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• Title	Major
  Suffix	@
  Birth	15 Nov 1680	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 1759	South Attleborough, Bristol, Ma
  Person ID	I159	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John FOSTER, @, b. 3 Jun 1655, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Mary STUARD
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet
  Family	Margaret WARE, b. 6 Jun 1685, Wrentham, Norfolk, Ma
  Married	4 Dec 1704
  Children	> 1. John FOSTER, b. 4 Mar 1705/1706, ,Dorchester,Suffolk County,Massachusetts   2. Robert FOSTER, b. 29 Oct 1707 > 3. Ebenezer FOSTER, b. 20 Aug 1709, ,Dorchester,Suffolk County,Massachusetts   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 > 7. Jonathan FOSTER, Sr. @, b. 8 Jun 1715, Attleborough, Bristol, Ma   8. Sarah FOSTER, b. 18 Apr 1718, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts > 9. Timothy FOSTER, b. 14 May 1720, ,Attleboro,Bristol County,Massachusetts > 10. Nathan FOSTER, b. 23 Jul 1722, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   11. Esther FOSTER, b. 1723/1724, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   12. Michael FOSTER, [infant], b. 19 Oct 1725, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   13. Michael FOSTER, b. 18 Jul 1727, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts > 14. Mary FOSTER, b. 14 Nov 1729, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet

• 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 FosterHe 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 15that Salem, MA. 1685 MARGARET was born probably Roxbury, MA 1704He 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.