Major
Perley
Foster
Born in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Foster
and Anna (Beard) Foster
Brother of
John Foster
Husband of
Mary (Gray) Foster
— married
about 1815 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Gray Foster
Died
at age 51
in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2017
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Biography
Perley Foster was born at Tewksbury on 20 September 1792 and was the son of John Foster and Anna Beard.[1]
Perley's parentage is confirmed by the Revolutionary War widows' pension file of his mother Anna (Beard) Foster which lists a surviving son Capt. Perley Foster of Nashua, New Hampshire.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Foster, Perley, s. John and Anna, Sept. 20, 1792. Tewksbury Vital Records, Volume 1, p 31
- ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application File, file of widow Anna Beard Foster widow of Lieut. John Foster, Case W10034
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216031600/perley-foster: accessed March 19, 2024), memorial page for MAJ Perley Foster (unknown–22 Dec 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 216031600, citing Universalist Church Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Shan Clark (contributor 47409441).
Foster genealogy; by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. cn Publication date 1899
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Perley's father John Foster died at Greenfield, New Hampshire on 6 December 1816 according to the pension file.
The Foster Genealogy lists this Perley in two places in the book with the same birth date but different parents. The two listings here. On page 215 where he is given as son of John Brainard Foster and Sarah Taylor but born four months after his mother's death; https://archive.org/details/fostergenealogy03pier/page/214/mode/2up On page 602 with parents John Foster and Anna Beard who were his parents https://archive.org/details/fostergenealogy03pier/page/602/mode/2up?q=5033
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