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vii. WILLIAM, b. 12 March, 1777, and d. 26 May, 1849, in C.
viii. SARAH, b. 22 May, 1780, and d. 14 July, 1847, in C.
3. JOSHUA' FLETCHER (Daniel?, Gideon1) lived in Loudon on the farm now occupied by Miss Annie Whittemore. Children:
i. ELIZA4.
ii. DANIEL, m. 7 Jan., 1830, in C., Margaret Boyce. (See Boyce Gen.)
5. iii. JAMES. iv. BAILEY. V. JANE. vi. ABBIE. vii. SUSAN.
4. JOHN3 FLETCHER (Daniel?, Gideon1) b. 25 Jan., 1770, in Dunstable, Mass., but removed to Loudon, where he d. 15 Dec., 1853; m. Betsey Morrill, b. 2 Oct., 1772, in Gilmanton, and d. 18 June, 1851. Children :
i. BERSHEBA4, b. 16 July, 1793; d. 21 Nov., 1874.
6. ii. JOHN, b. 16 March, 1795.
iii. MICAJAH, b. 1 Nov., 1796.
iv. SARAH, b. 10 July, 1798.
v. WILLIAM, b. 23 Oct., 1799.
vi. POLLY, b. 23 Nov., 1800; m. 28 Nov., 1839, in C., Amos Whitney; d. 22 March, 1871.
vii. HANNAH, b. 23 July, 1802.
viii. JOANNA, b. 23 Sept., 1805.
ix. LEAVITT, b. 26 Feb., 1808.
x. ELIJAH, b. 21 Jan., 1810.
xi. NANCY, b. 30 June, 1812; m. 30 Jan., 1844, in C., John Derby, of Stewartstown.
7. xii. JOSIAH S., b. 6 April, 1814.
xiii. CAROLINE, b. 19 April, 1816.
xiv. SAMUEL, b. 6 Oct., 1819.
5. JAMES4 FLETCHER (Joshua3, Daniel2, Gideon1) b. 14 Dec., 1804, and d. 2 April, 1872; m. first, Irena Palmer, b. 29 March, 1809, d. 23 Oct., 1838; m. second, Catherine Patten Orr, b. 13 April, 1810, d. 6 Sept., 1886. Children by first marriage:
i. MARY JANE5, m. - Mason. Child: Grace E.6 Mason, b. 25 Jan., 1850; m. Morgan.
ii. TRUE W.
Children by second marriage:
iii. IRENA A., b. 8 April, 1841; m. Lyman Hamblett. Children: Carmis Hamblett. 2. Addison Hamblett.
iv. SUSAN, b. 1 June, 1843; m. Worster; d. 5 Aug., 1898.
v. ABBIE, b. 6 June, 1845; m. Frank Moseley; resides in Concord.
vi. KIRK HENRY, b. 11 April, 1849; d. 4 Feb., 1886.
6. JOHN4 FLETCHER (John3, Daniel?, Gideon1) b. 16 March, 1795, in Loudon; m. Nancy, dau. of Noah and Lavina (Gault) St. Clair or Sinclair, b. 2 Oct., 1799, in C. Noah and Lavina were m. in C. 29 Nov., 1781, and were the parents of ten children, of whom Nancy was the ninth child. Mr. Fletcher settled on St. Clair Hill in C., and was a prominent farmer. He d. 23 April, 1876, and Mrs. Fletcher, 24 May, 1875. Children b. in C .: i. LAVINA A.s, m. 5 Nov., 1843, in C., Edmund D. Hill; d. at 65 years. (See Hill Gen.) Child: Imogene6 H.Il, who m. Dr. Brown and re- sided in E. Concord, Vt. Children: (1) Mabel? Brown. (2) Ella Brown. (3) Leon Brown. (4) Mary Brown. (5) Dana Brown.
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8. ii. WILLIAM MORRILL, b. 31 Dec., 1827.
9. iii. JOHN MAURICE, b. 24 July, 1832.
10. iv. CHARLES HORACE, b. 3 Aug., 1837.
7. JOSIAH SHAW4 FLETCHER (John3, Daniel?, Gideon1) b. 6 April, 1814, in Loudon; m. first, Eunice Prescott of New Hampton; m. second, 6 Aug., 1844, Louisa, a sister of Eunice. They were the daus. of Mark and Sally (Brown) Prescott, and both were b. in Sanbornton, Louisa, 2 April, 1818. Mr. Fletcher d. in Loudon, 5 Nov., 1859, and his wife Louisa, 25 Aug., 1910. They were both for many years members of the Free Baptist Church in C., and are buried in the Baptist cemetery. Children b. in Loudon:
11. i. HORACE FRANK5, b. 29 Oct., 1847.
12. ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 7 April, 1852.
8. WILLIAM MORRILL5 FLETCHER (John4, John3, Daniel?) b. 31 Dec., 1827; m. Lucina Jane Clough Hill, b. 24 Jan., 1833, d. 11 Oct., 1868. (See Hill Gen.) He d. 21 April, 1900, in C. Children, b. in C .:
i. JOHN T.6, b. 5 Feb., 1853.
ii. CHARLES WILLIAM, b. 12 Jan., 1855; m. 31 March, 1883, in Loudon, Jeanette Ordway, who d. in Loudon, 12 Aug., 1894.
13. jii. ALBERT O., b. 7 July, 1857.
iv. ANNETTE DERBY, b. 24 April, 1860; d. 15 April, 1862.
v. IVA MAY, b. 20 Sept., 1861; m. Frank Chamberlain of Loudon.
vi. CORA BELLE, b. 6 Oct., 1863; m. 1 Nov., 1879, in Lowell, Mass., Charles Edwin, son of John and Elvira D. Buckland, b. 23 March, 1854 in Lowell, Mass. Children: 1. Annie Elvira7 Buckland, b. 18 Feb., 1884. 2. Eva May Buckland, b. 8 May, 1885.
14. vii. GEORGE MORRILL, b. 12 Jan., 1865.
viii. LUCINA JANE, b. 23 Sept., 1868; m. 30 Jan., 1885, Frank Wells of Loudon. Child: Lauren Clough7 Wells, b. 27 Nov., 1887; d. 3 Sept., 1910.
9. JOHN MAURICE5 FLETCHER (John4, John3) b. 24 July, 1832; m. 3 July, 1854, Lucy A., dau. of Zenas and Lydia (Baker) Adams of Pembroke, b. 29 Sept., 1855, d. 17 Feb., 1882. He has been a practicing dentist in Con- cord since 1879. Child:
i. ELIZABETH ELLA6, b. 29 Sept., 1855, in Concord, where she d. 17 Nov., 1903. Both she and her mother are buried in the Baptist cemetery.
10. CHARLES HORACE5 FLETCHER (John4, John3) b. 3 Aug., 1837; m. first, 13 Nov., 1860, Lucy Jane, dau. of Nathaniel and Judith (Wiggin) Peverly (see Peverly Gen.), b. 17 Sept., 1842, d. 24 March, 1878; m. second, 7 April, 1880, Mrs. Hannah (Young) Potter, dau. of David and Mary (Batchelder) Young of Loudon. Hannah d. in C., 13 Jan., 1898. Mr. Fletcher d. 7 Aug., 1910. Children by first marriage:
i. ANNETTE6, b. 29 Jan., 1862, in C .; m. Alphonso B. Chute. (See Chute Gen.)
ii. ARIANNA, b. 20 Nov., 1865, in C .; m. 4 Oct., 1893, John A. Dow, b. in Fremont, and was the son of John E. and Mary S. (Bean) Dow. John E. was a native of Ipswich, Mass. Child: Marian? Dow, b. 29 Sept., 1901, in C.
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iii. WARREN STONE, b. 17 July, 1868, in E. Concord.
iv. NANCY JANE, b. 25 Sept., 1870, in E. Concord; m. John Mead of Concord. She d. 8 June, 1889. Child: Jennie? Mead, b. 2 June, 1889, in Concord.
Children by second marriage, b. in C .:
v. LUCY MAY, b. 16 May, 1881; m. Edward A. Ames. Children: 1. Hazel Ames. 2. Edward L. Ames, b. 9 Aug., 1902, in C. 3. Marion G. Ames, b. 8 March, 1905, in C. Resides in Penacook. vi. LAURA E., b. 3 Dec., 1886; d. 1 Oct., 1903, in Alexandria.
11. HORACE FRANK5 FLETCHER (Josiah4, John3) b. 29 Oct., 1847, in Loudon; m. 22 June, 1876, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of John S. R. and Achsa Ann (Mills) Brown, b. in Loudon, 1 Sept., 1853. Mr. and Mrs Fletcher are active members of the Free Baptist Church of C., and Mr. Fletcher is a trustee of Kezer Seminary. Children, b. in Loudon:
i. ARTHUR JOSIAH6, b. 5 Jan., 1882; m. 21 Jan., 1911, Annie Gertrude Burt of Hudson.
ii. EDGAR JOHN, b. 10 Jan., 1887; m. 17 Feb., 1909, Minerva B. Laws of Pembroke.
iii. EMMA ACHSA, b. 22 Aug., 1890.
12. GEORGE WASHINGTON5 FLETCHER (Josiah4, John3) b. 7 April, 1852, in Loudon; m. 21 Dec., 1882, in Newport, Hattie C., dau. of Hiram and Florenda (Clough) Colby, b. 27 Aug., 1858, in Grantham. In 1882 Mr. Fletcher bought the John Kezer farm, on which there was a summer hotel known as the Hancock House, where he lived until 1907, when he removed to Concord. Child, b. in C .: i. Harold Georges, b. 10 Aug., 1899.
13. ALBERT O.6 FLETCHER (Williams, John4, John3) b. 7 July, 1857; m. 21 May, 1882, in Minneapolis, Minn., Lillie E. Desmond, b. 11 Aug., 1858. Mr. Fletcher resides in Cambridge, Mass. Children:
i. ALBERT MORRILL7, b. 10 June, 1883, in Minneapolis, Minn .; m. 1 Jan., 1908, Ida M. Cook of Woonsocket, R. I. Child: Eugene Desmond8, b. 23 June, 1909; d. 25 June, 1909, in Woonsocket.
ii. CHARLES DESMOND, b. 24 Oct., 1897, in Dorchester, Mass.
14. GEORGE MORRILL6 FLETCHER (Williams, John4, John3) b. 12 Jan., 1865; m. 1 May, 1888, in Northfield, Lilla Belle, dau. of Oliver Benjamin and Amelia (Braley) Grover. (See Grover Gen.) Children, b. in C .:
i. LAURA MAY7, b. 13 Aug., 1889; m. 14 Aug., 1910, in C., Ernest L., son of Warner W. and Anna L. (Sargent) Lawrence.
ii. ANNIE BELLE, b. 24 Feb., 1891.
iii. EVA MARGUERITE, b. 24 June, 1904.
iv. LAVINA INA, b. 2 Sept., 1906.
FORREST .*
1. The Forrest ancestor, from whom several of the families of C. are de- scended, was William1, who, with his wife Dubia, and their sons, John2, Robert, and William and their daus., Nancy and Margaret, came to
*From History of Northfield and History of Canterbury Borough Forrests, printed in Concord, 1897.
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this country 1744. He was b. in Ireland, 1726; his wife was of Scotch parentage; both d. in Boston, Mass. John and William and their sis- ters remained in Boston for a time, then went to Londonderry, and later came to C., having obtained a grant of land on the intervale. Here they built a fort.
2. JOHN2, m. 1746, Elinor Gipson or Gibson, b. 1728, in C .; d. 10 Jan., 1814, in Northfield. Children:
i. JOHN3, m. 29 Dec., 1778, Sarah Gibson of C., and resided there. He was a soldier in the French war and was called "Soldier John."
ii. ELINOR, m. 2 Nov., 1776, Jeremiah Gibson. He was a soldier in Capt. Jeremiah Clough's Company, Col. Poor's Regiment, Revolutionary war.
3. iii. WILLIAM, b. 1753.
iv. ANNA, m. 21 Nov., 1776, James Gibson. He was in Capt. Jeremiah Clough's Company in the War of the Revolution. He d. 3 March, 1825; she d. 18 Oct., 1783.
v. JANE, b. in C .; m. James Gibson, nephew of the above. She d. 11 Jan., 1819.
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vi. LYDIA, b. 1762, in C .; m. Thomas Clough of Loudon. March, 1835, in C.
vii. AGNES, b. in C .; m. Moses Randall.
viii. ROBERT, b. in C .; m. Sarah McDonald of Northfield. Resided in C. many years on the James Chase place. He d. 2 Oct., 1844; she d. 6 April, 1852.
ix. JAMES, b. 1765, in C .; m. first, Anna, dau. of Richard Ellison; she d. 1809; m. second, 14 Aug., 1815, Mrs. Peggy Cross Sanborn.
3. WILLIAM3 FORREST (John2, William1) b. 1753, in C .; m. first, Sarah Elli- son, or Mary Allison, b. 1758, d. 10 Jan., 1802; m. second, Sally Simonds of Northfield, b. 1771, d. 20 Feb., 1850. He d. 5 March, 1840. Chil- dren by first marriage: Nancy4, Sally, William, Betsey, who m. Jonathan Randall (See Randall Gen.), Polly, Jane, Statira, John E., Joseph, Jacob.
By second marriage: Charles G. Ellison or Allison, James M.
4. WILLIAM3 FORREST, b. 5 April, 1756, in Boston; m. 18 Sept., 1782, Dorothy Worthen, b. 7 Feb., 1763, in E. Concord; d. 26 May, 1849. He d. 7 Jan., 1817, both in C. William Forrest came from Boston to C. with his mother and stepfather, William Love; his own father without doubt was Robert?, son of William1 Forrest, the emigrant. Williams was in Capt. Clough's company in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest came to reside in the C. Borough when it was an lunbroken forest, their course being guided by spotted trees. Children: Betsey4, Hannah, Jeremiah, Polly, Mehitable, Susan, Dorothy, Nancy M., Sally A., Franklin, Sidney. Betsey, b. 9 April, 1783; m. Abraham Brown. (See Brown Gen.)
5. JEREMIAH FORREST (Williams, Robert2, William1) b. 25 June, 1787, in C .; m. 29 Sept., 1817, Hannah, dau. of Abraham and Mary (Butler) Brown, b. 9 Dec., 1791, in Northfield, d. 15 March, 1859, at Cottage Hill, Ill. Jeremiah Forrest d. 9 Aug., 1845, in C. Children, b. in C .:
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i. CLIMENA BROWN5, b. 1 July, 1818; m. 29 Aug., 1838, Peter M. Bradley, b. 15 March, 1815, in Concord, d. 1891; she d. 10 Jan., 1872, both at Arlington Heights, Ill.
ii. HANNAH HALL, b. 28 Nov., 1822; d. young.
iii. HANNAH HALL, b. 28 Nov., 1824; m. 15 June, 1844, Seth Eastman Bradley, b. 12 April, 1822, in Concord. Mrs. Bradley d. 8 June, 1853, in Chicago, Ill.
iv. BETSEY BROWN, b. 13 May, 1826; m. first, 24 July, 1848, Damon Wesley Moore, b. in C., d. 8 Dec., 1854, in Northfield; m. sec- ond, 25 Dec., 1856, Benjamin Barron Young, b. 19 Jan., 1819, in Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Young d. 4 Jan., 1878, in Chicago, Ill. v. CLARISSA CHASE, b. 23 Nov., 1827; m. 30 Nov., 1854, as second wife of Seth E. Bradley. She d. 3 Jan., 1866, in Evanston, Ill.
vi. WILLIAM EASTMAN, b. 24 Oct., 1833; m. 24 Sept., 1857, Sarah Mar- garet Huy, b. 31 March, 1834, at Big Flats, N. Y. He d. 24 Aug., 1892, in Minneapolis, Minn.
The names John and William Forrest are found on the census list of 1790.
FOSTER.
Prepared by George R. Foster of Milford, Mass.
In giving the genealogy of the Fosters of Canterbury, it will be observed that the arrangement of given names in parenthesis traces each family back to Capt. Asa Foster of Andover, Mass. The reason for this is to show that they all were descendants from the same ancestor, and while it is quite prob- able that Capt. Foster never was a resident of Canterbury, yet the fact that all of his sons (Asa, Abiel, Daniel, David and Jonathan) and two of his daugh- ters permanently located here, makes it seem proper to choose him as a start- ing point for genealogical purposes.
CAPT. ASA FOSTER was the fourth generation from Reginald Foster of Ips- wich, Mass. (Williams, William2, Reginald1). Frederick Clifton Pierce of Chicago, in his genealogy of the American Fosters, states that Reginald Foster was b. in Brunton (others say Exeter), England, about 1595, and was a de- scendant of an ancient and respectable family of that section, which was iden- tified with those families in the northern counties of England, which were known by the name of Forster, and had distinguished themselves in their suc- cessful achievements against their Scottish foes, and are mentioned in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "Marmion."
FOSTER COAT OF ARMS.
Argent: A chevron vert between three bugle horns stringed gules. Crest: An arm in armor embowered, holding in the hand a broken tilting spear. Motto: Si fractus fortis. "If broken, still strong." Sequor Agnum (I follow the Lamb) evidently implies Christ, the Lamb of God, and very probably relates to the Third Crusade of the 12th Century, when Sir John Forster accom- panied Richard I, King of England, to Palestine and won honors at the Siege of Acre in 1191, for which he was granted right to bear a chevron vert on his shield.
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"There was mounting 'mong graemes of the netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran;" -Marmion, Canticle 5, XII.
Reginald Foster came to America in one of the vessels embargoed by King Charles I, accompanied by his wife, Judith, five sons and two daughters, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., about the year 1638, and was one of the earliest inhabitants of that town. His English ancestry, beginning with his father, was as follows: Thomas, Cuthbert, Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas, Sir Thom- as, Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas, Sir William, Sir Richard, Sir Reginald, Sir Alfred, Sir Randolph, Sir John, Sir William, Sir Reginald, Sir Hugo, and Sir Richard. A sister of Sir Richard, named Matilda or Maude, was the wife of William I, the Conqueror, King of England. From Sir Richard For- ester sprung the Blake Foresters of Ashfield and Knockmoy Abbey, County of Galway, and Inchorey Castle, County of Clare; also the Foresters of Ether- ston and Bamborough Castle in Northumberland, who are so vividly de- scribed in the historical novel, "Dorothy Forster," by Sir Walter Besant, the celebrated English novelist .*
Reginald Foster d. in 1681, at over eighty years of age. His will was proved June 9, 1681. His children were: Mary, Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, William, Jacob and Reginald, all of whom were born in England between 1618 and 1636. Each of the children had families of from nine to fourteen children, many of whom settled in Ipswich, Boxford, Andover and vicinity towns of Mass. It is, therefore, evident that Reginald Foster has a numerous posterity widely scattered. Many have attained national distinction, among them having been U. S. Senator Lafayette Sabine Foster of Conn. and U. S. Senator Addi- son G. Foster of Wash.
The following pages are devoted to Capt. Asa Foster and his descendants through his five sons, as far as has been possible to trace them. The figures against each name in parenthesis denotes the generation removed from Regi- nald Foster, Capt. Asa4 being the fourth, and are so noted throughout the fol- lowing pages. Reginald's son, William?, was a resident of Ipswich and Box- ford, Mass. His grandson, William3, was a resident of Boxford and Andover, Mass.
1. CAPT. ASA4 FOSTER (Williams, William2, Reginald1) b. Andover, Mass., 16 June, 1710; m. 26 Oct., 1732, Elizabeth Abbott, b. 21 Oct., 1712, d. 4 July, 1758; m. second (pub.) 10 Dec., 1763, Lucy Rogers Wise, of Ipswich, Mass., b. 1723; d. 17 Oct., 1787. She was the dau. of Major
*Lack of space prevents giving a full account of Reginald Foster or of his descendants, except of those who lived in C. F. C. Pierce in his Genealogy of the Fosters devotes several pages to his life in Ipswich, Mass., and states that he was an active citizen of that town. Included in this account is a copy of the inventory of his estate showing valuation of £744 16s. and also a copy of his will dated April 30, 1680. Other books giving an account of Reginald Foster and his descendants were published by Edward Jacob Forster, M. D., of Boston in 1876 and by Perley Derby of Salem, Mass., in 1872. The facts for these publications by Dr. Forster and Derby were probably taken largely from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, page 352, and Vol. XXX, page 83, and possibly from other sections of the Register.
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Ammi Rohammie Rogers of Ispwich, Mass. In 1758 he was commis- sioned by Thomas Pownall, Capt. Gen. and Vice-Admiral of Mass. Province, as captain in Col. Ebenezer Nichols' regiment, raised for the invasion of Canada. This commission was signed by Col. Ebenezer Nichols and Gen. Thomas Gage. His son Daniel, who later settled in C., was in this company. Oct. 21, 1765, the citizens of Andover, Mass., voted to select a committee to draw up instructions to the representa- tive of the town at the General Court of the Province in relation to opposing the arbitrary measures of the British government. Capt. Asa Foster was one of this committee. Again in 1768 he was one of a committee to prepare a report to submit to the town to consider some measures that may tend to encourage prudence and manufactures and to lessen the use of superfluities in the town. In 1776 he was elected one of the committee on correspondence, inspection and safety. He left an estate valued at £830 16s. 7d. He was a large owner of land in C., besides large tracts of upland, meadow, etc., in Andover, Mass. His land in C. was purchased by his sons, Dea. Asa and Capt. Jonathan Foster, and was situated in Hackleborough school district. He lived through the Revolution, giving his encouragement and influence in various ways. His first wife, Elizabeth Abbott, was a dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth Harnden. Her young brother, Abiel, a man of promise, d. after he graduated from Harvard, but his mantle fell upon his namesake, Abiel Foster, son of Capt. Asa. The latter d. 17 July, 1787. Children:
2. i. ASA5, b. 11 Sept., 1733.
3. ii. ABIEL, b. 8 Aug., 1735.
4. iii. DANIEL, b. 25 Sept., 1737.
iv. DAVID, b. 7 May, 1740; d. Oct., 1740.
5. v. DAVID, b. 24 Dec., 1741.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. 14 April, 1744; m. 7 Nov., 1768, Gen. Nathaniel Lovejoy. She d. 24 April, 1775. He was general in the Revo- lutionary war. Graduated from Harvard University in 1766.
6. vii. JONATHAN, b. 28 July, 1747.
viii. SARAH, b. 15 Feb., 1750; m. 23 Dec., 1772, Timothy Bradley, Jr., b. 30 Oct., 1743, son of Timothy and Abiah Bradley of Concord. (See Bradley Gen.)
ix. LUCY, b. 1 Feb., 1765; m .- - Wilson; d. 1 Nov., 1845.
There is a recorded deed in the provincial records at Concord, dated 2 Dec., 1731, which shows that John Foster of Andover, Mass., bought of Benj. York and Peter Mason two rights of land in C. While this John Foster was probably a brother to Capt. Asa Foster, it is not pre- sumed that he or his land purchase in 1731 were in any way influential towards the immigration of the Fosters into C. about thirty years later. Capt. Asa Foster may have learned of the C. settlement on the expe- dition to Canada. It is not known which two of the three daus. accom- panied their brothers to C., but it is evident that Sarah Foster was one of the two, because of the fact that her husband, Timothy Bradley, was a resident of Concord.
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2. DEA. ASA5 FOSTER (Asa4) b. 11 Sept., 1733, Andover, Mass .; m. first, Boxford, 18 Nov., 1762, Hannah Symons, of Boxford, b. 5 Nov., 1733; she d. 29 June, 1775; m. second, in 1776, Hannah Peters, b. 14 Dec., 1730; d. 11 Jan., 1815. She was the dau. of Samuel and Mary Peters of Andover, Mass. He moved to C. about 1761, as he and his father pur- chased 240 acres of land in C. that year. He was appointed dea. in 1773, and honorably sustained that office for more than forty years, until his death, 23 Sept., 1814. He was appointed civil magistrate 16 May, 1791. His first wife was the dau. of Joseph Symons and Mary Peabody, and granddau. of William Peabody and Hannah Hale, and great-granddau. of Mary (Reginald) Foster and Lieut. Francis Peabody. Children, b. in C .:
7. i. ASA6, b. 3 June, 1765.
ii. MEHITABEL, b. 19 Nov., 1771; m. 14 March, 1798, Benjamin Kim- ball, b. in Concord, 4 June, 1771 (John, Benjamin, Richard, Benjamin, Richard); d. 4 Dec., 1818. She d. 23 Sept., 1803, and he m. second, 10 May, 1804, Rhoda Beaman. He had three children by each wife.
iii. SUSANNAH, b. 7 Feb., 1775; m. 24 Nov., 1793, Rev. Frederick Parker, b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., 4 May, 1762; d. 20 April, 1802. He graduated Harvard College in 1784; ordained in C. in 1791. Children : 1. Harriet7, b. 21 Aug., 1794; d. Lowell, Mass., March, 1842. 2. Hollis, b. 15 Aug., 1796; d. 2 Jan., 1827. 3. Susannah, b. 23 Jan., 1799; d. 6 Dec., 1799. 4. Cyrus, b. 4 Dec., 1800; graduated Dartmouth, 1824; d. Edenton, Ga., 11 Sept., 1825. She d. 24 Feb., 1848. Mrs. Parker survived her husband and children several years, and, becoming blind, passing her last days with her brother Asa at C.
3. ABIEL5 FOSTER (Asa4) b. Andover, Mass., 8 Aug., 1735; m. 15 May, 1761, Hannah Badger, dau. of Gen. Joseph Badger, of Gilmanton. She d. 10 Jan., 1768, aged 26; m. second, 11 Oct., 1769, Mary Rogers, b. 1 Nov., 1745. She d. in C., 12 March, 1813. She was a dau. of Dr. Samuel and Hannah Wise Rogers, of Ipswich, Mass. Her father was a descendant of John Rogers of Dedham, Eng., and Rev. Nathaniel, Rev. John, and Rev. John, of Ipswich, Mass. Her mother was a dau. of Maj. Ammi Ruhamah Wise who was a son of Rev. John Wise, of Ipswich, Mass., who was a son of Rev. Joseph Wise, of Roxbury, Mass. Among the household effects she brought to her new home was a fine Venetian mirror, which a great-great-grand- father, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, brought with him to Ipswich, Mass., in 1636. This mirror is now in the possession of Mrs. Edward K. Warren, of Three Oaks, Mich., a dau. of Henry Chamberlain. Mr. Foster d. 6 Feb., 1806. Children, b. in C .:
i. HANNAH6, b. 25 April, 1762; m. 13 June, 1781, Lieut. Moses Cogswell. (See Cogswell and Lyford Gens.)
8. ii. WILLIAM, b. 24 Dec., 1763.
9. iii. JAMES, b. 28 Dec., 1765.
iv. SARAH, b. 30 Dec., 1767; m. - Tilton.
V. MARTHA, b. 19 Aug., 1770; m. 25 March, 1792, Col. Jeremiah Clough, Jr., of C. (See Clough and Sanborn Gens.)
10. vi. ABIEL, b. 19 Feb., 1773.
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vii. MARY, b. 1 Oct., 1774; m. 7 June, 1795, Henry Gerrish, Jr., of Bos- cawen.
viii. ELIZABETH, b. 9 March, 1777; m. 25 March, 1800, Enoch Gerrish, of Boscawen.
ix. NANCY, b. 25 May, 1782; m. 30 Sept., 1803, John Greenough. Chil- dren: 1. Mary? Greenough, b. 1 July, 1804. 2. Frederic Green- ough, b. 1 April, 1806.
4. DANIEL5 FOSTER (Asa4) b. Andover, Mass., 25 Sept., 1737; m. there 16 Dec., 1760, Hannah Kittredge. He d. 25 Jan., 1833. He settled in C. probably about 1763. Children, b. in C .:
11. i. DANIEL6, b. in Andover, Mass., 29 June, 1761.
ii. HANNAH, b. in Andover, Mass., 3 Feb., 1763; m. Zebidiah Sargent 18 June, 1785. (See Sargent Gen.)
12. iii. SIMEON, b. 22 Jan., 1765.
iv. BETSEY, b. 9 April, 1767; unm.
v. JONATHAN, b. 15 Aug., 1769; d. 12 Sept., 1778.
vi. DORCAS, b. 24 Nov., 1770.
vii. ABIAH, b. 15 Jan., 1772; m. 21 March, 1795, Elijah Sargent of Dan- ville, Vt.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. 3 April, 1776; m. Jeremiah Pickard of Derby Line, Vt. ix. RUTH, b. 14 Sept., 1779; unm; schoolteacher; d. 23 July, 1858.
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