Philip Fuchs's Signature Letter Copy of Signatures Are they the same? Let me know what you think.
aspinks3@triad.rr.com
I believe that Philip Fuchs
was born in Germany and it is probable that his wife
Amelia Catherina (Rosenbom?) was also.
What is known is that they arrived in Philiadelphia on August 15, 1750,
on the ship Royal Union from Rotterdam by way of Cowes, Isle of Wight,
in southern
England. During the 1700's, it was common practice
for Germans to ride homemade rafts down the Rhine River into Holland, and
there make travel arrangements to America. I have seen Amelia's
last name written in only one place--in the margin of a page of Eliza Love's
"Greenbook" as "Miss Rosenbom."
Philip and Amelia Fox spent about 8 years in the Philadelphia area where
they left records of the baptism of their early children at St. Michael's
Lutheran Church in Germantown. About 1758, they purchased a farm in
Plumstead Township of Bucks Co., PA. Philip and his first son Jacob are
credited with fighting for American Independence from Bucks Co.
In the early 1780's, one Anthony Hinckle talked the whole family into
moving to North Carolina, into Rowan Co., a few miles SE of Winston Salem.
There it is documented that Philip was active in a local Lutheran Church.
I believe that church to be Bethany (was Lutheran but not now) and that
Philip
and Amelia are buried in an associated cemetery, though their stones
have not survived. Philip Fox is mentioned in several places in the diary
of Rev. Paul Hinckle, a Lutheran minister.
The original land grant papers and surveys for two pieces of property
acquired in Rowan Co. by Philip Fox still exist in the NC Archives in
Raleigh. Also
Philip left a will dated 1792 and probated in 1796. The original of
that will along with his original signature is available for viewing in the
NC Arhives. He signed that will "Philip Fox." The script
compares favorably with his signature "Philip Fuchs" required upon
demarcation from the Royal Union in 1750.
Philip's will specified that his youngest living son, John Fox, be
responsible
for his mother's well being. By 1800, John had sold his parent's NC
property. This and other documents indicate that Amelia had passed away
by that time.
The children of Philp and Amelia Fox are:
Jacob Fox, b. 27 NOV 1750,
d. 13 SEP 1834
m. Martha Huddleston
b. 27 SEP 1756. d. after 1797.