James Foley, Sr.

1714 - Abt 1797  (~ 89 years)

• Name	James Foley
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Between 1708 and 1714	Stafford County, VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1797	Fauquier County, VA
  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 (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 + 4. Capt. James Foley, Jr.,   b. Abt 1741, Prince William County, VA d. Aug 1826, Fauquier County, VA (Age ~ 85 years)   5. Thomas Foley,   b. Abt 1742, Stafford County, VA d. Abt 1826, Fauquier County, VA (Age ~ 84 years)   6. Bryant Foley,   b. Abt 1755, Prince William County, VA + 7. William Foley,   b. Abt 1756, Fauquier County, VA d. 28 Jul 1836, Fauquier County, VA (Age ~ 80 years)
  Family ID	F1026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Oglesby   d. 1809, Fauquier County, VA
  Marriage	28 Aug 1786	Fauquier County, VA
  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