Jabez FOX[1]
1745 - 1780 (35 years)-
Name Jabez FOX Born 6 May 1745 Woodstock, Connecticut 
[1] Gender Male Military Sergeant during the Revolutionary War Connecticut [1] Occupation Ketchbrook, Connecticut [1] Cloth Draper - Jabez with the first in country to manufacture Scotch Plaid. He had a mill in Ketchbrook, East ___?
_UID 70F415E971A1D51189730060081E6327661D Died 20 May 1780 Connecticut [1] - "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."
Person ID I4157 Vermette Family History Last Modified 11 Mar 2020
Father Jabez FOX Family ID F1514 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary STROBRIDGE, b. 10 Aug 1749, Middleborough, Ma , d. Yes, date unknown Married 28 Sep 1769 Woodstock, Connecticut [1] Children 1. Thomas FOX, b. 1770, d. 1811 (Age 41 years) 2. William FOX, b. 12 Nov 1773, East Windsor, Connecticut , d. 19 Mar 1863, Woodstock, Connecticut (Age 89 years)3. Hannah FOX, b. Abt 20 Jul 1780, Woodstock, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1507 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 May 1745 - Woodstock, Connecticut 
Military - Sergeant during the Revolutionary War - Connecticut Married - 28 Sep 1769 - Woodstock, Connecticut Died - 20 May 1780 - Connecticut = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S32] Fox Family Records.
- [S32] Fox Family Records.