David Lauritsen Foss

• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via son John Fost of England and Dover Tailor Attorney by SmartCopy: Nov 3 2015, 15:13:39 UTC

David var ikke far til John Foss og han har så vidt vides heller aldrig været i USA

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Extracted from Biography and Genealogy of Western Massachusetts, 1639-1925: The Foss family in America belonged to the nobility of Norway, bearing a coat-of-arms, the chief figure in both arms and crest being that of a fox. The name was originally Vos, which signifies fox, and was pronounced foss. The line comes through Denmark and England to America, and the first of whom any knowledge has been traced was a man named Lauritz. According to the custom of the age in that country, the name of the son was adopted from the baptismal name of the father.

David Lauritzen Foss, born in Norway in 1604, removed to Denmark when a young man, and died at Ribe, in that country, August 31, 1659. He was a minister of the gospel and was pastor of St. Catherine's Church at Ribe, in 1648; he was also a magistrate and afterwards provost at Ribe. He married there, September 10, 1636, Jansdatter Hundevard, born February 15, 1620 died September 16, 1684, daughter of Jens Lorenson and Catherine (Hasdatter) Hundevard. These records have been obtained from Denmark, and are a feature of the Foss genealogy in manuscript, now in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Children born at Ribe: John, of whom further; Karine, Lauritz, Agatha, Magdalen, Lauritz Davidson, Jene, Antonius, Peter and Inger.

John Foss, American immigrant ancestor, son of David Lauritzen and Jansdatter (Hundevard) Foss, was baptized January 3, 1639, in Denmark and became a seafaring man. Going to England with his brother Peter, he entered the British Navy as a ship caulker. On the arrival of the vessel in which he sailed in the port of Boston, he decided to remain in this country and tradition states that he went overboard in the evening and swam ashore. To avoid a forcible return to the service he immediately proceeded to the interior, and shortly settled in Dover, New Hampshire. He purchased a house in Exeter, New Hampshire, September 29, 1666, and sold it in April, 1671. In 1667, 1669, 1672 and 1688 he was a juror in Dover and for some time lived in Rye, New Hampshire. His will was dated at Dover, December 17, 1699, and he died before January of the following year. He married (first) Mary Chadbourne, born in 1644, daughter of William and Jane Chadbourne. Her father came to America in the employ of Captain John Mason, to build a mill at South Berwick, Maine, and in 1657 was at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. With him, John Foss removed to Old Kittery, Maine, soon after settling in Dover. He was a prominent man in town affairs in Dover, and was married there (second) by John Wincool, a justice of the peace, January 25, 1686, to Mary (Fernicide) Goss, widow of James Goss. He married (third) Elizabeth (Berry) Lock, daughter of William and Jane Berry, and widow of John Lock, who was killed on Dover Plains, June 26, 1696. His children were: John, Samuel, Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary, William, Walter, Hannah, Thomas, Hinkson, killed June 26, 1696; Humphrey, Jemima and Samuel. These children are descendents of many lines of this old family, scattered now in many States of the Union.

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6. 1636 [Rtr. Kold. 34] Mag. David Lauritsen Foss; [1648 Ribe Cathr. K.; see der].

http://wiberg-net.dk/914-15-RibeDk.htm#Ka-DavidFoss

• 8. 1648 [r. Cap. Ribe Dk. 36] Mag. David Lauritsen Foss, f. Haderslev 04 af Steppinge-F.; St. i Rostock 25, Helmstädt s. A.; i Kbh. 27; Rtr. Kold. 34; Mag. 21/5 39; Pr. . . ; ~ 19/11 37 Anna Jensdtr. Hundevad af Kold. r. Cap. o. s. v., f. 19, † 18/9 84; 5 S., 4 D.; see Laurits D. F. i Pjedsted-G.; Antonius D. F. i Agerskov; Etm.; A. Mogensen, r. Cap. i Kold. o. s. v.; [%E2%80%A0 8/8 1659; Eptph.].

Achelis I, nr. 1630; Arends I, s. 256-57; Kinch II, s. 452-53.

http://wiberg-net.dk/916-17-Ribe.Cathr.htm#DavidFoss

Dansk Demografisk Database does NOT list a son named John. Do not reconnect to John Foss of Dover.

• Katrine born july 23, 1638.
• Laurits born october 27, 1639. died 1640.
• Agate born april 15, 1641.
• Magdalene born august 9, 1642.
• Laurits born august 14, 1643.
• Jens born february 11, 1645.
• Anthonius born mai 3, 1646.
• Peder august 31, 1647.

8. 1648 [r. Cap. Ribe Dk. 36] Mag. David Lauritsen Foss, f. Haderslev 04 af Steppinge-F.; St. i Rostock 25, Helmstädt s. A.; i Kbh. 27; Rtr. Kold. 34; Mag. 21/5 39; Pr. . . ; ~ 19/11 37 Anna Jensdtr. Hundevad af Kold. r. Cap. o. s. v., f. 19, † 18/9 84; 5 S., 4 D.; see Laurits D. F. i Pjedsted-G.; Antonius D. F. i Agerskov; Etm.; A. Mogensen, r. Cap. i Kold. o. s. v.; [%E2%80%A0 8/8 1659; Eptph.].

Achelis I, nr. 1630; Arends I, s. 256-57; Kinch II, s. 452-53.

http://www.danskeaner.dk/wiki/index.php/Ribe_Sankt_Katharine_Sogn

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolding_Gymnasium

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