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Ten thousand dollars in the early 1800s was a hugh amount of money.

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As mentioned, FREDERICK FOY, SR was married twice and had several
children. His first wife is thought to have been the daughter of one EMANUEL
SIMMONS, of Jones County, N.C. Her name is thought to be ELIZABETH
SIMMONS MUNFORD (having earlier been married to a man named
MUNFORD). FREDERICK and this woman were married sometime before
1780.

At this point let’s discuss one of those dilemmas that come up in genealogical
research where so many people have the same name and in early records it is
difficult, often times impossible, to determine the exact identity of the person
being talked about.

The name ELIZABETH was and is popular in the FOY family. For that matter
it was and is a popular name in many families. Here we have FREDERICK
FOY, SR marrying a woman named ELIZABETH.

Further, according to some It would appear that JAMES FOY, SR
(FREDERICK’s brother) had two daughters named ELIZABETH. At some
point FREDERICK FOY, SR, who was married to a woman named
ELIZABETH, also had a daughter named ELIZABETH. The four
ELIZABETHS would have all lived at the same time or, at least, at about the
same time.

The best available records indicate ELIZABETH, the daughter of FREDERICK
FOY, SR married EDWARD MUNFORD.

The problem with that is........ there are records which indicate EDWARD
MUNFORD had the same mother as did the son of FREDERICK FOY, SR., i.e.
FREDERICK FOY, JR. Therefore, ELIZABETH FOY, daughter of
FREDERICK FOY, SR, married her own brother, if those records were all we
had.

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