Chillingsworth Foster (1733 - 1807)

Born 26 Dec 1733 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Pope) Foster — married 5 Sep 1754 (to 8 Jan 1793) in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1807 at age 73 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York

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Biography

Chillingsworth Foster was the son of Deacon James Foster and Lydia Winslow. He was born in Rochester Massachusetts on 8 December 1733.^[1]

In 1753, Hannah Hammond, daughter of Barzillai Hammond had a male child on 29 November 1752, out of wedlock, and named Chillingworth Foster of Rochester to be the father.^[2] Chillingworth was ordered to pay the maintenance of the child.^[3]

On 5 September 1754, Chillingsworth married Margaret Pope, daughter of Elnathan Pope and Margaret (Pope) Pope, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.^[4] Over the years they raised a family of, at least, nine children.

Following Margaret's death in 1793, Chillingsworth married Sarah Freeman in Rochester sometime in August 1794.^[5] No children from this union have been found.^[6] On 3 March 1807, Chillingsworth passed away in Cherry Valley, New York.^[1] Chillingsworth and Margaret are buried at Center Cemetery in Rochester.^[7]

Children of Chillingsworth Foster and Margaret (Pope) Pope

1. Elnathan Foster (1755-aft 1820) married Thankful Hammond, Note: not found in Pierce book, but can be found in Dartmouth Vrs. He is in Rupert, Vermont in the 1820 census.
2. Dr. Chillingsworth Foster (abt 1756-1812) died in War of 1812 married with children. His daughter, unknown, sold his Historic house in Bristol R.I. in 1880.
3. Dr. James Foster (abt 1861-1811) married Martha Dunster (1763-1808)
4. Thanful (Foster) Pope (1761-1792) married Yet Seth Pope (1755-1817)
5. Deborah (Foster) Pope (1763-1820) married Seth Pope, Jr. (1757-1837)
6. Margaret (Foster) Pope (abt1767-1844) married Benjamin Pope (1766-1854)
7. Ruby (Foster) Pierce (1773-1805) married Samuel Pierce
8. Edward Foster (abt 1777-1792) died of smallpox about age 15.
9. Samuel Foster (????-????)

Research Notes

• Birth year on the gravestone is 1735, per Frederick Clifton Pierce in his Foster Genealogy states Chillingsworth was born in 1733.^[7][1] Pierce was aware of the gravestone date, but he still used the earlier date in his book. In researching this family, many birthdates in the vital records are baptism dates. Many of Chillingsworth's children had baptism dates vs. birthdates. At least two were found to be be baptized three years after birth; therefore, 1733 is used for his birth year.
• To be researched or validated:

1. Appointment as church Deacon date . . . church records. No valid findings. Previous and perhaps other Chillingsworth Fosters were Deacons.
2. Military service. He was possibly a military officer with the rank of Lieutenant or higher.

• Mentioned as Lieut. Chillingsworth Foster, who served in the later 18th and early 19th century in Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts : being a history of these towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham ^[8]
• There is one Chillingsworth Foster from New Bedford, Massachusetts in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors on page 874 under "Forster".
• There is one Lieutenant _____Foster in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, but no other Chillingsworth Fosters.

1. More research on children

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1855-1904), Foster Genealogy;, Press of W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago, IL, 1899, 533, https://archive.org/details/fostergenealogy03pier/page/532 . Note date cited in book 8 December 1733 vs. gravestone’s date
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9GS-W : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-G9P3-3?cc=1928860 : 24 November 2022), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. II, New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1929, 185, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Dartmouth/Images/Dartmouth_M185.shtml .
5. ↑ “Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. VOL 2,” 130, 11 Aug 2017, eBook, web, "Boston, Mass, Pub. by the New England historic genealogial society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund", http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Rochester/Images/Rochester_M130.shtml .
6. ↑ “Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. VOL 2,” 130, 11 Aug 2017, eBook, web, "Boston, Mass, Pub. by the New England historic genealogial society, at the charge of the Eddy town-record fund", http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Rochester/Images/Rochester_M130.shtml .
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 October 2018), memorial page for Chillingsworth Foster (26 Dec 1735–3 Mar 1807), Find A Grave Memorial no.107933584, citing Center Cemetery, Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Caryn (contributor 47509429) .
8. ↑ 5436. Leonard, Mary Hall, Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts : being a history of these towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham, The Grafton Press, Boston, Mass., 1907, 56, 361, https://archive.org/details/mattapoisettoldr00matt/page/56, https://archive.org/details/mattapoisettoldr00matt/page/360.

Other Sources

• Thomas Pope of Plymouth and his descendants, 1608-1946 by Amelia Pope Sutherland, Manuscript, June 14, 195?

• Genealogy of Thomas Pope, of Plymouth, Massachusetts by Franklin Leonard Pope, Elizabeth, New Jersey

• Jo Callender to Barb Beardslee Dundas, July 2005

• Foster Record: An Account of Thomas Foster of Billerica, Massachusetts and some of his descendants by Frank Mortimer Hawes, Published by Fred E. Bradford Printer, Somerville, Mass. 1889

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-RDW : accessed 16 May 2021), Chillingeworth Foster, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 444, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.