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Jacob Forster 1764–1838 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jun 1764

Birth Location: Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America

Death Date: 1 Sep 1838

Death Location: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: JOHN (REV)

Mother: Hepzibath Prentice

Spouse(s): Rebecca Vose

Children(s): Jacob III

Jacob Forster was born in 1764 in Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America, the child of John Jacob Foster Rev And Hepzibath Prentice. Jacob Forster married Rebecca Vose, and had children including Jacob Forster Iii. Jacob Forster passed away in 1838 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Forster was born in 1764 in Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America, the child of John Jacob Foster Rev And Hepzibath Prentice.
  • Jacob Forster married Rebecca Vose, and had children including Jacob Forster Iii.
  • Jacob Forster passed away in 1838 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

JOHN (REV)
1731–1798
Birth Location: Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Hepzibath Prentice
1732–1811
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Rebecca Vose
1766–1841
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Jacob III
1803–1857
Birth Location: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
JI

Jacob Forster's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Forster
1764–1838
Birth Place: Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America
Parents
JOHN JACOB FOSTER (REV)
1731–1798
Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Hepzibath Prentice
1732–1811
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Forster's Descendants

1.
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Jacob Forster (23 Jun 1764–1 Sep 1838) m. Rebecca Vose (1 April 1766–30 Aug 1841)
  1. 1. Jacob (Forster) III 1803–1857 m. Louisa Webb 1804–1893
    1. 1. EDWARD (JACOB FORSTER) * 1846–1896 m. Anita (Damon) Lyon 1851–1944 m. Anita (Damon) Lyon 1851–1944
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Thompson) Forster 1874–1945 m. FRED (Frederick Channing) Bowditch 1854–1925
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Higginson) Bowditch 1900–1989 m. James (Randall) Fraser 1898–1982

Jacob Forster's Timeline

3 Records

1764
23 Jun 1764
Birth of Jacob Forster in Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America
Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America
1786
1786
Age 22
Jacob Forster was married in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1838
1 Sep 1838
Age 74
Death of Jacob Forster in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1764
    Event Place: Berwick, York County, Maine, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1786
    Event Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1838
    Event Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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