Person Sheet


Name Mary / "Mercy" FOSTER, 45, F
Birth 14 Aug 1727, Stafford, CT
Death 24 Dec 1812, Annapolis Age: 85
Death Memo "Planters & Pioneers" by Esther Clark Wright, 1978
Father Daniel FOSTER, 2387, M (1705-1752)
Mother Hannah BLACK, 2388, F
Spouses:
1 "Deacon" John WHITMAN, 44, M
Birth 21 Sep 1717, Stow, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Death 12 Sep 1763, Annapolis, NS Age: 45
Father John WHITMAN, 75, M (1688-1772)
Mother Dorcas GREEN, 76, F (-1718)
Marriage 1747
Children: Dorcas, 145, F (1749-)
Daniel, 146, M (1750-1840)
Hannah, 147, F (1751-)
Edward, 22, M (1752-1822)
John, 148, M (1753-)
Salome, 149, F (1755-1831)
Elnathan, 170, M (1756-1765)
Jacob, 171, M (1757-1837)
Isaac, 172, M (1758-1777)
Abraham, 173, M (1761-1854)
Mercy, 174, F (1763-1828)
Notes for Mary / "Mercy" FOSTER
Was left alone with several children to raise after her husband's death. She is listed in the census of Nova Scotia in 1770-1787 with a household of ten persons; three of them listed as born in NS, and seven as born in the USA
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
A Planter, "Deacon" John Whitman emigrated to Annapolis, NS, 17 May 1760 on the sloop "Charming Molly" with his wife Mercy Foster and their children. They brought 2 oxen, 10 sheep, 1 pig, 4 calves, and 6 lambs with them on the rough journey.
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