Thomas Foster, Esq.

He was appointed judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Plymouth county in 1756 and served until the Revolution.

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Profile last modified 5 Apr 2024 | Created 19 May 2012

Biography

Thomas Foster was born on November 19, 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony. His parents were John Foster and Hannah Stetson.[1]

Thomas married Lois Fuller on 25 November 1725 in Barnstable[2] with intentions recorded in October 1725 in Plymouth.[3]

Together they had the following children:

Lois Foster
Gersham Foster
Elisha Foster
Hannah Foster
Thomas Foster
John Foster
Gershom Foster
Deborah Foster

Thomas Foster was appointed judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Plymouth county in 1756 and served until the Revolution.[4]
Thomas married his second wife Mary Morton on 13 November 1744 in Plymouth.

Together they had the following children:

Seth Foster
Job Foster
Eunice Foster
Eunice Foster
Land Records

In 1758, along with Job Morton and Silas Morton, Thomas Foster bought an equal share of pasture in Plymouth that had belonged to Timothy Morton, decd, from Charles Morton.[5]

In 1767, Thomas purchased Job's portion of the pasture from his brother Charles who had inherited from his brother Job.[6]

Probate

Thomas Foster, of Plymouth, Eqsr., died intestate and on 10 December 1796, James Prince (son-in-law) was granted the administration of his estate.[7]

His inventory taken on 28 March 1797 included only a pew in the first meeting house in Plymouth. His estate was represented as insolvent.[8] (Researcher's notes: This may be residual estate that was never probate.)

Research Notes

This profile family is the one in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. There is also a Thomas Foster and Faith Oakman in Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass. Please be careful. (Thomas Foster of Plymouth and Lois Fuller of Barnstable were married by the Rev, Mr. Joseph Green on the 25th Day of Nov, 1725)
There are TWO Thomas Fosters there, The one that married Lois Fuller is not the one that married Faith Oakman.
Foster-3467 married Lois Fuller Foster-2432 married Faith Oakman .

Thomas Foster Esq (1705 - 1777)

Thomas Foster Esq

Born 19 Nov 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Foster II and Hannah (Stetson) Foster

Brother of Hannah (Foster) Partridge, Sarah (Foster) Bourn, Mercy (Foster) Morton, John Foster, Samuel Foster, Ichabod Foster, Gershom Foster, Nathaniel Foster and Seth Foster

Husband of Lois (Fuller) Foster — married 16 Oct 1725 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary (Morton) Foster — married about 1751 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Thomas Foster, Elisha Foster, Gersham Foster, Lois Fuller (Foster) Savery, Deborah (Foster) Gardner, John Foster, Gershom Foster, Hannah Foster, Seth Foster, Job Foster, Eunice Foster and Eunice (Foster) Prince

Died 24 Jan 1777 at age 71 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LB42 : Thu Oct 26 00:18:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Foster and John Foster, 19 Mar 1705.
↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM2-49Z : 28 December 2022), Thomas Foster, 1725.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GNFZ : Thu Oct 26 04:23:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Foster and Lois Fuller, 16 Oct 1725.
↑ Bench & bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Volume 2 [p. 390] by William Thomas Davis Information and credit to :Sandra Lennox
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-G92K : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1756-1758 vol 44 > image 554-555 of 654; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-P9F4 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1767-1772 vol 54-55 > image 48-49 of 573; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-VHHY : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 60 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-XC1P : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 75 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
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