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Benjamin Foster, Lieutenant

Male 1715 - 1791  (75 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Foster 
    Suffix Lieutenant 
    Born 16 Jan 1715  Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military Service French and Indian War 
    First Lieutenant under Captain John Wright in the "Old French War" on the Eastern Frontier 
    Died 1791  Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Will 26 Aug 1791  Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _UID 80B4AA79AC4C9049AA9EF110EF83BECB6CA6 
    Person ID I415  Irving Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2010 

    Father Samuel Foster,   b. 26 Jul 1680, Salem, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1762, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah Roberts,   b. Abt 1680, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1701  Lynn, Essex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID C43EEA8FB27AC04FA89C1FC8ED82E987C087 
    Family ID F240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Proctor,   b. 20 Apr 1718, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID F114CF6555288849BA9F43A5A6743191A41F 
    Children 
    +1. James Foster,   b. 30 Apr 1742, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Foster,   b. 5 Mar 1744, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Judith Foster,   b. 9 Dec 1746, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Foster,   b. 10 May 1749, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Benjamin Foster,   b. 11 Mar 1753, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mehitable Foster,   b. 18 Nov 1755, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Martha Foster,   b. 24 Feb 1758, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Samuel Foster,   b. 7 Aug 1763, Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Jan 1715 - Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1791 - Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 26 Aug 1791 - Reading, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Refer to Pg 711-712 in Pierce's "Foster Genealogy"

      Resided Grove St Reading, MA, (Wilmington line)

      First Lieutenant under Captain John Wright in the "Old French War" on the Eastern Frontier, papers dated 13 Dec 1754.

  • Sources 
    1. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 703 (Reliability: 2).
      Benjamin, b. Jan. 16, 1715
      Pierce Individual ID: 6051

    2. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 712 (Reliability: 2).
      He d. in 1791. res., Reading, Mass.

    3. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 711-712 (Reliability: 2).
      Complete text of Will
      Will Probate April 3, 1793

    4. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 700 (Reliability: 2).
      Married in Lynn in 1701 Sarah Roberts, dau. of Abraham and Sarah