Benjamin Foster

NOTE: Benjamin is an ancestor of noted TV host Richard Madeley[10] "Richard Madeley." Who Do You Think You Are? (Series 8, Episode 8). BBC One. 28 Sept 2011.

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Benjamin Foster moved from Essex County Massachusetts to Rockingham County, New Hampshire about 1740 when four of his children were married. As stated in the Hampstead town records, and in 1760 the old folks with two sons and two daughters moved to Granville, NS, Canada. Mr. Foster died the day after landing, and his wife after 45 years, a widow.

1. Foster genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, whose genealogy is traced back to Anacher, great forester of Flanders who dies in 837 A.D. With wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. Also, the record of all other American Fosters. By Frederick Clifton Pierce... Published by the author.  Published 1899 by Press o W.B. Conkey company in Chicago.. 
2. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources Author: William Edward Chute Published: Salem, Massachusetts, 1894 Comments: Copy originally owned by George Maynard Chute, nephew of William Edward Chute with his signature on the flyleaf; handwritten notes in margins; passed to George Maynard Chute, Jr. who published an updated addendum to this work in 1968; passed to George Maynard Chute, III; passed to Jacqueline Irene Chute.

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Benjamin Foster

Born before 6 Oct 1689 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Jacob Foster and Sarah (Wood) Foster

Brother of Mary Foster, John Foster [half] and David Foster [half]

Husband of Sarah (Woodward) Foster — married 15 Mar 1725 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Judith (Foster) Chute, Isaac Foster, Ezekiel Foster, Elizabeth (Foster) LeCain, Sarah (Foster) Wheelock and Jeremiah Foster

Died about 1760 in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Profile last modified 27 Apr 2019 | Created 19 Sep 2010

Biography

Benjamin Foster was baptized on October 6, 1689 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts,[1] the son of Jacob Foster and Sarah (Wood) Foster.[2]

Benjamin married Sarah Woodward in the Chebacco section of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts (now the town of Essex) on March 15, 1725/26.[2][3][4][5] They had previously published their Notice of intent to marry on 6 Nov 1725 in Chebacco, Essex, Massachusetts.[6] Sarah and Benjamin had the following children:[2]

Judith, b.1726, m.Chute; Isaac, b.1728; Ezekiel, b.1730; Elizabeth, b.1733. m.Francis B. Lecain, 1761; Sarah, b.1737, m.Abel Wheelock; Jeremiah, b.1740 m.Jemima Kent 1768. Benjamin and Sarah moved from Massachusetts to Rockingham County, New Hampshire about 1740.[2] In 1760, Benjamin and Sarah moved to Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia with their daughter Judith and her husband John Chute.[2][7][8][9]

Benjamin died in 1760, one day after landing in Nova Scotia.[2]

NOTE: Benjamin is an ancestor of noted tv host Richard Madeley[10]

Sources

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-QH65 : 29 November 2018), Benj Foster and Sarah Woodward, 15 Mar 1725; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm . "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MV-YZ7 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Foster in entry for Judith Foster, 1726; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA; FHL microfilm 928,972. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLS-493 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Foster in entry for Judith Foster, 20 Mar 1728; citing HOLLISTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPP-SLH : 6 November 2017), Benjamin Foster in entry for Elisabeth Foster, 14 Jan 1730; citing Birth, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 763,666. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPP-S2S : 6 November 2017), Benjamin Foster in entry for Ezekel Foster, 13 Nov 1731; citing Birth, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 763,666. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLC-N43 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Foster in entry for Joseph Foster, 10 Nov 1735; citing HOLLISTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 3. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLC-CHX : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Foster in entry for Benjamin Foster, 08 Sep 1737; citing HOLLISTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPP-QFW : 6 November 2017), Benjamin Foster in entry for Benjamin Foster, 08 Sep 1737; citing Birth, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 763,666. "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL53-Y56 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Foster in entry for John Chute and Judith Foster, 1745; citing All Saints Anglican,Granville,Annapolis,Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 1,376,194. ↑ Topsfield Vital Statistics, Vol. 1, p. 43. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chute, William E., " A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America." Salem, MA: 1894. Marriage & children p.liii-liv. ↑ Ferris, Mary Walton, “Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes.” Accessed online May 26, 2018 at HathiTrust. Page 675. ↑ Ipswich Vital Statistics, Vol. 2, p. 168. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 6 Nov 2017, Benjamin Foster and Sarah Woodward, 6 Nov 1725; citing Marriage Notice, Chebacco, Essex, MA, town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 777,636. ↑ Smith, Leonard H. Jr., and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. p. 84. ↑ Calnek, W. A. History of the County of Annapolis. Toronto: Briggs, 1897. pp. 510-511. ↑ Wright, Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers: Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1976. p. 72. ↑ "Richard Madeley." Who Do You Think You Are? (Series 8, Episode 8). BBC One. 28 Sept 2011. See also:

Calnek, W. A. History of the County of Annapolis. Toronto: Briggs, 1897. Chute, William E. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America. Salem, MA: 1894. Smith, Leonard H. Jr., and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Wright, Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers: Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1976. Essex Institute. Vital Statistics of the Town of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, MA: 1910. Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of the Town of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, MA: 1903. Ancestry Family Trees.