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LT Ephraim Foster

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LT Ephraim Foster Veteran

Birth
Salem County, New Jersey, USA
Death
2 Feb 1794 (aged 55)
Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Note: this is a different Ephraim Foster from the one in Monmouth County, NJ. This one who lived and died in Cumberland County, NJ and married Hannah Whitecar in 1761, having 9 children from 1762-1784. The Monmouth County Ephraim Foster married Rachel Stockham in Allentown, Monmouth in 1775.

This Ephraim is documented in the DAR for Revolutionary War service:

FOSTER, EPHRAIM (Lt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NEW JERSEY Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
Birth: 8-27-1738 SALEM CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 2-2-1794 DEERFIELD PCT CUMBERLAND CO NEW JERSEY
Service Source: STRYKER, REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, P 425; CUMBERLAND COLL, DOC #WR01, RETURN OF CAPT EZEKIEL FOSTER'S CO OF CUMBERLAND CO REGT OF MIL, AUG 8, 1775
Service Description: 1) ALSO ENS, CAPT OGDEN, COL ENOS SEELEY
2) SGT, CAPT EZEKIEL FOSTER, COL SILAS NEWCOMB
RESIDENCE 1) City: DEERFIELD PCT - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: NEW JERSEY
SPOUSE 1) HANNAH WHITEKER
Note: this is a different Ephraim Foster from the one in Monmouth County, NJ. This one who lived and died in Cumberland County, NJ and married Hannah Whitecar in 1761, having 9 children from 1762-1784. The Monmouth County Ephraim Foster married Rachel Stockham in Allentown, Monmouth in 1775.

This Ephraim is documented in the DAR for Revolutionary War service:

FOSTER, EPHRAIM (Lt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NEW JERSEY Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
Birth: 8-27-1738 SALEM CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 2-2-1794 DEERFIELD PCT CUMBERLAND CO NEW JERSEY
Service Source: STRYKER, REG OF OFFICERS & MEN OF NJ IN THE REV, P 425; CUMBERLAND COLL, DOC #WR01, RETURN OF CAPT EZEKIEL FOSTER'S CO OF CUMBERLAND CO REGT OF MIL, AUG 8, 1775
Service Description: 1) ALSO ENS, CAPT OGDEN, COL ENOS SEELEY
2) SGT, CAPT EZEKIEL FOSTER, COL SILAS NEWCOMB
RESIDENCE 1) City: DEERFIELD PCT - County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: NEW JERSEY
SPOUSE 1) HANNAH WHITEKER


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  • Created by: Dave Bates
  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89320151/ephraim-foster: accessed ), memorial page for LT Ephraim Foster (27 Aug 1738–2 Feb 1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89320151, citing Deerfield Presbyterian Cemetery, Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Dave Bates (contributor 47002066).