Benjamin Foster, of Scarborough

Not the same as Dr. Benjamin Foster

Only child of Benjamin Foster (No. 43).

158. BENJAMIN FOSTER4 (Benjamin3, Isaac2, Reginald1), b. Ipswich, Mass, about 1699; - b. — , She d. E, Machias, Me, He d. in Scarboro, Me., about 1763. Res. Ipswich, Mass., in Conn., Greenland and Portsmouth N. H,, and Scarboro, Me. His wife died in East Machias, Maine.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foster-1175

Benjamin Foster was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, c1699, the son of Benjamin Foster and Mary Johnson [1] died in Scarborough, Maine, c1763; [2] married at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1 Nov 1716, Wilmot Griffith. [3] [4] She died at East Machias, Maine. [5]

Both were members of the Greenland Church, 1722; He removed to Scarborough by 1737; presumably the Benjamin Foster of Portsmouth who, with Robert Hasty, bought 100 acres in Scarborough in 1731.[6]

Known children:[7]

1. Hannah, bp. 1724. One Hannah m. in Scarborough, 11 Nov 1741, John Scammon.
2. Col. Benjamin, bp 1726, the Revolutionary hero of Machias; m (1) in Scarborough, 26 Nov 1747, Abigail Milliken; m (2) in Scarborough, 29 Jan 1750, Eliza Scott.
3. Sarah, bp 1728.
4. Wooden, bp 1730; settled in Machias, m in Scarborough 28 May 1753, Frances Scott.
5. Sarah, bp. 1733; m in Scarborough, 17 May 1750, Joseph Milliken, bp 29 May 1729; he was a grantee of Trenton, Maine, on the Union River, 1763. His second wife was Miss Berry.[8]
6. Isaiah, bp. 1735, these six bp in Greenland; settled in Machias and Cherryfield; m in Scarborough, 18 Jul 1754, Lydia Fogg.
7. Ezekiel, bp at Scarborough, 2 Oct 1737; settled in Machias; m in Scarborough, 17 Nov 1757, Mary Fogg.

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From GDMNH

Origins

Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1899), p. 136 < Archive.Org >

References

1. "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLF3-PKX : 1 August 2022), Benjamin Foster and Wilmot Griffith, 1716.
2. Discovered in Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30271830?h=25abd4
3. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 11 2022, 9:56:23 UTC
4. Foster genealogy; by Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. cn (Publication date 1899) < Archive.Org >
5. Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster family; descendants of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. A.D. 1638. by Forster, Edward Jacob, 1846-1896 (Publication date 1876) < Archive.Org >
6. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foster-1175 cites
   1. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (W. B. Conkey Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1899), p. 136 < Archive.Org > p. 153-154 < Archive.Org >
   2. Pierce, loc. cit.
   3. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1976, 795 pages), p. 242
   4. "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDVQ-TBZ : accessed 26 January 2016), Benj. Foster and Wilmot Griffeth, 01 Nov 1716; citing reference vol 2 p F; FHL microfilm 16,191.
   5. Pierce, loc. cit.
   6. GDMNH, loc. cit.
   7. GDMNH, loc. cit.
   8. Pierce, loc. cit.