Foster Genealogy, Part 1Press o W.B. Conkey Company, 1899 - 1081 pages |
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... towns whose names end in ham or ton , preceded by ing , were originally the abodes of single clans ; e . g .. Birmingham , home of the children of Beorm ; Icklington , town of the children of Ickel . Besides these general clan names no ...
... towns whose names end in ham or ton , preceded by ing , were originally the abodes of single clans ; e . g .. Birmingham , home of the children of Beorm ; Icklington , town of the children of Ickel . Besides these general clan names no ...
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... town , being then but just eighteen , the great Bishop of Durham , Lord Crewe , upon a con- firmation . Perhaps , but I am not sure , she was herself confirmed by him on that occasion . He was then fifty - six years of age , and ...
... town , being then but just eighteen , the great Bishop of Durham , Lord Crewe , upon a con- firmation . Perhaps , but I am not sure , she was herself confirmed by him on that occasion . He was then fifty - six years of age , and ...
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... town were quartered a number of soldiers . There can be little doubt but that Mowbray was fully aware that due vigilance was exer- cised by the King's troops over his movements , but he was not only a good soldier , but also fully ...
... town were quartered a number of soldiers . There can be little doubt but that Mowbray was fully aware that due vigilance was exer- cised by the King's troops over his movements , but he was not only a good soldier , but also fully ...
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... Town plat of Gage .. Sunbury 14 July , 1784 Foster , Lawrence , and others . 21,892 Twn . plt . Kingston .. 14 July ... Town lots Shelborne Tp . of Guysborough . | Sydney DATE . FOSTER LAND GRANTS IN NOVA SCOTIA - Continued 58 FOSTER ...
... Town plat of Gage .. Sunbury 14 July , 1784 Foster , Lawrence , and others . 21,892 Twn . plt . Kingston .. 14 July ... Town lots Shelborne Tp . of Guysborough . | Sydney DATE . FOSTER LAND GRANTS IN NOVA SCOTIA - Continued 58 FOSTER ...
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... Town of Granville .. Annapolis Foster's share New Annapolis Rd .. " Lot Town of Dartmouth . Halifax Brookfield Road .... Queens Dartmouth ..... Halifax Sissiboo River .. Digby 142 New Germany . Lunenburg 200 Lake Spry ... Annapolis 19 ...
... Town of Granville .. Annapolis Foster's share New Annapolis Rd .. " Lot Town of Dartmouth . Halifax Brookfield Road .... Queens Dartmouth ..... Halifax Sissiboo River .. Digby 142 New Germany . Lunenburg 200 Lake Spry ... Annapolis 19 ...
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Abigail Abraham alarm of April Amos Andover April 19 Bamburgh bapt Billerica born Boston Boxford Bridgton Caleb Canterbury Caroline castle Charles church Conn Continental army DANIEL FOSTER daughter David DAVID FOSTER died discharged Ebenezer Edward Eliza Elizabeth England enlisted July Ephraim Ephraim Foster farmer father Frances George Gloucester Hannah Harriet Henry Ipswich ISAAC FOSTER Jacob James Jane Jeremiah JOHN FOSTER JONATHAN FOSTER JOSEPH FOSTER July 15 June June 12 June 23 Lexington alarm roll lived Lucy Lydia Machias March 19 March 25 marched on alarm married Martha Mary Mass Massachusetts Moses muster and pay muster roll Nathan Nathaniel pay roll Private Rebecca Reginald Foster regt resided roll of Capt Salem SAMUEL FOSTER Sarah Sept Stephen Susan Tewksbury THOMAS FOSTER town viii wife William Foster
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Page 144 - God and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and •knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried In decent christian burial at the discretion of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
Page 199 - My son, that is a worthy man, he is a member of Congress, he goes to Philadelphia, and gets six dollars a day, while I toil here. It is because he had an education, which I never had. If I had had his early education, I should have been in Philadelphia in his place. I came near it as it was. But I missed it, and now I must work here.
Page 125 - What God may have left them to, we cannot go into God's pavilion clothed with clouds of darkness round about; but, as to what we have ever seen or heard of them, upon our consciences we judge them innocent of the crime objected.
Page 265 - FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD. THE subject of this notice was the daughter of the late Joseph Locke, and was a native of Boston, in which city she resided until her marriage with Samuel S. Osgood, an artist of distinction. A noted writer says of her in a critique, " Her personal not less than her literary character and existence, are one perpetual poem. Not to write poetry — not to think it — act it — dream it, and be it — is entirely out of her power.
Page 132 - Betty Johnson, and Hannah Post saw Mistress Osgood afflicting Sprague and Foster. . . . The said Hannah Post, and Mary Lacey, and Betty Johnson, jun., and Rose Foster and Mary Richardson were afflicted by Mistress Osgood, in the time of their examination, and recovered by her touching of their hands. "I underwritten, being appointed by authority, to take this examination, do testify upon oath, taken in court, that this is a true copy of the substance of it to the best of my knowledge, 5 Jan., 1692-3....
Page 199 - Of a hot day in July, it must have been in one of the last years of Washington's administration, I was making hay with my father, just where I now see a remaining elm tree.
Page 199 - it is of no importance to me. I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brothers the advantages of knowledge, but I can do something for you. Exert yourself, improve your opportunities, learn, learn, and when I am gone, you will not need to go through the hardships which I have undergone, and which have made me an old man before my time.
Page 113 - promise carting voluntary toward the East Bridge beside the rate a day work a piece." Of his life we know very little ; the following facts, gleaned from town and county records, indicate however that he was an active citizen. The danger from Indians in these early times was such that in the year 1645 a law was passed requiring the "youth from ten to sixteen years to...
Page 125 - ... Divine Sovereignty of God under these severe remarks of Providence upon his peace and honor, under a due reflection upon his life past; and so the best of us have reason to adore the great pity and indulgence of God's providence, that we are not exposed to the utmost shame that the Devil can invent, under the permissions of sovereignty, though not for that sin forenamed, yet for our many transgressions. For we do at present suppose, that it may be a method within the severer but just transactions...
Page 358 - Senator in 186o and 1861, being President of the Senate in 1861. He was solicitor of the city in 1857. In August, 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln assessor of internal revenue for the Second District of New Hampshire, resigning in February of the next year. As a financier, the good judgment and ability of Mr. Foster were evidenced in his connection as a trustee and one of the investing committee of the Manchester Savings...