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om reasons of age in 1764. He died in the family mansion to which he was brought as an infant. His wife was Mehitable Coney, and, as his brother married Anna Coney, the brothers may have married sisters, perhaps the daughters of John Coney of Boston. Francis and Mehitable had fifteen children, most of whom died young, making tihe parents' lives full of sorrow, we read. There are many mentions of the second Foxcroft in Paige's invaluable History of Cambridge. For instance, when the Meeting-house was built in 1756, the Foxcroft subscription was a handsome one. In 1744 the second Francis was named first on a committee of five appointed by the town a School Committee, to inspect the Grammer School and inquire (at such times as they shall think meet) what proficiency the youth and children make in their learning. As to the house first erected by Danforth and so long used by the Foxcrofts that it was known as the Foxcroft house, there is a seeming disagreement between the Rev. Lu