Deacon
John
Foster
II
Born in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Foster I
and Mary (Chillingworth) Foster
Brother of
Elizabeth (Foster) Carver, Josiah Foster, Mary (Foster) Hatch, Joseph Foster, Sarah Foster, Chillingsworth Foster, James Foster, Thomas Foster and Deborah Foster
Husband of
Hannah (Stetson) Foster
— married
16 Nov 1692 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Foster) Partridge, Sarah (Foster) Bourn, Mercy (Foster) Morton, John Foster, Samuel Foster, Thomas Foster Esq, Ichabod Foster, Gershom Foster, Nathaniel Foster and Seth Foster
Died
at age 75
in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Profile last modified
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Biography
The John Foster married to Hannah Stetson died 24 Dec 1741
- Hannah Foster was the daughter of the first Deacon John Foster. She died at age 84 on December 17, 1778, therefore she must have been born around 1694. She married William Bradford of Plymouth, Massachusetts, then George Partridge of Duxbury
Burial: Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Deacon John Foster. [1][2][3][4]
Born 12 Oct 1666. Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [5][6]
Died Age: 75. 24 Dec 1741. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [7][8]
Event: Arrival 1682 Massachusetts[9]
Buried Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA. [10]
Marriage Husband Deacon John Foster. Wife @P307@. Child: @P211@. Marriage 16 Nov 1692. Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [11][12]
Husband @P394@. Wife Mary Chillingsworth. Child: Deacon John Foster. Child: @P407@. Marriage 2 May 1661. Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [13][14]
Probate
His will was dated 9 January 1739/40 and proved on 26 January 1741/42 in Plymouth. He is in his 74th year. He mentions his wife Hannah (he bequeaths the enslavement of his black woman to his wife), and his children, Seth, Hannah, Sarah, Mercy, Samuel (eldest son), Thomas, and Nathaniel (he is bequeathed the enslavement of his black girl Nanne).[15]
His inventory was taken on 25 March 1742 in Plymouth. It includes the enslaved black people.[16]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-1094564452
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- ↑ Source: #S-1094484490
- ↑ Source: #S-1094461986 Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1682; Page Number: 110
- ↑ Source: #S-1094478061
- ↑ Source: #S-1094484490
- ↑ Source: #S-1094478061
- ↑ Source: #S-1094484490
- ↑ Source: #S-1094461986 Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1682; Page Number: 110
- ↑ Source: #S-1094484490
- ↑ Source: #S-1094564452
- ↑ Source: #S-1094478061
- ↑ Source: #S-1094478061
- ↑ Source: #S-2144179857 Source number: 477.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CTD
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-NVVZ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 247 of 288; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-JVN5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 24 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
- Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families, Volume One, by Amos Otis, pp. 387-388.
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research. Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. http://www.Ancestry.com
- Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. http://www.Ancestry.com.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch accessed: 4 December 2014, John Foster in entry for Hannah Foster, 25 Jul 1694; citing Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, p27; FHL microfilm 416,334. (for birth of daughter Hannah)
- Find-A-Grave Memorial ID#16195801, originally created on 15 Oct 2006 by UserID LF, maintained by Kay Cynova
- Source: S-1094461986 Repository: #R-2147395643 U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
- Repository: R-2147395643 Ancestry.com Note:
- Source: S-1094478061 Repository: #R-2147395643 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- Source: S-1094484490 Repository: #R-2147395643 Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Source: S-1094564452 Repository: #R-2147395643 Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- Bowman, George Ernest. Deacon John Foster's Will, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1922) Vol. 24, Page 24.
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