1696 - 1774

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• Birth	20 Aug 1696	New London,New London,Ct.
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Jul 1774	New London,New London,Ct.
  Person ID	I61365	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Grace MINOR, b. 1 May 1718, New London, Connecticut.
  Married	2 Sep 1755	New London, Connecticut.
  Children	> 1. Clement FOSDICK, b. 23 Sep 1756, New London, Connecticut.   2. Samuel FOSDICK, b. 29 Dec 1757, New London, Connecticut.   3. Grace FOSDICK, b. 13 May 1759, New London, Connecticut.
  Family ID	F25879	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name Prefix: Deacon Obituary in Boston News - 28 jul 1774 Apparently was sent to Charlestown, Ma for his education, return ing to New London in 1717at age 21. Samples of his handwritin g show him to have been a superb penman.He was prominent in ch urch affairs, and in 1724 the town meeting voted "that for the b enefit of setting the psalm, Mr. Fosdick is seated in the thir dseat at the end next the altar" (Town Meeting Minutes, 13 Ja n 1723-24). From 1732 until his death in 1774 he functioned a s a deacon. He was a member ofthe General Court in Hartford i n 1740 and 1745). and he took a prominent part in the communit y in relation to the French War in 1744 (Caulkins, p 389)He in herited from his father the property on the waterfront of New Lo ndon that today runs between Tilley St. and Golden St. His spac ious home was inherited by his son Dr. Thomas Fosdick (Annals , p 154)