Job Foss (abt. 1711 - 1790)

Born about 1711 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Bickford (Lang) Foss — married 1 Nov 1750 in Rockingham, NH

Died 1 May 1790 at about age 79 in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

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.

Military

Job Foss performed Patriotic Service in New Hampshire in the American Revolution.

Job Foss is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041393.

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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Sources

Vital & Census Records,br./> 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

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Walter Corey, Jan 15, 2013
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sept 25, 2020), "Record of Job Foss", Ancestor # A041393.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sept 25, 2020), "Record of Job Foss", Ancestor # A041393.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Walter Corey for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Walter and others.