Hepzibah Foster was born July 18, 1757 in Maine. She was probably born in Berwick, Maine as her father was the church pastor there. [Maine was part of Massachusetts at that time.] She is the daughter of Jacob Foster and Hepzibah Prentice. [1][2]
She married David Rainsford or "Raynesford" on March 7, 1778 in Berwick, Maine [part of Massachusetts at that time]. [3] and they resided in Canterbury. [1]
Their marriage is also recorded in Canterbury, Connecticut. [4]
↑ 1.01.1Foster Genealogy; Frederick Clifton Pierce; Press of W. B. Conkey; 1899; Digital Image, The Internet Archive
↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HK1-JV7 : 16 December 2020), Hephzibah Foster, 18 Jul 1757; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJ5-MFX : 16 December 2020), David Raynsford and Hephzibah Foster, 07 Mar 1778; citing , , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7D-CXYS : 15 April 2022), Hephzibah Foster, ; citing Marriage, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272231.
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