Thomas Foster (1687 - 1746)

Born 18 Sep 1687 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Gates) Foster — married 3 Jul 1711 in Preston, New London, CT

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1746 at age 58 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

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Biography

Thomas Foster, son of Thomas and Experience Foster, was born on 18 Sep. 1687 in Stow, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

He married Mercy Gates on 3 July 1711 in Preston, Connecticut.^[2]

He died in Scituate on 20 Aug. 1746.^[2]

Children of Thomas and Mercy

1. Stephen b. 20 April 1712 married Lydia Blanchard.
2. Silas b 7 March 1721 died 8 Dec. 1721
3. Sarah b. 31 July 1717.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVK-XF8 : 15 January 2020), Thomas Foster, 1687 (in Cambridge, recorded in Stowe, MA) image.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families. 1908. Page 1346.
3. ↑ Children page 1346. Old Fam.