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Abra Hayes Foss

Birth	:	8 Dec 1752 Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	20 Sep 1830 Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Foss Cemetery, Strafford, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.3293770, -71.1537690
Description	:	Daughter of Robert Hayes/Hays (1726–1797) and Rachel (Twombly) Foss (1726–1799). +++++ John HAYES of Dover, NH, 1936, p.67-68 17 ROBERT HAYES-3 (John-2, John-l), born 21 Mar. 1725/6; bapt. 8 May 1726 by Rev. Jonathan Cushing of First Church, Dover; died 12 or 17 May 1769 in Barrington (Bible Rec. of Mrs. Danforth Caswell of South Lebanon, Me.); married RACHEL TWOMBLY, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Twombly of Somersworth, N.H., and sister of Hannah, who married Robert's brother Thomas-3. Rachel was baptized 25 Sept. 1726 and died 22 Mar. 1799. It is said "she belonged to a stalwart family, and stood with the men... Read More	Daughter of Robert Hayes/Hays (1726–1797) and Rachel (Twombly) Foss (1726–1799). +++++ John HAYES of Dover, NH, 1936, p.67-68 17 ROBERT HAYES-3 (John-2, John-l), born 21 Mar. 1725/6; bapt. 8 May 1726 by Rev. Jonathan Cushing of First Church, Dover; died 12 or 17 May 1769 in Barrington (Bible Rec. of Mrs. Danforth Caswell of South Lebanon, Me.); married RACHEL TWOMBLY, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Twombly of Somersworth, N.H., and sister of Hannah, who married Robert's brother Thomas-3. Rachel was baptized 25 Sept. 1726 and died 22 Mar. 1799. It is said "she belonged to a stalwart family, and stood with the men in defending the block house against the Indians in early days." That she was "a Christian and a woman of benevolence" was the tradition handed down to her great-grand-children. Rachel received from her father's will, proved 30 March 1762, £100 "old Tenor." Robert "owned the covenant" with his brother John-3 16 May 1742 in Dover. Deeds show that Robert went from Dover to Barrington between 1748, when he was "of Dover," and 1756, when he was "of Barrington." He paid a tax in Barrington of £1.13 in 1753. He lived in the Green Hill section of Barrington, and was one of the founders of the Barrington Congregational Church. The Wiggin family, which came to Barrington in 1828 and leased the Garland farm for a few years, bought the Robert HAYES place between 1830 and 1835; the house still stands. In 1930 they sold the place to Mr. A. I. Hall, who also owns the old Samuel-3 HAYES place adjoining, on which he cultivates a large apple orchard. The "Military History of New Hampshire" by Hon. Chandler E. Potter (1869) records Robert's scouting in the woods at Rochester and doing sentinel duty 22 Apr. to 20 May 1746 while on the Muster Roll of John Thompson's Company. Like his brothers, Robert received £5 from the will of his mother's brother Col. Paul Wentworth in 1748. He was a man of character and a successful farmer. His funeral sermon with its text, and the report that he was "a Christian held in high respect," were impressed upon his great-grandchild, Rev. Benjamin F.-6 B HAYES, in his earliest years. The following from N. H. Provincial Deeds may have interest for the family: Robert's father deeded to him 50 acres in "Two Mile Streak," being Lot 7, and 8 acres in Lot (14, as well as 72 of the second division lot in Rochester in 1748 (47:71). The 8 acre piece was sold or £88 by Robert in 1756 to his brother Hezekiah-3, who already owned the rest of Lot 14 (47:415). Robert sold his part of the second division lot in Rochester to Ichabod-3 HAYES for £720 in 1760 (69:4). That same year Robert bought for £770 of Joseph Prince of Barrington 70 acres which adjoined the Samuel-3 HAYES lot purchased from the same owner (75:186). This was the land that had been laid out to Mr. Prince as the first settled minister of the town. In 1762 he bought of Aaron-3 HAYES part of the 9th lot in the 7th lot of the Two Mile Streak for £1000 (75:188). Children: DOROTHY ("DOLLY")-4 HAYES, bapt. 7 ,July 1751 by Rev. Jonathan Cushing of First Church, Dover; d. 20 June 1814; m. 19 Dec. 1775 Thomas-4 HAYES (Thomas-3, John-2, John-1), whom see for family. 50 ABRA-4 HAYES, b. 8 Aug. or Dec. 1752. BENJAMIN TWOMBLY-4 HAYES, b. about 1753; "went a voyage to sea and never returned." HANNAH-4 HAYES, b. 8 Sept. 1755, Barrington (Town Records); d. 12 Jan. 1832, ae. 75y. 4m. 4d.; buried with her husband in Forest Glade Cem., Somersworth, N.H.; m. 1 Feb. 1776 by Rev. David Tenney to Eliphalet Cloutman, son of John and Mary (Cook) Cloutman, of Barrington and later of Rochester, N.H. (N.H.V.R.); lived near Green Hill brook in Barrington. He was b. 17 Mar. 1753, Lebanon, Me.; d. 1 Oct. 1838, ae. 85y. 6m. 14d. He m. (2) 25 Feb. 1833 Sarah[5] Berry of Rochester, daughter of Tamsen-4 HAYES (Samuel-3, John-2, John-1); bought a farm in Rochester and spent his last days there. He accumulated a considerable property and was an influential citizen of Barrington, a selectman and town clerk for many years. He signed the Revolutionary War Association Test in 1776 and served in Capt. Benjamin Titcomb's Co., Col. Enoch Poor's Reg't., in 1775 (State Papers, vol. iiv: 114,140, 193). Mrs. Abra H. Jenkins, who knew all the family of Robert HAYES, wrote in 1889 that Hannah and Eliphalet Cloutman "left no children to inherit their property." Their family Bible is now (1934) in possession of Mr. George W. Chamberlain of Malen, Mass. 51 JOSHUA-4 HAYES, b. about 1757, Barrington. 52 JOHN-4 HAYES, b. 13 Aug. 1759, Barrington. 53 EZEKIEL-4 HAYES, b. 22 May 1761, Barrington. RACHEL-4 HAYES, b. about 1763, Barrington; d. 22 Oct. 1841, Lebanon, Me. (Leb. V.R.); m. Joshua Hodgdon of Lebanon, who was born about 1758 and died 25 Oct. 1808, age 50, "apoplectic" according to Rev. Isaac Hazey's diary. Joshua Hodgdon removed to the town of Lebanon, Me., 30 Oct. 1788 (Hazey's Diary). Mr. George W. Chamberlain of Malden, Mass., says he was the first settler on a farm now owned by Albert S. Stackpole. The farm is on the road leading from West Lebanon village to the Center, and the house which he built stood down in the field some distance from the road. Samuel Wentworth built a new stand of buildings near the road about 1860. The buildings were burned 31 July 1920 by lightning. Children: 1. TAMSEN[5] HODGDON, m. Daniel Foss and went to Kennebec, Me. 2. HANNAH[5], m. Amos Goodwin and lived in Rochester, N.H. 3. JOSHUA[5], unm. 4. BENJAMlN[5], d. 23 Feb. 1861, unm. 5. IVORY[5], d. 3 Dec. 1866, unm. 6. ELISHA[5], unm. John HAYES of Dover, NH, 1936, p.119-120 50 ABRA-4 HAYES (Robert-3, John-2, John-1), born 8 Dec. 1752 (Aug., Foss Family ms.) in Barrington, N.H. (record of granddaughter Abra H. Jenkins); bapt. 15 Apr. 1753 by Rev. Jonathan Cushing of First Church, Dover, N.H.; died 20 Sept. 1830; buried with her husband in the family burying ground on the farm in Strafford, N.H. (Guy S. Rix, Ms. of the Foss Family) ; married 8 Dec. 1778 by Rev. Jeremy Belknap of Dover to JEREMIAH-5 Foss (Timothy-4, Samuel-3, John2-1) of Barrington (N.H.V.R.; also, Abra H. Jenkins). He was born 8 Aug. 1751 in Newmarket, N.H., and died 11 Jan. 1835. They settled in the vicinity of the old church in Barrington, but in a few years moved to the upper part of Strafford in the neighborhood of "Schenectady ," so-called, about one mile from the Farmington line and an equal distance from the Barnstead line. There they owned a large farm, which had been deeded to Mr. Foss by his father. All the buildings have been burned, and the property has gone out of the family. A letter of Abra's granddaughter Abra H. Jenkins, written over forty years ago in her 82nd year furnishes valuable family notes. She had lived with her grandmother, and remembered conversations about her great-grandfather Robert-3 HAYES. Abra's husband signed the Association Test in Barrington, and served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Gilman's Company of Col. Poor's Regiment, Capt. Samuel HAYES's Company at Pierce.s Island, and Capt. Daniel Gordon's Company of Col. Tasker's Reg't. Children, born in Barrington now trafford, N.H.: ROBERT[5] Foss, b. 29 Aug. 1779; d. 29 Jan. 1827; m. 30 Mar. 1800 Hannah Hill (b. 14 Nov. 1778; d. 18 Dec. 1872) of Strafiord; lived with his father until a few months before he (Robert) died. Had children. SALLY[5] Foss, b. 13 June or July 1782; d. 4 May 1859; m. Ralph-6. Foss (b. 22 Sept. 1777. d. 2 Sept. 1859) of Strafiord, son of Samuel-5 Foss (Timothy-4, Samuel-3, John2-1): Had children. HANNAH[5] Foss, b. 6 June 1784; d. 14 Aug. 1852; m. 29 Jan. 1807 John Hanscom (b. 14 Aug. 1785; d. 3 Dec. 1842) of Barnstead. ABIGAIL[5] Foss, b. 19 Jan. 1786 (record of Abra Jenkins) or 9 Jan. (Foss ms.); unm. JEREMIAH[5] Foss, b. 24 July 1791 (record of Abra Jenkins); d. 1867; m. Eliza Dow of Newbury, Mass.; lived on his father's homestead. Had children.

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Abra Hayes Foss's memorial is located at: Foss Cemetery, Strafford, Strafford County, USA.
When did Abra Hayes Foss death?
Abra Hayes Foss death on 20 Sep 1830 in Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 43.3293770
Longitude: -71.1537690

Family Members:

Spouse

Jeremiah Foss Sr.

(1751 - 1835)

Children

Robert Foss

(1779 - 1827)

Abigail Foss

(1786 - 1845)

Jeremiah Foss

(1791 - 1867)

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Coordinate: 43.3293770, -71.1537690

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Coordinate: 43.3272220, -71.1238890

13. Babb-Foss Graveyard
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Coordinate: 43.3251200, -71.1842100

14. Drew Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3492600, -71.1717700

15. Hayes Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3403290, -71.1217700

16. Perkins Family Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3125100, -71.1839100

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Strafford, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3063650, -71.1262710

22. Scruton Cemetery
Strafford, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3273500, -71.1103500

23. James Clark Burial Site
Barnstead, Belknap County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3433760, -71.1928650

24. Jones Cemetery
Strafford, Strafford County, USA
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