Person:Joseph Foster (25)
Deacon Joseph Foster
b.28 Mar 1650 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.4 Dec 1721 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1638
  1. Thomas Foster1640 - 1679
  2. Deacon John Foster1642 - 1732
  3. Increase FosterAbt 1644 -
  4. Elizabeth FosterAbt 1646 - 1726
  5. Hopestill Foster1648 - 1679
  6. Deacon Joseph Foster1650 - 1721
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Joseph Foster1650 - 1721
  • W.  Alice Gorton1651/52 - 1712
m. 11 Dec 1672
  1. Elizabeth Foster1673 -
  2. Joseph Foster1678 -
  3. Thomas Foster1680/81 -
  4. Sarah Foster1683 - 1683
  5. John Foster1685 - 1685
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Jan 1713/14
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1719
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Facts and Events
Name Deacon Joseph Foster
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 28 Mar 1650 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 11 Dec 1672 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Alice Gorton
Marriage 27 Jan 1713/14 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Margaret Stone
Marriage Abt 1719 to Rebecca Parker
Death[1][2] 4 Dec 1721 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Based on Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy, p. 499: Will of "Joseph Foster of Billerica", dated 6 May 1720, proved 18 Dec 1721, mentions "my loving and beloved wife Rabackah Foster", "son Thomas Foster", "daughter Elizabeth Willson", "grandson Joseph Willson", "granddaughter "Johannah Wilson", "my grandchildren all axcept Joseph and Johannah Willson" [not named]. Friends "Bengemen Thompson and John Blanchord" [also named executors], along with "Mr. Joseph Stevens" to referee division of property if needed.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy: Being a Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, an Early Inhabitant of Ipswich in New England, Whose Genealogy is Traced Back to Anacher, Great Forrester of Flanders, Who Died in 837 A.D., with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, Etc.; Also the Record of all Other American Fosters. (Chicago: The Author, 1899)
    498.

    Deacon Joseph Foster, s/o Thomas, b. Weymouth 28 Mar 1650, d. Billerica 4 Dec 1721, m. (1) 11 Dec 1672 Alice Gorton of Roxbury, m. (2) Margaret Brown of Sudbury, m. (3) Mrs. Rebecca (Parker) Danforth. Will dated 26 Jul 1721, probated 18 Dec 1721.
    [On p. 488, this source says his father was residing in Weymouth in 1640, 1642 in Boston, in 1647 Billerica, in 1648 Braintree, in 1659 back in Billerica. On top of that, his birth is recorded in Braintree, and is not recorded in Weymouth. So it is not clear why the author says he was born in Weymouth.]

  2. ↑ Foster, F. Apthorp (ed.). Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
    2:361.

    Foster, Joseph, Dea. [h. Margaret], Dec. ---, 1721. [Dec. 4, a. 71, G.R.1]
    [Birth calculates to about 1650. GR1=Old South Cemetery.]

  3. ↑ Sprague, Waldo C. Vital Records and Church Records of Braintree, Massachusetts.

    Foster, Joseph, s. Thomas & Elizabeth 28 : 1 : 50 (Mar. 28 1650) VR1.

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