Abiah Foster
30 January 1749–
Ridgefield, Fayette, Georgia, United States
The Life Summary of Abiah
When Abiah Foster was born on 30 January 1749, in Ridgefield, Fayette, Georgia, United States, her father, Joseph Foster, was 31 and her mother, Zibiah Hyatt, was 30. She married Samuel Ingalls Butler on 4 April 1781, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Samuel Ingalls Butler
1746–1810
Abiah Foster
1749–
Marriage: 4 April 1781
Spouse and Children
1746–1810Male
1749–Female
Marriage
4 April 1781Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Parents and Siblings
1718–Male
1718–1790Female
Siblings
(4)
1749–Female
1751–Male
1753–Female
1756–Female
World Events (8)
1776
Age 27
1776
Age 27
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Age 27
1776
Age 27
Georgia is the 4th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 32
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 32
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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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Sources (3)
- Abiah Foster, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Abiah Foster, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
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