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• Birth	21 Apr 1710	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Mar 1793	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Buried	City Cemetery, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I16428	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2001 00:00:00
  Father	David FOSTER, b. 16 Oct 1665, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Hanna BUXSTON, b. 27 Jan 1665, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F6803	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Eunice STOCKWELL, b. Abt 1713, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	24 Feb 1732/1733	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UID4623E3D98F08AE48B9BF60CBC6267C99568F
  Children	> 1. Daniel FOSTER, b. Abt 1734, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts > 2. Amos FOSTER, b. Abt 1737, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   3. Eunice FOSTER, b. Abt 1740, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts > 4. Jeremiah FOSTER, b. Abt 1740 > 5. Nathan FOSTER, b. Abt 1743, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts > 6. Keziah FOSTER, b. 10 Mar 1752, Shelburn, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F7700	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Mary UNKNOWN, b. Abt 1722
  Married	10 Dec 1778	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UIDA44D0D4AAD102249B3CAE63EB509E18D3DE2
  Family ID	F7736	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Abigail KING, b. 11 Feb 1700, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	29 Apr 1749	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UID02A00586ACDA2B43AFF97ED4CF1B6A5ECD29
  Family ID	F7733	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Ancestral File Number: GQK8-72 !BIRTH: Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, page 315, FOSTER Amos, s. David and Hannah (Buxton), Apr. 21, 1710. !IGI: Batch #: 7219209, Sheet #: 77, Source Call #: 820475 Film #: 177931, Page #: 724, Ordinance #: 28028 Batch #: 7213829, Sheet #: 23, Source Call #: 820365 !MARRIAGE: Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, page 375, FOSTER Amos, and Eunice Stockwell, int. Feb. 24, 1732-3. !SECOND MARRIAGE: Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, page 375, FOSTER Amos, and Abigail King, int. Apr. 29,1749. !IGI MARRIAGE: 7219209-76 !THIRD MARRIAGE: New Salem Public Library, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, 5/27/1998 in CHURCH RECORDS METAL BOX,packet OLDEST CHURCH RECORDS - loose pages, marriages -Lieut. Amos Foster Married the Widow ___ Cook Dec 10 1778. Vital records of New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, page 64, COOK, ______, wid., and Lt. Amos Foster, Dec. 10, 1778. C.R. !POSSIBLE FOURTH MARRIAGE: Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, page 375, FOSTER Amos, and Sally Archer, Aug. 6, 1787. [certif. C.R.12.]* intention also recorded. !DEATH: Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, page 135, FOSTER, Amos, Mar. 27, 1793, a. 82 y. G.R.1. !CEMETERY: Center Cemetery, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, June 1998, "In memory of Lt. Amos Foster who Died March 27 1793 in the 83 year of his age: !HISTORY: Heare Lyes Salim New Grant 1734-1763: A History of New Salem, Massachusetts, by Donald Kenneth Wetherbee, page 148 - AMOS FOSTER, SR., Lt., son of David and Hannah Buxton Foster, b. April 21, 1710, Salem, d. March 27, 1793, New Salem, md. 1st ? Eunice Stockwell, 1733, md. 2nd Abigail King, 1749, d. 1777, md. 3rd ? Mary Wheeler, (Cook, 1778, b.c. 1723, d. 1785, New Salem). Ch: Amos, Jr., b. c. 1738, md Elizabeth Kellogg, 1765, New Salem He and his brother Samuel were selling New Salem land in Salem in 1742, but may not have come here to live until 1752. He was Lietuant of a company of New Salem men sent to the frontier in 1757 during siege of fort William Henry. He had 2 poles in 1759 assessment and a large estate. He lived here for the rest of his life on First #34. He was an original proprietor. !HEARE LYES SALIM NEW GRANT" by David Kenneth Wetherbee, page 95, "OriginalProprietors of New Salem, Massachusetts" FOSTER, AMOS Right 6, 1741 +, 1753 +, 1st Div 6, 2nd Div 10, 3rd Div ?, 3rd Div ?, 4th Div ?, 4th Div ?, 4th Div ? FOSTER, SAMUEL Right 37, 1741 +, 1753 , 1st Div 37, 2nd Div 49, 3rd Div 4, 3rd Div 60, 4th Div 169, 4th Div 170, 4th Div 188 Page 96, Of the original sixty-three Rights or Shares in the Propriety, al the Rights had probably been consolodated by the following shareholders in 1797 at the time of the Fifth Division: Daniel Foster, . . . Amos Foster. Page 101, First Div. #8. 1759, Samuel Carlton to Amos Foster, H4-424. (25-307) (F54-311, 1823) Page 392, "Hampshire Court Records, 1762" Amos Foster of New Salem Gentleman and Abigail his wife who was formerly Abigail King pltf vs Jonathan King of Sutton administ. in estate ofJonathan King of Sutton in a Plea of Debt. Do. !LAND: Essex County Deeds,Massachusetts Vol. 96, page 200 John Trask to Amos Foster Recd in Record Jan 9th 1752 John Trask of New Salem so called in ye County of Hampshire in ye Province of ye Mass Bay in New England Blacksmith als Husbandmand & Elizabeth Traskmy wife who was one of sd daughters of Jacob Reed late of Salem deceased. fifty pounds Lawful Money Amos Foster of Salem in the County of Essex & Province ofsd Mass Bay aforesaid Husbandman A small Dwelling House in Salem aforesaid with the Land on which it stands containing about one acre of Land be the same more of less bounded westerly upon the Streeet Sotherly on William Bowles Land Easterly upon the Read M Prescotts Land & Northly upon the Land of Charles Cook late Deceased which House and Land was the Estate of said Jacob Reed deceased (signed) John Trask, Elizabeth Trask Oct. 8th 1745