Ellen Fox

Thomas Fox was one of the original proprietors of Cambridge then called Newton. He dealt in real estate; was executor and administrator of estates, one of the board of select men in 1658 and was repeatedly afterward elected to that office. He was an esteemed and enterprising citizen and was spoken of in Church records as a beloved brother in the Church.

The name of his first wife was Rebecca . She died May II, 1647. They were the parents of Jabez Fox.

He married (second) Ellen, widow of Percival Green, on May 24, 1650; she came with her husband to Boston in 1635. Percival Green died Dec. 25, 1639.

Mrs. Fox had two children by first marriage, namely John and Elizabeth Green, both baptized in infancy at Cambridge, Mass.

Ellen, wife of Thomas Fox, died May, 27, 1682, aged 82 years. Her death was caused by a fall on the floor, which broke her thigh.

Sources

1. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal ..., Volume 1 edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane.  Page 184
2. A history of that part of the Fox family descended from Thomas Fox of Cambridge, Mass. : with genealogical records (Google eBook) Nathaniel M. Fox Union Printing Co., 1899 - 240 pages. Page 12, also see Note B.

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GEDCOM Note

Life Sketch

Maiden name may be Whitney or Holland. Thomas Fox was one of the original proprietors of Cambridge then called Newton. ... Who his first wife was is not known; it is probable that she died in England. He married as second wife, Ellen Green, widow of Percival Green; she came with her husband to Boston in 1635. Green died Dec. 25, 1639. The date of his marriage with Mrs Green is not known. One Child. 2. Jabez (2), born 1646. Mrs. Fox had two children by first marriage, namely John and Elizabeth Green, both baptized in infancy at Cambridge, Mass. Ellen, wife of Thomas Fox, died May 27, 1682, aged 82 years. Her death was caused by a fall on the floor, which broke her thigh. "A History of that Part of the Fox Family Descended from Thomas Fox of Cambridge, Mass. : with Genealogical Records", published 1899, pages 11-12

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GEDCOM Source

"A History of that Part of the Fox Family Descended from Thomas Fox of Cambridge, Mass. : with Genealogical Records", published 1899

GEDCOM Source

92VD-PXY Millennium File http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/109411618