Moses Foster, Jr., of Ashburnham & Shelburne

Not the same as Moses Foster, Jr, of Ipswich

Children of Moses Foster & Mary Davis, recorded at Littleton, may have included:

Children born to Moses Foster, Jr., and Mary in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, included:

1. Milsent, {sic} born 01 May 1758[1]
2. Sarah Foster, born 14 April 1760[2]
3. Keziah Foster, born 07 March 1762[3]

Biography

Extracted from Brown-Snel Family Roots. “Which Moses Foster?” (May 5, 2018) < link >

Moses Foster Jr. and his wife Mary also lived in Ashburnham for a time. Seven children were born to them there: Milicent (“Melsent”) (b. 1758), Sarah (b. 1760), Kezia (b. 1762), Phebe (b. 1764), Esther (b. 1767), Brooks (b. 1769) and Moses (b. 1771).[14] Milicent (“Melsent”) died in Ashburnham in 1760.[15] Moses Jr. and Zimri Heywood had a saw mill in the town.[16] Moses Jr. moved to Shelburne, Massachusetts in 1770.[17] It appears that he died intestate in 1779. In papers associated with the settling of his estate, there is a note stating that “he went and joined the enemy about the first of September in the year 1777.”[18]

Origins

Extracted from Brown-Snel Family Roots. “Deacon Moses Foster (1692-1785)” (Friday, May 4, 2018) < link >

Moses Foster married Mary Davis (b. 20 May 1699), the daughter of Samuel Davis, Jr. and his wife Anna (or Hannah) sometime around 1715. Moses and Anna had twelve children: Phoebe (b. 1716), Samuel (b. 1718), Esther (b. 1720), Mary (b. 1722), Sarah (b. 1724), Martha (b. 1726), Elizabeth (b. 1729), Moses Jr. (b. 1731), Jane (b. 1733), Joseph (b. 1735), Eunice (b. 1737), and Anna (b. 1739).[4]

References

1. [4] Records of Littleton, Massachusetts. Printed by Order of the Town. Births and Deaths from the Earliest Records in the Town Books Begun in 1715. Littleton, Mass.: [No publisher listed], 1900. p. 47.
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foster-15943 (shows wrong parents) cites
   1. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Name: Moses Foster, Event Type: Birth, Birth Date: 2 Feb 1730, Birth Place: Littleton, Massachusetts, Father Name: Moses Foster, Mother Name: Mary Foster
   2. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7649/33/141510734
   3. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7649/33/141510734
   4. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7649/33/141510734
   5. Foster genealogy; by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. cPublication date 1899 (has errors)
   6. Family Search ID: L83G-DMT
   7. Records of Littleton, Massachusettsm begun in 1715, p. 47. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XF-ZPD3?i=26&cc=... viewed 10/22/2020, Image 33.
3. Brown-Snel Family Roots. “Which Moses Foster?” (May 5, 2018) < link >
4. https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Davis%20Family/DavisMaryFos...
   1. From Foster Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce. Moses Foster (Samuel, Samuel), b. Chelmsford, Mass., Oct . 4, 1692; m. Mary. He resided in Chelmsford until 1719 when he moved away. Res.,Chelmsford, Mass. i. Samuel, b. Oct. 31, 1718. ii. Moses, b. 1720; m. Hannah Lee.
   2. But the children of Moses Foster show with mother Mary in birth records at Ashburnham. For example:
      1. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Ashburnham births < link > Moses FOSTER 1771 Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Moses, s. Moses Jur. and Mary (now of Shelburne), bap. Dec. 29, 1771. C.R.