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- Handwritten page by Ette (POSTLE) FOSTER written after the death of her husband William H. FOSTER (July 20, 1912), but before her own death in ???. This page recounts a family story told to her by her father-in-law William FOSTER. A recount of this is below. Note that this is not a verbatim transcription.
William FOSTER was the son of George and Nancy FOSTER.
William's mother's maiden name was CALVERT. Her father named Francis, had drowned in the Susquehanna River at about Danville, PA.
Francis CALVERT was a brother of John and Cecil CALVERT. "These men have a claim in the City of Baltimore, which is unsettled and is known as 'Calvert Square' ".
Nancy Calvert had two brothers and two sisters, John and Francis - Sally and Jane.
John and Francis are both married and have large families and reside in Gemesey Co, OHIO.
Sarah (or Sallie) CALVERT married a man by the name of James ANDERSON, near Pottsville, PA. They had four children.
Jane CALVERT married a man by the name of Obediah SMITH of Columbia County and they had three children. Jane was remarried to a man by the name of John RILEY, and they had four children. RILEY had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Nancy CALVERT was the youngest child of Francis CALVERT's children.
She was married twice. Her first husband was named Robert GILES, by whom she had four children. "Margaret (or Peggy) GILES married a man by the name of John HOUSEL of Milton, PA. Jane GILES married a man by the name of David DIEFFENBACHER of Milton, PA. Hannah GILES, married a man by the name of Thomas (or Charles) VanKIRK of Columbiana Co. She also married again, this man name was David CUSTIS, all in that neighborhood. Robert GILES was the other child by her first husband. He enlisted in the Mexican War and never returned."
Nancy CALVERT GILES, married a second man, by the name of George FOSTER. They had two children, William and Giles FOSTER of Marion, Ohio.
It is understood that John CALVERT was never married. William Foster's grandfather, Francis CALVERT had two sons - their names were John and Francis. One child called after himself, and the other after his brother John of Baltimore.
"I, Ettie Postle FOSTER, wrote this as Wm FOSTER told it to me in 1886, shortly after I was married to his son William H. Foster who passed away July 20th, 1912 at Marion, Ohio."
signed
Ettie Postle FOSTER.
------------------------------------------------------- - A deed filed in Columbia County Courthouse on 14 April 1837 describes the sale of property containing 109 acres, 155 perches in Liberty Township, Columbia Co., PA, by the heirs and widow of Robert Giles to David Perry. The widow is Nancy and heirs are Robert Giles, Thomas Vonkirk and Hannah his wife; John Housel and Margaret his wife; David Diefenbach and Jane his wife. This was part of a larger tract of land which was sold to Thomas Giles on 19 July 1794, who on 01 January 1807 granted it to Robert Giles, deceased. George Foster of Liberty Twp. and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Giles and widow of Robert Giles deceased, for the sum of $268.00 paid by David Perry released their rights to the property.
SOURCE: Columbia County, PA, Deed Book G, pages 330-331: Robert Giles? Heirs & Widow to David Perry.
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- Source: "History of Northumberland County" by Herbert C. Bell, 1891. Pg 727.
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" PIONEERS.
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The following is a list of the taxables of Ralpho (Shamokin)
township, in 1788; William Becker, William Becker Jr., William Brewer,
Peter Bucklin, Dewalt Billman Jr., Christian Barger, David Bennett,
Peter Barger, William Billman, William Clark, Alexander Campbell, James
Cherry, George Daugherty, George Dwilar, Abraham Dewitt, Alexander
Ewing, Joseph Fisher, William Goodhart, Thomas Giles, Robert Giles,
Stephen Harsh, John Irwin, Andrew Irwin, Jonathan Jones, Abraham Jones,
William Jones, M. Jones, Daniel Jackson, Peter Kess1er, Benjamin Kelley,
Ishmael Kess, John Kelley, John Kerr, Robert Kennedy, John Kerr Jr.
Griffith Kerr, Lawrence Lamterson, James McLees, John Miller, Nicholas
Miller, Hester McKay, John McKenzie, John Maurer, John Moore, Mordecai
Morrison, Samuel Moore, John Pensyl, George Persing, Richard Robinson,
Samuel Reeder, Jacob Reed, Casper Reed, Henry Ripley, Richard Robinson,
Richard Robinson, Jr., William Search, John Teitsworth, William
Teitsworth, Michael Thompson, David Thurston, William Taylor, Edward
Wilkerson, Allen Wilkerson, John Wilkerson, Michael Weaver, Alexander
Wallace, Andrew Wagner, James Wallace, Morgan Young."
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1810 Census of Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., PA; Page 105
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GILES, Robert
1 Male over 45
1 Female over 45
1 Female 16 - 25
2 Females under 10
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NOTE:
The David HOUSEL household is the 5th entry preceding this family.
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