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Rev Edmund Foster

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Rev Edmund Foster

Birth
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Mar 1826 (aged 73)
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot
Section 1, Lot 19, Grave 6
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Son of Abraham and Susanna (Hartshorne) Foster. His father died Mar. 9, 1753 in Reading.

1st married to Phebe Lawrence. They wed in Lincoln, MA, on Oct. 30, 1783.

2nd married Mrs. Joanna (Cole) Leary. They filed the intention of marriage in Littleton, MA, on Jan. 7, 1816. They then wed in Lincoln, MA, on Jan. 23, 1816.

Revolutionary War Veteran.

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Reading VRs, births, pg 103

Littleton Town records, pg 280
"the Revd Edmund Foster of Littleton and Mrs. Jonna Leary of Lincton, January 7, 1816.

Lincoln VRs, Marriage, Pg 122
Leary, Joana [int. Joanna], Mrs., and Rev. Edmond [int. Edmund] Foster of Littleton, Jan. 23, 1816. [Mrs. Joanna and Rev. Edmund Foster of Littleton. CR1]

From the Westford Academy Catalog, 1792-1895, p. 10
"Foster, Rev. Edmund, Littleton; b. North Reading, 1752. At Concord and Lexington, April 19, 1775; Yale Coll., 1778; received degrees from Yale and Harvard; Tr., 1794 to 1809 [Trustee at Westford Academy]. Ordained at Littleton, 1781; Rep. and Sen. about 1812; Del. to Constitutional Convention, 1820; m. Phebe Lawrence, Lincoln; died in Littleton, 1826, in the 46th year of his ministry."
Son of Abraham and Susanna (Hartshorne) Foster. His father died Mar. 9, 1753 in Reading.

1st married to Phebe Lawrence. They wed in Lincoln, MA, on Oct. 30, 1783.

2nd married Mrs. Joanna (Cole) Leary. They filed the intention of marriage in Littleton, MA, on Jan. 7, 1816. They then wed in Lincoln, MA, on Jan. 23, 1816.

Revolutionary War Veteran.

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Reading VRs, births, pg 103

Littleton Town records, pg 280
"the Revd Edmund Foster of Littleton and Mrs. Jonna Leary of Lincton, January 7, 1816.

Lincoln VRs, Marriage, Pg 122
Leary, Joana [int. Joanna], Mrs., and Rev. Edmond [int. Edmund] Foster of Littleton, Jan. 23, 1816. [Mrs. Joanna and Rev. Edmund Foster of Littleton. CR1]

From the Westford Academy Catalog, 1792-1895, p. 10
"Foster, Rev. Edmund, Littleton; b. North Reading, 1752. At Concord and Lexington, April 19, 1775; Yale Coll., 1778; received degrees from Yale and Harvard; Tr., 1794 to 1809 [Trustee at Westford Academy]. Ordained at Littleton, 1781; Rep. and Sen. about 1812; Del. to Constitutional Convention, 1820; m. Phebe Lawrence, Lincoln; died in Littleton, 1826, in the 46th year of his ministry."

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In memory of
Revd.
Edmund Foster
Paster of the Church in
Littleton. Obt.
March 28, 1826: in the
16 year of his Ministry
aged 74

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  • Created by: Denise
  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25495703/edmund-foster: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Edmund Foster (18 Apr 1752–28 Mar 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25495703, citing Westlawn Cemetery, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).