Cynthia (Avery) Foster (1750-1814) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Cynthia Foster formerly Avery aka Arms

Born 12 Dec 1750 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Daughter of William Avery and Hannah (Meech) Avery

Sister of Elisha Avery and William Avery

Wife of Josiah Arms — married 10 Apr 1773 (to 23 May 1803) in Brattleboro, VT

Wife of Jabez Foster — married about 1803 [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Susanna Arms, Hannah Arms, John Arms, Willard Arms, Josiah Willard Arms, Cynthia (Arms) Goodnow, Josiah Arms Jr., Obed Foster, Daniel Arms, Sybil (Arms) Whitney, William Arms, Angelina (Arms) Hosley, Elisha Arms, Edwin Arms and Lucinda (Arms) Horton

Died 5 May 1814 at age 63 in Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Cynthia was the 1st of 5 children born of William Avery (1726-1800) and his wife Hannah Meech (b. 1730). Cynthia Avery married Josiah Arms (1750-1803) by whom she had 14 children (8 sons and 6 daughters):

Susanna (1774-1790); John (1776-1825); Willard (1780-1863); Josiah Willard (1781-1781); Josiah (1783-1795); Hannah; Lucinda; Daniel (1786-1840); Cynthia; Sybil (b. 1788); Elisha; William (1790-1876); Edwin (1794-1797); and Angelina.

After Josiah died, Cynthia married for her second husband, Jabez Foster (1754-1818) as his second wife.

Spouses: Josiah Arms (1750 - 1803) Jabez Foster (____ - 1818) Children: Susanna Arms (1774 - 1790) John Arms (1776 - 1825) Josiah W. Arms (1781 - 1781) Josiah Arms (1783 - 1795) Sybil Arms Goodnow Whitney (1788 - 1873) Angelina Arms Hosley (1792 - 1882) Edwin Arms (1794 - 1797)

Died at age 64 years. Second wife of Jabez Foster Esq.

Burial: Davidson Cemetery Whitingham Windham County Vermont, USA ^[1]

Sources

↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 January 2021), memorial page for Cynthia Avery Foster (12 Dec 1750–5 May 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #32165711, citing Davidson Cemetery, Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Chazmanbsr (contributor 46929428) .

"The Groton Avery Clan" Vol. I., by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catharine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, 1912, pages 224 & 356: https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/224/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/grotonaveryclan01aver/page/356/mode/1up

"A Genealogical Record of the Arms Family in this Country, embracing all the known descendants of WILLIAM FIRST, who have retained the family name, and the first generation of the descendants of other names." by Edward W. Arms, 1877, pages 8 & 11: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00arms

"Green Leaves from Whitingham, Vermont:" by Clark Jillosn, 1894, page 87 & 90

DAR Ancestor #: A004033 Member #: 367768: [1]

"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch : 6 December 2014, Cynthia in entry for Willard Arms, 25 Sep 1863, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,461.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Elizabeth Loftus for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Elizabeth and others.
Created by: Chazmanbsr; Record added: Dec 14, 2008
Created by: June Howard; Record added: Apr 06, 2012

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cynthia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cynthia: