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James Foley, Sr.

Male 1714 - Abt 1797  (~ 89 years)


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  • Name James Foley 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Between 1708 and 1714  Stafford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1797  Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3192  Carl
    Last Modified 20 May 2012 

    Father John Foley, Sr.,   b. Between 1675 and 1680   d. 1762, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Family ID F1029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Marriage Abt 1736 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Foley
     2. Enoch Foley
     3. John Foley,   b. Abt 1741, Prince William County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Capt. James Foley, Jr.,   b. Abt 1741, Prince William County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1826, Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)
     5. Thomas Foley,   b. Abt 1742, Stafford County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1826, Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
     6. Bryant Foley,   b. Abt 1755, Prince William County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. William Foley,   b. Abt 1756, Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1836, Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    Family ID F1026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2014 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Oglesby   d. 1809, Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1786  Fauquier County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lettice Foley
    Family ID F1028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2014 

  • Notes 
    • RESIDENCE-AGE: lists James Foley as a tobacco planter; Between the age of 10 & 16, dated about 11 Nov 1724; THE REGISTER OF OVERWHARTON PARISH, STAFFORD COUNTY,VIRGINIA; 1723-1758; page 164; from the Allen County, Library, Ft. Wayne, IN;

      DEED-RESIDENTS: On 18th of March 1740 John Foley Senr. of Stafford County & James Foley of Prince William County, purchased 305 acres of land located on "Pignut Ridge" for the sum of 500 ?U1 Sterling, from Denis Conyer, recorded in Prince Willia m County Deed Book E 1740-1741, ditto: page 31, VIRGINIA COUNTY COURT RECORDS , DEED ABSTACTS of PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1740-1741), DEED BOOK E, Edited & Published by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, 1989; from the Allen County, Library, Ft. Wayne , IN

      LAND: VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK LAND GRANTS, Vol. II; 1742-1775; by Gertrude E. Gray, Genealogical Pub. County, Inc., Baltimore, 1988; page 12, dated 28 May 1745; NOTE: land was located on Pignut Ridge in Prince William County, Va.; from the Alle n County, Library, Ft. Wayne, IN

      WILL: FATHER: James Foley is mentioned as son in the will of John Foley of Stafford County, Overwharton Parish, VA. John Foley willed his son James Foley land located on "Pignut Ridge" in Prince William County. The will was signed 1 Sept. 1755 , and proven 9 Nov. 1762, on page 103, Will Abstracts of Stafford County Virginia, 1748-1767, by Sparacio, from the Allen County, Library, Ft. Wayne, IN.

      LAND: "I -172: James Foley Sr. of Fauquier County, 117 A. on Broad Run in said County . . . 23 Aug 1770"; VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK LAND GRANTS, Vol. II; 1742-1775; by Gertrude E. Gray, Genealogical Pub. County, Inc., Baltimore, 1988; page 100; fro m the Allen County, Library, Ft. Wayne, IN; NOTE:

      RESIDENCE: James Foley Sen. Fauquier County, VA Rent Roll, 1770; page N 19, A. I. S. (ACCELERATED INDEX SYSTEM)

      WILL: will of James Foley, written in 1793, proven in 1797, in Will book 3, pg. 51. He names his wife Elizabeth; "my children by said Elizabeth": Susannah Foley Ogilvie, Presley Foley Ogilvie, Leah Foley Ogilvie, Lattice Foley, and Molly Foley ; residue to be divided among "my children": John, James, Thomas, William, Bryant, Sarah Watts (widow of Farancis), and Enoch


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