Nahum Foster (1783 - 1837)

Born 16 Feb 1783 in Trenton, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1837 at age 54 in Machiasport, Washington, Maine, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Claire Michaels [send private message]

Biography

Nahum Foster ^[1] was born at Trenton, Maine, 16 Feb 1783, the son of Jacob Foster and Pamelia Jones. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} He was town clerk of Trenton, 1807. ^[3]

Lived at Trenton. ^[7]

Nahum Foster was born at Trenton, Maine, 16 Feb 1783, the son of Jacob Foster and Pamelia Jones. ^{[8] [3] [4] [5] [6]} He was town clerk of Trenton, 1807. ^[3]

Lived at Trenton. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Named after the Prophet Nahum of the Old Testament. The English dictionary pronunciation of his first name is "NAY-hum", but in Greek, Latin and Church Slavonic, the pronunciation is a much more agreeable "na-OOM".
2. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WP-72Z : 14 January 2020), Naham Foster, 1783.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Porter, Joseph W., editor, Col. Benjamin Foster of Machias (Bangor Historical Magazine, Charles H. Glass & Co., Printers, Bangor, Maine, 1885-1894), Vol. 8, p. 153. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C. O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), p. 169. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2021.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Drisko, George W., 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. 412. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2021.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Foster Genealogy (W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1899), p. 291. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2021.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-XKP : 20 February 2021), Nahum Foster, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing 51, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
8. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WP-72Z : 14 January 2020), Naham Foster, 1783.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-XKP : 20 February 2021), Nahum Foster, Trenton, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing 51, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.