Nathaniel Foster (1725 - abt. 1787)

Born 17 Apr 1725 in Brewster, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Wing) Foster — married about 21 Jun 1746 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Husband of Charity (Knowlton) Foster — married before 1775 in Bedford, Westchester Co., NY

Descendants

Died about 15 Apr 1787 at about age 61 in Dutchess County, New York, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel Foster was born on 17 April 1725 in Harwich, Massachusetts. He was the son of Chillingsworth Foster and Susanna Gray. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Nathaniel Foster performed Patriotic Service in New York in the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Foster is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041766.

"Nathaniel Foster, Corporal in War of Revolution, born Brewster, Mass. Apr. 17, 1725, married Phoebe Wing 1746; second wife Charity Knowlton^[5][6][7]; third wife, Rebecca Vickery. He was a member of the committee appointed in 1777 to represent the south-east precinct in the general committee and appears on a military order to organize a guard, dated Oct. 8, 1777. He appears as having served from Connecticut in the Revolution as a Corporal in Captain Watbridge’s Company in 1777 and was a prisoner June 30 of that year. Residence near Danbury, Conn. At South-east New York. He died in 1787.”

He was a member of various committees and signed the Articles of Association. ^{[8] [9]}

He married Phebe Wing on 21 June 1746 in Harwich, Barnstable. ^[10]

Will dated April 13, 1787. He lived in Southeast, Dutchess County, NY. Wife: Charity. Sons: John. Nathaniel. David. Samuel. Daughters: Thankful. Ruth. Phebe. Jerusha. Susannah. Son: Robert Nolton (stepson?) Not yet age 21. Executors: Abner Crosby. Sons Nathaniel Foster Jr. Samuel Foster. Proved May 15, 1787.

Sources

1. ↑ Chillingsworth Foster Susanna Gray
2. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
3. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Reference: Gen. notes of Barnstable fams, being a reprint of the Amos Otis Papers. Barnstable, Ms. 1888. (v.1):1:390 Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 31 Mar 1926, 4016. Vol. 57. p 185.
4. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Birth year: 1726; Birth city: Harwich; Birth state: MA
5. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy Press of W.B. Conkey Company (1899)
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records
7. ↑ Foster, Nathaniel. Will Probate 15 May 1787 (Dutchess Co., NY).
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 101 : 1913.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 8, 2016), "Record of Nathaniel Foster", Ancestor # A041766.
10. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

1787 Will

Nathaniel Foster of South East Precinct, Duchess, New York

Wife: Charity

Four sons: John, Nathaniel, David and Samuel

Daughters: Thankfull, Ruth, Phebe, Jerusha and Susannah

Son: Robert Notton - not yet 21 years

Executors: Abner Crosby, Nathaniel Foster Junior and Samuel Foster

Witn: Ichabod Lewis, Nathaniel Foster Junior, Joseph Crane Jnior

Will written: 13 April 1787

Will proven: 15 May 1787

Dutchess, New York Wills

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See also:

• Rootsweb Mayflower Archived Conversation: Rootsweb.Ancestry.com
• Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families, Volume One, by Amos Otis, page 390: GoogleBooks
• The Mayflower Descendant, Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, Volume VIII, The Mayflower Society (Published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1906), page 160: GoogleBooks

Excerpt from letter dated May 2, 1944 from Helen Bates Parks to CMary Parks Masterson:

• "Descendants of Reverend William Brewster" by Mary Foster Sullivan

Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 076 Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• His will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99R-N89G?cc=1920234&wc=Q75G-DPX%3A213305701%2C225060001 : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > image 139 of 465; county courthouses, New York.