REGINALD (FORSTER) FOSTER
B. 1595 England. He was the son of REGINALD FOSTER and
ELIZABETH
CARR.
He died 1681 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His
will Married first (1) Judith ____ ?____ in England,
born in England and
died September 1664 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married second
(2) Sarah Martin September 1665 in Ipswich,
Massachusetts.
Childern by Judith ____?_____
1. Mary Foster b. about 1618 in England
d. unknown. She married: (1) Daniel Wood (2) Francis Peabody
b. 1614
Francis Peabody will
2. Sarah Foster b. abt 1620 England married: William
Story in Ipswich, Massachusetts
3. Abraham
Foster b. 1622
4. ISAAC
FOSTER b. 1630
5. William Foster b. 1633 in England married Mary
Jackson
6. Jacob
Foster b. 1635
7. Reginald Foster Jr. married Elizabeth Dane
Second
Generation
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ABRAHAM FOSTER
(Reginald)b.
1622 Exeter , England married 1655 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
Married: LYDIA BURBANK ( d/o Caleb of Rowely, Massachusetts)
Children:
1. Ephriam Foster b. 9 Oct. 1657 Ipswich, Massachusetts
2. Abraham Foster b. 16 Oct. 1659 Ipswich, Massachusetts
3. Benjamin Foster b. 1670
4. Ebenezer Foster b. 15 Jul. 1672
5. Mehitable Foster b. 12 Oct. 1675 Ipswich, Massachusetts
6. Caleb Foster b. 9 Nov. 1677 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. 25 Jan 1711 Married Mary Shrew
7. James Foster b. 12 Jun 1662 Ipswich, Massachusetts
ISAAC FOSTER ( Reginald)
born 1630 England died 6(8) Feb. 1691 (2) Ipswich, Massachusetts.
He married (1) MARY J.
JACKSON 5 May 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts(?) (d/o William Jackson)
b. unknown d. 1667 probably Ipswich,
Massachusetts (2) Hannah Douring 1668 Ipswich, Massachusetts(?)
b. unknown d. 1678 (3) Martha Hale (Hall)
in March 1680 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Children by Mary Jackson:
1. Mehitable Foster b. 19 Sep. 1660 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. Feb. 1661 Ipswich, Massachusetts
2. Jonathan Foster b. 9 Jan 1658(9)
3. BENJAMIN
FOSTER b. 3 Jun 1665 Ipswich, Massachusetts
4. Jacob Foster b. 9 Feb. 1662(3) Ipswich, Massachusetts
married (1) Sarah Wood (2) Mary Edwards
5. Elizabeth Foster b. 20 Apr 1667 Ipswich, Massachusetts
6. Daniel Foster b. 14 Nov. 1670 Ipswich, Massachusetts
married (1) Katherine Freese (2) Mary Dresser
Children by Hannah Douring:
7. Mary Foster b. 26 Jun 1669 Ipswich, Massachusetts
married: 27 Feb. 1688 Richard Grant
8. Martha Foster 1 Aug. 1672 Ipswich, Massachusetts
married: 8 Oct. 1691 Thompson Wood
9. Ruth Foster b. 20 Feb. 1673(4) Ipswich, Massachusetts
married: _______ Grove
10. Prudence Foster b. 23 May 1675 Ipswich, Massachusetts
married: Feb. 1696(7) Joseph Berman
11. Hannah Foster b. 24 Oct. 1676 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. before 1681
Children by Martha Hale (Hall)
12. Hannah Foster b. 16 Feb. 1681 Ipswich, Massachusetts
13. Eleazer Foster b. Apr 1684 Ipswich, Massachusetts
14. Sarah Foster b. 19 Mar 1687 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Jacob Foster (Reginald)
b. 1635 England d. 9 Jul 1710 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Married: (1) Martha Kinsoman
(2) Abigail Lord ( d/o Robert Lord & Mary Waite)
Childern by Abigail Lord
1. Abraham Foster b. 4 Dec 1667 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. 25 Dec 1720 Ipswich Massachusetts
2. Jacob Foster b. 25 Mar 1670 Ipswich, Massachusetts
3. Amos Foster b. 15 Aug 1672 Ipswich, Massachusetts
4. Abigial Foster b. 3 Jul 1674 Ipswich, Massachusetts
5. Nathaniel Foster b. 7 Oct 1676 Ipswich, Massachusetts
6. Samuel Foster b. 10 Sep 1678 Ipswich, Massachusetts
7. Joseph Foster b. 14 Sep 1680 Ipswich, Massachusetts
8. James Foster b. 12 Nov 1682 Ipswich, Massachusetts
9. Mary
Foster b. 20 Dec 1684
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BENJAMIN FOSTER( Isaac,
Reginald ) b. 3 Jun 1665 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. Nov 1700 (His death is recorded in Salem, Essex Probate Docket No. 9818.
This record
refers to a child Benjamin born before 1700 married to a Wilmot Griffith
Nov 1, 1716 in
Portsmouth NH. Mrs. Guy Vickery of Augusta Maine, a well known geneologist,
stated
that he married Mary Johnson & had a son Benjamin b 1699 d. 1763. Her
authority is not
available.)
Married: Mary Johnson
Childern by MARY JOHNSON
BENJAMIN
FOSTER b. abt. 1699
Mary Foster ( Jacob,
Reginald) b. 20 Dec 1684 Ipswich, Massachusetts
Childern:
Abraham Foster b. 11 Jun 1696
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BENJAMIN FOSTER ( Benjamin,
Isaac, Reginald) b. Abt. 1699 Ipswich, Massachusetts
d. 1763 Scarborough, Maine ( Massachusetts at the time).
Married: WILMONT GRIFFIS 1 Nov 1716 Portsmouth, New
Hampshire ( d/o mother
HANNAH 's first husband whose name is unkown. The family came from
the
Northern part of Wales.) Wilmont removed to Machias with other members
of the
family, following the"clam famine" in Scarborough.
Childern by WILMONT GRIFFIS
1. Hannah Foster b. 1724
2. Benjamin
Foster b. 26 Jun 1726
3. Sarah Foster b. 1728
married: Joseph Trenton 5 May 1750 b. 29 May 1729
4. Woodin
(Wooden) Foster
3. Ezekial
Foster b. abt 1734
4. ISAIAH
FOSTER b. 1733 or 1735 ( difficult to read handwritting)
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Benjamin Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 26 Jun 1726 d. 4 Jul 1818 Machias,
Maine
Married (1) Abigail Milliken 26 Nov 1747 b. unkown
d. bfr 1750 (No known Childern)
(2) Elizabeth Scott 29 Jan 1750
Childern by Elizabeth Scott
1. Jacob
Foster
2. John Foster b. 1754 Scarborough, Maine d. 1842
East Machias Maine, Occupation Gunmaker
married: Phebe Burr
3. Daniel Foster
4. Benjamin
Foster b. 1754
5. Abijah
Foster b. abt 1760
6. Elizabeth Foster
7. Levi
Foster
8. Samuel
Foster
9. Daniel Foster b. abt 1769 d. 5 Mar 1860
Machias ME married: Hannah Gardner on 12 Mar 1797 in Machais
ME. b. abt 1774 d. 1858 Machais ME
10. George
Kelly Foster
11. Asa Foster
12. Thankful Foster married Tristram Moore
Woodin (Wooden) Foster
( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 1730 d. 2 Feb 1810 East Machias
ME
Occupation Blacksmith.
married: Francis Scott on 28 May 1753. b. Scarborough, ME
d. 18 Aug 1822 possibly
Machias ME.
Childern of Francis Scott
1. Moses
Foster
Ezekial Foster (
Benjamin,
Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. abt 1734
married: Mary Fogg on 17 Nov 1757
Childern by Mary Fogg
Sarah Foster married William Sipprelle
ISAIAH FOSTER ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)b. 1733 or 35 Greenland New Hampshire
d. 4 Jul 1818 Cherryfield ME. Hemarried: LYDIA FOGG
on 18 Jul 1754 d/o of SETH
FOGG and MARY
PICKERNELL. b. 5 Apr 1734
childern by LYDIA FOGG
1.
BENEN (Benin, Benan) FOSTER b. 14 Nov 1760
2. Kesia Foster b. 1769 d. Jan 1831 Jackson,
ME married: Boardman Johnson son of Benjamin Johnson on
10 Jan 1792. He was born 23 Sep 1769 died 1858 Jackson, ME
3. Hannah Foster married Thomas Parsons
4. Robert Foster married Jane Patton
5. Ezekial Foster
6. David Foster b. 8 Oct 1783 d. 3
Apr 1845 married: Susannah Haley
7. Sarah
Foster
8. Wilmont Foster married John Croiseford
12 Oct 1783
9. Mary Foster
10. Dorothy Foster
11. Lydia Foster
12. Isaiah Foster
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Jacob Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. Scarborough ME d. 25
Feb 1824
Trenton, MA Occupation Gunmaker. He and his brother John went
to Massachusetts where
they engaged in the gunsmithing trade. He appears to have been living
in Trenton in 1791, NW
side of Jordan River where he married his first wife. He was a selectman
of the town that year.
Revolutionary War Service: Gunmaker for the Contenential Army
1776. He resided in Bridgewater
for a time. SAR reference code; OS-42, 5:114
married: (1) Elizabeth Howard
(2) Anne (or Pamela) Jones b. 23 May 1763
(3) Mary Curtis bans published 19 Apr 1800
children by Elizabeth Howard
1. Besty Foster married Joshua Burr
2. Howard Foster
3. Nahum Foster
children by Anne (Pamela) Jones
4. Nathan Foster b. 16 Feb 1783
5. Charles Foster b. 7 Aug 1785 d. 17 Jul
1801
6. Harriet Foster b 28 May 1787 married William
C. Norris bans published 20 Dec 1818
7. Louise Holden Foster b. 1 May 1788 d. 30 Jan
1873 possibly Lubec ME
married William Calmers bans published 15 Jul 1810. He died 16 Sep
1868 Lubec, ME
8. Daniel Foster b. 10 Mar 1792
9. Sally Foster b. 10 Sep 1794
married ___?___ Somes
Benjamin Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 1754 Attleboro, MA d. 10
Nov 1835
Mercer County PA. DAR lineage Book vol.98 p.14 " Benjamin Foster
(1754-1835) service:
1776-80 private, corporal and sargent under Capt Jerthmel Powers, Thomas
Sawyer & Abraham
Salisbury; Col.'s Thomas Lee and Seth Warner, Vermont Troops. 1832 he applied
for pension
from Essex County NY and was allowed.
married: Ruth Scott d/o Samuel Scott on 20 Apr 1777 in Machias Me by J.
Lyon. Ruth died
10 Nov 1842 in Machias, ME.
children:
1. Jeremiah Foster
2. Simeon
Foster b 1778
3. Asa Foster
4. Susan Foster married Samuel Burnham
5. Sally Foster married _____?____ Wade
6. Letice Foster married Lawrence Williams of Waterville ME
Abijah Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. abt 1760 d. 13 Oct
1860 Machias Me,
burried in the"Old Burrying Ground". His age at death 63 years and resided
in East Machias, ME.
Revolutionary was service: member of Capt Smith's Company 1775 Mass.
SAR reference code :
OS-42; 5:112-3
married: Apphia Talbot on 12 Dec 1790 d/o Peter & Lucy Talbot
born abt April 1772 and
died 13 Oct 1860 source: Bangor Historical Magazine vol 9 pg 37
children:
1. Elizabeth
(Eliza) Foster 7 Dec 1795
2. Abigail Talbot Foster b. 5 Nov 1791 d. 9 Apr
1812
3. Lucy Hammond Foster b. 3 Aug 1793 d 1876
4. Harriet Foster b. 24 Feb 1797 d 1824
5. Apphia (Aphis) Foster b. 25 Oct 1799
6. Charlotte Foster b 16 Oct 1802 d. 2 Jan 1809
7. Frederick William Foster b. 29 Feb 1809 d 1819
8. Stephen Talbot Foster b. 1812 d. East Machias ME
note: It is assumed that all of these children were born in Machias, ME
as this is the residence of
their parents at the time of their birth. The place of death for
AbigailTalbot Foster, Charlotte Foster,
and Frederick William Foster is also assumed to be Machias ME as these
three were under the age
of 12 when they died.
Levi Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) married Sally Beal
children:
1. Suky Foster b. 3 Jul 1786 d 26 Apr 1788 Machias ME
Ref:
1, 5
2. Besty Foster b. 6 Aug 1788 Union River (now Ellsworth) ME
married: George H. Avery
3. Edmund Foster ( aka Edward ) b 30 Jun 1793 Union River (now Ellsworth)
ME
married: (1) Fannie Ceely
(2) Emerline Smart
4. Phoebe Foster b. 4 Jan 1799 Union River (now Ellsworth)
ME
married: Luther Hall
5. Warren Foster b. 17 Jan 1803 d. bfr 1840
married: Abigail Brown d/o David Brown & Abigail Alden was born
20 Nov 1811. She married
her second husband James B Mansfield in 1840.
6. George Foster b. 10 Nov 1808
Samuel Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) called Deacon Samuel Foster and
resided in Machias, Maine.
married: Comfort Scott d/o Deacon Sylvanus Scott and resided in East
Machias. He is this brother
to Samuel Foster's mother Elizabeth, Aunt Francis wife of father's
brother Wooden, and
Samuel. This would make them first cousins.
children:
1. Benjamin Foster b. 28 Apr 1793
2. Newell Foster b. 27 Nov 1794 Machias ME d. 6
Dec 1794
3. Nacy Foster b. 29 Nov 1794 Machias Me
d. 1 Dec 1794
note: It is possible that Newell & Nacy are twins. It is not
inconevable that they were born
a day or two apart. There is some confusion about these two childern
sources conflict
and omit one or the other.
4. Alfred Foster b. 18 Dec 1795 Machias ME
5. Mehitable Foster b. 17 Feb 1798 Machias Me d.
1 Mar 1869
married: Nathan Foster
6. Clarissa Foster b. 3 Mar 1800
married: S. C. Foster
7. Susan Foster b. 17 Jun 1802 Machias ME
married: William Marsh
8. Horatio Foster b. 25 nov 1804 Machias ME
9. Elizabeth Foster b. 10 Jan 1807 Machias ME
married: Elijah Wilder
10. Samuel Freeeman Foster b. 1 Jul 1809 Machais ME
11. John Andrew Foster b. 25 Sep 1811 Machais ME
d. 5 Dec 1888 East Machis ME
12. Gideon Hanson Foster b. 2 Feb 1814 Machais Me
13. Jacob Foster b. 8 Dec 1818 Machias ME
married: (1) Deborah ( Smith ?)
(2) Margaret Booker
George Kelly Foster ( Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)
married: Cynthia Chance (Chase ?) d/o Ephriam Chance on 14 Jul 1799
by G. Stillman in
Machias ME.
children:
1. Vasti Foster married Samuel Scott
2. Joshua Horn Foster
3. Cynthia Foster
4. Daniel Foster married ___?___ Whidden
5. Hannah Foster married ___?___ Cloudman
6. Lydia Foster
7. John Foster
Moses Foster ( Woodin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)
married: unkown
children:
1. Joanna
Foster b. abt 1800
BENEN FOSTER ( Isaiah,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 14 Nov 1760 Scarborough, York
County, Maine d. 24 Oct 1843 Wakeflied, Carlton County, New
Brunswick, Canada.
Revolutionary War Service SAR ref. code IS-35;45 Private & Volunteer;
assisted his
Uncle Col. Benjamin Foster capture the HMS Margaritta. Pension
Application number W23047.
Note: Benen Foster can be found under various christian names Benan,
Benin, and is sometimes
listed as Benjamin. It is conjecture that Benen is a shortened form
of Benjamin. According
to his pension application his name is BENEN as this is his signature on
that document.
However he was pensioned as Benan on the rolls.
married: DEBORAH KENNEY d/o ISREAL KENNEY & SUSANNAH HOOD on
20 May 1782 in the
Parish of Maugerville, Sunbury County, NB Canada. Deborah was born
30 Jan 1763 in Burton
NB Canada and died 13 Apr 1852 in Woodstock, Carelton County NB Canada.
For more on the KENNEY Family click
here
children:
1. Loas (Lois) Foster b. 21 Apr 1783 Oromocto, Sunbury
Co. NB Canada d. 1811 Wakefield,
Carelton Co., NB, Canada
married: Lemuel Churchill b. 20 Feb 1777 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
d. 14 Dec 1859
Ontario, Canada
2. Lydia Foster b 15 Jul 1785 Oromocto, Sunbury Co., Canada
d. 1880
married: Advardus Shaw s/o John Shaw & Mary Burrill on 19 Oct
1802 in Maugerville, NB
Canada. Advardus was borm in 1781.
3. Mary Foster b. 17 Oct 1787 Oromocto, Sunbury Co., Canada
d. 1868 Mill Stream, Studhaolm
Co., NB, Canada.
married: Elias Hovy
4. Benen Foster b 30 Sep 1792 Oromocto, Sunbury Co.,
Canada d. 1850 Oromocto, Sunbury Co.,
Canada
married: Isabella Bliss 17 Aug 1815 in Oromocto, Sunbury Co.,
Canada
5. Susannah Foster b. 20 Sep 1794 Oromocto,
Sunbury Co., Canada d. 1882
married: Enoch Gallup in Oromocto, Sunbury Co., Canada
6. Isreal Foster b. 14 Aug 1796 Oromocto,
Sunbury Co., Canada d 1840 Boston MA
7. Gideon Foster b. 20 Aug 1798 Oromocto, Sunbury
Co., Canada d. 1845
8.
Elizabeth Foster b. 19 Sep 1800 Oromocto, Sunbury Co.,
Canada d. 1860 Houlton, ME
9. Jeptha
(Japthah) Foster b. 23 Jan 1803 Wakefield Carelton Co.,
Canada d. Sacramento CA
10. John
Moses Foster b May or Jun 7 1805
11. JAMES
FOSTER b. 3 nov 1789
12. Aaron Foster b. 15 Dec 1809 Wakefield, Carelton Co., NB
Canada d. 1809
Sarah Foster ( Isaiah,
Benjamin, Benjamin. Isaac, Reginald) married William Sipperelle
children :
1. Henry Sipperelle
2. Ezekial Siperellee
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Jeremiah Foster (Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. unkown d.
16 Feb 1878 married his first
cousin Elizabeth
(Eliza) Foster d/o Abijah
Foster & Apphia Talbot on 21 Jan 1818 in Machias, ME. She
was born
7 Dec 1795 and died 2 Mar 1824
childern:
1. John T. Foster
2. Benjamin Foster
3. Eliza Foster
4. Flora Foster
5. Apphia Foster
Simeon Foster (Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 1778 Cooper, ME
d. Unkown
married Catherine Farnsworth d/o Joans Farnsworth on 27 Feb 1803 in Cooper,
ME, bans published
7 Feb 1803. She was born in 1779 based on 1850 cenus stating her
age as 71.
children:
1. Benjamin Franklin Foster b. 2 Jun 1803 Machias, ME
2. Albert Yallation (Gallatin?) Foster b. 31 Oct 1804 Machias,
ME d. 1848 St David Parish, NB, Canada
3. Edwin L. Foster b. 8 Jan 1809 Machias, ME
4. Herny Laurens Foster b. 23 May 1809 Machias, ME
5. Theodore Hardy Foster b. 21 Oct 1811
Elizabeth ( Eliza) Foster
(Abijah,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) married her first cousin
Jeremiah
Foster
Benjamin Foster (Samuel,
Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 28 Apr 1793 Machias,
ME d. Unknown Married
his second cousin
Joanna Foster (aka Joan Foster) d/o Moses
Foster on 23 Aug 1817 by the Rev. Marshfield
Stella
and lived in East Machias. 1850 census has the family living in Dennysville,
ME. Occupation listed as 'Innkeeper' with a
family of 6 childern and wife Joanna age 50. They had 7 childern
in all, one dying in infancy.
childern:
1. Emily Caroline Foster b. 29 Jan 1820
2. Joan E. Foster b 1826 d. 1851 ( these dates based on the
1850 census)
3. Drusilla W. Foster b. 1828
4. Eunice Foster
5. Lydia Ursula Foster b 11 Oct 1821 Machias ME
6. Julia Emeline Foster b. 2 Jun 1823 Machais, ME
7. Benjamin Foster
Joanna Foster (Moses,
Woodin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) married second cousin Benjamin
Foster
Jeptha (Japthah) Foster
(Benen,
Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 23 Jan 1803 Wakefield,
Carleton County, New
Brunswick, Canada. d. 15 Dec 1874 Sacramento, CA
June 1850 census has his age as 45 this would make birth year
1805. Injured in a train wreck enroute to California and died
in Sacramento, CA. (from family records) He is buried in
Sacramento CA. married: Asenath Ann Hovey in 1823. d/o Aaron hovey
& Dorothy Price. She was born 19 Nov 1808
probably Ludlow Parrish, NB and Died in Columbia CA. 25 Feb 1889
children:- Authorites have different number of Childern btwn 12 & 15
1. Harriet Asenath Foster b 25 Sep 1825 d 1911
married: Jeremiah Stinchfield
2. Moses Foster b 25 Mar 1827
3. Ann Foster b 6 Sep 1829
4. Amaasa
Foster b. 1 May 1832
5. Mary P. Foster b. 4 Apr 1837
6. Louise Fosster b 23 Nov 1835 married ___?___
Shaw
7. Sanders ( Saunders) Foster b. 9 Jun 1839
8. Isreal Foster b 26 Nov 1840
9. Dorothy A, Foster
10. Susannah (Susie) Foster b. 16 Oct 1842married
__?__Fletcher
11. Irene Foster b. 1844 married: Daurius
Sipprelle s/o Henry Siprelle & Sophronia Shaw
12. Aaron Foster b 1846
13 Hovey A. Foster b 11 May 1846
14 Agatha Foster
15 Augusta Foster b Feb 1848 married __?__Drew
Elizabeth Foster (Benen,
Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 19 Sep 1800 Oronocto, Sunbury
Co., NB, Canada d.
1860 Houlton, ME.married Isreal Kinney on 16 Jun 1819 in Burton,
Sunbury Co., NB Canda. He was born in 1792.
s/o Stephen Kinney, grandson of Israel Kinney (f/o Deborah Kinney, Elizabeth's
mother) If this is the correct family
that would make this couple first cousins.
childern:
1. Elizabeth Kinney
2. Angeline Kinney
3. Leatrice Kinney
4. Moses Kinney b. 2 Sep 1833
5. Aaron Kinney b. 2 Sep 1833 d. 1927 Los
Angles, CA
6. Benen Kinney
7. Hiram Kinney
8. Gideon Kinney
9. Jane Kinney
10. Wesley Kinney
11. Louise Kinney
John Moses Foster
(aka Moses Foster as listed in family bible) (Benen,
Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin,
Isaac, Reginald) b. 7 May 1805 Wakefield, Carelton Co., NB, Canada
d. 5 Apr 1888. He married
Sarah Smith Wheeler in Burton and resided in Wakefield & Woodstock,
NB, Canada.
married: Sarah Smith Wheeler ( b. 14 Apr 1810 d. 11 Apr 1866)
in 1827 in Burton, NB, Canada.
childern:
1. Isreal Foster b. 23 Sep 1828
2. Samuel Nutt Foster b. 2 Mar 1830 married (1) Frances A.
Foster (2) Mrs. Melissa J. Doty
3. Odber Moses Foster b. 11 Sep 1832 married (1) Harriet
E. Smith (2) Elizabeth Campbell
4. Ceclia Foster b. 18 Feb 1834
5. Almira Foster b. 3 Sep 1836 d. 7
Apr 1892
6. Augusta Foster b. 27 Jan 1841
7. Elizabeth Ann Foster b. 29 Mar 1845 d.
20 Jan 1889
8. Parker Humphrey Foster b. 13 May 1846
married Mary A, Sprague
9. Susannah Foster
JAMES FOSTER (Benen,
Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 3 Nov 1789
Oromocto, Sunbury
Co., NB, Canada d. 1869 Newburg, ME
These people came to the Penobscot in the intrest of
lumbering and the virgin timber to be found there. married: (1)
MARY "POLLY" BURTT d. prior to Sep 1863 . The
census record calls her Mary but the family always refered to her as
Polly (2) Lavaina Mudgett on 27 Sep 1869
children by Mary "Polly" Burtt
1. George Foster b. abt 1819 Nb, Canada
2. Mahala Foster
3. James Foster b. 28 Dec 1827 Wakefield, NB, Canada
4. Alfred Foster
5. GIDEON
FOSTER b. 30 Mar 1831
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Amasa Foster (Jeptha,
Benen, Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 1 May
1832 d. Dec 18?? married:
Mary Sipprelle (b. 12 Apr 1839 d. unknowm) d/o Henry and Sophronia (Shaw)
Sipprelle. She was sister to Julia
Sipprelle who married Zephania Mills, Monticello, Me and brothers
Darius, Mark and Goerge Siprelle who served in
the civil war.
children:
1. Freemont Dayton Foster b 1856
2. Ernest Darius Foster b. 10 Oct 1857 d.
12 Apr 1920 in California
Occupation: Jewler
3. Addie
Persis Foster b. 2 Sep 1862
Susannah
Foster ( John
Moses, Benen, Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)
married: Isaac Fletcher
children:
1. Bertram Fletcher
GIDEON FOSTER ( James,
Benen, Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald) b. 30 Mar
1831 Dixmont
(or Newburg) ME d. 1914 East Cornith, ME.
Gideon was 19 years old in 1850 census.
married: ABIGAIL AMES ANDREWS ( b. 15 Dec 1831 Pleasant Ridge, Somerset
Co., ME d. abt
1892 in Norwlls CA) d/o Jonathan Andrews on 23 Sep 1853 in
Penobscot Co., ME
Record of this marriage can be found at the Maine State Archives County
marriages roll 3,
volume 2, page 232.
children:
1. Amanda E. Foster b 19 Jul 1854
2. Jonathan Freemont Foster b.
31 Aug 1861 d. Jul 1941
3. FRANKLIN
GIDEON FOSTER b. 6 Feb 1856
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Addie Persis Foster ( Amasa,
Jeptha, Benen, Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)
b. 2 Sep 1862
married her second cousin Jonathan
Freemont Foster (b. 31 Aug 1861 d. Jul 1941) s/o GIDEON
FOSTER and ABIGAIL AMES ANDREWS on 28 Nov 1889. Called J. Fremont
and Fremont.
Johnathan maybe be a middle name.
Children:
1. Harold Ernest Foster b 1892
2. Chester Fremont Foster b. 21 Dec 1896
Ref:
1
FRANKLIN GIDEON FOSTER
( Gideon,
James, Benen, Isaiah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Reginald)
b. 6 Feb 1856 Newburg, ME d 1916 East Cornith, ME. Teacher
andPrinciple at Fryeburg ME.
Elementary School, Quit teaching when the town cut his salary to $12 a
week
married: LYDIA M. JONES (b 1863 Windsor, NB, Canada d. 1947
East Cornith, ME)
d/o JAMES A. JONES & ELIZABETH SHAW
children:
1. Eugene Foster **
2. Ida Foster **
3. Frederick Foster **
4. ABIGAIL " ABBIE" ELIZABETH
FOSTER b. 1892 Montecello ME d. 17 Dec
1987
Canton, ME married EUGENE CODY NORTON s/o Robert S. Norton
& Addie Kinney
REFERENCES
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1. Hinckley, Mabel (Gould) Demers; Descendents
of Reginald Foster 1887 -
2. Hammatt, Abraham; The Hammett Papers-
Early Inhabitants of Ispwich, Massachusetts 1633 -1700 (1980)
3. Fisher, Carleton; Supplement to Soilders,
Sailors and Patriots of the Revoultionary War - Maine, published
by
NSAR, Luoiville,
KY
4. Machias Maine Marriages, 1767 - 1827,
Danbury Books
5. Machias Maine Families, Danbury Books
1984
6. Bell, E. W.; Descendents of Isreal Kenney
7. Letters of Abigail "Abbie" Foster Norton
8. Pension Application of BENEN FOSTER
9. Joseph B. Felt's History of Ipswich,
Essex and Hamilton published in 1834
10. Pierce, E. ; Reginald Foster Geneology
1899
11. Maine at Louisburg in 1745" by
Henrey S Burrage, D.D. pub 1910 Augusta ME
12. Marriage Certificate of Abigail Foster &
Eugene Norton
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