A LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS-Continued. Gardner Foster, Essex, page 7. *Samuel Foster, Franklin, page 21. Simeon Foster, Franklin, page 43. Joseph Foster, Orange, page 51. Jesse Foster, Fairfield, page 33. *His heirs were Sally, Daniel, Jacob, Polly and Lydia Foster. 214.69 6th Reg. U. S. I.. †Pension ended February 17, 1820. Raised to this rate by Inc. Dis. A LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS-Continued. Slab Foste Rachel Huesta d OSTER GENEALOGY. 107 SUSPENDED AND REJECTED CLAIMS-1850. Report of 32d Congress at Washington, D. C., 1852. NAMES. RESIDENCE. REASONS FOR SUSPENSION. Not on rolls, no such corps as he al- A definite statement of the soldier's No proof that he was a soldier of the revolution. No proof of service. He did not serve six months. Not a widow at the date of the act. He did not serve six months. For proof of identity that he was the Vernon, Hick- Not six month's service. of Indianapolis, Not under competent military author- N. Y. PROVINCIAL TROOPS 1760. ABRAHAM FOSTER, b. 1740; Suffolk county, N. Y. CHRISTOPHER FOSTER, b. 1743; Suffolk county, N. Y. ALEXANDER FOSTER b 1729; Ireland. ELNATHAN FOSTER, Southhold, N. Y. JEREMIAH FOSTER, carpenter, b. 1738; Suffolk county, N. Y. DAVID FOSTER, shoemaker b. 1740; Suffolk county, N. Y. GILBERT FOSTER, weaver, b. 1739, Hempstead, N. Y. JAMES FOSTER, b. 1740, Scotland. JOHN FOSTER, b. 1739; Westchester, N. Y. NATHANIEL FOSTER. ROWLAND FOSTER, b. 1755. SAMUEL FOSTER, b. 1755. WILLIAM FOSTER, b. 1742; Gloucester, N. J. CONNECTICUT MEN IN WAR OF 1812. ELEAZER FOSTER, of Hartford, was in Maj. Daniel Ketchum's command, 25th infantry, in war of 1812. SAMUEL FOSTER, of Middletown, was in 37th infantry, Capt. Brown, in war of 1812. JOHN FOSTER, of New London, was in the artillery of Capt. McKeon, in war of 1812. WILLIAM FOSTER, of New London, was in 37th infantry, Capt. Gaylord, in war of 1812. CHARLES FOSTER, musician, Capt. Copeland's co. CHARLES FOSTER, private, Capt. Clark's co., of New London. CLARK FOSTER, first lieutenant, Capt. Adams' co., of New London. EDWARD FOSTER, private, Saybrook, Capt. Andrews' co. EDWARD FOSTER, private, Saybrook, Capt. Webber's co. FLETCHER FOSTER, New London, Saybrook, Capt. Sabin's co. JOSEPH FOSTER, corporal, Capt. Phelps' co. LABAN FOSTER, private, Capt. Abell's co., of New London. LYMAN FOSTER, of New London, private, Capt. Swift. LYMAN FOSTER, New London, musician, Capt. Strong. MAHLON FOSTER, private, Capt. Hall. MATHEW FOSTER, sergeant, Capt. Butler. RUSSELL FOSTER, corporal, Capt. Webster. THOMAS FOSTER, private, New London, Capt. Middleton. REGINALD FOSTER, OF IPSWICH, MASS. Fognoto foster for was born in Brunton, England, and was a descendant of an ancient and respectable family of that section, which was identified with those families in the northern counties of England, who were known by the name of Forster, and had distinguished themselves in their successful achievements against their Scottish foes, and are mentioned in the 'Lay of the Last Minstrel,' and 'Marmion. '* He came to America in one of the vessels embargoed by King Charles I., accompanied by his wife, Judith, five sons and two daughters, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., about the year 1638, and was one of the earliest inhabitants of that town. " "A proclamation was issued 30 April, 1637, to prevent the emigration of Puritans" from England; "the king," Charles the First, "refused his dissenting subjects the security of the wilderness.' "In England the proclamation was but little regarded. The Puritans, hemmed in by dangers on every side, and at that time having no prospect of ultimate success, desired at any rate to escape from their native country. The privy council interfered 1 May, 1638 [in April, 1638], to stay a squadron of eight ships, which were in the Thames, preparing to embark for New England." "The fleet," however, "was delayed but a few days; on petition of the owners and passengers King Charles removed the restraint," and "there came over during this summer, twenty ships, and at least three thousand persons." Within the first fifteen years after the settlement of New England, and before the assembling of the Long Parliament, in 1640,-and there was never afterwards any considerable increase from England,-there came over from England twenty-one thousand two hundred persons, or four thousand families, coming in two hundred and ninety-eight ships. These twenty-one thousand English Puritans, who came over to New England before the meeting of the Long Parliament, have now increased to nearly thirteen million. According to the most careful estimates, at least one fourth of the whole population of the United States at the present moment is descended from these men. Nothing certain, however, was known until recently of Reginald Foster's birthplace, or of his English ancestry. Some information as to families in England of the same name will be found in A Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters, of the North of England, and of some of the families connected with them, 4to, illustrated, published by John Camden Hotten, 74 and 75 Piccadilly, London, 1871. The book was also printed as a folio, illustrated, xlvi, 66 pages. It was compiled by the distinguished genealogist, Joseph Foster, of London, who printed in Sunderland, in 1862, a first edition of this work, under the title of "Some Account of the Pedigree of the Forsters of Cold Hesleden, County Durham, 4to. He had, in 1888, in preparation an exhaustive history of the Forster, Foster and Forester families, to include the branches in England and America; the first volume of his "Foster's Family History Library." A record of the "Will of Reynowld Foster, of Harlowe, in the County of Essex, yeoman," dated 18 September, 1622, proved 7 January, 1622 (O. S.) and mentioning wife "Margaret, sons "Reynold," "William," and "Peter," and daughters "Sara" and Elizabeth," has been discovered in England by Henry F. Waters, of Salem, Mass., the eminent genealogist, who also found several mentions of deeds, etc., to and from Reginald or "Reynowld" Foster in the same locality. As Reginald Foster had children bearing three of the names mentioned, "Reynold" "William," and "Sara," it has been suggested that he himself may have been the son "Reynold," naming three of his children for his brother, sister and himself, and that William Foster, the early settler in Ipswich, who went from Ipswich to Newport, R. I., in 1638, may have been the son "William," and that both came to America from Harlow, Essex County, England. No *"There was mounting 'mong graemes of the netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran;" Marmion, Canto 5, XII. |