Frances (Scott) Foster (bef. 1733 - 1822)

Born before 10 Feb 1733 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Wooden Foster — married 28 May 1753 in Scarborough, Cumberland, District of Maine

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1822 after age 89 in East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Frances Scott was baptized 28 May 1733, daughter of Sylvanus Scott and Sarah Moses, d East Machias, 18 Aug 1822, and was buried in the Old Burying Ground with her husband; m at Scarborough, 28 May 1753, Wooden Foster, bp Greenland, New Hampshire, 1730, son of Benjamin and Wilmot (Griffith) Foster, d at East Machias, 2 Feb 1810, and buried in the Old Burying Ground. Wooden sailed for Machias in May 1763 with the association of Scarborough men who organized to settle Machias and build a mill there, arriving in Machias about the 20th of that month. Wooden was not a member of the association, but, rather, had been engaged by the association as a blacksmith, along with Joel Bonney as the millwright, to support the endeavor. He received one of the 18 seven-acre lots on the north side of the Machias River, which now make up downtown Machias. In 1765, along with his brother, Col. Benjamin Foster, Samuel Scott, Daniel Fogg, Joseph Munson, and Joseph Seavey/Sevey, Wooden built a mill on Eastern River, one quarter of which they sold to Ichabod Jones. Wooden served in Capt. Sevey's company during the Revolutionary War. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 5, p. 121

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19774180/frances-foster : accessed 22 September 2021), memorial page for Frances Scott Foster (1733–10 Aug 1822), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19774180, citing East Machias Village Cemetery, East Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651) .