Bartholomew Foster

Male23 February 1702–before 22 July 1728

Brief Life History of Bartholomew

When Bartholomew Foster was born on 23 February 1702, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuell Foster Sr, was 49 and his mother, Margery Keyes, was 37. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1701. He died before 22 July 1728, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Samuell Foster Sr
1652–1728
Margery Keyes
1666–1714
Richard Foster
1692–
Sgt Timothy Foster Sr
1714–1795
Mary Foster
1695–1756
Margaret Foster
1697–
Jonathan Foster
1699–1728
Bartholomew Foster
1702–1728
William Foster
1703–1751
Margery Foster
1705–1787
Lydia Foster
1709–1781
Hannah Foster
1712–1793

Sources (4)

  • Bartholomew Foster, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Bartholomew Foster, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Bartholmew Foster, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (10)

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World Events (1)

1727 · Crowninshield-Bentley House Built

Age 25

The Crowninshield-Bentley house was built in 1727 by ship captain John Caspar Crowninshield. His family occupied the house for generations until it was taken over by Revend Bentley.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.

English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.

English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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