My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameJohn Davidsen Fost Frost Foss
Birth Date3 Jan 1638
Birth PlaceRibe, Ribe, Denmark
Memoalt date: abt 1644
Death Date18 Dec 1699 Age: 61
Death PlaceYork, York Co., ME
OccupationTailor
Misc. Notes
This name is variously spelt Foss, Fost, Foste , on the records. In the early records it is Fost. The family tradition is that is was properly spelled Faust, and that the ancestor, or ancestors, came from Germany, and settle d in Rye, NH. John, was received an inhabitant at Dover, 19, 1 mo., 1665-6; took the oath 21 June, 1669; juryman, 1667-9, 1671, 1688; was taxed at Cochecho 1665 to 1667. He had a son John.
See:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fost-7
Spouses
Birth DateDec 1644
Birth PlaceBoston, Suffolk Co., MA
Death Date25 Jan 1686 Age: 41
Death PlaceDover, Strafford Co., NH
Marr Date1658
Marr Memoalt date; 1666