He died aged 74 years. (Vital Records of GLOUCESTER, MA to the end of the year 1849)
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Taken from James Babsons History of Gloucester:
In the year 1804,a prominent citizen of the town departed this life,Col. Joseph Foster;who died Dec.10,aged seventy four. Col.Foster was a native of Ipswich. He was brought up in humble circumstances, and was indebted solely to his own energy and shrewdness for his advancement in life. He is supposed to have come to this town about 1760, and to have entered immediately upon those mercantile employments,in which, as a ship master or merchant, he was afterwards engaged to the end of his days.
In the Revolutionary crisis, he was a patriot of the most ardent stamp; and was always ready to lend his personal exertions and his pecuniary means to help the town through the struggle. He was a man of rough manners; but he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his townsmen, and was chosen frequently to various important public offices. He was several times elected representative, and was one of the delegates to the Convention for forming the State Constitution.
He built and occupied a house near the easterly end of Front Street, at the head of the lane leading to his wharf;but he had previously resided in a house still standing at the head of Hancock Street. His business had been pursued with such success, that he died possessed of a large estate. He left a son Joseph, who became a sea captain, and was lost at sea about 1816; having never been heard from after leaving home on a voyage to the West Indies.
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Additional info courtesy of
Janet Foster Marshall (#49191425)
Children of Col. Joseph Foster (#61833360) Mary b.1757; Lydia b.1760; Sarah b.1762; Joseph b.1764; Elizabeth b.1766; Judith b.1772; and Benjamin b.1791. His parents were Jeremiah and Dorothy (Rust) Foster. His 2nd wife was Hannah (Davis) Somes.
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Taken from James Babsons History of Gloucester:
In the year 1804,a prominent citizen of the town departed this life,Col. Joseph Foster;who died Dec.10,aged seventy four. Col.Foster was a native of Ipswich. He was brought up in humble circumstances, and was indebted solely to his own energy and shrewdness for his advancement in life. He is supposed to have come to this town about 1760, and to have entered immediately upon those mercantile employments,in which, as a ship master or merchant, he was afterwards engaged to the end of his days.
In the Revolutionary crisis, he was a patriot of the most ardent stamp; and was always ready to lend his personal exertions and his pecuniary means to help the town through the struggle. He was a man of rough manners; but he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his townsmen, and was chosen frequently to various important public offices. He was several times elected representative, and was one of the delegates to the Convention for forming the State Constitution.
He built and occupied a house near the easterly end of Front Street, at the head of the lane leading to his wharf;but he had previously resided in a house still standing at the head of Hancock Street. His business had been pursued with such success, that he died possessed of a large estate. He left a son Joseph, who became a sea captain, and was lost at sea about 1816; having never been heard from after leaving home on a voyage to the West Indies.
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Additional info courtesy of
Janet Foster Marshall (#49191425)
Children of Col. Joseph Foster (#61833360) Mary b.1757; Lydia b.1760; Sarah b.1762; Joseph b.1764; Elizabeth b.1766; Judith b.1772; and Benjamin b.1791. His parents were Jeremiah and Dorothy (Rust) Foster. His 2nd wife was Hannah (Davis) Somes.
He died aged 74 years. (Vital Records of GLOUCESTER, MA to the end of the year 1849)
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Taken from James Babsons History of Gloucester:
In the year 1804,a prominent citizen of the town departed this life,Col. Joseph Foster;who died Dec.10,aged seventy four. Col.Foster was a native of Ipswich. He was brought up in humble circumstances, and was indebted solely to his own energy and shrewdness for his advancement in life. He is supposed to have come to this town about 1760, and to have entered immediately upon those mercantile employments,in which, as a ship master or merchant, he was afterwards engaged to the end of his days.
In the Revolutionary crisis, he was a patriot of the most ardent stamp; and was always ready to lend his personal exertions and his pecuniary means to help the town through the struggle. He was a man of rough manners; but he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his townsmen, and was chosen frequently to various important public offices. He was several times elected representative, and was one of the delegates to the Convention for forming the State Constitution.
He built and occupied a house near the easterly end of Front Street, at the head of the lane leading to his wharf;but he had previously resided in a house still standing at the head of Hancock Street. His business had been pursued with such success, that he died possessed of a large estate. He left a son Joseph, who became a sea captain, and was lost at sea about 1816; having never been heard from after leaving home on a voyage to the West Indies.
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Additional info courtesy of
Janet Foster Marshall (#49191425)
Children of Col. Joseph Foster (#61833360) Mary b.1757; Lydia b.1760; Sarah b.1762; Joseph b.1764; Elizabeth b.1766; Judith b.1772; and Benjamin b.1791. His parents were Jeremiah and Dorothy (Rust) Foster. His 2nd wife was Hannah (Davis) Somes.
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Taken from James Babsons History of Gloucester:
In the year 1804,a prominent citizen of the town departed this life,Col. Joseph Foster;who died Dec.10,aged seventy four. Col.Foster was a native of Ipswich. He was brought up in humble circumstances, and was indebted solely to his own energy and shrewdness for his advancement in life. He is supposed to have come to this town about 1760, and to have entered immediately upon those mercantile employments,in which, as a ship master or merchant, he was afterwards engaged to the end of his days.
In the Revolutionary crisis, he was a patriot of the most ardent stamp; and was always ready to lend his personal exertions and his pecuniary means to help the town through the struggle. He was a man of rough manners; but he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his townsmen, and was chosen frequently to various important public offices. He was several times elected representative, and was one of the delegates to the Convention for forming the State Constitution.
He built and occupied a house near the easterly end of Front Street, at the head of the lane leading to his wharf;but he had previously resided in a house still standing at the head of Hancock Street. His business had been pursued with such success, that he died possessed of a large estate. He left a son Joseph, who became a sea captain, and was lost at sea about 1816; having never been heard from after leaving home on a voyage to the West Indies.
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Additional info courtesy of
Janet Foster Marshall (#49191425)
Children of Col. Joseph Foster (#61833360) Mary b.1757; Lydia b.1760; Sarah b.1762; Joseph b.1764; Elizabeth b.1766; Judith b.1772; and Benjamin b.1791. His parents were Jeremiah and Dorothy (Rust) Foster. His 2nd wife was Hannah (Davis) Somes.
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