Samuel Foster

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name
Samuel Foster
sex
male
access
public
summary
A "goldsmith," born at Boston in 1676 to Hopestill Foster the soap boiler and Elizabeth Payson. He married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Brisco, and in 1699/1700 made a trust deed for her and their "only child Rebecca"; he died in 1702, probably also the father of Samuel Foster, born in 1701.
born
date
27 Dec 1676
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston]
note
"Samuel of Hopestill & Elizabeth Foster born Dec. 27" (RC 9).
died
date
10 Mar 1702
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
Aged 25. NEHGR 178:34 cites Dunkle and Lainhart, Deaths in Boston 1700-1799. Mollie has the same date.
father
id
hopestill-foster-1645
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston, deed-samuel-foster-1700]
note
The birth record, and his own deed, "son of Hopestill Foster the soap boiler."
mother
id
elizabeth-payson-1645
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston]
spouses
id
rebecca-briscoe-1679
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[deed-samuel-foster-1700]
note
"now wife Rebecca, daughter of my father-in-law Joseph Brisco." Marriage date not found.

Goldsmith, of Boston. His trust deed of 9 Mar 1699/1700 (Suffolk Deeds 21:150-152) calls him "Samuel Foster, goldsmith, son of Hopestill Foster of Boston, soapboiler, deceased." It was made "for love of now wife Rebecca, daughter of my father-in-law Joseph Brisco, and also love of only child Rebecca"; in NEHGR 178's abstract, "for the love and affection for his wife Rebecca ... and for his only child Rebecca," he quitclaimed all his property to his father-in-law, Joseph Brisco of Boston, baker, "as feoffee in trust." That daughter, Rebecca, was born 10 Apr 1699 (RC 9), and married John Best, tanner, on 15 Dec 1721, "by Dr. Cotton Mather" (NEHGR 178:35, citing the Boston marriages). His son Samuel was born after the deed, on 25 June 1701, and he died on 10 Mar 1702, aged 25 (NEHGR 178:34).

  1. ---
  2. name: Samuel Foster
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. A "goldsmith," born at Boston in 1676 to Hopestill Foster the soap boiler and Elizabeth Payson.
  7. He married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Brisco, and in 1699/1700 made a trust deed for her and
  8. their "only child Rebecca"; he died in 1702, probably also the father of Samuel Foster, born in
  9. 1701.
  10. born:
  11. date: 27 Dec 1676
  12. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [vital-records-boston]
  16. note: "\"Samuel of Hopestill & Elizabeth Foster born Dec. 27\" (RC 9)."
  17. died:
  18. date: 10 Mar 1702
  19. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  23. note: Aged 25. NEHGR 178:34 cites Dunkle and Lainhart, Deaths in Boston 1700-1799. Mollie has the same date.
  24. father:
  25. id: hopestill-foster-1645
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [vital-records-boston, deed-samuel-foster-1700]
  29. note: The birth record, and his own deed, "son of Hopestill Foster the soap boiler."
  30. mother:
  31. id: elizabeth-payson-1645
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [vital-records-boston]
  35. spouses:
  36. - id: rebecca-briscoe-1679
  37. basis: documented
  38. confidence: proven
  39. sources: [deed-samuel-foster-1700]
  40. note: "\"now wife Rebecca, daughter of my father-in-law Joseph Brisco.\" Marriage date not found."
  41. ---
  43. Goldsmith, of Boston. His trust deed of 9 Mar 1699/1700 (Suffolk Deeds 21:150-152) calls
  44. him "Samuel Foster, goldsmith, son of Hopestill Foster of Boston, soapboiler, deceased." It
  45. was made "for love of now wife Rebecca, daughter of my father-in-law Joseph Brisco, and also
  46. love of only child Rebecca"; in NEHGR 178's abstract, "for the love and affection for his
  47. wife Rebecca ... and for his only child Rebecca," he quitclaimed all his property to his
  48. father-in-law, Joseph Brisco of Boston, baker, "as feoffee in trust." That daughter,
  49. Rebecca, was born 10 Apr 1699 (RC 9), and married John Best, tanner, on 15 Dec 1721, "by Dr.
  50. Cotton Mather" (NEHGR 178:35, citing the Boston marriages). His son Samuel was born after
  51. the deed, on 25 June 1701, and he died on 10 Mar 1702, aged 25 (NEHGR 178:34).
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