Skaats Foster is a coal and iron merchant of Utica, N. Y. He was educated in Germany and speaks five languages; is the author of several books in prose and poetry, to-wit: "Rebecca the Witch,"

published by Putnam in 1888; "Elinor
Fenton," published by Lippincott in
1892; "Spanish Castles by the Rhine,
published by Holt & Co. in 1897;
"Prince Timothy," published by J.
Brisben Walker, of the Cosmopolitan,
1898. It is a curious fact that Thomas
Foster, his three sons, Abbott, David
and Thomas, and grandsons, David
and Reginald, are the only living
descendants of the David Foster who
was born in Boxford, Mass., in 1704;
and as Amos the brother of this David,
died childless, and as the descendants
of Jeremiah, his other brother, died
out in two or three generations, it is
safe to presume that these six Fosters
are the only descendants of Timothy
Foster, the son of William, the son of
Reginald. Residence, Utica, N. Y.
3460. i. GERARD S., b. Jan.
27. 1880.
3461. ii.

BERNARD D., b.
Jan. 27, 1880.

2609. ABRAHAM FOSTER (Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Granville, Nova Scotia, Aug. 23, 1805; m.,

in 1825, Rachel Morton, of Wilmont, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia. He d. Res., Portland, Me.

2610. ISAAC FOSTER (Benjamin, 'Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Granville, Nova Scotia, Oct. 27, 1806; m., Wilmont. Nova Scotia, 1829, Rebecca Taylor, dau. of Deacon Stephen, b. Dec. 6, 1809; d. Feb. 25, 1895. He was a carpenter. He d. Aug. 31, 1882. Res., Aylesford, Nova Scotia.

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PAOLI R., b. May 8, 1836; m. Adelaide L. Crocker.
MARY OLEVIA, b. July 16, 1830; m., June, 1864, John L. San-
ford. Res., Medford, Cornwallis, county of Kings, Nova Scotia.
They had two sons, who res. on the homestead. Ch.:
1. Le-
vetta Lawson, b. July 26, 1865; m., April 20, 1892, Cora M. Pat-
terson. Res., Aylesford, Nova Scotia; 3 ch. 2. Marion O., b.
Oct. 16, 1867; unm. Res., Medford, Nova Scotia.
ROBERT, b. Dec., 1834; d. young.

JOSEPH MORTON T., b. May 18, 1832; m. Elizabeth Johnson
and Jane Baker.

STEPHEN TAYLOR, b. Sept., 1849. Went to California; unm.
CARR, b. April, 1841; d. Feb., 1842.

JACOB, b. April 16, 1840; m. Henrietta McPherson.

ESTHER, b. July 7, 1845; m. Anthony Stephens. Res. in
Auburn, Nova Scotia. Has one son, Seward.

BENJAMIN, b. June 3, 1847; d. in 1849.

BENJAMIN PRINCE, b. June 4, 1850; m. Ellen Hanna.
SYKES, b. Dec. 7, 1852; d. April, 1859.

MARTHA ELLA, b. Oct. 4, 1855; m., March 10, 1879, George E.

Randall. Res., Harmony, Nova Scotia. He is a farmer; was
born April 22, 1853. Ch.: 1. Addie L., b. Dec. 30, 1879. 2.
Alice, b. Feb. 8, 1881. 3. Ella May. b. Sept. 3, 1882.
Omar, b. Feb. 17, 1887. 5. Waldo E., b. April 5, 1888.

b. May 16, 1889. 7. Rupert, b. July 6, 1895.

4 Ennas 6. Lela,

2613. ROBERT FOSTER (Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Granville, Nova Scotia, Dec 13, 1813; m..

Martha Mor

ton, of Digby, Nova Scotia; m. 2d, Elizabeth Taylor. He d. in Nova Scotia. Res., Nova Scotia.

2614. EDWARD CLARK FOSTER (Benjamin, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Granville, Nova Scotia, May 27, 1817; m. there Oct. 12, 1847, Harriet Lovica Tupper (John, Miner, Elias, Eliakim, Thomas, Capt. Thomas was from Sandwich, England, to Sandwich, Mass., 1635), b. March 8, 1826.

Edward Clark Foster, son of Benjamin and Mary (Randal) Foster, was born near Bridgeton, Nova Scotia, May 27, 1817. He was educated there and by private teachers; taught school from 1837 to 1846. In 1846 he and his father moved to Berwick, Nova Scotia, where they purchased a large farm. Married, October 12, 1847, Harriet L. Tupper in Tupperville. He was a large country merchant and did a successful business, retiring in 1874. Living in the heart of the apple-producing belt of Nova Scotia, he was a large operator in apples, shipping to the United States and Europe. He was appointed postmaster in 1877, retiring in 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Foster, who are still living, celebrated their golden wedding October 12, 1897, which was attended by three of their sons with their wives and several of their grandchildren. Mr. Foster has always been an ardent member of the Methodist church and has been a delegate quite frequently in the conferences of the District Province and Dominion. He has been a life-long conservative, but was only once a candidate for office, which was at the first election after the confederation, when he was induced to become a candidate for Parliament from Kings county, but was unsuccessful. He was the first in his line of the family to enter into commercial pursuits, as all of his ancestors, from Reginald to his father, were tillers of the soil. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are living comfortably in their home in Berwick, enjoying a ripe old age.

Another correspondent sends me the following: First a farmer and crown land surveyor; second, a merchant; in 1866 was chosen to contest the county in the first general election after the confederation of the British provinces in North America in behalf of the government, as the measure of confederation was unpopular, especially among the common people and lower classes, he was beaten by a majority of seventeen-only two government men taking their seats in Nova Scotia. In 1877 was appointed postmaster for the town of Berwick, held the office for twenty years and retired September 30, 1897, at the age of eighty years. Residence, Berwick, Nova Scotia. 3483. i.

3484. ii.

3485. iii.

JOHN RUPERT. b. July 30, 1848; m. Isabel McDonald, Victoria
A. Dunlap and Minnie L. Ross.

MINER TUPPER, b. July 6, 1850; m. Sarah Rudolph.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. May 18, 1852; m., Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Oct. 2, 1876, Lorenzo F. Darling, b. June 29, 1836. He was a
wholesale jeweler in Halifax, Nova Scotia, now retired from
business. Res., sp., Riverside, Cal. Mrs. Darling writes:
"My Grandmother Foster was Mary Randall, the grand-daugh-
ter of Mary Foster, of Boston, who was the wife of Col. Chris-
topher Prince. They went to Annapolis, Nova Scotia, in 1770,
and they took with them two slaves and splendid silver plate.
Foster's wharf, in Boston, was a point associated with her fam-
ily. Our immediate family have few, if any, relics. My brother
Miner and myself destroyed a portrait of Col. Christopher Prince
when we were children and yet I remember it distinctly. It was
on a heavy piece of white paper, about six inches by nine inches,
yellowed with age. The figure sat on a chair smoking a long-
stemmed pipe. He was dressed in a frock coat with full skirts

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and lappets, knee breeches and low shoes with buckles. He had blue eyes and rosy cheeks. How many times I have regretted this destruction! I have heard my grandfather speak of the metal-seal commissions of the king, in the use they afforded him and his brothers as sinkers in their river trouting. I have, however, two pieces of worsted work, executed by Mary Foster (Mrs. Christopher Prince), my great-great-grandmother, of Bos

ton."

GEORGE EDWARD, b. Jan. 21, 1861; m. Lora M. Underhill.
THOMAS HARRIS, b. June 4. 1855; d. Feb. 4, 1856.
DOUGLASS B., b. March 30, 1864; m. Addie F. Cole.

2627. THOMAS H. FOSTER (Samuel, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. July 20, 1837; m., May 12, 1861, Elizabeth Ann Foster, dau. of Benjamin and Eliza (Chute). Res., Nova Scotia.

3489 i. DUDLEY, b. ; at maturity he was only twenty-seven inches in height.

2635. JAMES P. FOSTER (Isaac, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. July 7, 1815; m., in 1853, Mary T. Graves, dau. of Phinehas. He was a ship owner, a merchant and postmaster. Res., Port Lorne, Nova Scotia. 3490. i. THEY HAD two children.

2642. JOHN FOSTER (Isaac, Benjamin, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. June 1, 1828; m., ——, Diadama Spurr, dau. of Josiah; m. 2d, Harriet Marshall. Res., Nova Scotia.

3491-2. i. ZEBUDA, b.

3492-2. ii. DAWSON, b.

2667. EDWARD CHIPMAN FOSTER (Israel, Oliver, Isaac, Benjamin, Joseph, Isaac, Reginald), b. Bridgeton, Nova Scotia, Dec. 22, 1853; m., June 28, 1872, Alma S. Balcom, b. Dec. 2, 1855. Res., Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.

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3492. ii.

3493. iii.

HENRY RUGGLES, b. Nov. 29, 1873.
FRANK OTTO, b. Nov. 20, 1875; m.
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.
MAGGIE MAUD, b. March 9, 1878.

Marion A. Kelley. Res.,

2667-2. SIDNEY M. FOSTER (Oliver, Oliver, Isaac, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Aug. 8, 1846; m., Bear River, Nova Scotia, Dec. 27, 1882, Della E. Bishop, b. March 6, 1858; he is a farmer. Res., Bridgeton, Nova Scotia.

ALBERT ERNEST, b Jan. 24, 1883; d. Feb. 14, 1883.
HELEN BEATRICE, b. Dec. 25, 1884; d. Dec. 29, 1884.
ERNEST MCI., b. July 24, 1885.

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3495-2. ii.

3496-2. iii.

3497-2. iv.

3498-2. v. 3499-2. vi. 3500-2. vii.

RALPH OLIVER, b. May 23, 1890.

FLORENCE VIVIAN, b. Aug. 17, 1887.

PERCIVAL STARR, b. June 17, 1893.
GLADYS MAY, b. Feb. 28, 1896.

2669. CHARLES A. FOSTER (Israel, Oliver, Isaac, Benjamin, Joseph, Isaac, Reginald), b. Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Nov. 16, 1851; m., Amherst, Nova Scotia, Aug. 14, 1872. Annie Lee, b. Dec. 10, 1848. He is a stove molder. Res., IOI Central avenue, Chelsea, Mass.

3494. i. 3495. ii.

CARRIE MINETTA, b. Aug. 31, 1876.
CHARLES LOUIS, b. Oct. 28, 1878.

2679. CHARLES FOSTER (Frederick, John, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Aylesford, Nova Scotia, July 26, 1818; m., at Kingston, Feb. 26, 1845, Mary Jane Woodbury, b. March 14, 1823; d. April 25, 1896; he was a farmer; he d. Nov. 5, 1896. Res., Tremont, Nova Scotia.

3496. i.

3497. ii.

3498. iii.

RACHEL ELISABETH, b. June 26, 1846; m. James Brown, June
1. 1869. Res.. Torbrook, Annapolis county, Nova Scotia.
ISAAC WOODBURY, b. June 13, 1848; m. Ada B. Tufts and
Lucilla V. Howe.

EDITH SOPHIA, b. Oct. 13, 1850; m. George Woodbury, Feb.
12, 1879. Res., 68 Warrenton street, Boston, Mass.

3499. iv.

ELMER ELLSWORTH, b. March 27, 1862; m. Annie Smith,
Jan. 16, 1895. Res., Tremont, Nova Scotia.

2683. JOHN FOSTER (Willis, John, Ezekiel. Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. in 1830; m., -, Susan Neily, dau. of Zebulon Neily. Res., Nova Scotia.

3500. i.

Taylor, dau. of Rev. James Taylor, an
Ryan, dau. of Rev. Mr. Ryan,

M. E. clergyman; and 2d,

ARCH, b. —; m.

an M. E. clergyman.

3501. ii.

DAUGHTER, b.; m. Rev. Mr. Duncan.

2696. HON. JAMES GILBERT FOSTER (Rufus, Ezra F., Ezekiel, Benjamin, Jacob, Isaac, Reginald), b. Aylesford, Kings county, Nova Scotia, June 13, 1839.

His father, Rufus Foster, was descended from a family of the United Empire loyalists, who took refuge in Nova Scotia at the time of the American revolution; and his mother, Christina Foster, was of Scotch descent, having come when about seven years of age with her parents from Scotland, and the family settled in the same province. James Foster received a common school education and studied law with the Hon. Alex

ander James. On the 10th of May. 1864. Mr. Foster was admitted an attorney-at-law and barrister of Her Majesty's Supreme Court of Judicature, and on the 20th of May, 1865, he became a partner with Mr. James in his legal business, and this partnership continued until Mr. James was elevated, in January, 1877, to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia as judge in equity, when a dissolution took place. Mr. Foster then took his brother, William R. Foster, into partnership with him, and now the old business is carried on by the new firm. On February 23, 1867, he was appointed a notary public, and on the

9th of October, 1878, he was made a Queen's counsel by the Nova Scotia government. In September, 1863, Mr. Foster was appointed first lieutenant in the Sixth regiment, Halifax county militia, and on June 19, 1865, was promoted to the captaincy of the Fifth company of the same corps. He attended the military school of instruction at Halifax and passed an examination, taking a second-class certificate for candidates for commissions in the active militia November 12, 1869. In August, 1883, he was appointed major in the reserve militia of the Nova Scotia regimental division of the county of Halifax from No. 7 company division. From May, 1879, to May, 1882, he held the office of recorder and stipendiary magistrate of Dartmouth, and on May 29, 1879, was appointed justice of the peace for the county of Halifax. On the 6th of July, 1884, he was made a commissioner for arranging and preparing for the press and indexing the Fifth series of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, and⚫ in August, 1886, was appointed registrar of the Court of Probate for the county of Halifax. From June, 1877, to March, 1886, Mr. Foster held the position of vice consul for the Netherlands at Halifax. During the years 1880 and 1881 he negotiated with several railway syndicates for the purpose of carrying out the scheme for amalgamation and completion of the Nova Scotia railways, proposed by the local government of the time; and in 1881 he was authorized by Cyrus W. Field and associates, who were large owners of the Pictou coal mines, to negotiate proposals for that purpose with the local government and the late Sir Hugh Allan, then owner of the Eastern Extension railway in Nova Scotia, one of the railways in question. The government, however, was pledged to what is known as the Plunkett syndicate, which finally fell through, and the government was defeated in the