Sunday, May 26, 2019

THOMAS and SUSANNAH (PARKER) FOSTER and family

HISTORY OF NEW LONDON, by Caulkins, pg. 312: " Of this sea-captain nearly all that is presented to our view is the registry of his marriage, and birth of his children. Thos., son of John Forster, of Kingsware, was m. to Susannah, dau. of Ralph Parker, 27 Mar 1665."

To this history, mentioned above, I have a list of the children of  Captain Thomas and Susannah (Parker) Foster and a few other vital statistics. Their marriage took place in New London, New London, Connecticut in 1665, as stated above. Their children, with the year of their births, below:

1667 Susannah
1668 Thomas, Jr.
1673 Johnathan
1675 Mary, our ancestor
1677 Edward
1678 Samuel
1681 Rebecca 
1683 Ebenezer

THOMAS FOSTER
BAPTIZED: 22 May 1642 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England
MARRIED: 27 Mar 1665 in New London, New London, CT
DIED: 14 Jun 1712 in Guilford, New Haven, CT

SUSANNAH PARKER
BORN: 1648 in New London, New London, CT
DIED: after 1685 in New London, New London, CT
SOURCES: Thomas and Susannah had 8 children WFT198,vol4.; Thomas Died June 14, 1712 in Guilford, New Haven, CT WFT6407,vol3=Died June 14,1712 in Guilford; ABBR Leon StilesWFT198,vol4=marriage place in New LonTITL Leon Stiles WFT198,vol4=marriage place in New London,CT and WFT 6407,#3; Name: Thomas Foster Birth Date: 1640 Birthplace: Connecticut Volume: 57 Page Number: 226 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 6 Nov 1912, 2882; 6 Dec 1915, 5097; 28 Feb 1923, 508; 6 Jun 1927, 5521; 13 Apr 1927, 5437; 28 Jun 1933, 6599; Thomas Foster Baptism Date: 22 May 1642 Parish: All Saints, Edmonton County: Middlesex Borough: Enfield Parent(s): John Foster Record Type: Baptism Register Type: Parish Register; "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-FV51 : 20 February 2019), Susanna Parker in entry for Thomas Foster, 27 Mar 1665; citing Marriage, New London, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272231; Thomas Foster (1642-1712); Find A Grave
Citation: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34521423 Source text: Birth: 1642 Death: Jun. 14, 1712 Burial: Unknown