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Surnames: Foley-Harness
Classification: Query
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I just found this information over the weekend off the
ancestry.com site. Don't know
how accurate it is but the information I found said that James A. Foley, b 1812 Wood Co,
WV, who married Tabitha Harness on 4/2/1847 Wood Co, WV, was one of 11 children. His
siblings were:
Sophronia b1813 Wood Co
Hugh P. b3/04/1814 Wood Co.
Barnett H. b 1818 Wood Co.
Delila E. b 5/16/1824 Wood Co.
Hannah b.1828 Wood Co.
John Mason b.1832 Wood Co.
Ann B. b1834 Wood Co.
Mary E. b1835 Wood Co.
Bushrod W. b2/02/1840
His parents were:
Mason Foley b.1/16/1781 VA - d.2/24/1876 Parkersburg, WV
and
Hannah Phelps b.12/13/1791 Harrison Co., VA
They were married 9/21/1810 Wood Co., WV
Mason's siblings were:
Nancy Ann b12/26/1776 Prince William Co. VA
James A. b1778 Prince William Co. VA
Scarlet Green b.12/20/1788
Lettis (Lettie) b abt 1791
Lucia b 1793
Catherine b.1795
Barnett Hoe b. 1/21/1802
Mason's parents were: James b 1727 VA - d.1/08/1808 Wood Co., VA & Mary Langfitt
b. abt 1759 Fairfax Co., VA
James is supposed to be the son of John, b 1707 - d. 1761 "and an unknown first
wife". John's "second wife" was Rosannah Mason, m abt 1735 Stafford
Co., VA. The children from that marriage were:
John b.?
James b 1737 - d.1/08/1808 Wood Co., WV(same death date and place as John, b 1727, above -
I believe that they are one and the same person and there was no "unknown first
wife" - I was going to try to find him in a census for 1860 or 1870, to confirm the
date one way or the other but haven't been able to yet.)
Hannah b 4/20/1742
Barnett b 2/14/1748/49
Mason b abt 1755 VA
John's siblings were:
Mary b ?
James b.abt 1708
Katherine b ?
John's parents were John, Sr, b abt 1675. John, Sr marriied 1.)Margaret Mann abt
1705, and 2.) Sarah White 12/11/1744..
John, Sr's siblings were:
Bryant b 1673 Stafford Co., VA
Ann b. abt 1677 Stafford Co., VA
Thomas b abt 1679 Stafford Co., VA
Richard, b ?
John, Sr's parents were: Thomas Foley, b abt 1650 UK - d. 1690, and Martha Bryant -
married abt 1671. After Thomas Foley died, Martha married William Burton on 3/11/1689 in
Stafford Co., VA.
Hope this helps! Be sure you verify everything - like I said, I just ran across this and
haven't had a chance to check anything myself.....maybe someone else out there can
verify or correct any errors they see here.