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Mehitabel Foster 1715–1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jan 1715

Birth Location: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA

Death Date: 23 Apr 1777

Death Location: Morris, New Jersey, USA

Father: Daniel Foster

Mother: Lydia Wood

Spouse(s): Benjamin Canfield

Children(s): Phoebe Canfield

Mehitabel Foster was born in 1715 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, the child of Daniel Foster And Lydia Wood. Mehitabel Foster married Benjamin Canfield, and had children including Phoebe Canfield. Mehitabel Foster passed away in 1777 in Morris, New Jersey, USA.

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Biography

  • Mehitabel Foster was born in 1715 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, the child of Daniel Foster And Lydia Wood.
  • Mehitabel Foster married Benjamin Canfield, and had children including Phoebe Canfield.
  • Mehitabel Foster passed away in 1777 in Morris, New Jersey, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Daniel Foster
1676–1744
Birth Location: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
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Lydia Wood
1676–1744
Birth Location: Southampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York, USA
LW

Spouses(s)

Benjamin Canfield
1710–1738
Birth Location: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
BC

Children(s)

Phoebe Canfield
1735–
Birth Location: Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
PC

Mehitabel Foster's Ancestors

Self
Mehitabel Foster
1715–1777
Birth Place: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA
Parents
Daniel Foster
1676–1744
Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Lydia Wood
1676–1744
Southampton, Long Island, Suffolk, New York, USA
Grandparents
Joseph Foster
1638–1708
Lynn Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Abigail Lord
1640–1689
Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
Jeremiah (Jonas) Woods
1643–1712
Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
Elizabeth Conklin
1649–1697
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Christopher (farmer)
1603–1687
Frances 1635
1610–1697
John Puritan
1598–1684
Elizabeth Allsaebrook**
1608–1671
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jerome Stevens
1584–1623
Alice Glover
1588–1644
William Concklyne
1567–1610
Ruth Hedges
1584–1625
Sir Allseabrook
1582–1624
Hannah Walker
1586–1686

Mehitabel Foster's Descendants

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Mehitabel Foster (24 Jan 1715–23 Apr 1777) m. Benjamin Canfield (1710–15 Oct 1738)
  1. 1. Phoebe Canfield 1735– m. Jonathan (Dodd) Hedden 1733–1795
    1. 1. Elizabeth Burroughs 1745–1841 m. William (Alexander) McGinnis 1736–1814
      1. 1. John McGinness 1775– m. Sarah (Anne) McGinnis 1873–1942
        1. 1. Richard McGinnis 1811–1849 m. Anna (Eliza) Jinnette 1820–1893

Mehitabel Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1715
24 Jan 1715
Birth of Mehitabel Foster in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA
Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA
1777
23 Apr 1777
Age 62
Death of Mehitabel Foster in Morris, New Jersey, USA
Morris, New Jersey, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1715
    Event Place: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1777
    Event Place: Morris, New Jersey, USA
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