Anna (Foster) Dexter (abt. 1756 - 1841)

Born about 29 Jun 1756 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Vincent Dexter — married 3 Jul 1776 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1841 at about age 85 in Brooklyn, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Anna Foster was the daughter of Edward and Mary (Pease) Foster^{[1] [2]}

She emigrated to Liverpool, Nova Scotia with her family as a small child.

On July 3, 1776, she married Isaac Dexter, the son of Jonathan Dexter and Bethia Vincent of Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Isaac had come to Liverpool around age 14 to live with his uncle and aunt Peleg and Catherine Dexter^{[3] [4] [5]}, and their children included:

1. John, born Wednesday February 19, 1777^[5]
2. Anna, born Monday August 6, 1781^[5]
3. Mary, born Sunday, July 25, 1784^[5]
4. Isaac Dexter Jr, born Sunday, February 11, 1787^[5]
5. Azuba, born Monday, October 15, 1789^[5]
6. Joseph, born Monday, March 9, 1795^[5]

Findagrave provides a DOB for Anna, June 29, 17(56)^[6]. This reference has no photos or sources, and is not aligned with the sources found in several ways: her mother's maiden name, and in the county of her death. (There is also a Brooklyn in Hants County, but Anna and Isaac lived in the Brookly in Queens County). This raises questions about the dates on the memorial, which are not confirmed in the sources found here.

It seems likely that she died as noted in FindAGrave, October 9, 1841, and that she is buried in the First Brooklyn Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Liverpool, NS page 16 found in Vol 126, page 99 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.). This shows Edward and Mary and their children. DOB given for Anna is June 29, 17_ (no year), and her place of birth is not given.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Liverpool, NS page 104 found in Vol 126, page 290 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) This shows Anna and Isaac and their children. DOB for Anna is June 29, 17_ (no year), and her place of birth is Chilmark
3. ↑ The Diaries of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (volume I) The Publications of the Champlain Society, Volume 29; Author: Simeon Perkins; Editor: Harold A. Innis; Published: 2013. Simeon Perkins Diary makes various references to the Dexter family. This reference is behind a paywall.
4. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5L-S8C : 5 December 2014), Isaac Dexter and Anna Foster, 03 Jul 1776; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Vital Records of Liverpool NS, page 104 found in Volume 126, page 290 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111100531