Josiah Foster (1682 - 1770)

Born 10 Apr 1682 in Rhode Island

Husband of Amy (Borden) Foster — married 3 May 1706 in Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1770 at age 87 in Evesham, New Jersey

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Pat Credit [send private message] and Thomas Wright [send private message]

Biography

Josiah was a Friend (Quaker)

Josiah Foster was a Rhode Islander.

Josiah FOSTER ^[1] was born 10 Apr 1682 in Rhode Island. Josiah died 1 Sep 1770 in Evesham, New Jersey.

May 3, 1706 Age 23 Marriage of Josiah Foster to Amy Borden, NJ, USA

He married Amy Borden

Children:

1. William Foster (1706 - 1778)*
2. Rebecca Foster White (1708 - 1786)*
3. Hannah Foster (1715-1793)

Josiah and Amy Foster transferred from Haddonfield MM to Burlington MM in 1749. Josiah Foster was a Quaker Elder.

Burial: Friends Burying Ground, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA.^[2]

Research Notes

This profile has not yet been checked with Jerry's Notes and is included in Category: Cox-5399 jcoxffGED until it has been checked.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5R-K9F : 12 December 2014), Josiah White and Rebecca Foster, 05 Oct 1734; citing Gloucester, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 850,324.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 17 June 2020; memorial page for Josiah Foster (10 Apr 1682–10 Jan 1770), Find A Grave: Memorial #153033424, citing Friends Burying Ground, Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by N.D. Scheidt (contributor 47099775). Has obituary from The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, PA dated 18 Jan 1770, Thu on page 3.

See also:

• Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1769-1775; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 2189 #8175027 citing Image Indexed record includes:

Josiah Foster, 88

Born about 1682 in Road Island

Died 9 Jan 1770 in Pennsylvania, USA

Residence Date on Image:

11 First 1770 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spouse: Amie Burden daughter of Benjamin Burden

Events

Burial

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Pre-Separation

• "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQX-8LQ : 18 October 2017), Josiah Foster, 10 Jan 1770; citing Death, , Gouchester, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007578948. Indexed record includes:

Josiah Foster

Born about 1682

Passed away 10 Jan 1770

Death at 88 years

Male

GS Film Number 1543558

Additional Source Information: "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720–1971." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

• New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Image

28 Oct 1749 will has his residence as

Bridgeton, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

named in his will:

Wife, Amie

Daughters, Rebecca and Hannah

Son, William

• William Wade Hinshaw. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Geneology, Volume II,. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc. 1938. Page 173

• William Wade Hinshaw. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Geneology, Volume II,. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc. 1938. Pages221-222

• Entered from the Genealogy worksheets compiled by Ralph Pryor during his 40 years of research, traveling extensively in the military and in retirement. Entered by Greg Rose, Grandson.

• Leeper, Jean, compiler, Josiah White Family.

• Josiah Foster on Geni

Acknowledgements

• Foster-5787 was created by Jerry Cox through the import of jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013. NOTE: Imported GEDCOM includes Jerry's notes containing parts of his years of family history research. Includes the following merge(s):

• Foster-6123 and Foster-6124 were created by Greg Rose, Sunday, December 15, 2013.