Samuel Foster

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name
Samuel Foster
sex
male
access
public
summary
Periwig-maker of Boston, probably a son of Samuel Foster and Rebecca Briscoe. He married Rachel Kneeland at Boston in 1722 and was possibly the father of John Foster, who married Jane Lindsey.
born
date
25 June 1701
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-whitmore-1898-hopestill-foster, book-pierce-1899-foster-genealogy, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
note
Not found in the Boston record OCR; NEHGR 178:35 cites the printed Boston births (RC 24:7) for it.
father
id
samuel-foster-1676
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[deed-samuel-foster-1722]
research
research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
note
A deed of 27 June 1722 names him and his wife Rachel with Rebecca Best and the widow Rebecca Scorch, the daughter and widow of Samuel Foster (b. 1676).
mother
id
rebecca-briscoe-1679
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[deed-samuel-foster-1700, deed-samuel-foster-1722, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
research
research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
note
His father's deed of 9 Mar 1699/1700 calls her "now wife Rebecca," and the deed of 1722 names her as his father's widow beside him; he was born between them. NEHGR 178 lists him among her children by Samuel Foster.
spouses
id
rachel-kneeland-1705
married
date
5 Apr 1722
place
Boston, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston]
note
"Samuel Foster & Rachel Kneeland / Int. reads [Samll.] / Mr. Joseph Sewall Presn. / Apr. 5, 1722" (RC 28:106, image checked). The publication is given as 8 March 1721-2 (Whitmore) or March 28, 1721 (Pierce); Mollie has 1721 and 1 Apr 1722.
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-boston, deed-samuel-foster-1722]

Periwig-maker, of Boston. Mollie's comment on his trade: "a long step from the Dukes of Flanders!"

On 27 June 1722 "Samuel Foster, periwig-maker, and Rachel, his wife," with his sister Rebecca and her husband John Best, tanner, and his mother, "Rebecca Scorch, wife and attorney to William Scorch, cooper," sold to Richard Butt for £150 "9 or 10 acres of upland in Squantum" in Dorchester, which had been left to them by Samuel Foster, late of Boston, his father (Suffolk Deeds 36:68, abstracted in NEHGR 178:34). On 2 Aug 1726 he and Rachel, with his mother, deeded his father's share of a Boston house and land to Elizabeth Foster, shopkeeper and widow; the property ran "west on Fitch's alley, and front east on the lane leading from the town dock to the yard of Nicholas Morecock" (Suffolk Deeds 40:22-23, abstracted in NEHGR 178:35).

Open questions

  • His death. There is no Suffolk probate for a Samuel Foster in the 1740s; check the will of 1728 (no. 5650).
  1. ---
  2. name: Samuel Foster
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Periwig-maker of Boston, probably a son of Samuel Foster and Rebecca Briscoe. He married Rachel
  7. Kneeland at Boston in 1722 and was possibly the father of John Foster, who married Jane Lindsey.
  8. born:
  9. date: 25 June 1701
  10. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  11. basis: compiled
  12. confidence: probable
  13. sources: [book-whitmore-1898-hopestill-foster, book-pierce-1899-foster-genealogy, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  14. note: Not found in the Boston record OCR; NEHGR 178:35 cites the printed Boston births (RC 24:7) for it.
  15. father:
  16. id: samuel-foster-1676
  17. basis: documented
  18. confidence: probable
  19. sources: [deed-samuel-foster-1722]
  20. research: research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
  21. note: A deed of 27 June 1722 names him and his wife Rachel with Rebecca Best and the widow Rebecca Scorch, the daughter and widow of Samuel Foster (b. 1676).
  22. mother:
  23. id: rebecca-briscoe-1679
  24. basis: documented
  25. confidence: probable
  26. sources: [deed-samuel-foster-1700, deed-samuel-foster-1722, article-nehgr-2024-william-briscoe]
  27. research: research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
  28. note: 'His father''s deed of 9 Mar 1699/1700 calls her "now wife Rebecca," and the deed of 1722 names her as his father''s widow beside him; he was born between them. NEHGR 178 lists him among her children by Samuel Foster.'
  29. spouses:
  30. - id: rachel-kneeland-1705
  31. married:
  32. date: 5 Apr 1722
  33. place: Boston, Massachusetts
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [vital-records-boston]
  37. note: "\"Samuel Foster & Rachel Kneeland / Int. reads [Samll.] / Mr. Joseph Sewall Presn. / Apr. 5, 1722\" (RC 28:106, image checked). The publication is given as 8 March 1721-2 (Whitmore) or March 28, 1721 (Pierce); Mollie has 1721 and 1 Apr 1722."
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: proven
  40. sources: [vital-records-boston, deed-samuel-foster-1722]
  41. ---
  43. Periwig-maker, of Boston. Mollie's comment on his trade: "a long step from the Dukes of
  44. Flanders!"
  46. On 27 June 1722 "Samuel Foster, periwig-maker, and Rachel, his wife," with his sister
  47. Rebecca and her husband John Best, tanner, and his mother, "Rebecca Scorch, wife and
  48. attorney to William Scorch, cooper," sold to Richard Butt for £150 "9 or 10 acres of upland
  49. in Squantum" in Dorchester, which had been left to them by Samuel Foster, late of Boston,
  50. his father (Suffolk Deeds 36:68, abstracted in NEHGR 178:34). On 2 Aug 1726 he and Rachel,
  51. with his mother, deeded his father's share of a Boston house and land to Elizabeth Foster,
  52. shopkeeper and widow; the property ran "west on Fitch's alley, and front east on the lane
  53. leading from the town dock to the yard of Nicholas Morecock" (Suffolk Deeds 40:22-23,
  54. abstracted in NEHGR 178:35).
  56. ## Open questions
  58. - His death. There is no Suffolk probate for a Samuel Foster in the 1740s; check the
  59. will of 1728 (no. 5650).
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