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History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 528-529:
Fox. The people of the Fox family form an important part of the early history of this neighbourhood, and begin with the founder, a sturdy, upright German, who brought with him the thrifty habits and sterling character which have ever characterized natives of the Fatherland.
     In 1772 Philip Fox came to America from his birthplace, Baden, Germany, where he had married Catherine Lamer. They settled in the same year at Baltimore, Maryland, remaining for several years, and then moved to Pennsylvania, during their residence in which State several children were born. A number of neighbours then banded together to locate farther north, and in the company were John Wendel Wigle and Philip Fox, with their families. Their first objective point was Detroit, and they moved in a leisurely manner, carrying their belongings on pack horses, and driving their cattle before them. At one time they all lived on Grosse Ile. In 1791 Philip Fox removed to a farm six miles below Windsor, near Petit Cote, but in 1794 he was fortunate enough to draw Lot 10, on the lake shore in Gosfield, and removed thither. There both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, and their remains rest on the Wesley Wigle farm, in a private burying-ground. They had eight sons and two daughters born to them, as follows: Jonas, who settled on Lot 9; Philip, who settled on Lot 2, 5th Concession, Mersea, and married Miss Snyder; Margaret; Judith; Michael, who settled on Lot 250, Talbot Road West; George, who settled on Lot 22, Concession 4; Henry, father of Adam Fox, who settled on Lot 21, Concession 4; Adam, who settled on Lot 22, Concession 5; Jacob, father of William C. Fox, and grandfather of our subject (he settled on Lot 22, Concession 6); and John, who settled on Lot 20, Concession 5.
     George Fox, the ancestor of many of the name, was born April 18, 1781, in Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Gosfield, Oct. 16, 1804. He was drowned Nov. 1, 1838. He married Julianna Wigle, and had the following family: Michael G. was born Jan. 1, 1806; Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1807, married (first) A. Fisher and (second) Charles Watson; Mary Ann, born Aug. 15, 1809, died at the age of seventy-seven years (she was stricken blind); Catherine, born Oct. 10, 1811, died July 12, 1826; John, born Feb. 4, 1814, married into the Scratch family, and died in the County of Kent; Theodore, born Feb. 5, 1816, married Matilda Fox; Joseph, born July 20, 1818, died at Port Stanley; Henry, born March 15, 1821, married Margaret Scott; Jane, born May 15, 1823, married Reuben Bruner; Caroline, born May 10, 1827, married William La Marsh; Robert, born Nov. 28, 1830, lives on Pelee Island; Harriet, born May 8, 1833, died May 28, 1853. The family is scattered all over the county, and many of its members may be found in the States. It has contributed many members to various legislative bodies, and has, on many occasions, performed deeds reflecting honor. It is a particularly representative family of Gosfield township.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 61-64:
The prominent and numerous family of this name in the County of Essex, Ont., is descended from John Wendel Wigle, who was born in Germany in the year 1763...
     At the age of twenty-one years John Wendel Wigle made his home at York, Pennsylvania, where in 1776 he was married to Julianna Rommer... about 1792, when government grants were thrown open to settlers, John W. Wigle and his family settled in Gosfield township, County of Essex, on Lot 6, Eastern Division...
     We have the following record of the eleven children born to this pioneer couple: ... Julianna, born in Colchester April 4, 1789, married George Fox, and died on Pelee Island July 3, 1879...

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