STANCLIFF FAMILY GENEALOGY

From book "Descendants of James Stanclift of Middletown, Connecticut and Allied Families", By Robert C. and Sherry [Smith] Stancliff

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SAMUEL FOX FAMILY

(24) COMFORT STANCLIFT married EUNICE [RANNEY] FOX

SAMUEL⁶ FOX (Joseph⁵, Richard⁴, Thomas³, Lord Henry², Sir Stephen¹)

Son of Joseph and Esther [Sparks] Fox of Glastonbury, CT and descended from Thomas Fox, the immigrant ancestor, from England. He was born 1731, according to his age cited in his father's probate records. On Aug. 5, 1746 Samuel aged 15 chose his uncle, Thomas Sparks, to be his guardian⁽¹⁾. Samuel married before 1751 EUNICE RANNEY daughter of John and Eunice [Wright] Ranney of Middletown Upper Houses, now Cromwell, Middlesex County, CT⁽²⁾.

Samuel and Eunice Fox appeared in the East Middletown church records as a married couple during the year 1751. Samuel was "lost at sea" and died before December 2, 1756. His inventory was taken on that date. In the letter of Administration his widow, Eunice, and brother, Hosea Fox, posted the bond and Eunice was appointed Administratrix on his estate⁽³⁾.

Her identity was established by the notes of Frank Farnsworth Starr⁽⁴⁾ based upon a Middletown land record abstracted by Mr. Star as follows "March 14, 1760 Eunice Fox widow of Glastonbury to Obadiah Allen of Midtⁿ 155 a (acres) west 3 Mile Hill in Westermost range of land in Midtⁿ land formerly sold by John Ranney & Eunice his wife before she was 21 years old"⁽⁵⁾. Three Mile Hill is located in Cromwell which was then called Middletown Upper Houses. Obadiah Allen was a cousin of Eunice [Ranney] Fox. Eunice [Ranney] Fox Stanclift had three children before her marriage to Comfort. These children probably lived in Comfort's household while the family lived in Chatham, but seemed to remain in Glastonbury when Comfort's family moved from the Middletown area to Litchfield County, CT.

CHILDREN: Samuel and Eunice [Ranney] Fox

1. ESTHER FOX born about 1751, married May 1, 1771 ICHABOD HOLLISTER son of Charles and Prudence [Francis] Hollister of Glastonbury, Ct⁽⁶⁾ born about 1747. The couple had seven children before Ichabod died on May 11, 1791 in Eastbury, CT. Esther married 2. at the Second Church of Hartford, CT Jonathon STEELE of Hartford⁽⁷⁾.

2. EUNICE FOX born 1754, married as his second wife, her second cousin, SAMUEL BUCK of Wethersfield, CT son of Samuel and Sarah [House] Buck born Jun. 10, 1738, died Jan. 15, 1821 Æ 83. He had previously married Apr. 22, 1762 Elizabeth Blinn daughter of William and Sarah [____] Blinn who died Feb. 8, 1787. Samuel Buck's mother, Sarah, was the daughter of Eunice [Fox] House who in turn was the daughter of Richard and Beriah [Smith] Fox. Samuel Buck's children were by his first wife, Eunice had no children.

^{3.  SAMUEL FOX(8)} born Oct. 6, 1756, died West Dryden, NY Oct. 10, 1844 Æ 88years and 4 days, married MABEL WEBSTER daughter of Jonathan and Agnes [____] Webster born Orford Ecclesiastical Society, East Hartford, CT⁽⁹⁾ Jun. 3, 1763, died West Dryden, NY Jan. 1, 1844 Æ 80 years and 7 months lacking 2 days. He served for an extended length of time during the Revolutionary War returning to Glastonbury to live after the conflict. They moved in 1795 to the Keeney Settlement in the Keeney Valley, Onondaga County, NY and moved again about 1810 to West Dreyden, NY and lived at Fox's Corner.

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Footnotes:

1.  A DIGEST of The EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, Vol.III, Hartford District 1729-1750, by Charles William Manwaring, 1906, page 50. Joseph Fox died 1733.

2   Identification found in notes of Frank Farnsworth Starr based on Middletown Land Records, Vol. 14, page 432. "March 14, 1760 Eunice Fox widow of Glastonbury to Obadiah Allen of Midtⁿ 155 a west 3 Mile Hill in Westermost range of land in Midtⁿ land formerly sold by John Ranney & Eunice his wife before she was 21 years old".

3.  Connecticut State Library, Original Probate papers of Samuel Fox. Inventory taken by Samuell Tallcott and Samuel Welles Dec. 2, 1756 and Letter of Administration dated Sept. 6, 1757.

4.    Frank Farnsworth Starr, noted Middletown Genealogist, made notes for a book he was preparing on Genealogies of Middletown, CT. The book was not finished before his death and the notes resided in 1980 at the Middlesex County Historical Society in Middletown, CT.

5.    Proof of her identity found in the Personal notes of Frank Farnsworth Starr and based upon the Middletown Land Record Vol. 14, page 432.

6.    Glastonbury Vital Records, Vol. 2, page 60.

7.    HALE, HOUSE and RELATED FAMILIES, by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, 1978, page 638-639.

8.    HISTORY AND GENEALOGY of The GOV. JOHN WEBSTER FAMILY by William Holcum Webster and Rev. Melville Reuben Webster D. D., 1915, page 404-405. Contained information on Samuel Fox as well as the fact that his father was "lost at sea".

9.    Orford now part of Manchester, CT

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