Benjamin Foster (bef. 1756 - 1842)

Born before 28 Mar 1756 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Scott) Foster — married 20 Apr 1777 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1842 after age 86 in Tower Hill, Saint David, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Benjamin Foster was baptized at Scarborough, Maine, 28 Mar 1756, the son of Benjamin Foster and Elizabeth Scott; ^{[1] [2]} died at Tower Hill, Saint David, New Brunswick, 10 Nov 1842, ae 88y.

He married at Machias, Maine, 20 Apr 1777, Ruth Scott, ^{[3] [4]} baptized at Scarborough, 17 Sep 1758, the daughter of Samuel Scott and Susanna Perry; died, probably at Saint David, possibly before 30 Apr 1817, when her husband initiated a series of deeds to his son, Jeremiah, and sons-in-law, Lawrence Williams and Samuel Dunham, none of which was co-signed by Ruth, namely Charlotte Co, NB, deeds H:141, H:150, O:491.

Benjamin moved from Scarborough to Machias with his parents in 1765, when he was about 10 years old. He had Revolutionary War service on several occasions in 1775-79 inclusive, serving initially as a private and later as a corporal, during which time he saw service at Machias, Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, and Penobscot. Benjamin moved to Saint David, New Brunswick, before March 1798 (Charlotte Co. deed B:610). ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, editor, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 9 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 48, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 2005, 670 pages), p. 165.
2. ↑ Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1899), p. 208
3. ↑ Mrs. Beulah G. Jackman, Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 37
4. ↑ Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C.O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), [https://archive.org/stream/memorialofcenten00mach#page/160/mode/2up p. 169.
5. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 5, p. 114 and Vol. 9, p. 165ff.