John FOYE^[1]

1706 - Aft 1778  (> 73 years)

• Name	John FOYE
  Born	5 Jan 1706
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1778	Old Mill Prison, Plymouth, England
  Person ID	I15447	Main
  Last Modified	9 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Sarah BOUCHER,   b. 6 Oct 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Married	23 Oct 1729	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Sarah FOYE,   b. 3 Jan 1732   2. John FOYE,   b. 15 Sep 1734,   d. 6 Jan 1820, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire  (Age 85 years)   3. Elizabeth FOYE,   b. 8 Dec 1735 + 4. Anne FOYE,   b. 3 Apr 1737   5. Louis FOYE,   b. 6 Jan 1739
  Last Modified	11 May 2019
  Family ID	F5060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 23 Oct 1729 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  The children's names and dates of birth of John Foye and Sarah Boucher came from the Boston Transcript. vol 109 pg. 10 Also noted: John Foye (3) m. Sarah Boucher (3rd daughtaer of Louis Boucher of Paris and Sarah Middlecot of Boston) at Boston by Mr Benjamin Colman Presn...The home of John Foye (3) was at Charlestown on land that is now part of the Navy Yard. The house was burned at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Son Louis was on the committee chosen at Charlestown on Nov 26, 1774 to see that the acts and resolves of the Grand American Congresswere duly executed as far as they related to the town. Boston Transcript vol. 110 pg. 31: In the Boston Muesuem of Fine Arts there is a silver muffineer and a pair of silver snufflers marked I>F>S> that once belonged to John Foye and Sarah Belcher and later to John Foye and Sarah Boucher. Both pieces of silver were made in London in the year 1700. John Foye of Boston was taken prisoner April 13, 1778 by the English. Committed to the Old Mill Prison in England, Oct 16, 1778 with 5 others. He died there. —— In England, American prisoners were housed in the Old Mill prison at Plymouth and Forton prison at Portsmouth on either the charge of 'treason' or 'piracy'. The Old Mill prison could accommodate about 800 men, but only 625 were ever there at any one time, and usually only about 300. The Forton population at the time of Thornton's visit was 119; later the number probably reached 400.  https://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-6/pows-during-the-american-revolution

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.