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John Foster 1616 – 1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1616

Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 MAR 1688

Death Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Richard Foster

Mother: Annis Jewson

Spouse(s): Mary Tompkins, Martha Tompkins

Children(s): Bartholomew Foster, Edward Foster, Thomas Foster, Mary Forster, Edward Forster, Samuel Forster, John Forster, Benjamin Forster, Jonathan Forster, David Forster, Josiah Foster, Hannah Forster, Martha Forster, Ebenezer Foster, Elizabeth Forster

According to available records, John Foster was born in 1616 in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Foster and Annis Juson or Jewson. Following those early years, John Foster married Mary Tompkins and Martha Tompkins, and their family grew to include Bartholomew Foster, Edward Foster, Thomas Foster, Mary Forster, Edward Forster, Samuel Forster, John Forster, Benjamin Forster, Jonathan Forster, David Forster, Josiah F Foster, Hannah Forster, Martha Forster, Ebenezer Foster and Elizabeth Forster. In the later years of life, John Foster died in 1688 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Parents

Richard Foster
1578 – 1641
Birth Location: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
RF
Annis Jewson
1582 –
Birth Location: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
AJ

Spouses(s)

Mary Tompkins
1621 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
MT
Martha Tompkins
1627 – 1688
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
MT

Children(s)

Bartholomew Foster
1644 – 1689
Birth Location: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
BF
Edward Foster
1645 – 1712
Birth Location: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
EF
Thomas Foster
1648 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
TF
Mary Forster
1649 –
Birth Location: Salem, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
MF
Edward Forster
1650 –
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
EF
Samuel Forster
1651 –
Birth Location: Salem Village, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America
SF
John Forster
1655 –
Birth Location: Salem, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
JF
Benjamin Forster
1658 –
Birth Location: Salem Village, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America
BF
Jonathan Forster
1660 – 1662
Birth Location: Salem, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
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David Forster
1665 –
Birth Location: Salem, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
DF
Josiah Foster
1669 – 1757
Birth Location: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Hannah Forster
1672 –
Birth Location: Salem, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
HF
Martha Forster
1674 –
Birth Location: Salem Village, New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America
MF
Ebenezer Foster
1677 – 1718
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
EF
Elizabeth Forster
Birth Location: –
EF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT 1616
    Event Place: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 26 OCT 1616
    Event Place: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 MAR 1688
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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