Family:John Foskett and Elizabeth Tufts (1)

Parents: Jonathan Foskett and Mary Holden John Foskett b. 1 Mar 1705/06 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States	Elizabeth Tufts (add)

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]

26 Feb 1728/29

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	John Foskett	chr. 30 Nov 1729 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	Bef 1731 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
2.	John Foskett	chr. 14 Feb 1730/31 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	31 Mar 1796 Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Elizabeth Foskett	10 Sep 1732 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Lydia Foskett	chr. 20 Jan 1734 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907)
p. 221.

FOSKIT, John and Elesebath Tufts, Feb. 26, 1729. [Foskett, and Elizabeth Tuffts, Feb. 26, 1730, CR1]
↑ It would be typical for the church to use a new style year, while the government records would adhere to the still official old style year, so the use of two years would suggests this should be 1729/30. However, the baptism of a son John is recorded 30 Nov 1729, and another son John on 14 Feb 1731. These appear to be distinct dates. There is no death date found for the first son, nor any sign of another marriage or death of a first wife. Assuming the baptisms were fairly close to the birth, it seems unlikely that a first wife had a son and died and the father remarried 3 months later. The simplest explanation appears to be that the church date is wrong, either by misrecording or misinterpretation when transcribed. Thus the marriage is probably 1728/29 which would allow both children to fit within the only marriage observed.