Sources: Title: Master File.ftw Repository: Call Number: Media: Other 1. Justin Windsor, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 5, October 1851, p. 385 & subsequent.) Vol 7, p 177-8.
2. The Great Migration Begins.
Richard Foxwell 1 2.
Documented events in his life were:
1. Emigrant Ancestor; 1635; Massachusetts Bay Colony, MA 3. From Planters of the Commonwealth: Passengers who came with Winthrop - no mention of what ship or even where the information was gathered -Richard Foxwell , prob. of London, Tailor - Boston, Barnstable Mrs. ___ Foxwell John Foxwell
2. CR - Baptism of Child; 30 Aug 1635; Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA 2 4. Baptism of Mary ye daughter of Brother Foxwell.
3. Oath of Freemanship/Allegiance; 18 May 1631; Plymouth Colony, MA 2 5.
4. CR - Baptism of Child; 22 Apr 1638; Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA 2 4. Baptism of Martha ye daughter of Brother Foxwell
5. Settler; 1640; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 2 6. Listed among the first settlers of Barnstable, MA in 1640: Richard Foxwell
6. CR - Baptism of Child; 4 Apr 1641; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 2 7. Ruth, daughter of Richard Foxwell
7. Military Service; 1943; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 2 8. Listed among those able to bear arms
8. VR - Death of Child; 21 Sep 1645; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 2 9. Buryed - John Foxwell, son of Brother Foxwell [may be the son of the other Richard Foxwell who came with Winthrop's Fleet, was a merchant in Maine & returned to England in 1633 or so]
9. Will; 7 Apr 1668; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 1 2. Richd Foxwell (Barnstable) Will names sons Samuel Bacon, Hugh Cole & da. Nelson. To church of Barnstable, for the poor. Names Mr. Adams, "woolen draper which did dwell in London." 1668, April 7th. In a suppliment names his son Nelson, with "my daughter Ruth." Inventory 30 May 1688, by Henry Cobb & Thomas Huckens. £28.18.6 [NEHGR 7:177]
10. Inventory Taken; 30 May 1688; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 1 2. £28.18.6
Richard married Anne Shelly 2, daughter of Robert Shelly. (Anne Shelly was born about 1614 in England 2.)
Documented events in her life were:
1. Church Membership; 20 Apr 1634; Boston, Suffolk Co., MA 10. on 20 April 1634 "Anne Shelley [John Coggeshall's] maid servant" was admitted to Boston church by letter of dismission from Roxbury [BChR 18];
Documented events in their marriage were:
1. VR - Birth of Child; 17 Aug 1635; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 11. Richard Foxwell his Daughter Mary borne the 17th of August 1635
2. VR - Birth of Child; 24 Mar 1638/39; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 11. [Richard Foxwell his Daughter] Martha [borne] the 24 of Mar 1638
3. VR - Birth of Child; Mar 1641/42; Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 11. [Richard Foxwell his Daughter] Ruth [borne] the Mar 1641
Children from this marriage were:
2 F i. Mary Foxwell 12 was born on 17 Aug 1635 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA 11.
1. Justin Windsor, Abstracts of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 5, October 1851, p. 385 & subsequent.) Vol 7, p 177-8.