Nathan Foster

1762 - 1836  (73 years)

• Name	Nathan Foster  [1]
  Birth	14 May 1762	Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Feb 1836	Norway, Oxford, Maine   [2, 4]
  Burial	Norway Center Cemetery, Norway, Oxford, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I33539	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Capt. Amos Foster,   b. 30 Nov 1727, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 19 Feb 1798, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Hannah Merrill   d. 29 Oct 1775, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	4 Mar 1752	Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F19778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Miriam Hobbs,   b. 17 Jul 1772   d. 24 Dec 1804 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1791	Norway, Oxford, Maine   [5, 6]
  Notes	According to Foster Genealogy (citation details below), the marriage of Nathan Foster and Miriam Hobbs was the first marriage performed in Norway, Maine.
  Family ID	F19780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah "Sally" Hobbs,   b. 8 Jan 1782, Massachusetts d. 6 Jun 1870, Norway, Oxford, Maine (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1804  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Clara Noyes Foster,   b. 27 Jan 1826, Norway, Oxford, Maine d. 11 Feb 1896, Chatfield, Fillmore, Minnesota (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F19776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "Nathan Foster was born in Massachusetts and before reaching his majority went to Maine. He located at what was later incorporated as Norway. Was always a farmer. He took a prominent part in all of the town's affairs. His death was very sudden. He went to the barn to attend to his stock and was found dead in the yard, where he had fallen, as was supposed, in a fit of apoplexy." [Foster Genealogy, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5328] Centennial History of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886 by William Berry Lapham. Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Co., 1886. [S5319] Find a Grave page for Nathan Foster. [S5323] Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1912. [S5324] Foster Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1899. [S5327] Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical-Genealogical. Volume 2. New York, Boston, Chicago: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1916. [S5328] Centennial History of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886 by William Berry Lapham. Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Co., 1886., date only.