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Job Foss was born about 1711. Job Foss ... He passed away in 1790. [1]/
Although Job's father and grandfather Joshua and John/Johan D. are fairly well documented, there is far less certainty about his great grandfather, usually listed as David Lauritzer Foss. For some discussions of this, see links in the sources section.
Job Foss, born New Castle, New Hampshire in 1725, died Rye, New Hampshire 1790, and his wife Sarah Lang, born 1729 in Rye, New Hampshire, died Stafford New Hampshire in 1818 are honored for patriotism by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) Signer of Association Test[2] Job and Sarah's son Joshua Foss, born 21 Aug 1761 in Rye, New Hampshire married Elizabeth Hunt, born 10 April 1765 in Rye, New Hampshire. [3]
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1790 Census
1810 Census
NH Marriages
NH Births (Sarah)
NH Births (Sarah)
NH Births (Hannah)
NH Births (Dorothy)
NH Births (Mary)
NH Births (Comfort)
NH Deaths (son John)
discussion of Danish-Norwegian ancestry
John Foss & Mary Berry
John Foss/Fost
letter from Carlos Barato
New England Families, Genealogical & Memorial: A Record of the Making of the Commonwealth & the Foundation of a Nation, V.2 – ed. by William Richard Cutter and pub. By Lewis Historical Publication Company 1914 note that this account continues the very questionable Danish & Norwegian ancestry through David Lauritzer Foss, and the conflating of the two John Fosses of Rye and Dover, NH
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