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Capt Joseph Foster Jr.

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Capt Joseph Foster Jr.

Birth
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
Sep 1816 (aged 52)
Pointe-à-Pitre, Arrondissement of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Burial
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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He was lost at sea aged 52 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Gloucester Deaths)"
During the Revolutionary War he was 3rd mate of the letter of marque ship "Polly" of which his father was captain. In 1782 the vessel was captured by the British, and Joseph was a prisoner of war on parole at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
He was a selectman of Gloucester for 5 years (1804- 1807).
5 October, 1787 he was made a Master Mason in Tyrian Lodge No. 1 held in Gloucester, Ma.


Children of Joseph and Rebecca:
Joseph
Lydia
Benjamin
Rebecca
Jeremiah
Thomas
Mary
Arria
He was lost at sea aged 52 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Gloucester Deaths)"
During the Revolutionary War he was 3rd mate of the letter of marque ship "Polly" of which his father was captain. In 1782 the vessel was captured by the British, and Joseph was a prisoner of war on parole at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
He was a selectman of Gloucester for 5 years (1804- 1807).
5 October, 1787 he was made a Master Mason in Tyrian Lodge No. 1 held in Gloucester, Ma.


Children of Joseph and Rebecca:
Joseph
Lydia
Benjamin
Rebecca
Jeremiah
Thomas
Mary
Arria

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