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• Christened	6 Aug 1732	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Nov 1785	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Buried	City Cemetery, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I16419	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2002 00:00:00
  Married	5 Oct 1777	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UIDBCA9AD8E6B26E443BBFED97E422925CDC52C
  Family ID	F7730	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Joseph FOSTER, b. Abt 1725, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	27 Jun 1751	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UID016316260D038047ADEFC351DBFD0BABB577
  Children	> 1. Mary FOSTER, b. 22 Aug 1756, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts > 2. Sarah FOSTER, b. 20 Jun 1756, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   3. Hannah FOSTER, c. 22 Aug 1756, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   4. Rebeckah FOSTER, c. 23 Oct 1757, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   5. Joseph FOSTER, c. 26 Aug 1759, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts   6. Lydia FOSTER, c. 3 May 1761, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts > 7. Mehitable FOSTER, b. 29 May 1763, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts   8. Samuel FOSTER, b. 21 Jun 1764, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts   9. Daniel FOSTER, b. 21 Jun 1764, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts > 10. Ruth FOSTER, b. 17 Nov 1771, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F7702	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !CHRISTENING: Vital Records of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, page 282 -1732. August, 13. Mary, Daughter of Ephraim Wheeler !MARRIAGE: Town Records of Salem, Massachusetts, page 377, FOSTER Joseph, and Mary Wheeler, June 27,1751. * Intention also recorded. !IGI MARRIAGE:Batch #: 7134219, Sheet #: 66, Source Call #: 539037; work also done 5 Jan 1969 SLAKE wife Mary or Molly Batch #: A537527, Sheet #: , Source Call #: 537527,537528,537538,537539 !CHURCHADMISSION: New Salem Public Library, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, 5/27/1998 in CHURCH RECORDS METAL BOX, packet OLDEST CHURCH RECORDS - loose pages - Mary Wheeler admitted into the Church Dec 18 1743 Mary Wheeler admitted to Church Fellowship Marh 18 1743 (too many Mary Wheelers) !SECOND MARRIAGE: Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, page 73, FOSTER Mary, Mrs., and DavidCurtis of Petersham, int. at Petersham, Oct. 5, 1777. M.R. !DEATH: Vital records of Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, page 174, CURTIS, Mrs. Mary 94 June 3, 1830 !BURIAL: assume buried next to second husband in Petersham. There is room around David Curtis' grave that is unmarked. !CENSUS: 1790 CensusHeads of Families, page 118, New Salem, Mass. Wheeler, Saml (Males over 16) 1, (Males under 16) 2, (Females) 3. Wheeler, Benja (Males over 16) 1, (Males under 16) 3, (Females) 3. Wheeler, Joshua (Males over 16) 1, (Males under 16) 2,(Females) 3. Wheeler, Gleasn (Males over 16) 1, (Males under 16) -, (Females)1. SHUTESBURY Wheeler, Ephrm (Males over 16) 3, (Males under 16) 3, (Females) 6. !"HEARE LYES NEW SALIM GRANT" by David Kenneth Wetherbee Page 425, "Summary of Later Censuses" Wheeler, Benjamin 1770, 1771, 1780, 1790, 1798, 1800Grant or1767 Wheeler, Ephraim 1798 Grant ee1774 Shutesb Wheeler, Gleason 1790 Wheeler, James 1800 Wheeler, Jeremiah 1780 Wheeler, Joel 1780, 1800 Grant ab1780 Wheeler, John 1798 Grant ab1793 Wheeler, Joshua 1759, 1771, 1780, 1790,1798, 1800 Grant Settler Shutesb Wheeler, Samuel 1759, 1770, 1771, 1780, 1790, 1798 Grant Settler Shutesb Wheeler, Samuel, Jr. 1780 Grant ee1783 2nd !"HEARE LYES NEW SALIM GRANT" by David Kenneth Wetherbee Page 421, "Summary of Later Censuses" Phelps, Eunice 1780 Phelps, John 1770, 1771 Grant ab1770 1770- Province Tax, with names (Mass. Archives) 1771 - Valuation, with names (Mass. Archives) 1780 - Valuation, with names (Mass. State Library) [Did John diebetween 1771 and 1780?] Page 427, 1771. A List of Polls and of the Estates Province Laws, 1771, Chapter 3 describes this list as "containing an account of all male polls, of sixteen years old and upwards, whether at home or abroad, distinguishing such as are exempt from rates; and of all rateable estate, both real and personal, lying within or adjacent to their respoective towns and districts, and by whom occupied . . . and of all Indian, negro or molatto servants forlife, from fourteen to forth-five years of age; . . . and also of all horses,oxen, goats, sheep and swine, at the respective ages in said list. And said assessors, in taking said valuation, shall distinguish the different improvements of land, and return their list in the following manner; viz., the number ofacres of pasture, and the number of cows the same will keep, with the after-feed of the whole farm; number of barrels of cyder that can be made upon the farm,one year with another; the number of acres of tillage land, bushels of grainand corn, including all sorts the same will produce by the year; number of acres of English, and upland, and will produce by the year; excepting . . . settledministers and grammer-school masters, with their families shall be exempted out of this act. Page 431, "1771 Prov. Tax" John Phelps, Polls Rate 1, Polls No-Rate 0, House 0, Worth 0-10, Horses -, Oxen -, Cows 1, Sheep -, Swine -, Pasturage -, Cows keep -, Tillage 2, Bush Grain 030, Sider -, English (a) -, Hay (tons) -, Meadow (a) -, Hay (tons) -, Real Est -, Pe