Person:Amos Foster (6)

Personal History

Amos Foster, sometimes Jr., second son of Amos Foster and Elisabeth (Kittredg), was born 30 November 1727, in Tewksbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][3] He died intestate^[4] 19 February 1798, in the same place, in Massachusetts.^[2][3]

Amos Foster Jr. and Hannah Merrill were married 4 March 1752, in Tewksbury. The town records of Tewksbury list the births of their children.

An intention of marriage was published 16 August 1777, in Tewksbury, for Amos Foster and Sarah French of Billerica. They were married 21 October 1777, in Billerica, by Rev. Henry Cumings.

On 11 April 1798,^[4] in the probate court of Middlesex Co., Sarah Foster, widow, was appointed administrator of the estate of Amos Foster late of Tewksbury, gentleman, and she, along with Jonathan Brown and Amos Foster (son of the deceased), gentleman, all of Tewksbury, signed a bond in the amount of $30,000. On 27 April 1798, inventory of the estate was taken by Jonathan Brown Esq., Jacob Frost, yeoman, both of Tewksbury, and the Hon. Isaac Stearns Esq. of Billerica. The lands and buildings were valued at $1900, and the sum total of other items was $545.88. The same persons were appointed on 8 November 1798 to take a new inventory for the widow's dower. On 23 April 1799, the real estate, including the homestead farm of about 60 acres and additional lots of about 56 acres, were valued at $1400 (with her third being $466.66). The same persons were again appointed on 14 May 1799 to take a new inventory for the distribution of the remainder which on 28 October 1799 was valued $933.34 and was set off in whole to Amos Foster, the oldest son. Amos was ordered to pay $84.55⁴/₁₁ apiece to each of his brothers and sisters, viz., William, Nathan, Jessaniah, Stephen, Hannah, Elizabeth, Clarissa, Alice, Orpah, and Susanna.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 “Tewksbury births”, in Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1912)
   p. 29.

   “FOSTER, Amos, s. Amos and Elisabeth, Nov. 30, 1727.”

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 “Tewksbury deaths”, in Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1912)
   p. 205.

   “FOSTER, Amos, Capt., Feb. 19, 1798, in his 71st year.”

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Tewksbury (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1738-1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   FHL 771075; Births, deaths 1738–1852, p. 34.

   Digital record with image viewed in “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001,” database, FamilySearch, DGS 7010701, image 33 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GG-T85 : accessed 19 Jan. 2017).
   
   “Amos, son of Amos & Elisabeth Foster, born Nov^r. 30, 1727
   …
   Capt Amos Foster died Febr^y. 19, 1798 in the 71 year of his age”

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
   first series 1648–1871, file no. 8149, Amos Foster, 1798; FHL 385981 (Probate papers 8119–8210), image nos. 335–355 (DGS 7553465, starting at image 337).

   (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DP-5JTC : accessed 20 Jan. 2017)
   
   Amos Foster, late of Tewksbury, County of Middlesex, gentleman, died intestate. Bond $30,000, dated 11 April 1798, admin. to widow Sarah Foster, with Jon^a Brown, Amos Foster; wit. by Matthew Metcalf, James Winthrop. Inventory $1900 real and $545.88 personal, dated 27 April 1798, returned 3 May 1798. Inventory $1400 for widow's dower ($466.66), dated 23 April 1799, returned 14 May 1799. Inventory $933.34, dated 28 Oct. 1799. Administrator's account dated 14 May 1799. Bond $30,000, dated 13 November 1799, for settlement of real estate of the deceased assigned to Amos Foster, with Samuel Worcester, Asa Bowker; wit. by Abiel Heywood, James Winthrop.