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Abel LARKIN
 1771 - 1864

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  1. Abel LARKIN b. 14 Jun 1771, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island; d. 13 Apr 1864, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.

    Abel m. Hannah LARKIN 25 Jan 1797, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Hannah b. 4 May 1780, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island; d. Aft 1818, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Abel LARKIN, [infant] b. 4 Jul 1798, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 14 Jul 1799, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    2. Hannah LARKIN b. 2 May 1800, Charlestown, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 9 Nov 1887, Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    3. Nathan LARKIN b. 17 Aug 1802, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1829, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    4. Horace "Hirris" Pendleton LARKIN b. 31 Dec 1804, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1852, Willow Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon; bur. 1852, Willow Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon.
    5. Sarah Ann LARKIN b. 9 Jan 1807, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1832, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    6. Henry LARKIN b. 1809, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1829, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    7. Hassard LARKIN b. 1811, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1829, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    8. John LARKIN b. 1813, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    9. Abram LARKIN b. 1816, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1838, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    10. Abel LARKIN b. 1818, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 1842, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.

Generation: 2
  1. Abel LARKIN b. 1749; d. 6 Mar 1826.

  2. Abel m. Sarah FOSTER 1 Apr 1770. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan FOSTER, Sr. @ and Anna JENCKS, (Jenks)) b. 1739; d. 1835. [Group Sheet]

  3. Sarah FOSTER b. 1739; d. 1835.

    Children:
    1. 1. Abel LARKIN b. 14 Jun 1771, Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island; d. 13 Apr 1864, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    2. Sarah "Sally" LARKIN b. Jul 1772; d. 1860, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    3. Jonathan LARKIN b. 12 Jan 1775, Westerly,, Rhode Island; d. 1847, Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
    4. Anna LARKIN b. 24 Feb 1778; d. 1819.
    5. Daniel LARKIN b. 26 Dec 1781, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. 14 Sep 1864, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    6. John LARKIN b. 1 Dec 1784.

Generation: 3
  1. Jonathan FOSTER, Sr. @ b. 8 Jun 1715, Attleborough, Bristol, Ma; d. 8 Nov 1781, ,, Rhode Island, USA.

    Notes:
    Found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/jdevlin/source_files/westerly_ri_cemetery_1.htm
    Rhode Island, Washington County, Westerly
    FOSTER GROUND: In the southwestern portion of the town, on the farm belonging to Mr. Edward F. VOST, west of the Watch Hill road, about thirty rods west of the farm0house, in a pasture, inclosed by a poor wall.
    John FOSTER, died Nov 8, 1781, age 67.
    Anna FOSTER, died Feb. 14, 1796, age 77
    Catharine FOSTER, died Aug 22, 1786, in her 27th year.
    Jonathan FOSTER, Jun., died Oct 10, 1781, age 36.
    Sarah FOSTER (wife of Jonathan FOSTER, Jun.), died Oct 1775, age 30
    George FOSTER d. Oct 2, 1837, age 82.
    Thankful FOSTER (wife of George FOSTER), died Aug 15, 1830,age 81.

    HISTORICAL CEMETERY #: WY031 JONATHAN FOSTER GROUND WESTERLY RI Location: 5 ft west of WATCH HILL RD at TEL pole # 2715 100 burials with 10 inscriptions from 1740 to 1830 NOTE: The Fosters have been moved out of this cemetery to River Bend Cemetery WY008. Rev Frederic Denison recorded this lot in 1867. "In the southwestern portion of the town, on the farm belonging to Mr. Edward F. Vose west of the Watch Hill Road, about thirty rods west of the farm house, in a pasture, enclosed by a poor wall. This contains near a hundred graves." This cemetery has been recorded but not checked.
    Found at: http://members.tripod.com/~debyns/wy_ceme.htm

  2. Jonathan m. Anna JENCKS, (Jenks) Abt 1749. Anna (daughter of Nathaniel JENCKS and Catherine SCOTT) b. Abt 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 26 Aug 1796, ,, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet]

  3. Anna JENCKS, (Jenks) b. Abt 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 26 Aug 1796, ,, Rhode Island, USA.

    Children:
    1. Anna FOSTER b. 1737.
    2. 3. Sarah FOSTER b. 1739; d. 1835.
    3. Jonathan FOSTER, Jr. @ b. 1745, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; d. 10 Oct 1781, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
    4. George FOSTER b. Abt 1751; d. 2 Oct 1837, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
    5. Catherine FOSTER b. Abt 1759; d. 22 Aug 1786.

Generation: 4
  1. John FOSTER, @ b. 15 Nov 1680, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. 24 Dec 1759, South Attleborough, Bristol, Ma.

    Notes:
    OCCUPATION: Blacksmith

    BURIAL: Newell Burying Ground, Attelborough, Massachusetts

    1678, October 2: "Political conditions in England and the disturbed affairs elsewhere caused the general court to order that as a letter had been received the previous April to have the oath of allegiance taken by every male inhabitant sixteen years of age and upwards, and have return made to the recorders of the county courts. The following persons in Salem took the oath: Samuell Aborn, Jr., Samuel Aburne, Sr. . . . Warned to appear March 25, 1678: John Foster, Sr., John Foster, Jr., Samuel Foster . . . John Tomkins, Jr. and John Tomkins, Sr." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "History of Salem, Massachusetts" by Sidney Perley; III:116-7; published by Sidney Perley; Salem, Massachusetts; 1926 (974.402 SA32PE ACPL) 1712: John Foster, blacksmith removed from Salem to Dorchester and then to Attleborough. He was a useful and prominent man. At Attleborough he served as moderator many years; as surveyor of land; as magistrate in the capacity of justice of the peace, and as a representative to the general court. His will was proved at Attleborough, January 12, 1760. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] 1726, October 11: "And then ye Town voted that they would Chouze some persons of ye Town to Joyn with such persons as ye Church in sd Town shold appoinrt to be a Committee to Take Care & provide a suitable person to be a asture or minister of ye Church & Town: that is to Take Care untill such Time as a vote of sd Church & Town shall be Necessary as to ye Resettlement of a Gospel minister in sd Town" Four persons were chosen from the church, namely: Deacon John Fuller, Deacon Mayhew Daggett, Mr. Benjamin Slack, Mr. Samuel Tyler; and four from the town, namely: Captain Daniel Read, Captain John Foster, Mr. Samuel Day, Mr. Noah Carpenter." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "A Sketch of the History of Attleborough" by John Daggett'; p. 231; Press of S. Usher; Boston, Massachusetts; 1894 (974.402 AT85DA, PT.1 ACPL) 1732: " . . . it was agreed to pay Captain Foster for his services to the General Court six shillings per day . [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "A Sketch of the History of Attleborough" by John Daggett'; p. 101; Press of S. Usher; Boston, Massachusetts; 1894 (974.402 AT85DA, PT.1 ACPL) 1723: John Foster was a Captain. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary" by John A. Schutz; Northeastern University Press; Boston, Massachusetts; 1997 (974.4 SCH885L ACPL) 1743: John Foster was a Major. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary" by John A. Schutz, Northeastern University Press: Boston, Massachusetts; 1997 (974.4 SCH885L ACPL) 1751, January 3: "Chose Colonel Thomas Bowen, Major John Foster and Captain Samuel Tyler a committee, fully empowering them to prepare a petition praying the General Court that some effectual method may be taken for the perfecting of a straight line from the middle of Accord Pond (so called) westward to that station which is three English miles south of the southernmost part of Charles River, agreeable to settlement made by the Government of New Plymouth and the Massachusetts in the year 1640." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "A Sketch of the History of Attleborough"; by John Daggett' p.105; Press of S. Usher; Boston, Massachusetts; 1894 (974.402 AT85DA, PT.1 ACPL) 1751, September 26: "Made choice of James Otis of Boston, and John Foster of Attleborough, Esquire, a committee in addition to Benjamin Day and Nathaniel Smith, to present a petition to be heard at the General Court at their next session, and to pursue said petition until it is fully determined by said Court: and to petition anew if need be, to have the line settled on the northerly part of our Purchase." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "A Sketch of the History of Attleborough" by John Daggett'; p. 105; Press of S. Usher; Boston, Massachusetts; 1894 (974.402 AT85DA, PT.1 ACPL)

    "Major" John Foster He was moderator at town meetings, an active justice of the peace, surveyor of lands and representative 1723-25-31-32.
    MAJOR JOHN FOSTER (1680-1759)
    MARGARET WARE (1685-1761)
    1680 Major JOHN FOSTER was born on November 15th at Salem, MA.
    1685 MARGARET was born probably Roxbury, MA 1704 He married MARGARET WARE on December 4th at Roxbury, MA.
    1740 On Jan 21st Joseph Very of Mendon and wife Ruth Foster made JOHN of Attleboro attorney to sell land of father JOHN FOSTER at North fields in Salem at Royal Side and other tracts near Butts (now Tapley's) Brook. adm. granted Dec 31,1742.
    1741 JOHN FOSTER of Attleboro, blacksmith bought of Patience of Salem a single woman on Jan 6th his rights in estate of father JOHN FOSTER.
    1743 He purchased along with wife and sister Mary Harrod (RN 1101) land for 150lbs. from his spinster sister Anna of Boston. This was land that his father JOHN had bought from Samuel Beadle in Salem.
    1759 JOHN died on December 24th and was buried at South Attleboro, MA
    1760 His will was probated on Jan 12th and administered at Norton, MA on April 12th.
    1761 MARGARET died on November 4th and was buried with her husband.
    The History of Attleboro says "John Foster Esq., appears from the records to have been a useful public man in his day, though but few facts are known to the author." He was chosen moderator of town meetings for a long succession of years, and was a surveyor of lands. He was also an active justice of the peace, and for several years he represented Attleboro at the General Court of Massachusetts, in Boston.
    SOURCES: Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell,Maine and Ninety Allied Families by Edith Bartlett Sumner, Los Angeles,CA 1959 Foster Genealogy American Genealogist, 21:27 (John Foster 1, will) Perley: History of Salem, MA. History of Attleboro, MA by Daggett Pg. 468 Tompkins Genealogy by Robert Angus Tompkins Mass Soldiers and Sailors 5:935 Dedham Mass Historical Register, 6:112 VR of Salem, Roxbury, Dorchester, and Attleboro Essex Historical Collection, 6:242,243,244; 7:15,16,84,85 Francis Apthorp Foster Papers Box 10,G NEHGS Essex Deeds Vol. 84,pg 144.

  2. John m. Margaret WARE 4 Dec 1704. Margaret (daughter of Robert WARE and Sarah Paige METCALF) b. 6 Jun 1685, Wrentham, Norfolk, Ma; d. 4 Nov 1761, Attleborough, Bristol, Ma. [Group Sheet]

  3. Margaret WARE b. 6 Jun 1685, Wrentham, Norfolk, Ma; d. 4 Nov 1761, Attleborough, Bristol, Ma.

    Children:
    1. John FOSTER b. 4 Mar 1705/1706, ,Dorchester,Suffolk County,Massachusetts; d. 3 Nov 1774, North Providence, Rhode Island.
    2. Robert FOSTER b. 29 Oct 1707.
    3. Ebenezer FOSTER b. 20 Aug 1709, ,Dorchester,Suffolk County,Massachusetts; d. 18 Jun 1749, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    4. Robert II FOSTER
    5. Margaret FOSTER b. 7 Mar 1711/1712, ,Wrentham,Norfolk County,Massachusetts.
    6. Benjamin FOSTER b. 17 Apr 1714, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. 6 Jan 1803, Clarenden, Rutland, Vermont.
    7. 6. Jonathan FOSTER, Sr. @ b. 8 Jun 1715, Attleborough, Bristol, Ma; d. 8 Nov 1781, ,, Rhode Island, USA.
    8. Sarah FOSTER b. 18 Apr 1718, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts.
    9. Timothy FOSTER b. 14 May 1720, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 3 Apr 1785.
    10. Nathan FOSTER b. 23 Jul 1722, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 1806, Bristol, Lincoln, Maine.
    11. Esther FOSTER b. 1723/1724, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 1723/1724, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts.
    12. Michael FOSTER, [infant] b. 19 Oct 1725, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 15 Apr 1726, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts.
    13. Michael FOSTER b. 18 Jul 1727, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts.
    14. Mary FOSTER b. 14 Nov 1729, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts.
  4. Nathaniel JENCKS b. 1686, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 8 Jun 1753.

    Notes:
    SOURCE_OF_NAME: Genealogy of the Jenks family of America, Concord, N.H.?: W.B. Browne, 1952, 771 pgs. [pg 33]

  5. Nathaniel m. Catherine SCOTT 1 Nov 1718, Providence,, Rhode Island. Catherine (daughter of Sylvanus SCOTT and Joanna JENCKS) b. 31 Mar 1696, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]

  6. Catherine SCOTT b. 31 Mar 1696, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Children:
    1. 7. Anna JENCKS, (Jenks) b. Abt 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 26 Aug 1796, ,, Rhode Island, USA.
    2. Martha JENCKS b. 22 Jan 1725; d. 1826.
    3. John JENCKS d. 2 Apr 1810, Providence,, Rhode Island.
    4. Catherine JENCKS
    5. George JENCKS b. Abt 1725; d. 17 Dec 1753.
    6. Joseph JENCKS b. 18 Dec 1740; d. 17 Dec 1753.

  
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