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Elisha Foster 1653–1682 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 August 1653

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 16 October 1682

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Hopestill Foster

Mother: Mary Bates

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Elisha Foster was born in 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Hopestill Foster And Mary Rachel Bates. Elisha Foster passed away in 1682 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Elisha Foster was born in 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Hopestill Foster And Mary Rachel Bates.
  • Elisha Foster passed away in 1682 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Elisha Foster's Ancestors

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Elisha Foster
1653–1682
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Hopestill Foster
1620–1676
Biddenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Rachel) Bates
1619–1703
Lydd, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard Foster
1595–1630
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Patience Bigge
1588–1646
Cranbrook, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bigge
1560–1605
Rachel Martin
1565–1647
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Martin
1542–1583
Joan Adams
1544–1584

Elisha Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1653
23 August 1653
Birth of Elisha Foster in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1682
16 October 1682
Age 29
Death of Elisha Foster in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 August 1653
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 October 1682
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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