Ancestry of
Chester Arthur

21st U.S. President

Ann -----

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Chester Arthur — 8th Generation
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  • 195 
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  • 3 Dec 1692 
  • Death Location:
  • Andover, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Andrew Foster
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  Andrew Foster

  Abraham Foster

  Hannah Foster (Ahnentafel No:97 )

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  • Accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. Would have been hanged except that she died while imprisoned.(See Foster Genealogy, Part 2, p. 1033-1035)

    There have been claims that Ann's maiden name was Alcock and that she was the daughter of George Alcock. These claims appear to be false as no evidence has been found as yet to support them.

• Sources for Ann -----

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Andover, Vol. 2, p. 438, Death record for Anne Foster.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1866, Vol. 20, p. 227.
  • ³ Lovejoy, Clarence Earle, The Lovejoy Genealogy with Biographies and History 1460-1930, n. p.: n. p. (1930), 64.