out and they escaped thru a back window and ran across a field to a swamp. Sergeant Fox was the last to leave the house and was overtaken by the Tory leader, Captain Finch. Fox had been acquainted with him and asked quarter, calling Finch by name, but the merciless Tory called him a damned rebel and cut him down with his sabre. The sword, coat and hat of the unfortunate are still preserved in the Boston Atheneum. It was a round top hat and fitted tight to the head and has three slashes in it made by the sword of the Tory."

Jabez married Mary STROBRIDGE on 28 Sep 1769 in Woodstock, Connecticut. Mary was born on 10 Aug 1749 in Middleborough, Ma; and died. [Group Sheet]

1. Thomas FOX was born in 1770; died in 1811.
2. William FOX was born on 12 Nov 1773 in East Windsor, Connecticut; died on 19 Mar 1863 in Woodstock, Connecticut.
3. Hannah FOX was born about 20 Jul 1780 in Woodstock, Connecticut; and died.

Other Events:

• _UID: 82F415E971A1D51189730060081E6327783D
• Occupation: 1679, Woburn Church, Massachusetts; Reverend

Notes:

Occupation:
"Accepted a call to be 2nd pastor of Woburn Church in 1679 for life."

Buried:
"Buried in Woburn where the headstone was found after many years"

Died:
"He died of Small Pox in Boston in 1702."

Other Events:

• _UID: 83F415E971A1D51189730060081E6327794D
• Emigration: Abt 1635, London, England

Notes:

"There is a tradition that Jake Fox, Author of "Book of Martyrs" was his grandfather. He was one of the original proprietors of Cambridge (then called Newton)."

Thomas married Ellen [Group Sheet]