Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1808, July 28: Sarah C. Foster was born (birth date computed from g.s.).
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL)(Book/Photographs, Randall Archives)

Name: Randall, Sarah C.
Dwelling: 431
Family: 442
Sex: Female
Age: 30 years
Race: White
Birthplace: Vermont
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 32) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, Sarah
Relation to the Head of the Household: Wife
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 60 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Birthplace: Vermont
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Connecticut
"1880 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T9 - Roll: 1047 - Page: 316B) (HeritageQuest)

Note: She then moved to South Haven, Michigan. Owns a lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota of unknown value that was taken on a debt. Description: North 16 1/2 feet of Lot 20, Block 1 and South 17 5/6 feet of Lot 21, Block 1; Minneapolis, Minnesota. Father: Pemberton Randall (Preacher) Died: January 4, 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota Buried in Medina, Medina County, Ohio
"Pension Application"

SARA FOSTER RANDALL
"Grandma" Randall had returned to Chippewa Lake from Michigan two weeks previous, with her son Taomas (Thomas) and daughter, Mrs. George Chapman. A Week after her return to Medina County, she passed away quietly in her sleep and was found by her daughter, Mrs. Nye, at 2 a.m. Wednesday. She was buried, next to her husband, in Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina on October 2. Reverend Cooley, an old and esteemed friend officiating."
"Medina County Gazette" Obituary, October 8, 1896; p. 2; Local News, roll 20 (Randall Archives)

1866, September 28: Sarah Randall died at the age of 77 years and 2 months (g.s.) and is buried with her husband in, Section 2, Lot 97 in the Spring Grove Cemetery at Medina, Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL) (Book/Photographs, Randall Library)

"Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors and Descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; p. 5; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 199 LofC)

"Alexander Family Record" (Randall Archives)

"SAR Patriot Index" #81917 (Randall CD Library)

"Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors and Descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; p. 5; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 1991 LofC)

1. Theodorus Beebe RANDALL, , Corporal b. 30 Sep 1841, Granger (Medina) Ohio; d. 28 Feb 1911, Murietta (Fulton) Georgia; bur. Muriett National Cemetery in Murietta, Georgia.
2. Thomas P. RANDALL, , Private b. 11 Aug 1843, Medina (Medina) Ohio; d. 21 Nov 1910, Logan Township (Lincoln) Kansas; bur. Covert (Van Buren) Michigan.
3. David Austin RANDALL, , Private b. 1845, Medina (Medina) Ohio; d. 20 Aug 1861, Arlington (Arlington) Virginia; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
4. Maria Teresa RANDALL b. 8 Aug 1848, Granger Township (Medina) Ohio; d. 12 Feb 1932, (Van Buren) Michigan.
5. Sarah A. RANDALL b. 1851, Granger Township (Medina) Ohio.
6. Elizabeth RANDALL b. 1852.
7. Charles S. RANDALL b. 20 Jul 1856, Lafayette Township (Medina) Ohio; d. 20 Dec 1878, (Lincoln) Kansas; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
8. Lydia E. RANDALL b. 1862, Lafayette (Medina) Ohio; d. AFT. 1920, Arkwright, Spokane (Spokane) Washington.

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1785, October 16: Albro, son of Ichabod and Susannah (Carr) Foster was born at Rutland (Rutland) Vermont.
"Ichabod's Diary: A Window to His World" by Julie Foster Van Camp from "Ancestry Magazine" XVIII:2:82; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)

Albro Served in the War of 1812.
"Index of Awards on Claims to Soldiers of the War of 1812" [Research by Robyn Osborn, WorldConnect]

Name: Foster, Albro
Dwelling: 426
Family: 437
Sex: Male
Age: 65 years
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate: 600
Birthplace: Vermont
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 38) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1874, May 15: Albro Foster died (g.s.) and is buried, with his wife, in the Butternut Ridge Cemetery at North Eaton (Lorain) Ohio.
"Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio" published by the Genealogical Workshop of the Lorain County Historical Society; Elyria, Ohio; 1980 (977.1 OH Lorain/Cemeteries SCGS) (929.377123 C332 OHS) (977.101 L88LAB ACPL)

1874, May 15: "It becomes our painful duty to record the sad and sudden death of our old and valued friend, Albro Foster . . . in the 88th year of his age. On the morning of his death, he went out into the woodshed and it is supposed, made a mis-step, falling through an open doorway into the cellar below, striking his forehead against the sharp edge of a stone . . . "
"Medina County (Ohio) Gazette" Obituary; May 22, 1874 (MCDL)

"Albro and Ichabod - Was there a Connection" by Julie Foster Van Camp from the "Ancestry Magazine" XII:4; July/August, 1994 (Randall Archives)

Name: Foster, Rispah
Dwelling: 426
Family: 437
Sex: Female
Age: 62 years
Birthplace: Massachusetts
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 38) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1879, January 24: Rispah, wife of Albro Foster, died (g.s.) and is buried in the Butternut Ridge Cemetery at North Eaton (Lorain) Ohio.
"Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio" published by the Genealogical Workshop of the Lorain County Historical Society; Elyria, Ohio; 1980 (977.1 OH Lorain/Cemeteries SCGS) (929.377123 C332 OHS) (977.101 L88LAB ACPL)

"Doane Family History"

1. Harriet FOSTER b. 27 Mar 1807, Middletown Springs (Rutland) Vermont.
2. Azariah Doane FOSTER b. 10 May 1811, Whiting (Addison) Vermont; d. 7 Sep 1889, (Washington) Iowa.
3. Lydia FOSTER b. 16 Nov 1815, Ellisburg (Jefferson) New York; d. 2 Nov 1892, Lodi (Medina) Ohio.
4. 1. Sarah C. (b) FOSTER b. 28 Jul 1819, Bakersfield (Franklin) Vermont; d. 28 Sep 1886, Chippewa Lake (Medina) Ohio; bur. 2 Oct 1886, Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina (Medina) Ohio.
5. Christianna FOSTER b. 17 Mar 1829, Lyme (Jefferson) New York; d. 29 Nov 1862, Wassonville (Washington) Iowa; bur. Wassonville Cemetery in Wassonville, Iowa.
6. Ann Jeanette FOSTER b. 10 Sep 1831, Lyme (Jefferson) New York; d. 12 Dec 1927, Logan Township (Lincoln) Kansas.

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1786, June 5: Susannah, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Carr and Ichabod Foster were married by Job Spencer at West Greenwich (Kent) Rhode Island [Research of Julia Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1790, September 2: Gideon Walker, Nathaniel Munger, Jesse Walker, John Beach, Benjamin Foster, Wm. Foster, Elisabeth Beach added by Baptism. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1790, September 26: Sarah Stone, Ichabod Foster, Josiah Stone, Levi Walker, John Foster, added by baptism. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1792: Members included Ichabod, John, Susannah, Benjamin, William and Abigail Foster; also Josiah and Sarah Stone; Rachel, Gideon, Otis, Jesse and Levi Walker; Rachel, Elizabeth, John and Deliverance Beach; Widow Washburn (who could be Jerusha Foster); Ezra Allen. The women were not among those either dismissed or excluded (except Rachel Beach was dismissed) [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1792: "Several complaints were made against various members who were stometimes throuwn out of the church for misdemeanors which as lying, use of unseemly language. Too stringent rules did not suit some of the members, for nineteen were soon to withdraw. These united with seventeen others who had "previously erased their travel with the church", and organized themselves into a separate body. They resolved their differences and joined together six years later. But a few years after the 1798 union the two bodies became once more beset with trials and difficulties. which resulted in some members being excluded from the church." Listed when the December 6, 1798 union was signed the following were lied as Dismissed: Joseph Needham, Ezra Allen, Josiah Stone, Rachel, Rachel Beach, Sarah Stone; those excluded included: Abner Ames, ICHABOD FOSTER and JOHN FOSTER. Those staying were Benjamin, William, Susannah and Abigail Foster (must have been a bit of a family feud).[Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1799, November 31: Brother Benjamin Foster exhibited a complaint to the Church against Brother Ebenezer Flagg for recording, or falling from a contract concerning a piece of land. A committee was set up to examine the complaint. 1800, March 1: The committee report was accepted by the Church (but didn't say what it was) [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1800, April 5: Benjamin Foster and Brother Brown a committee to visit brother John Foster and make report. John attended the next meeting and "manifested some difficulty with the Church for receiving Thomas Gregory to their fellowship over objection." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1800, November 1: Received Rebecca Foster. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1801, April 25: Brother Foster's objections against brother Gregory and deliberated largely on John Foster's objection, found nothing proved against brother Gregory. They proceeded to withdraw fellowship from brother John Foster for neglecting to walk with the church. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, September 1: Heard complaint from Benjamin Foster against brother Moses Munger, viz. After he had entered into covenant or agreement, then receded there from to the damage of the said Benjamin. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, September 5: Took up complaint and the church voted unanimously that Bro Foster had supported his complaint against bro Most Munger. After which bro Munger came forward and made some recantation in the before mentioned matter against him. The church withdrew the hand of fellowship. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, October 5: Brother Benjamin Foster came forward before the church and confessed he had done wrong in withdrawing from the church in the manner in which he did. He was forgiven and took his place in the church. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1805, December 14: Membership list: no Fosters, Beaches, Stones, Walkers or Allens. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]The Whiting Baptist church was constituted of members of the church in Orwell--origins to Ephraim Sawyer and Henry Chamberlain, "who carried their Bibles with them to their work as constantly as they did their axes, read and chopped alternately, and spent time in meditation and prayer as far as practicable. Church recognized February 25, 1799 with ten members, among them were Ezra Allen, Josiah Stone, Sarah Stone, Rachel Beach., Jesse Walker, Otis Walker. First Pastor was David Rathbun on October 4, 1799 the church voted to bear Elder Rathbun's extra expense for liquor for himself and family, and to have it averaged on the members of the church. What other provision was made for the supply of his needs and comfort we do not know. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]The Baptist church in Middletown was formed in 1784. It is one of the oldest baptist churches in the State, if not the oldest (Frisbie p. 96). From about 1790 to 1802 it was a large church and embraced in its communion members residing in Wells, Poultney, Tinmouth and Ira. Among the first members was Ephraim Foster (no relative that I am aware of). Rev. Sylvanus Haynes of Provincetown, Massachusetts was ordained pastor on August 30, 1790, and remained in office 27 years. He married Albro and Rispah at Ichabod's home. The Baptist Society bought a piece of land for him of Captain Joseph Spaulding, and Mr. Haynes commenced living on it in a log home. Baptist meeting house was built in 1806. He left in 1817 and went to western New York. He was a man of fair education and abilities. But from some investigation I have made during the last few months, I should be inclined to put a higher estimate upon his abilities, than the impressions I had received from the old people here would permit me to do. I find he was the author of several religious works, which at the time gave him a good reputation as a writer in his denomination. He preached the election sermon before the legislature of Vermont in October, 1809. The sermon was printed by a vote of the legislature. (Frisbie pp. 98-99)."The History of Middletown, Vermont, in Three Discourses, Delivered Before the Citizens of That Town, February 7 and 21, and March 30, 1867" by the Honorable Barnes Frisbie;pp. 98-9; Poultney, Vermont. published by Middletown Springs Historical Society at the request of the citizens of Middletown, Vermont; 1867 1975. Note: My primary interest is in locating the land and grave site of my great, great, great grandfather, Ichabod Foster, born 1740 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, resided in Clarendon, Vermont (1770-1784, Whiting, Vermont (1784-1805), Middletown Springs, Vermont (1805-1811). According to his diary dated October 24, 1811 "We left with our family and effects for the Holland Purchase in York State." He kept a detailed diary which I have for the years 1785-1813. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]In the second volume he lists the route his family took and the families they stayed with from Middletown Springs, Vermont to Willink. What follows are the stops during the five week trip: Poultney, Vermont, Hartford, New York, Argyle Force, Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, Northern Galway, Johnstown, Bingham Herkimer, Schuyler, Whitestown), Vernon, Onondaga, Marcellus, Brutus, Fabius , Seneca, Gorham, Lima, Caledonia, Batavia, Clarence, Buffalo and Willink. November 28, 1811: "B. C. Foster (Benjamin Carr) where we arrived in the afternoon through the Divine goodness which completed a journey of 5 weeks". During most of the trip it either rained or snowed. It appears that this follows closely the route of the Great Genesee Road. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"Benjamin Foster Diary"The Foster family settled on lot fifty-one, township seven, range six and was the first on that lot. The log house was located on the "old Amos Stanbro place". Benjamin and John Foster, who built a house next to his brother's, were children of Ichabod and Susannah Carr Foster. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 32; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)June 28, 1812: "we heard of wars being declared against great Britain"July 31, 1812: "alarm of the declaration of war between the United States and great Britain".August, 30, 1812: "This morning I saw a hand bill that gave an account of General Fuller conduct at the surrender of Detroit and the surrender of his command."September 14, 1812" The British cross the Lake and plunder on Eighteen Mile Creek and cloded wagon . . "October 12, 1812: "Heard the cannon in Buffalow".October 16, 1812: "in the morning we heard of the defeat of our troops in Canada".November 28, 1812: "We heard the cannons all day." His diary has one page per month with weather, crop, livestock information, and notes the activities, visits, births and deaths of family members and friends. December 18, 1812:-"In the night Samuel was taken poorly." (he died on the 27th) Ichabod finished Suzanna's shoesDecember 19, 1812: He was a farmer and a cobbler; making his family's shoes for generations. His last entries just said "snow". [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "Ichabod Foster's Diary" "As a rule, the pioneers of the Holland Purchase were men of splendid physique, intelligent, self-reliant and possessed great strength, courage and endurance, which stood them well in hand in the herculean task they had in rescuing this fair domain from a savage state. They came of noble race and could trace their lineage back to the pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock, through the bloody times that tried men's souls during the dark days of the Revolution . . . They had left the homes and scenes of their childhood and bid good-bye to early associates and friends, turned their faces toward the setting sun, and with their wives and little ones had started forth on their long and weary journey towards their future homes . . . When they at last arrived at their destination, within the dense forests of the Holland Purchase, hundreds of miles away from any city or large village, and without post offices or mails to aid them in communicating with their Eastern friends, they selected lands and built their log cabins, without lumber or nails, and entered upon a new mode of life." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 100; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)"And if the sons inherited the wisdom, courage and valor of the sires, what shall be said of the daughters? Endowed with the spirit and fortitude of the Spartan mothers, who, in times of extremity, became truly heroic; still possessing the gentleness, tender solicitude and undying love, that has ever distinguished the sure woman from the sterner sex. They cheerfully shared all the toils, trials and dangers, incident to that period, and they were the guardian angels that watched over the pioneer's log cabin, ministering to him and his in sickness and caring for their comforts in health." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 101; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)The last four tracts described in the conveyances of the land purchased of Massachusetts, by Robert Morris, were conveyed by him by four separate deeds. These tracts were purchased with the fund of certain gentlemen in Holland is 1773, and held in trust by the several grantees for their benefit, as they, being aliens, could not purchase and hold real estate in their own names, according to the then existing laws of the State. The Holland Company and the lands conveyed by those deed the Holland Purchase. The Dutch proprietors were Wilhem Willink, Jan Willink, Wilhem Willink the younger, and Jan Willink the younger. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 32; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)"The Carr Book; sketches of the lives of many of the descendants of Robert and Caleb Carr, whose arrival on this continent in 1635 began the American story of our family"; by Arthur Adkins Carr; published by the author; Ticonderoga, New York; 1947 (929.2 C23C ACPL)Ichabod's writings reveal an educated, observant, disciplined man who recorded facts but ignored feelings. He was a risk-taker in the wilderness who keenly observed his natural surroundings. He wasmy kind of person. If he were here today, I'm confident he would join me in my treks in the Yukon Territory and in my expeditions in the Himalayan mountains. He showed me that Fosters traveled on the edge centuries even before I was born. It is in our genes.Ichabod was seventy-one in 1811 when his last land deed was registered in Vermont. I don't know where he died or if a gravestone rests somewhere with his name on it, but tracing my family has linked me in universal space and time to a pioneer I never met but now know so well. He solved a mystery for me, too. In his diary, Ichabod wrote that in the early hours of the morning his son, Albro, was born. The date was October 16, 1785. "Ichabod's Diary: A Window to His World"; by Julie Foster Van Camp from "Ancestry Magazine"; XVIII:2:82; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)"Albro & Ichabod: Was There a Connection?" from the "Ancestry Magazine"; XVII:4; August, 1994 (Randall Archives)"Ichabod's Diary, A Window to His World" from the "Ancestry Magazine"; XVIII:2; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)

1. 2. Albro FOSTER b. 16 Oct 1785, Whiting (Addison) Vermont; d. 15 May 1874, North Eaton (Lorain) Ohio; bur. Butternut Ridge Cemetery in Ridgeville, Ohio.

Benjamin Foster served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Abraham Salisbury's Company. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]October, 1777: Account "for victuling a Scout" at Pittsford, "The names of the Scout and Day they came and went. Came on the 17th, went away on the 20th. Served 3 days. Dollars p'd 1. 15". [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"R. & P. Ware Department (459,239 NYSU)Benjamin Foster is buried in the Old Marsh Cemetery in Clarendon. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"Clarendon and Shrewsbury Cemetery Inscriptions: Rutland County, Vermont"; compiled by Margaret R. Jenks; p. 49; published by the author; Hagerstown, Maryland; 1992 (974.301 R93JCL ACPL).

1. 4. Ichabod FOSTER b. 10 Apr 1740, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
2. Rachel FOSTER, [infant] b. 23 Nov 1741, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 21 Jul 1742, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
3. Rachel FOSTER b. 21 Apr 1743, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 2 Dec 1815, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; bur. Old Kirk Yard Cemetery,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
4. Whitefield FOSTER b. 11 Apr 1745, Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; c. Buried in Marsh Cemetery in Clarendon, Vt, Dar marker; d. 14 Sep 1803, Clarendon, Vermont.
5. Benjamin FOSTER, [infant] b. 23 Mar 1746/1747, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 25 Mar 1747, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
6. Jerusha FOSTER, [child] b. 23 Mar 1746/1747, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 20 Feb 1750/1751, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
7. Lydia FOSTER b. 5 Aug 1749, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
8. Jerusha FOSTER b. 16 Aug 1751, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts.
9. Benjamin FOSTER b. 4 Mar 1754, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts; d. 22 Oct 1848, Sharon Township, Medina, Ohio; bur. Clarenden, Rutland, Vermont.