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David Foster 1758–1821 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1758

Birth Location: Danbury CT

Death Date: 3 JAN 1821

Death Location: Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA

Father: Nathaniel Foster

Mother: Phoebe Wing

Spouse(s): Lydia White

Children(s): Charlotte Foster, David Foster, Dorcas Foster, Ely Foster, John Foster, John Foster, Lot Foster, Lydia Foster, Nathaniel Foster, Susannah Foster, Tabitha Foster

The story of David Foster began in 1758 in Danbury CT. David Foster married Lydia Susannah White, and had children including Charlotte Foster, David Foster, Dorcas Tabitha Foster, Ely Foster, John Foster, Lot Foster, Lydia Ann Foster, Nathaniel Foster, Susannah Foster, Tabitha Foster. David Foster passed away in 1821 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA.

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Biography

  • The story of David Foster began in 1758 in Danbury CT.
  • David Foster married Lydia Susannah White, and had children including Charlotte Foster, David Foster, Dorcas Tabitha Foster, Ely Foster, John Foster, Lot Foster, Lydia Ann Foster, Nathaniel Foster, Susannah Foster, Tabitha Foster.
  • David Foster passed away in 1821 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Foster
1725–1789
Birth Location: Brewster, Ma
NF
Phoebe Wing
1726–1790
Birth Location: Harwich MA
PW

Spouses(s)

Lydia White
1756–1829
Birth Location: Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
LW

Children(s)

Charlotte Foster
1792–1806
Birth Location: –
CF
David Foster
1784–1860
Birth Location: Williamstown, Berkshire Co, MA
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Dorcas Foster
1795–1809
Birth Location: Williamstown, MA
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Ely Foster
1790–1843
Birth Location: West Mountain, Williamstown Berkshire MA
EF
John Foster
1786–1786
Birth Location: Williamstown, Brkshr, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
JF
John Foster
1788–1859
Birth Location: Williamstown, MA
JF
Lot Foster
1782–1859
Birth Location: Southeast Township, Brewster, Putnam NY
LF
Lydia Foster
1800–1876
Birth Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts
LF
Nathaniel Foster
1786–1870
Birth Location: Williamstown, Bershire, MA
NF
Susannah Foster
1797–1866
Birth Location: W. Danby Tompkins Co NY
SF
Tabitha Foster
1802–1803
Birth Location: Williamstown, Berkshire, MA
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David Foster's Ancestors

Self
David Foster
1758–1821
Birth Place: Danbury CT
Parents
Nathaniel Foster
1725–1789
Brewster, Ma
Phoebe Wing
1726–1790
Harwich MA
Grandparents
Chillingsworth Foster
1680–1764
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Susanna (Gray) Sears
1700–1730
of Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
John (Wing) IV
1680–1758
Sandwich, MA
Rebecca Freeman
1694–1695
Harwich, MA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Freeman
1653–1715
Rebecca Sparrow
1655–1740
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Freeman
1626–1719
Mary Prence
1631–1711
Capt. Sparrow
1633–1706
Rebecca Bangs
1638–1667

David Foster's Descendants

1.
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David Foster (1758–3 JAN 1821) m. Lydia (Susannah) White (1756–20 APR 1829)
  1. 1. Charlotte Foster 1792–1806 m. Moses Stilson 1775–1809
  2. 2. David Foster 1784–1860 m. Polly Treadwell 1784–1800
  3. 3. Dorcas (Tabitha) Foster 1795–1809 m. Ephraim Smith 1778–1812
  4. 4. Ely Foster 1790–1843 m. Susan 1773–1815
  5. 5. John Foster 1786–1786
  6. 6. John Foster 1788–1859 m. Lorinda Treadwell 1788–1865
    1. 1. Charlotte Foster 1819–1837 m. Reyley Gilkeyd 1802–1836 m. William (R) Petty 1812–1837
      1. 1. Phebe (Martha) Petty 1838–1922 m. Cornelius Alwood 1833–1865
    2. 2. David (Montague) Foster 1823–1907 m. Sarah (Anne) Hofenbough 1824–1860 m. Eunice (Ann) Raymond 1828–1854
      1. 1. Arawilda Foster 1857–1858
      2. 2. David (Montague) Foster 1850–1877 m. Rebecca (Angeline) Moore 1852–1889
        1. 1. Anna (Merilla) Foster 1868–1883 m. Robert Cooper 1863–1884
        2. 2. Samuel (Harry) Foster 1873–1890 m. Ada Horton 1870–1890
      3. 3. John (Henry) Foster 1853–1854
      4. 4. Mary (Lorinda) Foster 1856–1857
      5. 5. Rebecca (Mariah) Foster 1847–1861 m. Elisha (P M) Titus 1830–1864
    3. 3. Gideon (D.) Foster 1832–1910 m. Elizabeth Lindsay 1836–1912 m. Sophia Oswath 1834–1895
      1. 1. Charlotte Foster 1853–1854
      2. 2. Francis (Henry) Foster 1856–1930 m. Charlotte (Lavina) Hilliker 1864–1884 m. Phoebe (Ann) Masters 1869–1937
      3. 3. Lucy (Ann) Foster 1865–1934 m. John (Charles) Thomas 1866–
      4. 4. Moses Foster 1859–1881
      5. 5. Phoebe (M) Foster 1864–1891 m. Jay Humphrey 1847–1881 m. James (B.) Lambert 1875–1887
      6. 6. Stephen (Von Rensselaer) Foster 1843–1918 m. Charlotte (Miranda) Moody 1873–1886
      7. 7. Susan (A.) Foster 1860–1874 m. Carson (S.) Harvey 1843–1877
    4. 4. Huldah Foster 1820–1898 m. Benjamin Abell 1814–1872
      1. 1. Adeline Abell 1843–1921 m. James Clark 1842–1917
      2. 2. Freeman Abell 1851–1863
      3. 3. Mary Abell 1847–1848 m. Judge (Henry) Baker 1842–1907
    5. 5. James Foster 1835–1903 m. Hannah Catherine 1846–1906 m. Charlotte 1836–1861
      1. 1. Avis Foster 1882–1933 m. Charles (Alva) Westover 1874–1944
      2. 2. Charles (E) Foster 1880–1940
      3. 3. Charlotte (Eliza) Foster 1860–1874 m. Tracy Wilcox 1843–1877
      4. 4. Clarence (E.) Foster 1878–1879
      5. 5. Ella Foster 1864–1878 m. Robert Smart 1847–1881
      6. 6. Emma Foster 1882–1896 m. Vern Crosset 1865–1899
      7. 7. Gideon (Dexter) Foster 1870–1934 m. Mary (Ann) Reynolds 1872–1954
      8. 8. John (W) Foster 1873–1878
      9. 9. Lorinda (D.) Foster 1856–1930 m. John Lambert 1842–1890
      10. 10. Matha (Mathilda) Foster 1871–1924 m. Jacob (Martin) Westover 1865–1931
    6. 6. John Foster 1815–1880 m. Vashti Foster 1824–1893
      1. 1. Daniel Foster 1853–1918 m. Mary (Louisa) Haywood 1851–1934
        1. 1. Alma Foster 1880–1887
        2. 2. Arthur Foster 1878–1933 m. Cora Kennedy 1875–1892
        3. 3. Charles Foster 1872–1932 m. Edith Gernon 1872–1888
        4. 4. Cora (B) Foster 1876–1888 m. Henry Ward 1863–1892
        5. 5. Daniel (Ernest) Foster 1895–1964 m. Amy (Nella) Rice 1896–1973
      2. 2. Mary (Jane) Foster 1840–1877 m. Philip Wilcox 1839–1858 m. Joesph (Henry) Edgerton 1835–1877
        1. 1. Minnie (Mae) Edgerton 1874–1888 m. Alexander Hosler 1848–1889
      3. 3. Milton (A A) Foster 1848–1878 m. Electa Ellsworth 1846–1911
        1. 1. Ada (Clara) Foster 1870–1871
        2. 2. Clarence (Jerome) Foster 1876–1901 m. Anna Gernon 1877–1893 m. Nellie Powell 1885–1897
        3. 3. Elaline (Celissa) Foster 1878–1894 m. Henry (Lawerence) Wheeler 1876–1895
        4. 4. Ida (May) Foster 1866–1931 m. William (Riley) Deneen 1858–1936
        5. 5. John (W.) Foster 1867–1868
        6. 6. Melvin (D.) Foster 1874–1875
    7. 7. Milton (Bostwick) Foster 1818–1880 m. Rosanna Strong 1823–1852
      1. 1. Huldah Foster 1844–1845
      2. 2. Lucy (A.) Foster 1846–1914 m. Charles (A.) Stone 1839–1914
      3. 3. Milton (H.) Foster 1849–1928 m. Euphemia Stratton 1845–1866 m. Harriet (R.) Ellsworth 1850–1916
        1. 1. Bertha (M) Foster 1878–1920 m. Frank (Wallace) Holcomb 1888–1940
        2. 2. Eva (Jayne) Foster 1867–1951 m. Edwin (Lemuel) Cleveland 1864–1950
        3. 3. Florence (Louise) Foster 1876–1892 m. Charles (Udney) Beardsley 1874–1893
        4. 4. Robert (N) Foster 1871–1891 m. Abigail Beardsley 1875–1891
        5. 5. Sabra (Eunice) Foster 1873–1887 m. Samuel (Orvis) Stover 1864–1890
        6. 6. William Foster 1875–1876
    8. 8. Moses (Stilson) Foster 1825–1902 m. Susan Strong 1826–1874 m. Marsha (M) Dunham 1844–1868 m. Alice Abel 1839–1875
      1. 1. Adaline Foster 1861–1862
      2. 2. Alferatta Foster 1860–1861
      3. 3. Alorisa Foster 1851–1852
      4. 4. Benjamin (Franklin) Foster 1856–1919 m. Betty (Jane) Nesbit 1859–1875
      5. 5. James (V.) Foster 1862–1881 m. Emma (Brook) Ramsay 1864–1880
      6. 6. John (Sherman) Foster 1865–1944 m. Lessie (Mae) Dorland 1869–1885
      7. 7. Lorinda Foster 1846–1928 m. John Dorland 1848–1931 m. Samuel Lindsay 1847–1914
        1. 1. Elva (Ann) Lindsay 1875–1913 m. Frank Stapleton 1879–1913
        2. 2. George (Washington) Lindsay 1867–1893 m. Rhonda Moore 1867–1892
        3. 3. Julia (Alferatta) Lindsay 1869–1936 m. George Moore 1868–1941
        4. 4. Mary (Emeline) Lindsay 1865–1895 m. Miner (C.) Spencer 1837–1895
        5. 5. Samuel (Edgar) Lindsay 1881–1923 m. Gertrude (Louise) Smith 1885–1968
      8. 8. Lovisa Foster 1852–1938 m. Thomas Nesbitt 1852–
        1. 1. Herbert Nesbitt 1875–1876
      9. 9. Lydia Foster 1850–1851
      10. 10. Mary (E.) Foster 1849–1850
  7. 7. Lot Foster 1782–1859 m. Sally Burchard 1784–1807
  8. 8. Lydia (Ann) Foster 1800–1876 m. Jabez (York) Lewis 1790–1817
  9. 9. Nathaniel Foster 1786–1870 m. Sally Leach 1790–1814
  10. 10. Susannah Foster 1797–1866 m. Isaac Briggs 1795–1888
  11. 11. Tabitha Foster 1802–1803

David Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1758
1758
Birth of David Foster in Danbury CT
Danbury CT
1821
3 JAN 1821
Age 63
Death of David Foster in Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA
Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Danbury CT
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 JAN 1821
    Event Place: Williamstown, Berkshire Co MA
    Record Source:
    [1] Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Footnote: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5322, Date of Import: Aug 12, 1996 SLAUGHT PEDIGREE CHART 1992 Footnote: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #5322, Date of Import: Aug 12, 1996 SLAUGHT PE
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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