Joseph Foster

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Joseph Foster

Birth
Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
27 Nov 1845 (aged 83)
Burial
Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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age 83

Joseph was born on April 29, 1762 to Timothy Foster and Mary Payson in Dudley MA. Find A Grave contributor Jodi Dominguez

from "New Engand Families" by William Ricard Cutter(1914 publication)page 1785..It reads...
At the celebration of July 4th 1826 at Hampton, Connecticut, Joseph Foster acted as fifer for the forty-two veterans of the Revolution. The "History of Windham County" states that though he was not a member of the original Hampton company,he excited much interest as one of twelve sons who with their father had borne a part in the Revolutionary service.

age 83

Joseph was born on April 29, 1762 to Timothy Foster and Mary Payson in Dudley MA. Find A Grave contributor Jodi Dominguez

from "New Engand Families" by William Ricard Cutter(1914 publication)page 1785..It reads...
At the celebration of July 4th 1826 at Hampton, Connecticut, Joseph Foster acted as fifer for the forty-two veterans of the Revolution. The "History of Windham County" states that though he was not a member of the original Hampton company,he excited much interest as one of twelve sons who with their father had borne a part in the Revolutionary service.


Inscription

In memory of Mr. Joseph Foster who died Nov. 27. 1845, aged 83.
He enlisted in the Revolutionary army when but thirteen years of age and was one of thirteen brothers, who, together with their father, served in the war in the aggregate over sixty years.