Brief Life History of Judah
When Judah Foster was born on 13 November 1753, in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuell Foster IV, was 28 and her mother, Judath Knowlton, was 25.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Judah Foster, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Judah Foster, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1725–1753 Male
1729– Female
Siblings (4)
1748–1820 Male
1749– Female
1751– Female
1753– Female
World Events (3)
1776
Age 23
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 23
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 28
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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