Lydia (Burbank) Foster
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Lydia (Burbank) Foster (1644 - aft. 1698)

Lydia Foster formerly Burbank
Born in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], and
Wife of — married about 1655 in Rowley, MAmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died after after age 54 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Wife of Abraham Foster — married about 1655 [uncertain] in Ipswich, Essex, MA.

Birth

17 Apr. 1644 VITAL RECORDS OF ROWLEY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1928-31), 1:38 (FHL #974.45/R1 V28v). MAR: No mar record found. Deed of Abraham Foster to wife and children, 21 Dec 1698, bequeaths to "wife Lydia...which was given her by her father Burbank" (Essex Co. Deeds, 13:205-207 [FHL #866020]). Hence, Lydia Burbank married Abraham Foster.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97M-592Y-M?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DQ-166%3A353349401%2C353511101%2C1006133602 : 29 November 2018), Essex > Rowley > Births, marriage intentions, marriages, deaths 1636-1835 > image 31 of 409; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

Children

Children born in Ipswich, MA [1] [2]:
  1. Ephraim. b. 1657
  2. Abraham. b. 1659
  3. James. b. 1662
  4. Isaac. b. 1668
  5. Benjamin. b. 1670
  6. Ebenezer. b. 1672
  7. Mehitable. b. 1675
  8. Caleb. b. 1677
  9. Ruth. b. ??; m. 1702, Jeremiah Perley

Death

Research Note: A previous version of this profile listed her death as 29 MAR 1692 Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 47. However, subsequent research by Patrick Griffith (see comments below) demonstrates that Lydia was alive both during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 [3] [4] where she appears on two indictments against Elizabeth Howe and at the time of her husband's death when his estate was distributed 21 December 1698 [5].

Elizabeth (Jackson) Howe was the sister-in-law of Abraham Foster's brother William, who married Mary (Jackson).


Sources

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/genealogyofburba00sedg_0/page/10/mode/2up
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/fostergenealogy01pier/page/124/mode/2up?q=burbank
  3. ↑ https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n72.html#n72.4
  4. ↑ https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n72.html#n72.5
  5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZZ-BVLL?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-3P8%3A361613201%2C361858101 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1697-1700 vol 12-13 > image 422 of 538; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.




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Griffith-6595 Patrick Griffith
Is there a source for a 1692 death, in Boxford or elsewhere?

This would appear to be Lydia, wife of Abraham Foster, who appears on two indictments against Elizabeth How, dated 29 June 1692 (https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n72.html#n72.4; https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n72.html#n72.5; also https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n72.html#n72.7).

posted by Patrick Griffith
edited by Patrick Griffith
Griffith-6595 Patrick Griffith
Okay, yeah, no. Lydia was alive when Abraham distributed his estate 21 December 1798. Mentions the household stuff given to her by her father Burbank. ("Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZZ-BVLL?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-3P8%3A361613201%2C361858101 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1697-1700 vol 12-13 > image 422 of 538; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.)
posted by Patrick Griffith
Kent Burbank
Burbank-270 and Burbank-17 appear to represent the same person because: This Lydia Burbank is a clear duplicate. I did not create it, but am now managing the profile to be able to merge it with the correct Lydia Burbank Foster profile (Burbank-17). I would appreciate it if you could merge this obvious duplicate. Thanks!
posted by Kent Burbank
Kent Burbank
I am trying to help clean up the Burbank line in WikiTree. There are two orphaned profiles for Lydia Burbank, one with a b. 1622 (Burbank-276) and the other b. 1634 (Burbank-270). There simply cannot be any Lydia Burbank that matches these birth dates since the first Burbank immigrant to the U.S. from which virtually all Burbanks descend is John who arrived in the US around 1635. We know that the first Lydia Burbank, his daughter, is this one, born in 1644. Thus, these two stray Lydia's must be this Lydia. Since they are orphaned and clearly wrong, can you merge them into this one?
posted by Kent Burbank
edited by Kent Burbank

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