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Deacon John Foster 1642–1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: October 7 1642

Birth Location: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: June 13 1732

Death Location: Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: "Sergeant" Band)

Mother: Elizabeth Chillingworth

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Deacon John Foster was born in 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sergeant Thomas Foster Blacksmith 1St Generation American Immigrant Freeman Selectman And Eldest Corporal Of The Trayne Band And Elizabeth Whitmore Chillingworth. Deacon John Foster passed away in 1732 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Deacon John Foster was born in 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sergeant Thomas Foster Blacksmith 1St Generation American Immigrant Freeman Selectman And Eldest Corporal Of The Trayne Band And Elizabeth Whitmore Chillingworth.
  • Deacon John Foster passed away in 1732 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Deacon Foster's Ancestors

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Deacon Foster
1642–1732
Birth Place: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
"Sergeant" THOMAS FOSTER "Blacksmith" (1st generation American Immigrant. Freeman, Selectman, and Eldest Corporal of the Trayne Band)
1620–1682
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Elizabeth (Whitmore) Chillingworth
1618–1694
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Grandparents
Thomas Foster
1566–1638
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Abigail Wimes
1573–1638
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wimes
1558–1588
Katheryne Alger
1560–1618
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Wimes
1543–1589
Lady Wimes
1535–1573

Deacon Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1642
October 7 1642
Birth of Deacon John Foster in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1732
June 13 1732
Age 90
Death of Deacon John Foster in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: October 7 1642
    Event Place: Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 13 1732
    Event Place: Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

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