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FREDERICK FOY, the son of THOMAS FOY will be called FREDERICK FOY
SR.

FREDERICK FOY, the son of FREDERICK FOY SR will be called
FREDERICK FOY JR..

FREDERICK FOY, the son of JACOB FOY will be called FREDERICK FOY
(3).

FREDERICK FOY SR was born in 1751 and died December 17, 1815. He lived
in Craven County. It appears from various records he was married twice. By
piecing together various documents which include the will of FREDERICK FOY
SR it appears his first wife was the daughter EMANUAL SIMMONS of Jones
County, North Carolina. ( You will recall EMANUEL SIMMONS and his wife
MIRIAM were witnesses to the will of JACOB FOY, FREDERICK’s brother.)

The first name of the SIMMONS girl is not known but they were probably
married before 1780 and had several children; FREDERICK FOY JR,
THOMAS FOY, POLLY FOY, and FRANCES FOY. The dates of birth and the
order of birth for these children is not known. (In the will of EMANUEL
SIMMONS dated December 23, 1806, SIMMONS bequeaths property to
his”grandchildren, the sons and daughters of FREDERICK FOY”.)

The second wife of FREDERICK FOY SR was a woman named BATHSHEBA.
Her last name is not known. They had at least three children; ELIZABETH
FOY, JOHN FOY and MARIA FOY.

It is said that both FREDERICK FOY SR and his second wife, BATHSHEBA,

are buried in Craven County near New Bern, North Carolina. The inscription
on their tombstone is :

“FREDERICK FOY who died Dec’r 17, A.D. 1815, age of 64 yrs. & his wife:
BATHSHEBA, born 1769, died Jan. 6, 1801, age 32 yrs.”

FREDERICK FOY SR, at the time of his death owned over three thousand acres
of land located on both the North and the South sides of the Trent River. Below
are listed seven grants in his name in Craven County. There are many others

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