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Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 01-27-2016 01:43 PM I have been researching my family genealogy and lately I have been discovering the various branches of my family tree that immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 1600s including the Governor of the Colony. To my surprise and pleasure I discovered a branch where one of my 7th Great Grandfathers was Samuel Foster (1676 - 1702) and who was a silversmith in Boston around 1698. I tried doing a bit of research on Samuel Foster but did not find much. Not his mark and not any photos of his silver. Does anyone know what his mark was, or where I might see an actual example of his work either in person or in a photo? IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-27-2016 04:07 PM Congratulations on the discovery. There is no known mark for Foster. He is mention once as a goldsmith in a 1698 deed when he sold his portion of his uncle's estate. Kane records a single unmarked spoon "...in a private collection 'supposedly' made by Foster." To add a few more names to collect, here are the smiths in my study that you are both related to: Samuel Alexander, 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed Jesse Garrettson Baldwin, Husband of 2nd Cousin 4 Times Removed Morris Benham, 2nd Cousin 4 Times Removed Samuel D. Bettle, Husband of 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed Charles Clement Bliss, 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed George Bliss Brinsmaid, 2nd Cousin 7 Times Removed James Edgar Brinsmaid, Husband of 2nd Cousin 6 Times Removed Elias Gardner Burdick, Husband of 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed John Carter, Husband of 2nd Cousin Twice Removed Benjamin Edwards, Husband of 1st Cousin Twice Removed George Augustus Eno, 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed George Hanners, Husband of 1st Cousin Once Removed George Hedge, Husband of 2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed Charles F. Hill, 2nd Cousin 4 Times Removed Samuel Woodward Murdock, 1st Cousin 5 Times Removed Jonathan Pollard, 2nd Cousin Twice Removed Arthur John Stone, Husband of 1st Cousin 5 Times Removed Dwight Foster Stow, 1st Cousin 5 Times Removed Rufus Taylor, 2nd Cousin 3 Times Removed Ebenezer Wells, 2nd Cousin 3 Times Removed Jerome Wells, 1st Cousin 5 Times Removed Ambrose W. Willard, 1st Cousin 4 Times Removed IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 01-27-2016 05:25 PM Well, it looks like it is in your blood. Have you bought your tools yet? :-) IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 01-27-2016 05:44 PM Cool!! IP: Logged
Kimo Posts: 1627 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 01-27-2016 10:47 PM Thanks, Wev! I did not know there were so many smiths who were linked together, even though somewhat distantly. Thanks, Swarter and Polly. I guess there was a genetic basis for my being interested in beautiful silver. Too bad there are no certain pieces of silver known from Samuel Foster. I would not imagine there would be much of anything still surviving all of the years from the 1690s to today. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-27-2016 11:00 PM The normal attrition is high and when you add in his death at 25 years, it is not surprising. IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 01-28-2016 10:11 AM It is indeed in your blood! That's really cool! IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 01-06-2017 09:48 PM On a different but related line, I was recently repairing some silver for a gentleman in New Jersey and a baby cup in the collection was engraved with "H.Carr" from three initials(which I don't now remember). My grandfather, Harry Carr, lived in New Jersey after moving from New York City so, I wondered if that could have been his baby cup. I figured the initials were his father's, his mother's or a grandparent's. My brother Rod looked up grandpa Carr's line in his geneology book and none of Harry's forebears, in this country, matched. It was an interesting possibility while it lasted. Geoff Blake IP: Logged

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