Foster, Hon./Lt. Samuel^[1]

1619 - 1702  (83 years)

• Name	Foster, Samuel
  Prefix	Hon./Lt.
  Birth	31 Jan 1619	York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt 1702	Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  Death	10 Jul 1702	Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America   [2]
  Person ID	I3803	Theisen & Allied Families
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Foster, John J,   b. Abt 1585, St Lawrence, York, UK d. Abt 1618, St Lawrence, York, Yorkshire, England (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Suggette, Tomisonae,   b. Abt 1587, St. Lawrence, York, Yorkshire, England d. 1672, York, Yorkshire, England (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1617	York, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kemp, Esther,   b. Abt 1625, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 May 1647	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America   [2]
  Children	1. Foster, Samuel,   b. Abt 1650, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America d. Abt 21 Jul 1730, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Hon. Samuel Foster, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1619, died April i6, • 1702. He married, at Dedham, Massachusetts, May 30, 1647, Esther, daughter of Edward Kemp, of Wenham, Massachusetts. In 1650 he romeved to Wenham and was admitted a freeman the same year. In 1655 he removed to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, where he became a leading citizen, deacon of the church and deputy to the general court (1679). He brought with him the Foster coat-of-arms on parchment and an old copy of it was in existence until recently. His house was on the lower edge of the southeast corner of Robbins Hill, not far from the center of the village, and is now or was lately owned by George A. Parkhurst. He is called lieutenant in the records as early as 1666. He, his son Samuel and grandson Edward, and others, bought of Jonathan Tyng his interest in five hundred acres in Wamesit. Even during King Philip's war he tried to prevent cruelty to the Indians, but he found public sentiment against him, and even the cold-blooded murder of peace-able Indians was permitted unpunished. Chief Wanalaneett's lands were confiscated and divided and though the general court gave him Tong's Island, he soon left the country and sought a home in Canada. Foster's will was dated April 30, 1692, and proved in July, 1702. He died July 10, 1702. Children: Samuel, born at Wenham, 1650, mentioned below ; Eli, horn at Wenham in 1653; Eli, 1655, at Chelmsford; Edward, April 30, 1657 Esther, November r, 1659 ; Andrew, April 30, 1662 ; Abraham, October 27, 1664 ; Nathaniel, October 14, 1667; John, September 28, 1671.

  
  

• Sources

  [S432] Hereford Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500428_380373581_380373581/deacon-samuel-eli-foster (Reliability: 3). Added by confirming a Smart Match [S430] New England families, genealogical and memorial, Vol 3, pg 428.