Charles Foster (abt. 1767 - 1851)

Born about 26 Apr 1767 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Austin) Foster — married 20 Mar 1796 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Mehitable Chandler — married 19 Nov 1807 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1851 at about age 84 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Charles was born in 1767 in Boxford, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Foster (1727-1813) and Lucy (Austin) Foster (1769-1805).

Charles was married first to Lucy (Austin) Foster (1769-1805). They lived in Andover, Massachusetts and had three daughters. Lucy died in 1805.

Charles married again in 1807 to Mehitable Chandler (1783-1826). Charles and Mehitable lived in Andover and they had four children.

At the time of the 1850 U.S. Census Charles was 83 years old. He lived in Andover, Massachusetts, two of his daughters and a granddaughter lived with him, and he was described as a farmer.

Charles died in Andover, Massachusetts July 10, 1851. He is buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Boxford, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

• WikiTree profile Foster-2768 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.

• In his will written 4 March 1847 (probate 1851), Charles Foster made bequests to the following persons: daughter Rebecca and her husband Benjamin Robinson, granddaughter Lucy Frost, daughter Eliza Kimball wife of Enoch Kimball, Joanne C. Foster, Mehitable G. Abbot wife of Daniel P. Abbot, son Charles W. Foster, and son John P. Foster.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 39345

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-822S : 11 May 2022), Charles Foster and Lucy Austin, 20 Mar 1796; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-XSH6 : 11 May 2022), Charles Foster and Mehitable Chandler, 9 Oct 1807; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ4-8T5 : 29 July 2021), Charles Foster, 1807.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-XSH6 : 11 May 2022), Charles Foster and Mehitable Chandler, 9 Oct 1807; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW7N-LFS : 2 March 2021), Charles Foster, 10 Jul 1851; citing Andover, Massachusetts, v 57 p 106, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,814.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17940836/charles-foster: accessed 29 October 2022), memorial page for Deacon Charles Foster (26 Apr 1767–10 Jul 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17940836, citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .Find A Grave: Memorial #17940836

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9G-52B : 22 December 2020), Chas Foster, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).