Sarah Mary Foss

Biography

Earlier genealogies mistakenly identified Sarah Wallis who married Joshua Foss as the daughter of either Ralph or George Wallis. This is incorrect. She and her husband Joshua Foss are both recorded in the probate records of William Wallis.

Her father William Wallace2 (George1) married Dec. 15, 1673, Jane Drake. He deeded his estate Feb. 11, 1722-3 (New Hampshire Deeds, vol xiii, page 129) to his son Samuel for support in old age, mentioning no wife and no other children except two daughters, Jane, wife of Stephen Lang, and Sarah, wife of Joshua Foss. They were to have 20 pounds each if they survived him and demanded it. There was probably another son, William (3) who lived in the adjoining town of Greenland. Very likely proof of the relationship might be obtained from a thorough study of deeds and other available records. New Hampshire Deed, vol xxii., page 447, have a deed Aug. 4, 1715, of land in Greenland, from Joseph Weeks to William Wallace, Jr., both of Greenland.

She married Joshua Foss on 22 Aug 1707. They were the parents of:

John FOSS 1707 – 1730

Joshua Foss 1708 – 1809

Thomas FOSS 1708 –

Jane Foss 1711 – 1800

Job Foss 1711 – 1790

Wallis Samuel Foss 1713 – 1754

Hannah Foss 1718 –

Nathaniel FOSS 1719 – 1804

Mark Foss 1724 – 1811

George Foss 1724 – 1777

Sources

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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

   2 citations provide evidence for Name

Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), p. 240 (#3).

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hampton-n...

Joshua Foss, Sr.

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