Foss, John

Birth Name Foss, John
Gender male
Age at Death more than 76 years, 9 months, 20 days

Narrative

Family Tradition

Family tradition has it that John Foss, the ship’s caulker was forcibly brought from England in chains as a prisoner of the British Army for some crime committed back in mother England, to serve as a laborer in the colonies. It was this John Foss that apparently escaped from custody, jumping ship in Portsmouth harbor, swimming ashore, and making a new life for himself, eventually marrying a Mary Berry. The British didn’t consider him important enough to waste time conducting a search to bring him to justice.[1]
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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1633-11-24 Paignton, Devonshire, England    
Immigration before 1658 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony    
Death after 1710-09-13 Rye, Rockingham, NH    

Families

Family of Foss, John and Berry, Mary
Married Wife Berry, Mary ( * 1644 + about 1707 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1659 Rye, Rockingham, NH Marriage of Johann Foss and Mary Chadbourne  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Foss, Joshuabetween 1686 and 16871736

Pedigree

    1. Foss, John
      1. Berry, Mary
        1. Foss, Joshua