Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

FOXWELL
RICHARD FOXWELL.
Two men of the name of Richard Foxwell, of about the same
age, came to New England about the year 1630. Mr. Deane was
perhaps not aware there were two of the name, and it is not surprising
that he has confounded them, because he supposed both
Richards were the same person.
Richard, who settled in that part of Maine then known as
Greorgiance, was born in 1604 and was probably the younger
man. He came over as early as 1631, went home, as our ancestors
called England for many years, in 1632, and returned in
r633. He was of Scarborough in 1636, where he married, in
1636, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Richard Bonython, one of the
patentees of G-eorgianee. His sons were Richard, John and
Philip, and he had five daughters. He died in 1677, aged 73.
[Folsom.]
The other Richard Foxwell probably came over in the fleet
with Gov. Winthrop. He was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts
Colony Oct. 19, 1630, and was sworn on the 8th of May
following. On his removal to the Plymouth Colony his name was
entered on the list of those who had taken the oath of fidelity ;
but in 1657 he was required to take that oath, though he had previously
taken the freeman's oath in Massachusetts.
Mr. Deane says he came from the County of Kent, in England.
There is some evidence that he was a resident in the city
of London at the time he embarked for New England; His son
John was born as early as 1627, a fact which proves that he married
in England. Whether his wife died before he left, or came
over with him, is not known.
From 1631 to 1634 he is not named in the records. Mr.
Savage intimates that during this period he may have gone home
and returned ; if so, it affords another curious parallism in the
history of the two Richard Foxwells. He probably removed from