1767 - 1849

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• Birth	13 Mar 1767	Westmorland, Sackville, Nb
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 1849	Augusta, Maine
  Person ID	I30825	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Robert FOSTER, b. 7 Sep 1732, Attleboro, Ma
  Mother	ELIZABETH
  Family ID	F12173	Group Sheet
  Family	Lydia STEVENS, b. 25 Oct 1772, Steuben, Maine
  Married	Abt 1790
  Children	1. Samuel FOSTER   2. Clarissa FOSTER, b. 27 Aug 1791, Steuben, Maine > 3. Eli FOSTER, b. 11 Dec 1792, Steuben, Maine   4. Cynthia FOSTER, b. 23 Apr 1794, Steuben, Maine   5. Rhoda FOSTER, b. 20 Oct 1795, Steuben, Maine   6. Betsy FOSTER, b. 1802, Steuben, Maine   7. Jabez Simpson FOSTER, b. 10 Dec 1805, Harrington, Maine   8. Enos FOSTER, b. 1807
  Family ID	F12871	Group Sheet

• Notes

  2/23/99 JAMES FOSTER (1768-1849) LYDIA STEVENS (1772-1854) JAMES andhis brother Robert Foster went to Steuben with their parents about 1785.They were shipbuilders until the War of 1812. At this time JAMES went toAugusta,Maine to be with his son. 1768 JAMES FOSTER born 1785 Went toSteuben with his parents 1796 Prior to 1796 there was no religioussociety in Cheeryfield or in Harrington. Nor was there a church inSteuben which had been incorporated into a town in 1795. There existed aBaptist church in Columbia under Pastor Joshua Young who extended toCherryfield in 1796. Among the first 6 members was JAMES FOSTER. 1798General List of houses and lots showed JAMES owning a house and lotvalued at $350 in Steuben. Also he owned 149 acres of land in Steubenvalued at $408. 1799 Robert Foster Jr. of Steuben for $300 sold to JAMESFOSTER a lot lying in the Twp. of Harrington on the west side of theNarraguagus and Northerly side of Small Creek 100 acres with dwelling (LRVol 2,Pg. 491) Robert appears to have bought the same land back it wasbordered on the south by William Patten (married to his aunt RuthFoster) (LR Vol. 3,pg 19 24 December 1799 JAMES FOSTER LYDIA(STEVENS) FOSTER 1800 The Census showed family in Washington County,Me.Robert Foster purchased from John Cambell Todd of Steuben 1/2 of asawmill on the west side of Narraguagus plus 1/8 of mill dam for $620.(LR Vol. 3,Pg. 20) 13 November 1800 1801 Proprietors for #4 the Commonwealth of Mass.awarded to settlers of land by General Council of Mass 21 June 1793 to John Foster Administrator for 30 shillings 100 acres ofland known as lot #60 by Samuel Freeman ,Portland for Commonwealth of Mass. 18 August 1801 1803 Peggy Campbell was appointedadministrator of John Fosters estate. (Probate Vol. 2,Pg. 118) 15 March 1803 1805/06 JAMES FOSTER was appointedadministrator for his brother JohnÙs estate on 18 January. JAMES FOSTERto raise $717 for debts of John FosterÙs estate sold 100 acres withdwelling for $513 plus 23 acres to Robert Foster highest bidder at $204.Property was known as lot #60 belonging to heirs of ROBERT FOSTERoriginally granted by the Commonwealth of Mass. (LR Vol. 4,Pg. 264,267;Probate Vol. 3,Pg. 312) 1 August 1805 1 December 1805 1 February 18061810 They were living in Arrington, Washington County and brother Robertwas in Steuben 1811 Just before the embargo, JAMES and his brotherRobert began the building of a brig on the river,and in doing so becamelargely indebted to Robert and Johnathan Upton of Salem. The embargo,followed by the war of 1812-15,coming on before they had completed thevessel, the enterprise proved disastrous and ruinous. It is said thatthe brig- no spars being set -was hauled into the creek north of theElias Fickett place,which was then wooded with large trees to thewater's edge,and there so covered with brush, as not to be seen bypersons passing up and down the river. The Upton's ,in payment or partpayment of their claim,received title to,and entered into possession ofthe real estate of the Foster brothers. Jonathan,a son of RobertUpton,came and occupied the JAMES FOSTER place. JAMES FOSTER moved toGreat Falls (Deblois) and lived for a time in a house built by OtisPineo, on the hill where Bartlett Leighton lives. From Deblois,JAMESremoved to Steuben and built the house lately occupied by Gen S Moore (1886), and thence in his old age, he went to live with his daughter,Mrs. Henry Sawyer. 1849 He died in Augusta. Sources: LR WashingtonCty,Machias Me. Probate Washington Cty,Machias,Me 1790,1800,1810 Mainecensus Birth records Steuben by Margeret Kelley Ashe Colton 1937 Folks ofSteuben, Jonesboro etc by Grace Limeburner Pamplet #4