A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Notes for William Fox
I am a descendant of Deacon Samuel Edson through daughters Susannah Edson Keith and Mary Edson Byram. I am a specialist in gentry and aristocratic ancestry in England and the Edson patriarchs Thomas Edson and Juliana Bustard of Adderbury, Oxfordshire, connect us with interesting families. While the Bustards were not of aristocratic or royal descent, they were considered prominent country gentry and there are some monuments to them in the church at Adderbury. Juliana Bustard Edson's parents were John Bustard, Esq. and his wife Elizabeth Fox. I found Elizabeth Fox's father, William Fox's will proved in 1503 and he mentions his family in the will. I had to have it translated from Tudor-era English and the writing deciphered, but the will was explicit in it's intent. William Fox was buried in the church at Barford, Oxfordshire. The Bustard family also appear in the Visitations of Oxford for year 1566. I might mention that Juliana Bustard Edson was the sister of Christian Bustard who married Edward Wilmot of Witney, Oxfordshire. The Wilmots produced the English Earls of Rochester who later would become ancestors of Princess Diana and quite a few other modern day aristocratic families in Great Britain. Here is the link for the Visitations and you will see Juliana Bustard Edson shown in the lineage as well as her sister Christian Bustard Wilmot: https://archive.org/stream/visitationscoun02britgo...e/2up/search/bustard