Colonel Benjamin Foster
A bronze tablet was erected by Hannah Weston Chapter, NSDAR, to the memory of DAR Patriot Colonel Benjamin Foster (1726-1818), a veteran of three wars, who in 1765 built a log cabin, then the most eastern habitation in New England. This tablet also commemorates the service in peace and war of Wooden Foster, one of the original proprietors of Machias Township. He was the first blacksmith in the settlement and prominent in all its affairs and served as a private in the regiment commanded by his brother Benjamin.
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL BENJAMIN FOSTER
1726-1818
A VETERAN OF THREE WARS
WHO, IN 1765, BUILT ON THIS SPOT A LOG CABIN,
THEN THE EASTERNMOST HABITATION OF NEW ENGLAND
A MAN OF STRONG CHARACTER,
SOUND JUDGMENT, AND UNFLINCHING COURAGE,
HE WAS A LEADER OF THE MACHIAS SETTLEMENT
IN COUNSEL AND ACTION.
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WARS HE HELD THE COMMISSION OF COLONEL
IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
AND WAS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE MILITIA
OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LINCOLN COUNTY.
FOR HIS SERVICES IN THIS CAPACITY
HE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF HIS STATE
AND WAS PRESENTED WITH A SWORD BY
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES ALSO
THE SERVICES IN PEACE AND WAR OF
WOODEN FOSTER
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS OF MACHIAS TOWNSHIP.
HE WAS THE FIRST BLACKSMITH OF THE SETTLEMENT
AND WAS PROMINENT IN ALL ITS AFFAIRS.
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
HE SERVED AS A PRIVATE
IN THE REGIMENTS COMMANDED BY HIS BROTHER,
COLONEL BENJAMIN FOSTER.
ERECTED BY THE HANNAH WESTON CHAPTER, D.A.R. 1917