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  Birth	1778	Watch Hill,, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aug 1824	Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I8678	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2007 15:00:14
  Father	Jonathan FOSTER, Jr. @, b. 1745, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Mother	Sarah BILLINGS, b. 15 Jan 1745/1746, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F3628	Group Sheet
  Family	Abigail FISH, b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Married	Abt 1802	Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Children	1. George FOSTER, @, b. 8 Dec 1805, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut   2. Lydia FOSTER, [infant], b. Abt 1806, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut > 3. Sally FOSTER, @, b. Abt 1807, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 4. Nathan FOSTER, @, b. 7 Feb 1808, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 5. Ebenezer FOSTER, @, b. 19 Apr 1810, North Stonington,,Connecticut, USA > 6. Daniel C. FOSTER, @, b. 5 Mar 1812, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 7. Eunice FOSTER, @, b. Abt 1813, ,, Connecticut > 8. Nancy FOSTER, @, b. Abt 1814, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 9. Eveline Thankful FOSTER, @, b. 16 Jan 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut   10. Matilda FOSTER, @, b. 1 Oct 1819, Groton, New London, Connecticut > 11. Albert FOSTER, @, b. 12 Jul 1822, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Histories	Early Days of The Pioneers - Cuyahoga County and Brooklyn Township By: Ebenezer Foster Recounts the Connecticut pioneers who settled on the west bank of the Cuyahoga River. Foster and Fish families predominate in this book. Written in 1880.
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

• Headstones		Foster, Michael 1779-1824 and Fish, Abigal 1781-1849 (his wife) Status: Located. Lot 62

• Notes

  Foster/Forester : In the English Middle Ages, the forests and woods were almost always owned or controlled by the lord of the manor -- but people had no reservations about sneaking in and taking firewood, game, or whatever else they might require. To keep the poaching to a minimum, the lord retained a man to watch the forest -- often called a Forester, and sometimes called a Foster. The name stuck as an English Occupation surname when they became adopted. Abigail and Michael had ELEVEN children when they arrived in Brooklyn, Ohio. It was the convention of the times to use the mother's maiden name as the middle name for a child. With that in mind, Michael B. Foster was probably named Michael Billings Foster. Some info derived from Ancestry WorldTree Project as submitted by Dennis Homan BURIAL: Denison Cemetery Foster , Micheal Death Date: Interment Date: 8/1824 ; Interment Number: 27 Age: 45 Remarks: Born 1779 in R. I. Died Aug 1824 Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 4S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes --http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/cems/denison/denef.html NOTE: Brooklyn history, as noted in Abigail Fish Foster's notes, states that the family left Groton for Ohio in 1826. If that is the case, how then could Michael's gravestone show an internment date of 1824? My guess would be that the history is in error. SOURCE_OF_NAME: "Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974", by R.E. Burrows, 1975, 1816 pgs, Ann Arbor, Michigan [pg 254] OBIT: Name: Foster, Michael B. Date: 1824 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026. Notes: 1779 - 1824. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio. OCCUPATION: Tailor.