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Ebenezer Foster

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, MA, United States
Death: June 18, 1749 (39)
Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Place of Burial: Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Maj. John Foster, III, of Attleboro and Margaret Foster
Husband of Desire Foster
Father of Huldah Cheever; Mercy "Marcy" Foster; Mercy Foster; Fear Foster, (died young); Fear Peck and 5 others
Brother of Lieutenant John Foster, IV; Robert Foster; Margaret Whitaker; Benjamin Foster, I; Jonathan Foster and 6 others
Half brother of Elizabeth Roof

Occupation: blacksmith
Managed by: Private User
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About Ebenezer Foster

Ebenezer Foster ...... Birth: Aug. 20, 1709 Dorchester Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA Death: Jun. 18, 1749 Cumberland Providence County Rhode Island, USA

Son of John Foster, he lived to 40 years of age. Also: From the Foster Genealogy, 1899b. Dorchester, Married Desire Cushman, daughter of Samuel and Fear (Corser/Courser)Sept. 17, 1730. She was born Sept. 1710 He was a blacksmith Children are: Huldah b. 9/21/1731 m. Cheever Meathorn; Mercy b. 6/19/1733 d. 6/20/1733; Mercy b. 5/22/1734 m. 6/14/1756 Solomon Peck of Cumberland RI; Fear b. 2/24/1736 d. 2/26/1736; Fear b. 3/9/1737 m. 4/22/1759 Oliver Peck (Solomon's brother); Ebenezer b. 4/9/1739; Jemima b. 7/6/1741; Samuel b. 6/14/1743 m. Leah Avery; Desire b. 6/10/1745 d. 8/1745; Desire b. 8/12/1746 m. Nathaniel Metcalf m. Abigail Draper; Bartholomew b. 9/1748 d. 11/1748; Bartholomew b. 9/1749 m. Mary ? d. 1776 at the seige of Quebec. He reportedly died of consumption in Rhode Island in 1749.

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Parents:
 John Foster, Esq. (1680 - 1759)

Spouse:

 Desire Cushman Allen (1710 - 1810)

Children:

 Huldah Foster Cheever (1731 - 1811)*
 Marcy Foster Peck (1734 - 1806)*
 Fear Foster Peck (1737 - ____)*
 Samuel Foster (1743 - 1825)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Newell Burying Ground Attleboro Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

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Created by: Dave Peck Record added: Sep 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 59352109

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Ebenezer Foster's Timeline

1709
August 20, 1709
Boston, MA, United States
1731
September 21, 1731
Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
1733
June 19, 1733
1734
May 22, 1734
1736
February 24, 1736
1737
March 9, 1737
Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
1739
1739
1741
1741
1743
June 14, 1743
Attleboro, MA, United States