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her ELIZABETH and, according to some researchers, JAMES actually had two
daughters named ELIZABETH by his two wives, also each named ELIZABETH.

Many researchers have attempted to solve the dilemma of the two ELIZABETH
WARDs or, rather the two ELIZABETHs. Some say there are two
ELIZABETHs in JAMES’ life but only one wife named ELIZABETH. The
other ELIZABETH was his daughter, ELIZABETH, and records have been
confused.

DR EUGENE CHESSON in his writings compares the wording and dates of
several wills and other documents and reaches the following conclusion:

“Possibly he married his first wife, ELIZABETH, about 1760, a daughter of
RICHARD WARD, a grandson of COL. EDWARD WARD of Onslow
County. ELIZABETH died sometime before 1766 leaving him a widower
with one daughter also named ELIZABETH.

Other researchers claim that the “other ELIZABETH” was an ELIZABETH
WARD who was the grand daughter of RICHARD and DOROTHY WARD, the

great grand daughter of COL. EDWARD WARD. She and JAMES FOY, SR
were married in about 1774.

Whatever the answer JAMES FOY, SR and his wife, ELIZABETH obtained a
land grant of 294 acres in Craven County on October 23, 1761. In 1769 they
moved to Onslow County, settling in the Lower Southwest District. Theirs was
the first of several large plantations to be owned by FOY families in the South
and was called THE SUGAR MAPLE.

The REVEREND MILES FOY, a grandson of JAMES FOY, SR’s, in a letter
dated March 14, 1891 to his cousin, C.E. FOY in New Bern, North Carolina gave
the following description of JAMES FOY, SR: “He was a fine looking man, about
six feet in height, well proportioned, dark hair and eyes.”

JAMES FOY, SR was a member of the Church of England which later became
the Episcopalian Church after America won its independence. His relatives were
members of the Episcopalian Church, other Protestant denominations, and the
Roman Catholic Church.

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