Ebenezer Foster was a judge in New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. He represented King's in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1785 until his death in office.

In New Jersey

New Jersey

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, he had served as a justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

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, a judge for the
Court of Oyer and Terminer

Oyer and terminer

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 and a judge in the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County

Middlesex County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...

 and as a school trustee for Woodbridge Township

Woodbridge

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. Sometime around 1776, Foster was arrested as a British sympathizer; he was freed by the British in December of that year. He left Staten Island

Staten Island

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 for Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 in 1783 and later settled in Kingston Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada.Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.Dairy farming is an important industry in the area...

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