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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 1 Timothy (3), son of Timothy (2) Foster , was born in 1715 at Walpole . He was a cordwainer (shoemaker) by trade. From Walpole he came to Oxford, Worcester county, Massachusetts , where he bought land in 1748 in what is now the southeast part of Dudley . He and thirteen sons served in the revolution, an aggregate of sixty years. He had also been in the colonial service. His will was proved at Worcester , May 5, 1795 , bequeathing to wife Mary and children Sarah , John , Hannah , Jacob , Joseph and Rebecca . The service of eight of the sons is found in the revolutionary rolls. He died April, 1795 . He married (first) in 1739 , Molly May ; (second), May 17, 1753 , Keziah Lyon , (third), 1755 . Mary Payson . Children of first wife: Ebenezer , born January 1, 1740 ; Timothy , June 20, 1741 ; John , April 10, 1743 ; Richard , November 24, 1744 ; Samuel , December 4, 1746 ; Mary , June 5, 1748 ; Hannah , March 18, 1750 ; Jonathan , August 19, 1752 . Child of second wife: Benjamin , December 13, 1754 , killed in revolution. Children of third wife: Jacob , August 27, 1756 ; Aaron , October 10, 1758 ; William , July 20, 1760 ; Joseph , mentioned below; John (twin of Joseph ), April 29, 1762 ; Samuel , April 30, 1764 ; Sarah , March 21, 1766 ; Rebecca , November 19, 1768 . Timothy was sergeant in the Dudley company of Captain Nathaniel Healey , regiment of Colonel Ebenezer Learned . ---Submitted by Tina Hursh |