He  was  a  sea  captain  and  was  quite  a  prominent  citizen;  held  the  office  of  high
sherifif  for  Middlesex  county  for  more  than  forty  years ;  resigning  which,  he  was  in
1764  appointed  justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  same  county,  in  which
office  he  continued  until  his  death.
We  also  find  in  the  old  burying  ground,  at  Charlestown,  Masj. ,  the  tombstone
with  the  arras  of  the  wife  of  Richard  Foster,  Jr.,  1724.  He  was  grandson  of  Wil-
liam Foster,  of  Charlestown,  1650.  Those  arms,  crest  and
motto,  are  those  of  the  Fosters,  or  Forsters,  of  Brickhill
county,  Bedford,  and  the  Boyne  county,  Lancaster,  also  re-
ported by  the  Fosters  of  Jamaica,  West  Indies.  Various
ancient  silver  articles  with  the  Foster  arms  are  preserved  in
America.  Among  others,  a  large  tankard,  with  the  arms
beautifully  engraved,  and  the  tinctures  clearly  indicated.
It  is  in  possession  of  Edward  IngersoU  Browne,  of  Water-
town.
Crest:     An   arm   in  armor    embowered,    holding  in  the
hand   a   broken  tilting  spear,  proper.
Motto:     Sic  fractus  fortis.     "If  broken,  still  strong."

He  d.  Aug.  29,  1774.      Res.,  Charlestown,  Mass.
4010.  i.         SARAH,    b.    May   4,    1718;  m.,  March,    22,

1738,  Samuel  Bradstreet.  She  d.  Feb-
ruary, 1S02.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  Simon,  of  New  London,
and  gr.-son  of  Governor  Simon,  governor  of  the  colony.
Res.,  Charlestown,  Mas«.  Ch. :  i.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  ?,  1740;  d.
young.  2.  Sarah,  bapt.  May  24.  1741.  3.  Samuel,  bapt.  May  8,
1743;  merchant  in  Boston;  d.  unm.  July  4,  iSio.  4.  Lucy,  bapt.
June  I,  174b.  5.  Lucy,  bapt.  June  12,  1748;  m.  Richard  Harris,
of  Marblehead.  6.  Mary,  bapt  April  7,  1751 ;  d.  December,  1828;
unm.  7.  Richard  Foster,  b.,  twin  with  K.  8.  Katharine,  bapt.
