Today I began putting a narrative together for Israel Foss. I like to use the format from the series “Maine Families in 1790″. I like being able to read the sources as I read the narrative.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as nice on wordpress as it does in MS Word.

Israel and Betsey had 13 children. I think that documenting them in this narrative will be my focus for the next several weeks. For this week I have only added their first child, Charles. I am a descendant of Charles and Sarah (Davis) Foss.

Foss, Israel

Israel Foss, b at Machias ME, c 1772-1773 son of Benjamin and Sarah (Mitchell) Foss of Scarborough ME and Machias ME. (ae 77y in 1850 USC, Machias; his parents’ marriage in Scarborough on 7 Nov 1762 recorded in Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder Volume 4 p. 32): d Machias 29 May 1857 and  buried at the Court Street Cemetery, Machias (MOCA, Special Publication No. 14, p. 568): m Machias Betsey Conners (Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities: The Town of Machias, hereafter Machias OR, p. 19, page torn no date) she b Machias 04 May 1787 dau of Patrick & Sarah (-) Conners (Machias OR, p. 57)

Children, b Machias: births in Machias OR, p. 117

i.  Charles, b 13 Dec 1805: m (1) 11 Apr 1827 Mary C Bowers (Machias OR, p. 57), b 11 Jan 1806 dau of Samuel & Mary (Cheney) Bowers (Machias OR, p. 64), d 20 May 1830 (Machias OR, p. 117). He m (2) Sara Davis (George W. Drisko, Narrative of the town of Machias [1904], hereafter Drisko’s Machias, p. 426), b 4 Nov 1809 dau of Samuel & Lois (-) Davis (Recorded as Sally in Machias OR, p. 69).

Here is a list of items that I need to find information and sources on for this narrative:

1. Source for last name of Betsey Conner’s mother Sarah
2. Birth, Marriage, and Death dates and sources for Patrick & Sarah (-) Conners
3. Marriage date and source for Israel Foss and Betsey Conners
4. Death date and source for Betsey (Conners) Foss
5. Marriage date and source for Charles Foss and Sarah Davis
6. Death dates and sources for Charles and Sarah (Davis) Foss
7. Source for last name of Sarah Davis’s mother Lois
8. Birth, Marriage, and Death dates and sources for Samuel & Lois (-) Davis

created: 05 Dec 2010