Joseph Foster
- Born: 10 Sep 1759, Ware MA
- Marriage: Deborah Tracy on 23 Oct 1783
- Died: 27 Dec 1839, Boston MA
General notes:
Silversmith (tentative identification)
Events in his life were:
• Alternate Mark
• Apprenticed from 1774 to 1781 to Benjamin Burt in Boston MA 7
Burt remained close to his former charge and in his will left ". . . to my trusty friend Joseph Foster of Boston, Goldsmith one hundred dollars." Foster was sole executor of Burt's estate.
• He worked from circa 1781 to 1830 as a silversmith in Boston MA with a shop on Ann Street and later on Fish Street near his former master. 7
• Tankard, c 1787
Yale University 19
h: 8¾"
d: 4 7/8" (of base)
wt: 23 oz 18 dwt
Engraved "The Gift of Brother / James Foster / who deceased Apl 30th 1751 / to the South Church in / Ipswich." In his will, Foster left "to the South Church in Ipswich the sum of ten pounds lawfull money to be paid out of my estate after my wife's decest."
• Porringer, c 1791
Essex Institute 16
l: 8 1/8"
wt: 9 oz
Engraved J * H / to / S * F. Given by the jeweler Joseph Hiller to his neice, Sarah Foster
Joseph married Deborah Tracy on 23 Oct 1783. (Deborah Tracy was born on 10 Mar 1756 in Windham CT.)
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