Joseph LaPointe
M
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Elizabeth Castonguay
F
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| Marriage* | Elizabeth Castonguay married Joseph LaPointe. |
| Birth* | Elizabeth Castonguay was born. |
John J. Connors
M, b. circa 1912
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| Marriage* | He married Doris M. Maxner. |
| Birth* | John J. Connors was born circa 1912. |
Doris M. Maxner
F, b. circa 1913
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| Marriage* | She married John J. Connors. |
| Birth* | Doris M. Maxner was born circa 1913. |
Albert Marotta
M
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John Gardner
M
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Priscilla Coffin
F
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| Birth* | Priscilla Coffin was born. |
| Marriage* | She married John Gardner. |
Andrew Craigie
M, b. 22 February 1754, d. 19 September 1819
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Bossenger Foster
M, b. 9 December 1767, d. 16 January 1816
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| Birth* | Bossenger Foster was born on 9 December 1767. |
| Death* | Bossenger died on 16 January 1816. |
| He studied law at Harvard College and graduated in 1787. He was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession until his death. He never married and had no children. |
Elizabeth Craigie Foster
F, b. 23 January 1770, d. 1849
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| Birth* | Elizabeth Craigie Foster was born on 23 January 1770. |
| Marriage* | She married Samuel Haven, son of Jason Haven and Catharine Dexter, on 6 March 1799 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG. |
| Death* | Elizabeth died in 1849 in Roxbury, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG. |
| Samuel Haven is described by the Foster Genealogy as a "lawyer, judge, horticulturist, [and] mechanician...a man of commanding talents and influence. His stately mansion built about 1800, on a part of the land of his father, Jason Haven, and grandfather, Samuel Dexter, was noted as one of the most hospitable houses of the day in Massachusetts. There were entertained by Judge and Mrs. Haven many distinguished guests,--Richard H. Dana and his sisters, Elizabeth Peabody, Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife, Horace Mann and his wife, Oliver Wendell Holmes and his father and mother, Washington Allston and his wife, Worcester, the author of the dictionary, and his wife, Charles Folsom and his wife. Judge Theron Metcalf and his wife were among the intimates and guests of Judge and Mrs. Haven. The house is mentioned in the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Julian Hawthorne." |
Thomas Foster
M, b. 15 July 1713
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Sarah Banks
F
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| Death* | Sarah died. |
| Birth* | She was born. |
Andrew Foster
M, b. 7 September 1780, d. 17 May 1831
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| Birth* | Andrew Foster was born on 7 September 1780 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. |
| Marriage* | He married Mary Conant, daughter of Samuel Conant and Mary Parker, on 19 November 1813 in Dedham, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG. |
| Death* | Andrew died on 17 May 1831. |
| Andrew graduated from Harvard College in 1800 and became a physician in Dedham, Mass. He was at one time professor of botany at Harvard and is said to have first demonstrated the value of the tomato as an article of food. His wife was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Roger Conant. They resided in Cambridge, Dedham, and Roxbury, Mass. (Foster Gen.) |
Thomas Foster
M, b. 9 November 1784, d. 4 February 1831
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| Birth* | Thomas Foster was born on 9 November 1784. |
| Death* | Thomas died on 4 February 1831. |
| He graduated from Harvard College in 1805 and was a physician. He died unmarried and had no children. |
James Foster
M, b. 23 April 1786, d. 27 August 1817
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| Birth* | James Foster was born on 23 April 1786. |
| Death* | James died on 27 August 1817. |
| James graduated from Harvard College in 1806 and was an attorney at law in Boston. He, like his brother George, was engaged to a daughter of Judge Richard Dana and died within a week of the date of the wedding. James was engaged to Sarah Ann Dana and left his estate to her in his will dated Oct. 31, 1816 and probated Nov 12, 1817. |
George Foster
M, b. 6 May 1790, d. 4 September 1817
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| Birth* | George Foster was born on 6 May 1790. |
| Death* | George died on 4 September 1817. |
| George graduated from Brown University in 1811 and was a lawyer by profession. He, like his brother James, was engaged to a daughter od Judge Richard Dana and died within a week of the date of the wedding. George was engaged to Elizabeth Dana and left his estate to her in his will dated Oct. 3, 1816 and probated Nov. 12, 1817. |
Mary Craigie Foster
F, b. 3 December 1795, d. 18 February 1811
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| Birth* | Mary Craigie Foster was born on 3 December 1795. |
| Death* | Mary died on 18 February 1811. |
John Foster
M, b. 4 July 1782, d. 3 November 1836
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| Birth* | John Foster was born on 4 July 1782. |
| Death* | John died on 3 November 1836. |
| John graduated from Harvard College in 1802 and died unmarried. |
Samuel Haven
M, b. 5 April 1771, d. 4 September 1847
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Jason Haven
M
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| Birth* | Jason Haven was born. |
Catharine Dexter
F
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| Birth* | Catharine Dexter was born. |
Elizabeth Craigie Haven
F, b. 26 January 1800, d. 1806
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| Birth* | Elizabeth Craigie Haven was born on 26 January 1800. |
| Death* | Elizabeth died in 1806. |
Catharine Dexter Haven
F, b. 4 January 1802, d. 10 March 1888
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| Birth* | Catharine Dexter Haven was born on 4 January 1802. |
| Marriage* | She married Francis Hilliard, son of William Hilliard and Sarah Lovering, on 26 July 1831. |
| Death* | Catharine died on 10 March 1888. |
| Francis' father William Hilliard was the founder of the publishing firm of Hilliard & Gray, now Little, Brown & Company. The "Dictionary of American Biography" (DAB) states that "the first Hilliard came to new England in 1635 and the family settled in New Hampshire. Francis' grandfather, Timothy, was pastor of the First Parish Church in Cambridge from 1783 until his death in 1790. Francis left Harvard with some thirty-seven members of the class of 1823, who had rebelled at the disciplinary measures imposed upon a classmate, but with the most of these he received his degree in 1842, out of course. In 1826 he attended Harvard Law School for a few months. He was admitted to the Middlesex an unknown place bar, and to the Suffolk an unknown place bar in 1830. He practised law in Boston with some success and married Catherine Dexter Haven, daughter of Samuel Haven. After residing in Dracut, Dedham, and Cambridge, the couple finally settled in Roxbury. Hilliard served as a member of the legislature, commissioner of insolvency, and judge of insolvency for Norfolk County. On the establishment of the Roxbury police court in 1855, he was appointed its first judge."
He is primarily remembered for his legal writing. Beginning in 1835 and continuing for the rest of his life he wrote a series of legal treatises on a wide variety of subjects including the law as it pertains to real property, sales, mortgages, torts, bankruptcy, insolvency, contracts, taxation and other more general texts. DAB continues: "At the time he wrote, judges and lawyers lacked legal treatises which cited American decisions and showed how far the English common law had been followed by American courts or modified to suit new conditions. Textbooks presenting cases from all states were also needed in order to encourage the development of national judge-made law rather than particularistic local doctrines. Hilliard was one of the first and most voluminous of the authors who met these needs. His chief distinction lies in the fact that he wrote (1859) the first treatise in English on Torts, a work which devoted much more attention to the common features of the various wrongs" than other books of its time. "Hilliard's book thus marks the beginning of a revolution in legal thought. Unfortunately, his execution of his projects was inferior to his conception... His books are justly described by contemporary reviewers as neither very good nor very bad. First in the field, they made litigation less difficult and costly than if they had not been written; but they were rapidly superseded." |
Samuel Foster Haven
M, b. 28 May 1806, d. 5 September 1881
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| Birth* | Samuel Foster Haven was born on 28 May 1806. |
| Marriage* | He married Lydia Gibbs Sears, daughter of Freeman Sears, on 10 May 1830. |
| Death* | Samuel died on 5 September 1881. |
| According to the Foster Genealogy Samuel "was graduated at Harvard College in 1826; was admitted to the bar in Middlesex County, and for some time practiced law in Lowell. He was appointed librarian of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Mass., Sept. 23, 1837, a position held by him until his death, Sept. 5, 1881. He received from Amherst College (1826) the degree of Doctor of Laws, and from Harvard (1852) that of Master of Arts. He was a very scholarly man, a learned archaeologist, and the author of several able works, including "The Archaeology of the United States," and a history of Dedham. He was a member of many scientific and historical societies."
In Memoirs, Mass., Hist. Society, 1881 it says about him, "If the word librarian means merely a custodian of books, it is a wholly inadequate title for Dr. Haven, for he was himself the catalogue, the interpreter, the commentator, the appraiser of the contents and value of that rich collection of treasures which had so largely gathered under his administration. Among the portraits of all the worthies which adorn the walls of the library in Worcester, beginning with that of the discoverer of the continent, there is not one which more becomes its place than does that of Doctor Haven." |
Mary Conant
F, b. 17 July 1785, d. 4 November 1854
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Samuel Conant
M
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| Birth* | Samuel Conant was born. |
Mary Parker
F
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| Birth* | Mary Parker was born. |
Francis Hilliard
M, b. 1 November 1806, d. 9 October 1878
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William Hilliard
M
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| Birth* | William Hilliard was born. |
Francis William Hilliard
M, b. 18 July 1832, d. after 1899
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| Birth* | Francis William Hilliard was born on 18 July 1832. |
| Marriage* | He married Maria Nash Johnstone on 12 May 1857. |
| Death* | Francis died after 1899. |
| He was a clergyman and resided in Edenton and Oxford, North Carolina. |
