John Foss Jr (abt. 1660 - 1752)

Born about 1660 in Sandy Beach (Rye), New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Foss — married before 1700 in New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1752 at about age 92 in Greenland, New Hampshire

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Biography

John Foss was the eldest child of John Foss and his wife Mary Berry. Please note that Mary Berry did not have a middle name. Her name appears in documents only as Mary. John's birth date is uncertain but is believed to have been around the year 1660. This was based on a 1729 deposition in which he said he was 69. His parents lived at that time in Portsmouth. The area would eventually be called Sandy Beach and then Rye. In the deed will of his father, written in 1710, John was given land in Greenland. John appears to have had two wives known only by their first names, Mary and Susannah. John's death is said to be 5 April 1752. I don't know where this comes from, if you do let me know. In 1722 Isaac Foss son of John was baptized in Greenland. I believe this is the Isaac who moved to Chester. ^[1][2][3]

Marriage

John Foss and his first wife, Mary X, were married in Greenland, New Hampshire, by 1699^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2014/11/isaac-and-john-foss-of-chester-new.html
2. ↑ Locke, Arthur Horton, A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke (1637-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and His Descendants; Also of Nathaniel Lock of Portsmouth, and a Short Account of the History of the Lockes in England, (Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1916?), 5, 565, digital images, Archive (http://www.archive.org: acccessed 24 December 2015).
3. ↑ Noyes, Sybil I., Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis.Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1972. Print.
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/564/426886099

• Quote from Noyes, Libby and Davis: "JOHN2 (son of John1), ± 69 in 1729, Greenland. Jury 1694, 1697, 1702. Lists 57, 330d, 332b 335a, 337, 338a. Died in Greenland 5 Apr. 1752, ‘ag. 95.’ He perh. m. twice, Mary bef. 1700; in 1719 his wife was Susannah, memb. of Greenland ch. bef. 1712. List 335a, p. 176. Kn. ch: Josiah, bp. 13 Nov. 1709, mar. 19 Apr. 1733 Elizabeth Weeks. 8 ch. bp. Mercy, bp. 1713, presum. m. in Greenland 2 Mar. 1731-2 James Locke. Joseph, mar. in Scarb. 23 Oct. 1750 and d.s.p. Wid. Abigail (Tibbetts) m. 2d 30 May 1754 John Harmon. Thomas. Poss. also Isaac of Chester. See (5). Also m. in Greenl.: Abigail, 25 Oct. 1711 to Samuel Seavey; Mary, 10 Jan. 1714-5 to John Rackley; Susannah, 20 Nov. 1723 to Joseph Grant."