Timothy Foster (settler)

Timothy Foster
BornMay 14, 1720
Attleborough, Massachusetts Bay
DiedApril 3, 1785
Winthrop, District of Maine, Massachusetts
Resting placeMetcalf Neighborhood
44°19′23″N 69°56′24″W / 44.323066299737945°N 69.94011011534307°W / 44.323066299737945; -69.94011011534307
Known forFirst settler of Winthrop, Maine
SpouseSibboleth Freeman
Children11
Parents
  • John Foster (father)
  • Margaret Ware (mother)
Military service
ForceMassachusetts Militia
RankCaptain
Unit7th Company in Joseph North's 2nd Lincoln County Regiment (1776-), William Lithgow's detachment (1778-)
ConflictRevolutionary War
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Timothy Foster (May 14, 1720 – April 3, 1785) and his family were the first colonial settlers of Winthrop, Maine, which was then Pondtown Plantation in Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a captain in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War.

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