From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

FREDERICK FOX

Arrived from Dutchess Co., NY in 1791. 

In the year 1791, two brothers came from Dutchess County, New York, to settle on the first Concession of Sophiasburgh, known as the Marsh Front. These men were William and Henry Fox. William had married Mary Jones, and when he arrived in Prince Edward County, he and his two sons were all granted land. His son, John, drew his grant of land near Ottawa. John's second son, Harmonious Fox , married Agnes Robertson. Her father was a school teacher on Big Island. Her mother was the former Rebecca Roblin. William lived to be seventy-eight years of age passing away in 1820. His wife survived him by one year.

Henry Fox spent his entire lifetime on Lots 34 and 35. His first wife was Catherine Brickman, who bore him three children, and his second wife was the mother of eight more children. Henry lived until 1822, passing away at the age of sixty years, and his second wife lived to be eighty years of age. She passed on in 1883. The Foxes were a wealthy and influential family, despite their disinterest in politics.