Capt.
Dan
Foster
Born in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of William Foster
and Hannah (Durkee) Foster
Brother of
Abigail Foster, Mary (Foster) Williamson, William Durkee Foster, Samuel Sheffield Foster, Hannah (Foster) Williamson, Beulah Foster, Samuel Sheffield Foster, Sarah Foster, Abel Foster, Sarah Foster, Thomas Durkee Foster, Jacob Foster, Nancy Foster and Abigail Ellery Foster
Husband of
Miriam (Wilson) Foster
— married
about 1793 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Amander Foster, James T Foster, Hannah (Foster) Hall, Nancy (Foster) Hall, John Wilson Foster, Dan Foster Jr., Asa Foster, Jacob Foster, Leonard Foster, Miriam (Foster) Wade and William M Foster
Died
at age 88
in Schroon, Essex County, New York, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Mar 2017
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Biography
Dan was born in 1770. He was the son of William Foster and Hannah Durkee. He passed away in 1859.
Baptism
30 SEP 1770 in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.
Occupation
Farmer.
Notes
- 1810 Census:
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3.
- White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2.
- White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1.
- White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1.
- White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1.
- White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1.
- White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1.
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 7. ; of Household Members Over 25: 2. ;of Household Members: 10.
- 1830 Census:
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1.
- White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1.
- White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
- White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1.
- White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1.
- White Persons - Under 20: 1.
- White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2.
- Total Free White Persons: 5. - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5.
- 1840 Census:
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1.
- White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1.
- White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1.
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1.
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1.
- Total Free White Persons:
- All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3. 1
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2018), memorial page for Dan Foster (1770–21 Jun 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #95326227, citing Schroon Lake Cemetery, Schroon Lake, Essex County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Alice (contributor 47160081)
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74M-DGD : 11 February 2018), Dan Foster, 04 Sep 1770; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
- Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com
- 1800 U.S. Census, Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont
- 1810 U.S. Census, Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont
- 1830 U.S. Census, Schroon, Essex County, New York
- 1840 U.S. Census, Schroon, Essex County, New York
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY8-39W : 12 April 2016), Dan Foster, Schroon, Essex, New York, United States; citing family 1, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
- 1855 New York State Census, Essex County, New York
- Bible Record in documentation record (documents nos. 5263323, 5263324, 5263325) supporting Membership Application of Alice Janes Washburn (National no. 491519) on William Foster (1734-1825, Connecticut), approved 27 Nov 1962; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Office of the Registrar General, Washington, D.C.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dan 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 Dan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dan 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 Dan:
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~3.12%
Betty (Washburn) Betts
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~3.12%
Maxine (Washburn) Morris :
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~1.56%
Keith Betts :
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~0.78%
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Marcy (Betts) Evans :
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Foster-15843 and Foster-13374 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse, death
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