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Joseph Foster 1638 – 1708 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: April 1638

Birth Location: Lynn Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 30 Jan 1708

Death Location: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA

Father: Christopher Foster

Mother: Frances Stevens

Spouse(s): Abigail Lord

Children(s): Daniel Foster

According to available records, Joseph Foster was born in 1638 in Lynn Essex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Christopher Lynn Foster and Frances Stilgoe Stevens. Following those early years, Joseph Foster married Abigail Lord, and their family grew to include Daniel Foster. In the later years of life, Joseph Foster died in 1708 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA.

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Parents

Christopher Foster
1603 – 1687
Birth Location: England
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Frances Stevens
1610 – 1697
Birth Location: (bapt date) Ewell, Surry, England
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Lord
1640 – 1689
Birth Location: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
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Children(s)

Daniel Foster
1676 – 1744
Birth Location: Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: April 1638
    Event Place: Lynn Essex, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Jan 1708
    Event Place: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA
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