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Vaniah Fox

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Vaniah Fox

Birth
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
2 Feb 1851 (aged 87–88)
Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Burial
Pomfret, Chautauqua County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
A/2/16/1
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FOX, VENIAH--Born at New Hartford, Conn., 1763. Died at Pomfret, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1851. Grave in Fredonia Cemetery. Enlisted at East Hartford, Conn., with Connecticut troops and was at the battle of Rhode Island, West Chester County, Springfield, N. J., Jamestown, Va., and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He married Sarah Cadwell March 23, 1784. She was born 1764 and died June 21, 1840. He is mentioned in the Pension List of 1840.
Added *DAR Data
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 43
page 276
Mrs. Edith Elizabeth Patterson Redding.
DAR ID Number: 42738
Born in Chicago, Illinois.
Wife of Edwin Wright Redding.
Descendant of Sergt. Veniah Fox.
Daughter of Norman Risley Patterson, Jr. and Emily Delphine Merriam, his wife.
Granddaughter of Norman Patterson and Eliza Ann Fox, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Simeon Fox and Mary Risley, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Veniah Fox and Sarah Cadwell (1764-1839), his wife.
Veniah Fox, (1763-1851), served as private and sergeant. In 1818 he was allowed a pension for service in the Connecticut line. He was body guard to Lafayette in 1825 when he visited Fredonia He was born in New Hartford, Conn.; died in Pomfret, Ny

Veniah Fox died Feb 1851 in Chautauqua County

Petitioner: Sally Benjamin of town of Pomfret, daughter

Court 31 Mar 1851, value of estate $48

Heirs and next of kin: Chauncy Fox of Pomfret, Clarissa Hines wife of William Hines, Caroline Sage wife of Amos Sage, and Mary Fox, all of Chautauqua County, She..? Fox and Erastus Fox, of Wisconsin, all children of deceased. Also descendants of Simeon Fox deceased, son of deceased. All of full age.

Court ordered that citations be issued to all next of kin to appear in court 2 Jun 1851 to show why letters of administration should not be granted to the petitioner.

. 179 – 21 Jun 1851. In the matter of the estate of Veniah Fox, Sally Benjamin appeared with counsel Emory F. Warner, petitioning that letters of administration be granted to her. Chauncy Fox, Clarissa Hines, and Caroline Sage also appeared. Jacob Houghton Esq of Fredonia appeared as counsel for Chauncy Fox and Caroline Sage, petitioning that letters of administration be granted to Chauncy Fox or to Amos Sage in right of his wife Clarissa Sage. Further hearing adjourned to 9 Jul 1851 in the office of John Crane in Fredonia.



p. 179 – 9 Jul 1851. In the matter of the estate of Veniah Fox, Sally Benjamin, Mary Fox, and Clarissa Hines appeared in court with John Crane as counsel for Sally Benjamin. Chauncey Fox and Caroline Sage also appeared and objected to the petition of Sally Benjamin through their counsel Jacob Houghton Esq. All present renounced their right to administration and agreeing that administration be granted to Elisha Norton of Pomfret.

Vaniah has a brother, Varnish burried in West Main St Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y. Varnish also is a Rev. War Soldier.

SAR Patriot #: P-161389

Birth: 1763
Death: 1851

Sources:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
Contributor: Douglas C. Nelson
FOX, VENIAH--Born at New Hartford, Conn., 1763. Died at Pomfret, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1851. Grave in Fredonia Cemetery. Enlisted at East Hartford, Conn., with Connecticut troops and was at the battle of Rhode Island, West Chester County, Springfield, N. J., Jamestown, Va., and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He married Sarah Cadwell March 23, 1784. She was born 1764 and died June 21, 1840. He is mentioned in the Pension List of 1840.
Added *DAR Data
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 43
page 276
Mrs. Edith Elizabeth Patterson Redding.
DAR ID Number: 42738
Born in Chicago, Illinois.
Wife of Edwin Wright Redding.
Descendant of Sergt. Veniah Fox.
Daughter of Norman Risley Patterson, Jr. and Emily Delphine Merriam, his wife.
Granddaughter of Norman Patterson and Eliza Ann Fox, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Simeon Fox and Mary Risley, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Veniah Fox and Sarah Cadwell (1764-1839), his wife.
Veniah Fox, (1763-1851), served as private and sergeant. In 1818 he was allowed a pension for service in the Connecticut line. He was body guard to Lafayette in 1825 when he visited Fredonia He was born in New Hartford, Conn.; died in Pomfret, Ny

Veniah Fox died Feb 1851 in Chautauqua County

Petitioner: Sally Benjamin of town of Pomfret, daughter

Court 31 Mar 1851, value of estate $48

Heirs and next of kin: Chauncy Fox of Pomfret, Clarissa Hines wife of William Hines, Caroline Sage wife of Amos Sage, and Mary Fox, all of Chautauqua County, She..? Fox and Erastus Fox, of Wisconsin, all children of deceased. Also descendants of Simeon Fox deceased, son of deceased. All of full age.

Court ordered that citations be issued to all next of kin to appear in court 2 Jun 1851 to show why letters of administration should not be granted to the petitioner.

. 179 – 21 Jun 1851. In the matter of the estate of Veniah Fox, Sally Benjamin appeared with counsel Emory F. Warner, petitioning that letters of administration be granted to her. Chauncy Fox, Clarissa Hines, and Caroline Sage also appeared. Jacob Houghton Esq of Fredonia appeared as counsel for Chauncy Fox and Caroline Sage, petitioning that letters of administration be granted to Chauncy Fox or to Amos Sage in right of his wife Clarissa Sage. Further hearing adjourned to 9 Jul 1851 in the office of John Crane in Fredonia.



p. 179 – 9 Jul 1851. In the matter of the estate of Veniah Fox, Sally Benjamin, Mary Fox, and Clarissa Hines appeared in court with John Crane as counsel for Sally Benjamin. Chauncey Fox and Caroline Sage also appeared and objected to the petition of Sally Benjamin through their counsel Jacob Houghton Esq. All present renounced their right to administration and agreeing that administration be granted to Elisha Norton of Pomfret.

Vaniah has a brother, Varnish burried in West Main St Cemetery, Fredonia, N.Y. Varnish also is a Rev. War Soldier.

SAR Patriot #: P-161389

Birth: 1763
Death: 1851

Sources:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004
Contributor: Douglas C. Nelson


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