Person:Isaac Foster (13)
Rev. Isaac Foster
b.Est 1652 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
d.20 Aug 1682 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 23 Sep 1652
  1. Rev. Isaac FosterEst 1652 - 1682
  2. John Foster1656 - 1659
  3. Anna Foster1658 -
  4. Mary Foster1660 -
  5. Richard Foster1663 -
  6. Elizabeth Foster1665 -
  7. John Foster1666 -
  8. Deborah Foster1667/68 - 1668
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1680
  1. Ann FosterEst 1681 - Bet 1764 & 1765
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3][4][5] Rev. Isaac Foster
Gender Male
Birth[4][2] Est 1652 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Estimate based on graduation from Harvard in 1671.
Degree[4] 1671 Harvard College
Other[4] 2 Oct 1678 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Marriage Est 1680 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Mehetabel Wyllys
Occupation[4][5] Bet 1680 and 1682 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesMinister of the First Church.
Death[2][5] 20 Aug 1682 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death[3] 21 Aug 1682 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[7] Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[6] 12 Feb 1682/83 £1507-15-04. Taken by William Pitkin, Caleb Stanly.
Probate[1] 12 Feb 1682/83 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[6] 6 Mar 1683/84 Administration to Mrs. Mehetabell Foster.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rev. Isaac Foster, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:302.

    Foster, Rev. Isaac, Hartford. Invt. £1507-15-04. Taken 12 February, 1682-3, by William Pitkin, Caleb Stanly. Court Record, Page 86 — 6 March, 1683-4: Adms. to Mrs. Mehetabell Foster.

    Page 123—27 December, 1686: This Court, being moved to Dist. the Estate of Rev. Isaac Foster, Find by a writing made by the sayd Mr. Foster & Mrs. Mehetabell Russell before marriage, dated 27 January, 1679, recorded, wherein it is agreed that in Case the sayd Foster should decease before the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell, & leave Issue behind him of her the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell, the Estate should descend to her the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell & their Heirs forever; which agreement, though it seems to be contradicted by another writeing made by them and recorded, made after their marriage, yet it doth not alter the force & virtue of the former; & therefore this Court doth Judge the former Writing to give the rule for dividing the Estate, & there being one third part of the Estate of Mrs. Mehetabell Russell that she received by Mr. Daniel Russell's (Her Father's) Last Will at her dispose, & so no more belonging to Mr. Foster, we therefore Distribute his Estate as followeth : £200 to Mrs. Ann Foster, to be paid to her at the age of 18 years (or day of marriage, which shall happen first) , and the remainder of the Estate to be to Mrs. Mehetabell Woodbridge & her Heirs forever. Mrs. (Miss) Ann Foster to be payd in good current pay of the country.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rev. Issac Foster, in 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)
    p500-502.

    REV. ISAAC FOSTER (William, Thomas), b. Charlestown, Mass., about 1652; m., 1680, Mrs. Mehitable* (Wyllis) Russell, wid. of Rev. Daniel Russell, of Charlestown and dau. of Samuel Wyllis, of Hartford, Conn. She m., 3d, Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, successor of her second husband in the Hartford church. He graduated at Harvard College in 1671 ; was probably the son taken prisoner with his father; was admitted to the church of Charlestown Oct. 28, 1677; made Freeman of the Colony Oct. 2, 176S; and Fellow of Harvard College May 22, of the same year; as a candidate for settlement was sought by several churches, and, in 1680, he became minister of the church at Hartford. He d. Aug. 20, 16S2, and Rev. Simon Bradstreet, of New London, thus notices the event in his journal. "Mr. Isaac Forster pastor of ye old chh at Hartford dyed. He was aged about 30, a man of good Abilities. His death has made such a breach yt will not easily bee made up. His widow married thirdly. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, his successor in the church of Hartford."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Isaac Foster, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    p 253.

    Rev. Isaac Foster born 1652 died Aug. 21, 1682 bur Center Ch. mar. Mabel (Wyllys) Russell widow of Daniel Russell. She mar/3 Rev. Timothy Woodbridge and died Dec 21, 1698 dau of Samuel Wyllys & Ruth Haynes. Pastor of 1 ch.

    Children: Ann m/1 Rev. Thomas Buckingham m/2 Rev William Burnham.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 2 Rev. Isaac Foster, in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    1:362.

    "Isaac (Foster) (Rev.) 2. Son of William 1; grad. Harv. Col. 1671; taken prisoner by Turks 1677; adm. church Oct. 28, 1677; freeman, Oct. 2, 1678; Fellow of the College, 1678; pastor at Hartford, 1680; …"

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Isaac Foster, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:188.

    "Isaac (Foster), Charlestown, s. of William, freem. 1678, bec. min. of Hartford, m. 1680, in the yr. of his ord. Mehitable, d. of Samuel Wyllis, wid. of his friend Daniel Russell of Charlestown, had Ann, wh. m. Rev. Thomas Buckingham; d. 20 Aug. 1682, 'in his prime of youth,' says John Hull in his Diary, lament. the loss of the country. His wid. for third h. had Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, wh. was a success. of F. also in the ch. of H."

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Foster, Rev. Isaac, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:302.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 181-2.

    Foster, Rev. Isaac, Hartford. Invt. £1507-15-04. Taken 12 February, 1682-3, by William Pitkin, Caleb Stanly.

    Court Record, Page 86—6 March, 1683-4: Adms. to Mrs. Mehetabell Foster.

    Page 123—27 December, 1686: This Court, being moved to Dist. the Estate of Rev. Isaac Foster, Find by a writing made by the sayd Mr. Foster & Mrs. Mehetabell Russell before marriage, dated 27 January, 1679, recorded, wherein it is agreed that in Case the sayd Foster should decease before the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell, & leave Issue behind him of her the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell, the Estate should descend to her the sayd Mrs. Mehetabell & their Heirs forever; which agreement, though it seems to be contradicted by another writeing made by them and recorded, made after their marriage, yet it doth not alter the force & virtue of the former; & therefore this Court doth Judge the former Writing to give the rule for dividing the Estate, & there being one third part of the Estate of Mrs. Mehetabell Russell that she received by Mr. Daniel Russell's (Her Father's) Last Will at her dispose, & so no more belonging to Mr. Foster, we therefore Distribute his Estate as followeth: £200 to Mrs. Ann Foster, to be paid to her at the age of 18 years (or day of marriage, which shall happen first), and the remainder of the Estate to be to Mrs. Mehetabell Woodbridge & her Heirs forever. Mrs. (Miss) Ann Foster to be payd in good current pay of the country."

  7. ↑ Rev Isaac Foster, in Find A Grave.
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