An American Family History

Gabriel Fox was born in 1736 in Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of George and Mary Fox. He was a tanner.

When his father died, he inherited five pounds. 

He married Anne (Ann) Warford (Worford) about 1757 in Hunterdon. Anne was born in 1727. Her parents were John Warford and Elizabeth Stout (James, Richard Stout).

Gabriel and Anne's children were Ivea Fox Allen (1758) and William Fox (June 8, 1759).

He purchased land in Loudoun County, Virginia and later moved to Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia/West Virginia. He appeared in the census lists of Loudoun County for 1769, 1771, and 1772. He appeared in the census lists of Hampshire County in 1782.

Ann died in 1762. His will was dated February 26, 1798 and proved in 1798. The will mentioned, but does not name his wife. It also mentioned carpenter tools, his grandsons William and John Allen, and granddaughters, Margaret Allen and Ivea Fox. His wife is instructed to care for and educate bound boy, Malen Lewis. 

He died in 1799 in Hampshire County, Virginia/West Virginia.

John Warford II (1683-1769). He was born in Eastchester, Westchester Co., New York and died near Bapisttown, Kingwood Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J.

He married ca 1708 Elizabeth Stout born ca 1691, d. 1760's, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Truax) Stout of Middletown, Monmouth Co.,N.J. In 1705

"The Grand Jury of Monmouth Co., N.J. present Elizabeth, daughter of James Stout of Middletown, for a bastard child by James Hid, late of Middletown. She was fined 5 pounds and costs, or to be whipped 10 lashes on her bare back."

The fine was paid by her father.

On the 1698 census of Eastchester, John Warford and his half brother, Richard Osborn were living in the household of their uncle, John Pinckney and next to Henry Fowler. On 11 Dec. 1699, John Warford "orphaned" chose Henry Fowler (a Justice of the Peace) to be his guardian. On 8 May 1705 the Eastchester town meeting voted that John Warford shall have four acres of land, which land in 1706/7 he sold to Moses Fowler and moved to New Jersey. On 29 Jan. 1714 James Stout, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, for forty lbs. sold to John Warford, yeoman of Freehold, land in said town. In 1717 they sold the land to Daniel Clayton. In 1729 they moved to Hunterdon Co., N.J. and Elizabeth was baptised 12 June 1731 at the Hopewell Baptist Church. On 31 July 1742 she with other members of the family obtained letters of dismission and formed the new Church of Christ at Bethlehem Twp (now Kingwood Baptist Church). John was listed as a freeholder in Bethlehem Twp. 9 Oct. 1738. He left all of his land to his son James. Made will 9 June 1761, proved 3 Jan 1770, Inv. 23 December 1769 (Liber 15, folio 18)."