county of Devon, being the eldest son of Francis, second son of Hugh Croker, of Lineham,* by whom he had three sons and four daughters, viz. 1. Francis (of St. Germans) m. in 1707, Mary, dau. of John Cogger, of St. Austle, and had issue, with four daughters, Francis, who m. in 1738, Han- Stephen-Francis, d. s. p. at Francis, m. in 1803, Ann fry, and had issue, He (Benjamin) m. secondly, Elizabeth Higman, and had by her, Stephen; Francis, who d. s. p.; and Hannah. The descendants of this branch now reside in Devonshire, at and near Plymouth and Devonport. 11. GEORGE, of whom presently. The antiquity of the family of Croker, of Lyneham, in the county of Devon, has been for ages recorded, as we have shewn, in vol. i. p. 340, by the old proverbial distich: They became possessed of Lyneham by marriage with the heiress of Churchill (the elder branch of the family of the Duke of Marlborough) in the reign of HENRY IV. The descent of the Fox family from that of Croker is as follows: Hugh Croker, of Lineham Agnes, daughter of - Francis Croker, 2nd son, of Yealampton married circa 1625. Banfield, esq. of Banfield, co. of Devon. George Croker, of Yealampton-Anstice Tripp, of John Croker, (æt. 10 in 1620) Jane, daughter of Tabitha Croker Francis Fox, several children. Kingsbridge. Courtenay Croker-- Sir John Pole, and sister of Sir Courtenay Pole. Charles. Sarah, m. Robert Phillips Fox, late of Perran, as hereafter stated, and has issue, George, and Sarah. Dorothy, m. Samuel Tregelles, of Plymouth, and has issue, Samuel Prideaux. Anna Rebecca. Rachael-Cookworthy, m. Robert Were Fox, of Exeter, as already stated, and has issue, Robert Were, and others. 2. Anna Debell, m. in 1742, James Tucket, of Abbots - Kerswell, county of Devon, and had issue, Philip Debell Tuckett, of Frenchay, near Bristol, m. first, Esther Champion; and, secondly, Elizabeth Wright, and has issue by the last marriage, Philip-Debell, m. Anna Edmunds, and has issue, Francis, m. Marianna Fox, as before stated, and has is sue. Alfred, m. Ellen Cur tis, and has issue, Henry, and Frederic. Anna, m. Jonathan Bawden, of Sarah, m. in 1822, Robert port. Esther, m. in 1799, Philip Cookworthy Prideaux, as above stated. III. Dorothy, m. Joseph Collier, of 1. Joseph Collier, m. Mary El- Mary, m. Abraham de-Horne, esq. and had four sons, George, Benjamin, John, Abraham, and three daughters. 3. John Collier, m. first, Anna John, the present M.P. for Mortimer-John. William, m. in 1798, Mary Mary. Susanna. Jane. 1. Sarah Collier, m. about 1760, Benjamin Cookworthy, and had issue, Joseph, m. first, Rebecca Fox, Mary, whom. Frederick- and had issue; and, Joseph Collier Cookworthy, of Plymouth, M.D. m. Jane Urquhart, and has issue, Urquhart, and other children. John, who m. Elizabeth Spicer, and had issue. Frederick, of Bristol, m. Sarah Ring, and had issue, Frederick, m. Mary-Collier Cookworthy, and had a daughter, Elizabeth. 2. Rachel Collier, m. in 1763, John Hingston, of Kingsbridge, and had issue, Joseph, who m. first, in 1785, Joseph, who m. Elizabeth 1808, Walter Prideaux, He m. secondly, in 1796, Catherine Phillips Tregelles, of Falmouth, and has issue, Charles, M.D. of Ply- Alfred, m. Mary Nottage, Kingsbridge), banker, and has issue. Dorothy, m. in 1790, Robert Robert Were, of Exeter, The second son of Francis Fox, of St. German's, by his second wife, Tabitha Croker, was GEORGE FOX, who settled at Par, near Fowey. He m. first, in 1719, Mary, daughter of Edward Bealing, merchant, of Penryn, and had issue, 1. Edward, of Wadebridge, who m. in 1745, Anna, second daughter of Thomas Were, of Wellington, county of Somerset, and had issue, George, of Perran, near Falmouth, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Were, of Wellington, but by whom he had no surviving issue; and, secondly, Frances James, and had issue by her, George, now of Exeter, mer- Robert Phillips, late of Perran, m. Frances, m. in 1812, John Allen, Henry, m. Rachel Crewdson, of Kendal, and has issue. Charles, m. Sarah Crewdson, and has issue, Dillworth-Crewdson. Sarah. Anna, m. John Sanderson, mer- Elizabeth, m. James Charleton, of III. Edward (of Wadebridge), m. in 1792, Mary Brown, of Landrake, and had issue, Edward (now of Exeter), m. Johanna Menhennick, and has issue, Edward, and other children. George (now of Kingsbridge), banker, m. Rachel Collier Hingston, daughter of Joseph Hingston, banker, of Plymouth, and has issue, Edwin. Dorothy. 1. Mary, m. in 1780, Sylvanus Bevan, esq. of Swansea, and had issue, Sylvanus, d. s. p. Paul, m. first Rebecca Capper, of William, and other children. 11. Elizabeth, m. in 1789, William Matravers, esq. of Westbury, and has issue, William, m. Caroline Howard, of William Howard. John Howard, and other chil dren. 1. GEORGE CROKER, of whom presently. Edward Long, d. s. p. Henry Hawes. Edward. William Jones Fox; and two daughters. Mary Brown, m. Charles In some circumstances which occurred during the American war, the disinterested conduct of Mr. Joseph Fox, of Falmouth, son of George and Anna Fox, deserves to be recorded here, as exhibiting a striking instance of attachment to the principles of peace, and of a resolution not to participate in profits derived through war. Fox, a satisfait à leur égard à ce qu'il avoit fait annoncer. C'est conformement à leur væu, que l'on donne ici la publicité qu'il mérite, à ce trait de générosité et d'équité, qui honore la société des Quakers, et prouve leur attachement aux principes de paix et d'union, qui les caractérisent.” A small sum still remained in the hands of Dr. Joseph had a small share in two cutters, with Fox, the equitable proprietors of which could not other owners, who, at the commencement of hos- be discovered, and the breaking out of the revolutilities with France, in 1778, armed these vessels as tionary war and other circumstances, prevented the letters of marque, in order to capture French disposal of it for many years. At length, in 1818, merchantmen. He remonstrated against this pro- this sum having increased to about 15,000 francs, ceeding, and offered to sell his share, but in vain ; he again proceeded to Paris, and, after instituting the majority was against him. The enterprise was various enquiries as to the best means of its apsuccessful, and some valuable ships were cap-propriation, he placed this amount in "the treatured. His co-partners then endeavoured to pre- sury of the invalid seamen of France," for the vent him from receiving his proportion of the pro- relief of "non-combatants" of the merchant serceeds, but he insisted upon it, and lodged the vice, the family of Lefebvre, at Rouen, being amount in the British funds, not disclosing the invested with a limited power to recommend suitcircumstance to any of his family, but resolving at able objects. Thus, as far as circumstances would the first opportunity to make full restitution to the permit, was the original design of the principal French proprietors. agent completely fulfilled. On peace being restored, in 1783, he took measures for that purpose, and in the following year commissioned his son, Dr. Edward Long Fox, to proceed to Paris, where he first communicated the circumstances to him by letter. Much delay and difficulty obstructed the settlement of the business, and early in 1785, while it was yet in progress, Mr. Joseph Fox died. A notice was inserted in the Gazette de France, of the 25th February, in that year, and applications in consequence being speedily made by most of the sufferers, the sum of £22,000 was restored to the principal claimants, who made a spontaneous acknowledgment in the same Gazette, as follows: "9 Août, 1785. "L'avis du docteur Anglois Edouard Long Fox, aux personnes intéressées comme propriétaires ou assureurs dans quelques bâtimens pris dans la dernière guerre, publié dans la Gazette, du 25 Fevier dernier, n'a pas été sans effet. Les sieurs Etie Lefebvre Frères de Rouen, et Martel, père, du Havre, viennent d'écrire que le docteur E. L. Connected with these transactions, two or three particulars deserve a moment's attention. To the honour of the French character it must be stated, that no claim was made by any individual, which was not subsequently proved, by the documents, to be correct. An example of the evils of war is afforded by the fact, that one of the sufferers by these comparatively trifling captures, was so overwhelmed by the calamity, that he died of a broken heart. The public advertisement issued by Dr. Fox, drew forth an address to him from a body of Protestants in the South of France, viz. at Nismes, Congenies, &c., whose religious principles closely resemble those of the Society of Friends, in England, and a frequent correspondence and intercourse between the two has since been maintained. The circumstances here detailed having been matter of notoriety and frequent allusion, both in Great Britain and France, a short notice of them seemed due in this place to the memory of Mr. Joseph Fox. Frances; and, secondly, to Elizabeth Wright, of Bristol, and has issue, Mary, and other children. Mary, m. John Eliott, and has issue, John, and other children. III. Francis, of Plymouth, m. in 1760, Sarah Cookworthy, of Plymouth, and had issue, William, m. first, Tabitha Fox; Francis, m. Sarah Birkbeck, of Sarah, m. William D. Crewd- 1. Sarah, m. Joel Cadbury, of Exeter, and had issue, John. 5. Charles, of Perran Arworthal, m. Sarah Hustler, of Ulverston, and has two daughters, Juliet and Mary. 1. Charlotte. 2. Elizabeth, m. to William Gibbins, of Swansea. 3. Louisa. 4. Mariana, m. to Francis Tuckett, of Frenchay, near Bristol, and has issue. III. Thomas-Were, m. in 1792, Mary Tregelles, and has issue, Thomas-Were, a merchant, at Plymouth, m. Eliza Grigg, and has issue, Thomas Were, PhilipHenry, and other children. William, a merchant at Gloucester, m. Elizabeth Windeatt, and has issue. 1. Mary, b. in 1750, of Penjerick, near Falmouth, unmarried. The eldest son, GEORGE-CROKER FOX, of Grove Hill, near Falmouth, m. Catharine, daughter and coheir of William Young, esq. of Leominster, and niece and co-heir of James Payton, esq. Anna, m. to Samuel Churchell, of Dudley; by this lady he left, (with a and has issue, daughter, Catherine Payton, who d. unmarried), an only son, the present GEORGE CROKER Fox, esq. of Grove Hill, chief of the CORNISH families of Fox. Arms-Ermine, on a chevron az. three foxes' heads erased or, within a bordure fleurette of the second, and on a canton of the same, a drinking-cup of the third, bearing three fleurs-de-lis ppr. on the urn, and charged in the centre with a rose gules, being the crest of the very ancient family of Croker, of Lineham, in the county of Devon, which augmentation was granted in allusion to the maternal descent of this family from an heiress of the house of Croker. Mr. Croker Fox in right of this descent quarters the arms of Croker, Churchill, Barville, &c. with his paternal coat. Crest-A fox sejant or, collared fleurette az. its paw resting on a fleur-de-lis: and Mr. Fox has also assumed the crest of Croker, namely, a drinking cup or, with three fleurs-de-lis ppr. above it, and on the centre a rose; granted by EDWARD IV. to Sir John Croker, who accompanied him as cup and standard-bearer in his expedition to France in 1475. The addition of the fleurs-de-lis was one of those attentions on the part of the French monarch Louis XI. by which he sought to flatter the vanity, and gain the good will of the English gentry. On ministers, says Hume, he lavished pensions and pecuniary bribes. To less influential persons such lighter but more honorable favors as this to Sir John Croker. The |