Hopestill Foster (1620 - 1676)

Biography
Hon. Capt. Hopestill Foster was born in 1620 in Biddenden, County Kent, England and died on 14 Oct 1676 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He is buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He married Mary Bates. She was born on 21 Nov 1619 in Lydd, County Kent, England and died on 4 Jan 1702 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. She is buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America.

Occupation
From 1654 to 1662 he was a lieutenant under Capt. Clapp. I n 1666 he became Captain. In 1655 to 1676 he was a Selectmen of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. In 1659 to 1676 he was a Representative to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, North America. In 1671 he was Commissioner for small causes for which office he died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He was Treasurer  Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America.

Lineage
Hon. Capt. Hopestill Foster (1620 - 1676)

m. Mary Bates (1619 - 1707)

Patience Foster (1646 - 1706)

m. Maj. Thomas Brown (1645 - 1709)

Elizabeth Brown (1677 - )

m. Hopestill Bent (1672 - 1725)

Thomas Bent (1706 - 1775)

m. Mary Stone (1718 - 1775)

Lois Bent (1740 - 1783)

m. James Glover (1734 - )

Lois Bent Glover (1762 - 1800)

m. Asa Nurse (1754 - 1803)

Sally Nurse (1795 - 1819)

m. Nathan Fairbanks (1788 - 1825)

William Nelson Fairbanks (1818 - 1854)

m. Abby Augusta Reed (c.1826 - 1899)

Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1641 - 1921)

m. Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1918)

Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

m. Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)

Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b.1941)

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b.1982)