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Katherine Cardwell Foster 1580 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 FEB 1580

Birth Location: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Patrick Foster

Mother: Helene Greenway

Spouse(s): Ralph Tompkins

Children(s): John Tompkins, Nathaniel Tomkins, Samuel Tompkins, Micah Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Mary Tompkins, Ralph Tompkins, Martha Tompkins

In 1580, Katherine Cardwell Foster entered the world in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Patrick Foster and Helene Newton Greenway. Years later, Katherine Cardwell Foster married Ralph Tompkins, and the couple became parents to John Tompkins, Nathaniel Tomkins, Samuel Tompkins, Micah Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Mary Tompkins, Ralph Tompkins and Martha Tompkins. Katherine Cardwell Foster died in 1636 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Parents

Patrick Foster
1550 – 1609
Birth Location: Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
PF
Helene Greenway
1552 – 1609
Birth Location: Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
HG

Spouses(s)

Ralph Tompkins
1585 – 1666
Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
RT

Children(s)

John Tompkins
1608 – 1681
Birth Location: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
JT
Nathaniel Tomkins
1612 – 1684
Birth Location: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
NT
Samuel Tompkins
1613 – 1676
Birth Location: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
ST
Micah Tompkins
1616 – 1640
Birth Location: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
MT
Elizabeth Tompkins
1617 – 1688
Birth Location: Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
ET
Mary Tompkins
1621 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
MT
Ralph Tompkins
1623 – 1630
Birth Location: Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
RT
Martha Tompkins
1627 – 1688
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
MT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 FEB 1580
    Event Place: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 21 FEB 1580
    Event Place: Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1636
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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