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    Adam Fox (1785 - 1839)
  • Alice Lubbock, Baroness Avebury (1861 - 1947)
    another possible birth year is 1862 some sources give her birth surname as Fox-Pitt-Rivers she and most of her siblings also had "Lane" before their birth surname although it's not very clear if th...
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    Andrew Fox (1861 - 1938)
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    Anne de Crofte (Fox) (c.1455 - 1509)
    'The Retrospective review, and historical and antiquarian magazine, Volume 1 By Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas Pg.469-500 - 472 2 Walyn's MSS. Penes Rev. J. Duncombe. by Margaret, da...
  • Anne Claiborne (1684 - 1733)
    Anne Fox was born 20 May 1684 in New Kent County, Virginia. Parents: Henry Fox (1750-1715) & Anne West. Married 1673 in New Kent County, Virginia as his 3rd wife to Thomas Claiborne (Clybor...

About the Fox surname

To my knowledge, the name "Fox" actually began in either Russia or Poland. It was originally the surname of "Fuchsmann". Pronounced 'Fūx-mon'.

When our ancestors arrived at Ellis Island it was changed and shortened to "Fox".