Foxe

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Foxe Surname Origin

Foxe Lineage
Thomas Foxe 1538-1601, father of Alice Foxe 1571-1603

Alice Foxe > John Christopher Banks Jr > Elizabeth Katherine Banks > Anne Fitzhugh Isham > Elizabeth Sarah Eppes > Sarah Randolph > Sarah Barksdale > William Davis > Roxie Ann Davis > Charles Eugenius Benton > Ina Belle Benton > Thelma Irene Brown > William Harris Lawson Sr.

Foxe Migration
 Milton Ernest, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England > Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England

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Alice Foxe, Bill's 11th Great-Grandfather
13 October 1571 - 29 July 1603 (31)
b. Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
d. Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England

Cemetery TBD

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Parents: 
Thomas Foxe 1538-1601
Margery Margaret Gilman 1541-1617

Maternal Lineage:
Margery Margaret Gilman 1541-1617

Several sources conflate a very unlikely variety of additional children with these spouses, but their dates and surnames conflict greatly. There are also issues in reconciling these marriages.

Spouse 1: William Rayner 1560-1606
Married: 26 October 1584 in Great Chesterford, Essex, England
Children: TBD

Spouse 2: Christopher John Banks Sr 1572-1650

Married: 21 Oct 1595 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
Children: 1

1. Christopher John Banks Jr 1596-1650
   Some sources list his birth year as 1593, but that is two years before his parents' marriage. 
   
   

Spouse 3: William Thurston 1571-1637
Married: 1598
Children: 3

1. Samuel Thurston 1599-1636
2. Robert Daniel Thurston 1601-1636
3. Joseph Thurston 1603-TBD
   Joseph was born the year of her death, suggesting complications.

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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 10 December 2025.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term: "Foxe Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Foxe+Surname+Origin  Accessed 10 December 2025.

---. "Search Results." Search term: "Alice Foxe 1571-1603" Google.  https://www.google.com/search?q=Alice+Foxe+1571-1603  Accessed 10 December 2025.

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