William
Durkee
Foster
Born in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Foster
and Hannah (Durkee) Foster
Brother of
Abigail Foster, Mary (Foster) Williamson, Samuel Sheffield Foster, Hannah (Foster) Williamson, Beulah Foster, Samuel Sheffield Foster, Sarah Foster, Dan Foster, Abel Foster, Sarah Foster, Thomas Durkee Foster, Jacob Foster, Nancy Foster and Abigail Ellery Foster
Husband of
Hannah (Unknown) Foster
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Dorrence) Foster
— married
25 May 1788 [location unknown]
Husband of
Sally (Learned) Foster
— married
1 Jan 1818 in New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Dorance Foster
Died
at age 68
in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1760. He was the son of William Foster and Hannah Durkee.
Marriages:
- Sally Learned, m. 01 Jan 1818 in New Braintree, MA.[1]
After his last wife died in Boston, he moved to Connecticut where he passed away in 1828.
Sources
- ↑ Marriage; "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH89-TJ2 : 20 May 2022), William Foster, 1 Jan 1818; citing Marriage, New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009533.
- "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWV-YNB : 9 March 2018), William D Foster, Ward 06, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,959.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCC-5MC : 18 February 2021), William D Foster, 1860.
See Also:
- Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records : [v.5] Canaan, 1739-1852 : Canterbury, 1703-1850: (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), p. 199.
- Find a Grave
- Foster genealogy; by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. Publication date 1899
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~1.56%
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David Horsley
Foster-19441 and Foster-15838 do not represent the same person because: different continents
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Rejected matches › William Forster (1759-)
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