. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ere he lived to extreme old age, with asmuch peace and happiness as was compatiblewith his circumstances in the settlement of anew country. The names of his five sonswho came with him from England were:Abraham, Reginald, William, Isaac and of the daughters who came with himfrom England married (first) a Wood, andafter his death she married a Peabody. Hisother daughter married a Story, ancestor ofDr. Story, formerly of Boston, and of thelate Judge Story. It is remarkable of thisfamily that they all lived to extreme old age,all
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ere he lived to extreme old age, with asmuch peace and happiness as was compatiblewith his circumstances in the settlement of anew country. The names of his five sonswho came with him from England were:Abraham, Reginald, William, Isaac and of the daughters who came with himfrom England married (first) a Wood, andafter his death she married a Peabody. Hisother daughter married a Story, ancestor ofDr. Story, formerly of Boston, and of thelate Judge Story. It is remarkable of thisfamily that they all lived to extreme old age,all married, and all had large families fromwhom are descended a very numerous progenysettled in various parts of the United States. (II) Abraham, eldest son of Reginald Fos-ter, was born at Exeter, England, in 1622;came with his father in 1638 and settled inIpswich, where he married LydiJl Burbank andhad children: Ephraim, .Abraham, Benjamin,Ebenezcr, Mehitable and Caleb. (HI) Caleb, youngest child of Abraham andLydia (Burbank) Foster, was born at Ipswich,. 3. S^. 9h,/er, J/. 0. STATE OF MAINE. 1965 Massachusetts, November 9. 1677. His homewas in Ipswich. In 1700 he had a seat as-signed him behind ye pulpit in the meetinghouse recently built. He married, June 2,1702, I^Iary Sherwin, of Ipswich. They hadnine children: Lydia, born May 14, 1703, mar-ried Natlian Dresser: Jonathan; Sarah, diedyoung; Caleb, mentioned below ; Stephen, mar-ried Rebecca Peabody; Mary, died unmarried;Sarah; Philemon; John, baptized November10, 1717. .Caleb died January 25, 1766, agedeighty-nine years. In his will he does notmention Philemon or John, so it is presumedthat they died before their father. (R*) Caleb (2), second son of Caleb (i)and Alary (Sherwin) Foster, was born in Ips-wich. Massachusetts, June 5, 1708, and re-sided in the same town. He married, atRowley, November 4, 1729, Priscilla Foster Jr. and wife Priscilla under adeed to Thomas Foster, of Ipswich. January14, 1763. This is
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