Edward Foster (abt. 1750 - 1822)

Born about 1750 in Boston, Massachusetts

Husband of Jane (Thompson) Foster — married 23 Sep 1771 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Sarah (Ede) Foster — married 6 Dec 1780 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1822 at about age 72 in Union, Maine

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Biography

He is recorded as among the children of Edward Foster and Martha Peabody who came with General Howe to Halifax during the siege of Boston in 1776. He was the son of [Edward Foster] and Martha Peabody. Edward and his father received a land grant in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

He married Jane Thompson 23 Sep 1771 in Boston. Jane died, possibly 25 Nov 1776 in Halifax. ^{[1] [2]}

Edward married Sarah Ede on December 6th 1780 in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Edward died July 17th 1822 in Union, Knox, Maine, USA. ^[3]

Children of Edward Foster and Jane Thompson: ^[4]

Robert Foster (1773-1847)

Patty

William

Edward

Temple

Mary

Ann

Sarah

Elizabeth

Jane

Children of Edward Foster and Sarah Ede: ^[5]

Edward Foster (1788-1813)

William Foster (1789-1882)

Mary Foster (1791-1868)

Ann Foster (1795- )

Jane Foster (1798-1852)

Research Notes

No primary documentation of his birth has been found. Edward was likely born around Boston in 1850. A middle name of Milton is also without primary documentation.

An undocumented source says his mother was Martha Pearl Pease Foster.

Sources

1. ↑ Sandi Corbin, "Loyalist Edward Foster of Boston", entry 2. Edward Foster Jr.; Nova Scotia Genealogist.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Q1-QQNJ?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DS-K6X%3A353350401%2C353366201%2C354682201 : 13 July 2016), Suffolk > Boston > Marriages 1646-1799 > image 288 of 388 (page 339, entry for Edward Foster - Jean Thompson); citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ Terrence M. Punch, Nova Scotia Vital Statistics from Newspapers, 1813-1822 (Genealogical Committee of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society; Halifax, N.S.,1978), entry 2747, citing Acadian Reporter, Saturday, 10 August 1822.
4. ↑ Foster Genealogy, entry 4132. Edward Foster
5. ↑ Sandi Corbin, "Loyalist Edward Foster of Boston", entry 2. Edward Foster Jr.; Nova Scotia Genealogist.

• Marion Gilroy, Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia (Clearfield, n.d.), page 46.