Rev.
Jacob
Foster
Born in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Foster
and Mary (Sheffield) Foster
Brother of
Mary Sheffield (Foster) Twitchell, William Foster, Hannah Foster, Sheffield Foster, Hannah Foster [half], Isaac Foster, Abigail Foster [half] and Rebecca Foster [half]
Husband of
Hepzibah (Prentice) Foster
— married
13 Oct 1756 in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Hepzibah (Foster) Raynesford, Jacob Foster, Sophia (Foster) Atwood, Nathan Foster, Jacob Foster, Henry Foster, Elizabeth (Foster) Beal, David Moore Foster, Caleb Foster and Rebecca (Foster) Hooper
Died
at age 66
in Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
This profile is part of the Nelson, New Hampshire One Place Study.
Chaplain Jacob Foster served with York County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Jacob Foster is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041573.
Rev. Jacob Foster, born Holliston, Mass. March 10, 1732; married Hepzibah Prentiss, daughter of Henry Prentiss. He graduated Harvard College in 1754. He was ordained pastor of the church in Berwick, Maine in 1756. At his own request, he was dismissed from his charge and entered the Continental Army as chaplain of Col. James Scammon's regiment in 1777. Subsequently he was installed pastor of a church in Packersfield, New Hampshire (now Nelson) in 1781 where he ministered for ten years. He died there on December 3, 1798. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Foster Genealogy; Frederick Clifton Pierce; Press of W. B. Conkey; 1899; Digital Image, The Internet Archive. Page: 178
- Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPP-S2G : 13 July 2016), Jacob Foster, 10 Mar 1732; citing Birth, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 763,666.
- Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-RXZ : 4 December 2014), Jacob Foster and Hepzibah Prentice, 13 Oct 1756; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874026 IT 2.
- FindaGrave Memorial: 82128479
- Lineage Information: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; Digital Image, Ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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~6.25%
Allan Williams 
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Maxine (Washburn) Morris :
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~0.39%
Christina (Wade) Ball :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Historyofus95
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