E. D. C. Foskett

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      Sex: M

AKA: Edward Fosket ³

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Individual Information

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          Birth: Abt 1830 - Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Jun 1864 - Grizzly Bear House, Placer Co., California 1 2
         Burial: 1864 - Palmyra, Wayne county, New York 4
 Cause of Death: 

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Events

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• He has conflicting birth information of 1830 and New York. ^{5 6} The Davis Family Tree lists him as "Edwin" and gives a birth place of New York as opposed to Massachusetts.

The Samuel Chapin Family Tree also listed 1830 as his year of birth and gave New York as the place of birth..

• He appeared on the 1860 Federal census on 1 Jun 1860 in Grizzly Bear House, Placer Co., California. ³ Edward was shown as being 30 years old and born in Massachusetts. He was a hotel keeper which was also labeled as a tavern. Was married to Catherine. Also staying at the hotel was a Charles Goodrich who may have been related to Catherine.

• He filed a will on 26 Jul 1864 in California. ¹ E.D.C. FOSKET of Grizzly Bear House, Placer Co., Calif.
dated: 16 Jan. 1864; filed 26 July 1864; died 20 June, 1864
wife: Katherine P. Fosket
sons: Byron Fosket and Elmer Riley
parents: Owen I and Betsy Fosket
aunt: Harriet Dodge of Palmyra Wayne Co., N.Y.
exec: William Borland of San Francisco if death occurs in California; If in N.Y. he names William K. Goodrich of Whitlestown, Oneida Co N.Y. as Co-guardian with wife of children.
wit: William Mitchell and A.F. Fosket.

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Parents

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         Father: Orren Foskett (Abt 1800-1874) 
         Mother: Betsy Dodge (Abt 1806-Abt 1880) 5 7 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Cathy Goodrich (6 Mar 1839 - 17 Apr 1914)
       Marriage: 1859 - Whitestown, Placer county, California 8
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. [Son] Foskett (1863-      )
                2. Edwin Foskett (Abt 1864-1888) 9
                3. Byron D. C. Foskett (1869-1902) 10

1 Early California Wills (California Society, D.A.R., 1952, 952 pgs. <http://www.sfgenealogy.com/caldatanook/tagdata/9-calwills/volume4/4-47.htm> page 47).

2 INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885 (From the Placer Herald Newspaper, Auburn, California <http://pcgs.pcgenes.com/pcgsdek.html>, transcribed by the Placer County Genealogical Society, Research Committee , PO Box 7385, Auburn, CA 95604-7385).

3 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. (Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. [Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.]), NARA Series M653, Roll: 62; Page: 755; Image: 196. Repository: Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com/.

4 "Transcribed Palmyra Cemetery listing at the NYGenWeb: Wayne County, NY, web site" (<http://wayne.nygenweb.net/>), Part 2 Update.

5 Mark K. Davis, <mark@davisfamily.org>, The Davis Family of Stafford, Connecticut (Rootsweb.com famly tree located at <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mollard&id=I31325>, as posted Updated: 2006-09-25 11:17:19 UTC (Mon) ; and Viewed 8/18/2007), Repository: Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.

6 Deanne Driscoll, email: <deanne1325@msn.com>, SAMUEL CHAPIN FAMILY (SAMUEL CHAPIN ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS family tree on Roostweb.com as posted: Updated: 2005-10-26 15:47:28 UTC (Wed); and located at <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=deannedriscoll&id=I43079>. Viewed 8/17/2007.), Repository: Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.

7 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. (Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. [Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.]), NARA Series M653, Roll: 877; Page: 0; Image: 192. Repository: Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com/.

8 Index To Marriages, 1852-1885 (From the Placer Herald Newspaper, Auburn, California as transcribed by the Placer County Genealogical Society Research Committee, PO Box 7385, Auburn, CA 95604-7385. <http://pcgs.pcgenes.com/pcgsmek.html>).

9 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. (Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.[ Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls.]), Palmyra, Wayne, New York; NARA Series M593, Roll: 1113; Page: 376; Image: 61. Repository: Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com/.

10 The New York Times (New York Times Publishing Co., New York, NY), January 9, 1902, pages 1-2. Repository: New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, [Schwarzman Building], New York, New York, http://www.nypl.org/.