Sarah (Keyes) Foster (1656 - 1718)

Born 24 Aug 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Foster Jr — married 28 May 1678 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1718 at age 61 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Sarah Keyes was born in 1656. She was the daughter of Solomon Keyes and Frances Grant. Sarah married Samuel Foster. She died 27 Jan 1717/18 at Chelmsford at age 62.^[1]

Savage says…:

Solomon Keyes of Newbury son of Robert Keyes Watertown, married 2 Oct. 1653, Frances Grant, had Hannah, b. 12 Sept. 1654; Sarah, 24 Aug. 1656; Mary, 26 Sept. 1658; Jane, 20 Oct. 1650; and Judith, 16 Sept. 1662; removed to Chelmsford, there he had Solomon, baptized 25 June 1665; and was tythingman 1679.

Note: Have little info on Robert Keyes of Watertown; James Keyes of Marlborough may be the son of Robert Keyes.

Name

Sarah Keyes^[2][3][4]

Birth

Birth: 24 Aug 1656, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Marriage

Marriage: 28 May 1678, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[5][6][7]

Sarah is buried at Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA

Sources

1. ↑ "Foster... Sarah, w. Samuel, Jan. 27, 1718, in her 63d y." Vital Records of Chelmsford, deaths, p. 395.
2. ↑ Source: #S613 The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III.
3. ↑ Source: #S281 Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock.
4. ↑ Source: #S277 Foster genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England.
5. ↑ John Slaughter, ed. "Chelmsford - Marriages" in Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850.Online database. Massachusetts Vital Records Project. http://ma-vitalrecords.org. Citing: Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849: "Keies... Sarah, d. Solomon, and Samuell Foster, s. Samuell, May 28, 1678."
6. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Volume: 51, Page(s): 447 Chelmsford Marriages, 1677 to 1692
7. ↑ "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700". (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Volume 1, Page 568.

See also:

• John Slaughter, ed. Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850. Online database. Massachusetts Vital Records Project. http://ma-vitalrecords.org.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36289370/sarah-foster: accessed March 20, 2024), memorial page for Sarah Keyes Foster (24 Aug 1656–27 Jan 1718), Find A Grave: Memorial #36289370, citing Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Diana L. Brace (contributor 46885260).

• Source: S111 Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society. 1907. Digital version. Internet Archive.

• Source: S277 Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England. 1899. Digital version. Internet Archive.

• Source: S281 Pitman, H. Minot. Comstock-Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock. Bronxville, N.Y., 1964. (Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.) http://www.Ancestry.com.