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the fictional facts about FRANCIS and SERENA were not. There was a
FRANCIS FOY living in the New World. In fact, there were several. But
exactly which one of them or even if one of them was the first FOY in our family
line to come to America is in question. As you will see, often genealogy is like
religion; many beliefs can not actually be proven. They have to be taken on faith.

This work, however, is not about faith. Its purpose is to set forth as best I can
what is known and can be discovered by a careful researcher about the FOYs in
America through whom the Cisco Clan of FOYs came into existence.

Research can establish that some of the Cisco Clan’s line of FOYs lived in
Onslow County, North Carolina in the 1700s. In a 1983 publication called The
Heritage of Onslow County, which has short biographies of individuals and
families who lived in Onslow County, there is a write up on our supposed first-
to-America ancestor, FRANCIS FOY, on page 145. The biography is by Roger
Kammerer. Mr Kammerer wrote items about several of the FOYs living in that

area. He appears to have a great deal of information about them and says he
obtained this information from “ Family notes; Craven County deed books;
Craven County court minutes; and the RECORDS OF JONES COUNTY, by Zae
Hargett Gwynn”.

Kammerer says about FRANCIS:

“Francis Foy, a native of Normandy, was the direct ancestor of all the
Onslow County Foys. Francis Foy was a French Huguenot who traveled
from France to England to escape persecution. He was married in
Yorkshire, England, to Serena Miles. Francis Foy indentured himself to gain
passage to America, settling in Baltimore County, Maryland about 1673.
Their known children were: Mary Foy, Peter Foy, Miles Foy (1675-1751),
Joshua Foy and Thomas Foy, Sr.”

Reading that information one would wonder What is the problem? There it is in
black and white. That’s the first FOY to America. The problem is while Mr

Kammerer presents the information as fact. It is not. It is only a theory but
sometimes theory is all we will ever find in family research. However, we must
admit, theory often may be wrong.

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