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Genealogical records, even though they may be accurate, are often confusing and
drawing conclusions of fact from examining them is similar to a scavenger hunt;
bits and pieces of information are gathered from different sources and are pieced
together to fit a particular theory about what was or who was. Then, after you
have formed an opinion or proposed your theory, someone will come up with
another record, or diary, or some obscure piece of information and your whole
opinion or theory will have to be changed.

A big problem in understanding genealogical records is trying to keep up with
all the names mentioned in those records. As we progress in our exploration of
available FOY data we will discover dozens, even hundreds, of names of
members of our family tree. Who is who, and who lived when and where, and
who is related to whom becomes important in trying to fit together the bits of
information obtained from various documents like those we will talk about in the
following paragraphs.

THEORIES:

There are several theories on record about who was the first FOY to America:

There is the theory that FRANCIS FOY was the first FOY.

There is the theory that JOHN FOY was the first FOY.

There is the theory that the first FOYs were three brothers, JAMES,
JOHN and FREDERICK FOY who all came over at the same time.

There is a theory that THOMAS FOY was the first.

There are still other theories that appear to be mixtures of the above listed
theories. The interesting thing about all these theories is that there are early
records available that mention each of these FOY names; i.e. FRANCIS, JOHN,
JAMES, FREDERICK and THOMAS. There are also early records that
mention the names of various women who married FOYs, FRANCES, SERENA,
REBECCA, and others. The theory which seems the most likely to any given

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