Philena Foster

Brief Life History of Philena

When Philena Foster was born on 22 October 1807, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Baker Foster, was 26 and her mother, Eleanor Ward, was 21. She married Warren Millard on 25 April 1826, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 2 November 1884, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Warren Millard
1805–1875
Philena Foster
1807–1884
Marriage: 25 April 1826
Stillman W. Millard
1827–1844
Rufus W. Millard
1831–1899
Amanda Harriet Millard
1833–1906
Francis O. Millard
1836–
Jane Eleanor Millard
1837–1906
Henry Stillman Millard
1843–1848
Emeline Jeannette Willard
1846–1919

Sources (32)

  • Philenia Millard in household of Warren Millard, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Philena Foster Millard, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Philena Millard, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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