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    Almeda Alice Jackson (1899 - 1925)
    Almeda Alice Foy Jackson BIRTH 29 Mar 1899 Ellenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA DEATH 7 Mar 1925 (aged 25) Ellenton, Manatee County, Florida, USA BURIAL Mansion Memorial Park Ellenton, Manatee County...
  • Andrew Foy (1698 - 1775)
    NotesFOY, ANDREW, St. Mary's Co. 4 March 1773; 15 Aug. 1775 To wife Barbara Foy, extx. whole of estate. Wit: Joseph Leigh; Benjfm. Kinduik. 40. 610Links*
  • Barbara Foy (1685 - 1774)
    (Mary Kirke) in her will of 1734 mentions her daughter "Barbary (sic) Calvert." She survived Charles Calvert and married, secondly, Andrew Foy. NotesCalvert, Charles, St Mary's Co., 25th Oct., 1733; 31...
  • Rev. Benjamin Aaron Foy (1919 - 2007)
    Rev Benjamin Aaron Foy Birth 28 Nov 1919 Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi, USA Death 17 Jun 2007 (aged 87) Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Burial Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Gulfpo...
  • Catherine Rebecca Foy (1809 - 1870)
    1st wife of Thomas Birk(Burke)Foy Married:24 Apr 1828,Indiana County, Pennsylvania Daughter of John Fink & Sarah Ganshorn Had 11 known Children with Thomas B. Foy:Elizabeth Foy(Dingman),Susan Foy(Chide...

About the Foy surname

In Ireland, Foy was an anglicized form of O'Fiach (Gaelic for Hunter). Variants include Fay and Fahey.
Or was Foy the original name possibly of Hugenot origin?

It was both. There were several "origins" for the name, Viking "farewell feast or black as the Raven" ref to Odin's pets. In Belgium and France, it meant "Faith" As in St. Foy whose reliquary is in the Cathedral At Conques France. My Foy clan comes from County Mayo in Ireland.

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