1Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, Part 2, p. 1016 (1899).
"9521. EDWARD FOSTER (Edward, John). b. Middletown, Conn., Jan. 10, 1681: m., June 17, 1708, there, Sarah Hubbard; d. March 1, 1756.
Probate records of Middletown, Conn; vol. i, p. 80-81. Inventory of Edward Foster, late of Middletown, deceased:
£4087.16.9. Johnathan Allin Jacob Whitmore, appraisers.
All the record I could get in the probate office in Middleton was from the old distribution or inventory paper on file, which the judge read off (the names), and are these as I get them from him: Samuel, youngest son; Mary Lewis, eldest daughter; Sarah Bowden, alias Butler; Hannah Rockwell, daughter; Susannah, youngest daughter. From other sources we learn that his son, Edward, had died, and the two estates were being ditributed at the same time. He d. Oct. 12, 1753. Res., Middletown, Conn.
9538. i. MARY, b. March 30, 1709; m. ----- Lewis.
9539. ii. SARAH, b. Oct. 1, 1710; m. ----- Bowden and ----- Butler.
9540. iii. HANNAH, b. March 25, 1712; m. William (?) Rockwell.
9541. iv. EDWARD, b. July 20, 1714; m. Martha Whitmore.
9542. v. DANIEL, b. July 7, 1717; m. Betty Doane.
9543. vi. THOMAS, b. Jan. 1, 1720.
9544. vii. SUSANNAH, b. March 20, 1721; unm. 1753.
9545. viii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 12, 1723.".