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Captain Maxwell Fox was born in 1826, the son of Major Barry Fox and Sophy Fox of Longford. Fox was educated at Eton, and subsequently entered the Royal Navy. He served under Commodore Lambert on board the battleship, Serpent at the bombardment of Rangoon in the Burma War of 1853, for which he was awarded a gold medal. He retired with the rank of captain in 1864, a year after his father’s death, and returned to Ireland to manage his estates, and assumed residence at Annaghmore House.
Fox married Florence Jane, eldest daughter of Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bart. Following her death in 1882, he married secondly in 1886, Edith Edgeworth of Kilshrewly, eldest daughter of Rev. Essex Edgeworth. He served on the visiting committee of Tullamore gaol, and as an ex-officio guardian of the Tullamore Workhouse. In 1868 he assumed the office of High Sheriff. Maxwell Fox sold up his own farm in 1896, prior to his departure from Annaghmore, and died suddenly at Foxhall, County Longford on 14 September 1899.

High Sheriff of King's County for 1887, and resident of Kinnitty Castle (also known as Castle Bernard).

Abraham Fuller of Kinnegad was the eldest son of Elizabeth and Abraham Fuller, born in 1680. He married twice. His first marriage was to Ann Gee, whose father John Gee gave Woodfield Estate to Abraham Fuller of Lehinch. Ann and Abraham Fuller had seven children: Joseph (b1698), Abraham, John, Joshua, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary. Upon Ann Fuller's death, Abraham Fuller married Elizabeth, the widow of Joseph Phelps. Elizabeth had a son named Joseph, though it is unclea whether he was from her first or second marriage. Abraham Fuller of Kinnegad died in the year 1739 at the age of 59.

Old Abraham Fuller of Lehinch was the eldest son of Mary (Warren) and Abraham Fuller. He married Elizabeth Smyth of County Limerick on 9 Mar 1679. On the day of their marriage, he's quoted to have said he would have five sons and five daughters, and he did. Their names were: Abraham of Kimegad (1680-1739), Isaac [who went to America], Jacob of Waterstown, Joseph [who went to America], and Benjamin of Kilmucklan (b 1686), Elizabeth (b 1694), Hannah, Susana, Marry, and Sarah. Abraham Fuller of Lehinch accquired Woodfield Estate from John Gee, who resided at Gurteen Castle.

Abraham Fuller was born in Amsterdam in the year 1622, and was the second son of Thomas Fuller. He became a merchant, and in 1647 married Mary Warren, daughter of Joshua Warren of Colechester. In 1651, they moved to Ireland, where they lived with their five sons and four daughters.