Elnathan Gload
married
Dolly Foster b.11/2/1780 d. 5/10/1879
They had the following children:
John Gload born April ______
Eliza Gload born Aug. ______
Janett Gload born Aug. 15, 1805
Dorothy Gload born Aug. 8, ____
Here is the story of Elnathan and Dolly Foster: "Dolly Foster, the daughter of Jonathan Foster and Dolly Jenkins, had a long and eventful life. She was born at Ashby, Mass., Nov. 2, 1780 during the Revolutionary War and before our independence was won. In her young womanhood, she married Elnathan Gload and with three of her brothers, Jonathan, Isaac, and Joseph Foster came to Cayuga County, NY and founded the village of Fosterville, where they lived until the war of 1812, when her husband was obliged to go into the service leaving his wife and four children. The service took him to the border between Buffalo and Lake Ontario at Lewiston, New York. While there he took sick and the news came home that he could not long survive. He wanted to go home if possible, before he died and be with his family. At Fosterville there was a young man named Gurdon Squier, who hearing of the circumstances, volunteered to go into the army providing Mr. Gload could be discharged and returned to his family. After a while this was done, but things of that nature move slowly and by the time Squier reached the regiment, and Mr. Gload received his discharge, it was too late.
There were no railroads then and means of travel were poor, even for one in health. He never reached home but died on the way, as was buried at Canandaigua, NY. By his death, young Squier was not released from the service. He was in the battle of Queenstown Heights, opposite Lewiston, NY, and was taken prisoner with General Winfield Scott. He was sent to Quebec and exchanged, returning to the service where he remained until the close of the war. He returned to his home at Fosterville and continued to live there until 1818 when he married the widow Gload and took the husband's place in the home as he had done in the army. By this marriage there were three children: Lois, Joseph and Simon Squier.