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Martha Bates (Foster)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 17, 1776 (49)
West Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Moses Foster, of Chelmsford & Ashburnham and Mary Foster
Wife of John Bates
Mother of Jonathan Bates; Phoebe Bates; Martha Blodgett; Mary Willis; Edward Bates and 7 others
Sister of Phoebe Foster; Samuel Foster; Esther Foster; Mary Foster; Sarah Johnson and 6 others

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About Martha Bates

Martha Foster

  • Birth: 1726 - Littletown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  • Parents: Moses Foster, Mary Davis
  • Spouse: John Bates
  • Siblings: Phebe Foster, Esther Foster, Mary Foster, Sarah Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Moses Foster, Jane Foster, Joseph Foster, Eunice Foster, Anna Foster

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

  • [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.
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Martha Bates's Timeline

1726
November 6, 1726
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1745
June 16, 1745
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1747
June 21, 1747
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1749
August 6, 1749
Lunenburg, Worchester, MA, United States
1750
March 8, 1750
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1754
March 3, 1754
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1754
Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
1756
July 4, 1756
Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1758
January 6, 1758
Ashburnham, Worchester, Massachusetts, Usa