I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 591, but I don't know her name. So it's on to number 595: Elizabeth FOSTER (1673-????). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through two American generations of this FOSTER family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)
36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)
74. Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75. Hannah Smith (1768-1827)
148. Ephraim Sawtell (1735-about 1800)
149. Abigail Stone (1736-before 1800)
296. Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779)
297. Joanna Wilson (1701-1786)
594. John Wilson, born 03 January 1672/73 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1717 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 1088. John Wilson and 1089. Johanna Carter. He married 27 October 1694 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
595. Elizabeth Foster, born 07 October 1673 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of John Wilson and Elizabeth Foster are:
* John Wilson (1695-1764), married (1) 1722 Jemima Shed (????-1740); married (2) 1742 Mary Shed (????-1747).
* Elizabeth Wilson (1697-????), married William Frost.
* Joseph Wilson (1699-????), married about 1732 Sarah --?--
* Joanna Wilson (1701-1786), married 1723 Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779)
* Allice Wilson (1703-????), married Isaac Stearns
* Jacob Wilson (1705-????), married before 1737 Hannah
* Sarah Wilson (1706-1744), married 1730 John Dean (1705-????)
* Mary Wilson (1708-????)
* Esther Wilson (1710-1729)
* Dorcas Wilson (1711-????), married Ebenezer Wyman.
* Seth Wilson (1713-1783), married before 1744 Mary --?--
* Benjamin Wilson (1715-????)
* Rebecca Wilson (1717-1729).
1190. Joseph Foster, born 28 March 1650 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 December 1721 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He married 11 December 1672 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1191. Alice Gorton, born before 08 March 1651/52 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 17 May 1712 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2382. John Gorton and 2383. Mary.
Children of Joseph Foster and Alice Gorton are:
* Elizabeth Foster (1673-????), married 1694 John Wilson (1673-after 1717)
* Joseph Foster (1678-1678)
* Thomas Foster (1681-????), married 1706 Hephzabeth Sawtell (1689-????).
* Sarah Foster (1683-1683)
* John Foster (1685-1685)
2380. Thomas Foster, born about 1600 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 20 April 1682 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 4760. Thomas Foster and 4761. Abigail Wimes. He married 1638 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2381. Elizabeth Whitmore, born in England; died 29 January 1694/95 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Thomas Foster and Elizabeth Whitmore are:
* Thomas Foster (1640-1679), married 1662 Sarah Parker (1640-1718)
* John Foster (1642-1732, married (1) 1663 Mary Chillingsworth (1642-1702), married (2) 1702 Sarah Thomas (????-1731).
* Increase Foster (1644-????)
* Experience Foster (1644-????), married 1663 Joseph French (1640-????)
* Elizabeth Foster (1646-1726), married 1667 James Foster (1640-1711)
* Hopestill Foster (1648-1679), married 1670 Elizabeth Pierce (1646-????)
* Joseph Foster (1650-1721), married (1) 1672 Alice Gorton; married (2) 1712 Margaret Brown ; married 1716 Rebecca Parker.
Information about the Foster families was obtained from:
Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago, Ill. W.B. Conkey Company, 1899).
Rev. Lucius R. Paige, "Family of Thomas Foster," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, volume 26, number 4, page 394, October 1872.
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