Deacon
Chillingsworth
Foster
Born in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of John Foster I
and Mary (Chillingworth) Foster
Brother of
Elizabeth (Foster) Carver, John Foster II, Josiah Foster, Mary (Foster) Hatch, Joseph Foster, Sarah Foster, James Foster, Thomas Foster and Deborah Foster
Husband of
Marcy (Freeman) Foster
— married
about 1705 [location unknown]
Husband of
Susanna (Gray) Foster
— married
10 Aug 1721 [location unknown]
Husband of
Ruth (Merrick) Foster
— married
7 Dec 1731 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
James Foster, Chillingsworth Foster II, Mary (Foster) Paddock, Thomas Foster, Nathan Foster, Isaac Foster, Marcy Foster, Mercy (Foster) Freeman, Nathaniel Foster and Jerusha (Foster) Bangs
Died about
at about age 84
in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Biography
Deacon Chillingsworth Foster, son of John, born 11 Jun 1680 in Marshfield, married first to Mercy Freeman, daughter of John of Harwich. She died on 07 July 1720 aged 33 years. He married secondly to Susannah (Gray) Sears, widow of Nathaniel Sears and daughter of John Gray. Susannah died on 07 December 1730. His third wife was Ruth (Merrick) Sears, the widow of Samuel Sears and daughter of William Merrick. They married on 07 December 1731.[1]
Chillingsworth Foster and Susanna Sears were married by Rev. Nathaniel Freeman.
"July 22 day 1721 Then Chillingsworth foster and Susanna Sears Entention of marriage was known to me and is Entred in this book accordingly to be published. "
Burial AFT 22 Dec 1764 Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
- ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Foster Genealogy; (Chicago, Press o W.B. Conkey company, 1899), p. 513.
- Paige, Lucius. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Boston, 1883) Page 378
- Find A Grave: Memorial #16538867
- Thacher, Julia Edgar. Joshua Gray of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and His Descendants (Murray and Emery Co., Boston, 1914) Page 111
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Chillingsworth by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Chillingsworth by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ron Foster
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #439254 - Bob Foster :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup I-M170, FTDNA kit #1001981
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~0.78%
Jim Beers :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T527900 [compare], FTDNA kit #N105650
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~0.39%
Barbara (Beardslee) Dundas :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Gary Nesbit :
23andMe, GEDmatch UF1350488 [compare], yourDNAportal GARabacc41c
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A714413 [compare], yourDNAportal GARabacc41c, Ancestry member gtnesbit
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~0.39%
David Dillman :
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+
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Carole Boomer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch flowers [compare], Ancestry member caroleboomer2
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~0.39%
Frederick Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Jan (Breault) Cartmill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KZ1243267 [compare], yourDNAportal JANedf78dbd, Ancestry member CartsJ43
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #939079
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~0.39%
Frank Gray :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fcgslp
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~0.39%
Della (Jenks) Thomas :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T579335 [compare], FTDNA kit #311380
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~0.39%
Joan (Graham) Lisanti :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T759700 [compare], FTDNA kit #844668
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2. Deacon Foster's first wife (and mother to first six children noted) was Mercy Freeman http://www.capecodgravestones.com/brewsterpixweb/foster20br.html This is noted in her profile found at Freeman-1377. Another reference is Freeman Family Genealogy see page 53. 3. Deacon Foster's second wife (mother to Nathaniel and Jerusha) appears correct . 4. His third wife was (Ruth Merrick-8) Sears, widow of Samuel Sears, also noted in her profile (but no children). There are other references, the problem appears to be in Joan's sources.