Born in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua Norwood
and Elizabeth (Andrews) Norwood
Sister of
Elizabeth Norwood, Joshua Norwood Jr., Elizabeth (Norwood) Pool, Sarah Abigail (Norwood) Harris, Stephen Norwood, Hannah Norwood, Mary (Norwood) Gammage, Susanna Norwood, Francis Norwood, William Norwood, Abigail (Norwood) Lane, Susannah (Norwood) Wheeler 2nd, Rachel (Norwood) Davis, Patience (Norwood) Wonson and Caleb Norwood
Wife of
Nathan Foster Sr.
— married
1 Apr 1743 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elinor (Foster) Gamage, Nathan Foster, Nathan Foster Jr., Ebenezer Foster, Jemima (Foster) Kenney, John Foster Sr., Miriam Foster, William Foster, Zebard Foster Sr. and Esther (Foster) Bickmore
Died
at about age 80
in Bristol, Lincoln, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2012
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Biography
Miriam was born on 14 Feb 1725 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Joshua Norwood and Elizabeth (Andrews) Norwood.[1]
She married Nathan Foster Sr. on 1 Apr 1743 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.[2]
She died about 1806 in Bristol, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Children
- Children of Miriam Foster:
- Eleanor Foster.
- Nathan Foster.
- Nathan Foster Jr..
- John Foster Sr..
- Jemima Foster.
- Ebenezer Foster.
- Miriam Foster.
- William Foster.
- Zebard Foster Sr..
- Esther Foster.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-N2P : 15 January 2020), Miriam Norwood, 1724.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHY-2SFX : 19 April 2021), Nathan Foster and Miriam Norwood, 1 Apr 1743; citing Marriage, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009343.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Miriam by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Miriam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Miriam by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Miriam:
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~3.12%
Nancy (Beale) Skuba
:
23andMe, GEDmatch YC5316286 [compare]
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~0.78%
Dick Norwood :
23andMe, GEDmatch M773246 [compare], FTDNA kit #85133
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A307961 [compare], Ancestry member triovlaif
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M773246 [compare], FTDNA kit #85133
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Hazel (Lane) Genthner :
23andMe, GEDmatch YB6259031 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JG1698428 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Heidi Howard :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #291935
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Jody (Dow) Farwell :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Jeffrey Sprague :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Ruth (Hession) Sposili :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Ruthsaprn
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~0.39%
Rodney Dyer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #552431
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