Brief Life History of Benjamin Tenney
When Benjamin Tenney Foss was born on 26 April 1803, in Strafford, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Robert Foss, was 23 and his mother, Betsey Foss, was 19. He married Sophia Ann Jones on 12 July 1827. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 September 1882, in Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Strafford, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Benjamin T Foss, "United States Census, 1860"
- Benjamin F. Foss, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Benj T Foss, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
Spouse and Children
1803–1882 Male
1806–1889 Female
Children (10)
1827–1904 Male
1830–1908 Male
1832–1861 Female
1834–1901 Male
1835– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1779–1827 Male
1784– Female
Siblings (5)
1801–1884 Male
1803–1882 Male
1807– Male
1808–1886 Male
1818–1903 Male
World Events (8)
1804
Age 1
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
Age 5
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: either topographic name from Middle English foss ‘ditch’ (from Old English foss ‘ditch’, Latin fossa) or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Voss in Plympton Saint Mary and Great Fossend in Burlescombe (both Devon), the River Foss (North Yorkshire), Foss Beck (East Yorkshire), and the Fosse Way, a Roman road running between Lincoln (Lincolnshire) and Axminster (Devon) via Leicester (Leicestershire), Cirencester (Gloucestershire), and Bath (Somerset), named in the Old English period from the ditch that ran alongside it.
Danish: from fos, vos ‘fox’, applied as a nickname for a sly or cunning person, or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a fox.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’, examples of which are found throughout Norway.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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