Ezekial Foster (abt. 1728 - 1805)

Born about 1728 in Lebanon, Connecticut Colony

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Died 17 Apr 1805 at about age 77 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Ezekial Foster served with 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Ezekiel Wells was a Lieutenant in Capt. Agrippa Wells's company of Minutemen, Col. Samuel Williams's regiment and later in Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Ezekiel Foster was born in Lebanon, Connecticut about 1727, ^{[citation needed]} and baptized July 7, 1728. ^[7]

He married Margaret Henry May 23, 1751 in Deerfield, Massachusetts. ^[8]

He married Betsy Raymond in June 1769. ^{[citation needed]}

Together they had these children:

1. Tryphena Foster ^{[citation needed]}

He died in April 17, 1805 at Bernardston,Massachusetts. ^[9]

Ezekiel was born in 1727. He is the son of John Foster and Hannah Thorp.

1790 census, Hampshire Co., MA, Bernardston, M637-4, pg. 126/102: Doct. Ezekiel Foster 2-0-4 Translation: 2 males 16+, 0 males under 16, 4 females

1800 census, Hampshire Co., MA, Bernardston, M32-15, pg. 77: Ezekiel Foster 00001 00101 Translation: Males - 1 over 45; females 1 16-25, 1 over 45

Record of Doctor Ezekial Foster's death found in "Town Meeting Records, Births, Deaths, Intentions of Marriage and Marriages, 1743-1825, Bernardston, Massachusetts", pg. 344. FHL Film 893958. "Doctor Ezekial Foster Died April 17th 1805 age 77".

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
5. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
7. ↑ Foster Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster
8. ↑ Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
9. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-12-16), "Record of Ezekiel Foster", Ancestor # A041532.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96721176/ezekiel-foster : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Ezekiel Foster (Jun 1728–17 Apr 1805), Find A Grave: Memorial #96721176, citing Old Cemetery, Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster (W.B. Conkey Co., 1899); p. 153, p. 203-4, p. 75-6

• Kellogg, Lucy Cutler. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts (E.A. Hall, Greenfield, Mass., 1902-62); p. 390, p. 37, p. 74, p. 76

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 78-9

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB6-RYSX : 19 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 1 May 1775; citing Military Service, Bernardston, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB6-RYS8 : 19 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 1 May 1775; citing Military Service, Greenfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-6NCM : 17 March 2018), Ezekiel Foster, 03 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,794.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB6-RYSD : 19 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 3 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB6-RYSN : 19 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Bernardston, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLB6-RYSF : 19 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 17 Nov 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 5, p. 899

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC4-46K : 10 November 2020), Lt. Ezekiel Foster, 17 Apr 1805; citing Death, Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010710.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-5CJ : accessed 16 December 2021), Doctr Ezekiel Foster, Bernardston, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 126, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-Q7SW : 20 February 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 19 Sep 1775; citing 19 Sep 1775, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,415.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-T129 : 1 March 2021), Ezekiel Foster, 20 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Greenfield, Colquitt, Georgia, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRHS-JD3Z : 1 March 2021), Ezekiel Foster, May 1775; citing Military Service, Mas, Yap, Micronesia, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.

• Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1920); p.186
• Town Meeting Records, Births, Deaths, Intentions of Marriage and Marriages, 1743-1825, Bernardston, Massachusetts", pg. 344. FHL Film 893958.
• 1800 census, Hampshire Co., MA, Bernardston, M32-15, pg. 77:
• 1790 census, Hampshire Co., MA, Bernardston, M637-4, pg. 126/102
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96721176/ezekiel-foster
• Foster genealogy;

by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. cn Publication date 1899