Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Foster was born on 4 June 1734, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Alexander Foster, was 33 and her mother, Susannah Vergoose, was 32. She married Robert Titus on 3 April 1746, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 18 March 1806, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Elizabeth Foster, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elezebeth Foster, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Elezebeth Foster, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1719–1784 Male
1734–1806 Female
Children (7)
1756– Female
1757–1846 Female
1759– Male
1761–1841 Male
1763–1832 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1701–1762 Male
1702–1756 Female
Siblings (6)
1734–1806 Female
1738–1808 Male
1740–1796 Male
1742–1811 Female
1745–1821 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (4)
1776
Age 42
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 42
1789
Age 55
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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