Eunice Foss was born at Machias, Maine, 31 Aug 1766 (FindAGrave), the daughter of Benjamin Foss and Sarah Mitchell;
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died there, 13 Jul 1854, and is buried in the Court Street Cemetery.
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She married, before 20 Mar 1789 (birth of twins, Betsy and Louisa), former slave and Revolutionary War soldier London Atus.
[1] Their marriage was one of the few interracial marriages in Maine at the time.
↑ 1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.11
Drisko, George Washington, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 425. Cit. Date: 23 Apr 2021.
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 September 2022), memorial page for Eunice Foss Atus (31 Aug 1766–13 Jul 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #170717742, citing Court Street Cemetery, Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Jo E (contributor 46986225).
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.53.6 Jackman, Mrs. Beulah G., Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 8. Cit. Date: 24 Sep 2022.
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-GQM : 22 December 2020), Janice Atus in household of Hiram Scott, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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