Biography
Born Melicent How In New Ipswich, New Hampshire in 1762. Married David Foster in 1783 in Winthrop, Maine, where her family had moved. They had 10 children.
Sources
- Family Record; Winthrop Vital Records 1720-1821, Maine Births & Christenings, FHL Film #007596986, image 9, familysearch.org;
- Howe Genealogies, by Daniel Wait Howe, pub 1929, New England Historical Genealogical Society;
- History of Winthrop by Everett Stackpole;
- History of New Ipswich, p 479, image attached;
- Foster Genealogy, by F.C. Pierce, pub. 1899;
- "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNZ-19Y : 12 December 2014), Milesant How, 25 Apr 1762; citing NEW IPSWICH TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,001,006
- "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NQ-XXF : 4 December 2014), David Foster and Melisent How, 13 Feb 1783; citing Winthrop,Kennebec,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,299.