SOURCES: The Colonial Virginia Register

A list of Governors, Councilors and Other Higher Officials, and also of Members of the House of Burgesses, and the Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia --- Compiled by William Glover and Mary Newton Standard, published by Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York, 1902.

1) Served in Virginia House of Burgesses, Norfolk County, Assembly of 1655-1656_This Assembly first met in March 1654-5, and, by adjournments, on March 10, 1655-56, and December 1st, 1656 (Hening I, 407, 414), His name is listed as "Captain" Richard Foster.

2) Served as member of King's Council

3) Member of Governor Carteret's Council 1670.

SOURCES: Pedigree Resource File
Submitter: Robert L. Jackson, 203 E. Wayne St., Ironton, MO 63650

PRF Disc #19 Pin #669648 Richard

PRF Disc #23 Pin #975507 Sussanah

PRF Disc #24 Pin #977422 Sussanah

PRF Disc #23 Pin #975506 Richard

PRF Disc #24 Pin #977421 Richard

Also see:

Submitter: Johnny MIZE _32850 Vista Del Monte, Temecula, CA, 92591,United States of America PRF Disc #18 Pin #384283

HISTORY: From this time on (1635) Richard is spelling his surname as FOSTER. He is considered the Father of most Foster's in the Southern United States today (2001). Other Foster's also came to East Coast and started their lineage in America. Some Foster's went to the northern Colonies and for the most part their descendents stayed north. Richard came to Virginia and his descendents are the beginning of the Southern States Foster's through his son Robert.

However, all Foster's relate back to Richard of Flanders in 1066 AD who came from Flanders (northern France) to England. 

Richard came to America at the age of 16. His rank in his father's family in England must not have been as the first or second son or he would have remained in England to inherit his father's estate. He was probably a 2nd child and saw adventure in sailing to America and getting a fresh start. Available records do not indicate that he came as an indentured servant to anyone. We do believe his passage was provided by a Bartholomew Hoskins.

His father (Robert) in England was living the life of a Knight in the good section of society as had all his progenitors since the Battle of Hastings in the year 1066 when William the Conqueror took over England. The brother-in-law of William was named Richard of Flanders. Richard was the son of Baldwin V. Soon after the battle he became known as Richard De Foriester. One of Richard Foriester's sons was Sir Hugo Foirester. He fought with King Henry I, as General of the English Army. Sir Hugo was Governor of Etherstone by right of inheritance. After successfully defeating the Norwegian King Magnus in 1101 AD Sir Hugo Forrester was appointed Chief Lord of the Royal Forest. Sir Hugo was a person of  great eminence during the reign of King Stephen.

In the Battle of Hastings Richard of Flanders was only age 16 but was knighted for his valliant services to William the Conqueror and received large land holdings in northern England and Scotland (Northumberland County, Bamborough (Bambough, Bamburgh) in Northumberland; land also known as Adderston (Henderston). The Forster's lived here for 12 generations in a position of honor as many were Knights to the Kings of England. Our Richard Forster (Foster) was a descendant of King Henry I of  England.

The descendants of Forster, Forrester or Foster had privileges, education and opportunities.  And thus the Forster lineage lived for the next 500 years.

HISTORY: James Richard Forster/ Foster (b. 1619) came to America on 10 August 1635 from England on the ship "HMS Safety". Recent research has caused most descendants to now believe though most records call him Richard Foster some records refer to him as James Foster. Se we now call him James Richard Foster.

WEBSITE: See Sources (End Notes) on website: http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/foster_lideric_deflanders.html_Endnotes:_1. jaenfield@worldnet.att.nethttp://www.gendex.com/users/Enf_Bry/Enf_Bry/i567.html#I21936. _2. Alice Raven <raviac@swbell.net>http://genweb.net/~raven/html/raven.htm.

_3. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _4. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _5. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _6. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _7. Book H-35 Page 144, Joan Rodenbarger (jroots@localline.com) has found the death certificate for Thomas Martin Foster which included the information about Zenus FOSTER and Isaac Hilery FOSTER.8. From Billy G Foster <bfoster@prodigy.net>. _9. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _10. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Ut, Film # 0823704. _11. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film # 0823704. _12. American Quaker Genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw - Volume I via Kathleen Baxter <sbaxter@peoplescom.net>. _13. RJBarnard<rjbarnard@aol.com>. _14. Bob Stockberger <stckbrgr@wavecom.net>. _15. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Sep 16, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.50109.88 _16. Mary Beth Heronemus <maryhero@juno.com>. at: http://www.genealogy.com refer to World Family Tree Volume 24, Tree 852

WEBSITE: See website as it says that this Richard is a possible Junior to the immigrant ancestor Richard Foster / Forster: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgiop=GET&db=:493189&id=I16336#s1

SOURCES:

Title: World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1_Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc._Publication: Release date: August 23, 1996_Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: _Call Number: _Media: Family Archive CD_Page: Tree #1222_Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 1997

WEBSITE: (16 Oct 2002): www.genealogy.com World Family Tree Volume 5, Tree 1266_This source links Richard Foster Jr to his father Richard Forster/Foster (born in England,1619 immigrant ancestor).

WEBSITE: (10 Dec 8002) http://www.geocities.com/lunalaniz2000/DescendantsofRichardForster.htm Says that Richard was born about 1643 in Hampton or Gloucester County, Virginia and died in Abbington Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.

WEBSITE: (15 Aug 2005) http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:aCCD7PPONl8J:www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/5481/kenner/d0001/g0000083.html+Elizabeth+Cittie,+Gloucester,+Virginia+%2B+Map&hl=en Information received from Wayne Dunn (HWDUNN@prodigy.net) 29 Oct 1997. Our immigrant Foster's father was Sir Robert Forster, who was born in 1587 Durham, England. His only son was Richard Forster, born 1619. Forster was changed to Foster upon reaching America, a more English spelling of the name. The following is an account of Richard with his journey to the New World. Richard Foster Immigrated to Virginia in the ship "Safety". The ship sailed from England on the 1st day of August 1635. He was 16 years old when he came to Virginia. Susan Garnett, who later married Richard Foster, was found living in Elizabeth Cittie in Virginia on 16th day of February 1623, with her parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Garnett. In 1624/25 a muster was taken of the Inhabitants of Virginia. In "Thomas Garnett and his Muster" show Thomas aged 40 and Immigrated to America in the "Swann" in 1610. His wife Elizabeth was aged 26 and came to America in the "Neptune" in 1618. Their daughter Susan was aged 3 and was born in Virginia. Ambrose Griffith and Joyce Griffith were on the muster with the Garnett Family. _Ambrose Griffith was aged 33 and came to Virginia in the "Bona Nova" 1619 and Joyce Griffith aged 20 came in the "Jacob". Richard Foster settled in Elizabeth Cittie County, Virginia and married there and was granted 250 acres of land in Lynhaven Parish in Lower Norfolk Co., Va. on 26 Nov 1653 beginning at the neck of the broad Creek running South, South West near a swamp, thense West etc., for transport of Dorcas Foster Senior, and Dorcas Foster Junior, Richard Foster, Richard Street, and Henry Williams. Later In 1655 the family removed to Gloucester County, Virginia where Richard Foster received 200 more acres for transport of four more persons: Ellen Foster, Mary Foster, Sarah Davis, Robert Bynum, Fra. Bignall. This land was at the head of Southard Creek on the Severne, in Mackajack Bay, in Gloucester Co., Va. Robert Coleman was granted land that adjoined Richard Fosters land on 18 March, 1662. As the nation grew, the Foster descendants migrated south into the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, and finally Texas; as well as East into Tennessee, and from there, launching themselves to the wind.

This may be the "missing link" ancestor to tie our Foster family into the royal lineage of Richard Foster / Forster (born 1619 in England). My questions remain as to the "proof" that this Richard Foster is really connected to the immigrant Richard Foster / Forster.

This reference causes me to believe a "Richard Foster" was in North Carolina while our Richard Foster was in Virginia. Foster, Richard 1622?- Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Volume 2, D-G. Edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1986. (DcNCBi 2)

DEATH: The death place may be Abbingdon Parish, Glouchester, Virginia, USA.

MISC_NOTES: AFN:1556-FKG

MISC_NOTES: This Richard may have married a Miss Ransome and has a son named Richard born in

1723 in Gloucester, Virginia and in some records Whit Church, Hampshire, England. That son names

his first son Beverly Ransome Foster born in 1748 in the Isle of Wight County of Virginia. After the

maiden names of both grandmothers. The Ransome/Ransom/Ranson family were some of the very first

to settle in Elizabeth City, Virginia as Miss Ransome's father Peter was born there in 1620. The City got it's start in 1607. glf

CHRISTENING: This is the village and church where James Richard Foster was christened under the name of Richard. His father was listed as Robert Foster.

Alverstoke, a village, a parish, and a liberty in Hants. The village stands adjacent to Stoke Bay station on the L. & S.W.R., opposite Spithead, 1 3/4 mile SSW of Gosport. It is a pleasant place, with charming environs. The parish includes also the town of Gosport, the villages of Forton, Hardway, and Elson, the watering-place of Anglesey, the villas of Alverbank, the Royal Marine Barracks, the Haslar Barracks, the Royal Naval Hospital, Blockhouse Fort, and Forts Rowner, Gomer, Brockhurst, Monckton, and Grange.

Acreage, 3783, of which 1223 are water and foreshore; population of the civil parish, 25,452 ; of the ecclesiastical, with Anglesey and Newtown, 10,734. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The manor was given by the noble Saxon lady Alwara to the church of Winchester, and it still belongs to the Bishop of Winchester as superior.

Many excellent mansions, villas, and other residences, with gardens and terraces, adorn the surface and the shores, and a rich extensive prospect is enjoyed of the Solent and the Isle of Wight Stoke Bay is now a noted roadstead, where all the steam war-ships when newly fitted with their engines test their speed at the measured mile. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester, and includes the curacy of Anglesey; value, £1050. Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The vicarages of Trinity-Gosport, St Matthew-Gosport, St John-Forton, and St Thomas-Elson are separate benefices. The parochial church is Saxon, built in 1130, repeatedly restored, and now chiefly modern. Christ Church, in the Decorated English style, was opened in 1865. Dr. Wilber-force, afterwards Bishop of Oxford, was once rector here, and Dr. Trench, afterwards Archbishop of Dublin, was his curate.

WILL: Library of Virginia - copy of this this will is now available at this location for printing. glf Title Foster, Richard. Publication 1688-1689 Gen. note Part of index to wills not listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations, 1632-1800 (Torrence).

Note Inventory - 13. Feb. 1688/9

Charles City Co. Deeds, Wills, etc., 1689-1690, pp. 77-78

Subject - Personal Foster, Richard.

Added Title Virginia wills and administrations.

SOURCES: Pedigree Resource File

Submitter: Robert L. Jackson

203 E. Wayne St.

Ironton, MO 63650

PRF Disc #23 Pin #975507 Sussanah

PRF Disc #24 Pin #977422 Sussanah

PRF Disc #23 Pin #975506 Richard

PRF Disc #24 Pin #977421 Richard

SOURCES:

Title: World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1_Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc._Publication: Release date:

August 23, 1996_Note: Customer pedigree._Repository: _Call Number: _Media: Family Archive

CD_Page: Tree #1222_Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 1997

WEBSITE: for Richard Foster genealogy: http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/foster_lideric_deflanders.html_48. RICHARD29 FORSTER (ROBERT28, ROBERT27, THOMAS26, ROGER25, THOMAS24, THOMAS23, THOMAS22, WILLIAM21, RICHARD20, REGINALD19, ALFRED "THE GENEROUS"18, RANDOLPH17, JOHN16, WILLIAM15, HUGO14, REGINALD13, HUGO12, RICHARD "THE FRISLANDER-DE FLANDERS"11 FORESTER, BALDWIN V "THE PIOUS"10 DE FLANDERS, BALDWIN IV "FAIR BEARD"9, ARNOLD (ARNOLPH) II 'THE YOUNG'8, BALDWIN III7, ARNOLD ARNOLPH) I 'THE GREAT'6, BALDWIN II 'THE BALD'5, BALDWIN I 'BRAS DER FER'4, ODOACER3, ENGUERRAND2, LIDERIC1)

RICHARD was born 1619 in Durham, England, and died Aft. 1681 in Elizabeth City, Virginia. He married SUSANNAH GARNETT 1642 in Virginia, daughter of THOMAS GARNETT and ELIZABETH MUSCOE. She was born 1620 in Virginia, and died Unknown in Gloucester, Virginia. Child of RICHARD FORSTER and SUSANNAH GARNETT is: _1. ROBERT30 FOSTER, b. 1651, Gloucester, Virginia; d. 1716, Essex, Virginia.

WEBSITE: See website on additional infomation on Sussan and her children: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:493189&id=I16262

MISC_NOTES: AFN:LPFK-LT

MISC_NOTES: Her name is also spelled Sussan.

WEBSITE: See this web reference to indicate possible marriage of Richard Foster / Forster (born in 1619) to an Anne and maybe an Anne Barren in 1642 before his marriage to Sussan Garnett in 1645. See http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:493189&id=I16245 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1_Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc._Publication: Release date: August 23, 1996_Note: Customer pedigree._Repository: _Call Number: _Media: Family Archive CD_Page: Tree #1222_Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 1997

SOURCES: Pedigree Resource File: Compact Disc #5, Pin #214304

WILL: Library of Virginia - check out to see if this is my Robert Foster. glf

Title Foster, Robert Publication 1720. Gen. note Part of index to Essex County Wills and Administrations (1692-1800) Note p. 140. Will pro. 17 May 1720. Wills, etc., No. 3, 1717-1721 (Reel 40) Subject - Personal Foster, Robert.

Subject -Geographic Essex County (Va.) Genre/Form Wills. Added Title Virginia wills and administrations. _System Number 000523503

SOURCES: PRF Disc #22 Pin #122878

Submitter: Jerald L HEMPHILL _2626 Alamosa Place Lake Mary, FL 32746-2371

WEBSITE: See website for Elizabeth's parents names: http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/foster_lideric_deflanders.html

50. ROBERT30 FOSTER (RICHARD29 FORSTER, ROBERT28, ROBERT27, THOMAS26, ROGER25,

THOMAS24, THOMAS23, THOMAS22, WILLIAM21, RICHARD20, REGINALD19, ALFRED "THE

GENEROUS"18, RANDOLPH17, JOHN16, WILLIAM15, HUGO14, REGINALD13, HUGO12, RICHARD "

THE FRISLANDER-DE FLANDERS"11 FORESTER, BALDWIN V "THE PIOUS"10 DE FLANDERS,

BALDWIN IV "FAIR BEARD"9, ARNOLD (ARNOLPH) II 'THE YOUNG'8, BALDWIN III7, ARNOLD

(ARNOLPH) I 'THE GREAT'6, BALDWIN II 'THE BALD'5, BALDWIN I 'BRAS DER FER'4, ODOACER3,

ENGUERRAND2, LIDERIC1) was born 1651 in Gloucester, Virginia, and died 1716 in Essex, Virginia.

He married (1) ELIZABETH GARNETT 1684 in Gloucester, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS GARNETT

and ELIZABETH MUSCOE. She was born 1663 in Gloucester, Virginia, and died 1744 in Amelia County,

Virginia. (This next statement is an error where he says Robert was married to Sarah Biggs. glf) (2)

SARAH BIGGS 1700 in Virginia. She was born 1652 in Gloucester, Virginia, and died 1700 in Spotsville,

Pennsylvania.

Children of ROBERT FOSTER and ELIZABETH GARNETT are: _52. i. WILLIAM "THE ELDER"31

FOSTER, b. Abt. 1698, Essex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1767, Amelia County, Virginia. _ii. JOHN

FOSTER, b. 1688, Gloucester, Virginia; d. Abt. 1760, Orange, Virginia; m. ISABELLA GOLDING; b.

Unknown; d. Unknown. _iii. ELIZABETH FOSTER, b. Abt. 1710, Essex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1775,

Ninety Six District, South Carolina; m. WILLIAM GOLDING, 1729, Virginia; b. 1705, Essex County,

Virginia; d. 1782, Ninety Six District, South Carolina.

MISC_NOTES: AFN:FH7V-DT

WEBSITE: (11 Nov 2002): http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/s/Richard-Foster-VA/BOOK-

0001/0003-0003.html

Here is what it says about John: 3. JOHN3 FOSTER (RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born 1653. He

married (1) ANN WILLIAMS. He married (2) ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON. __Notes for JOHN FOSTER:

_1) John lived in Chowan County, North Carolina. __Children of JOHN FOSTER and ANN WILLIAMS

are:

4. i. RICHARD4 FOSTER.

5. ii. JOEL FOSTER.

6. iii. HAROLD FOSTER.

Here is another version:

Robert L. JACKSON _203 E. Wayne St. Ironton, MO 63650

In searching the IGI records for christenings (births) in Hampshire, England around 1700 I find several

Sarah Biggs. In fact for the 100 years prior to Sarah's birth I find the county is full of Sarah Biggs entries. glf

If John Foster is the father of Richard then it is possible for John to be in England in 1723 where his son

is born. It is also possible that his wife is from there and gives birth there. Can't find a John Foster

marriage. glf

John was born in Gloucester, Virginia in 1653 to 1670 and dies in Essex,Virginia in 1733.

Does Sarah ever migrate to Virginia? Do they have any additional children. Does Sarah die in England? glf

WEBSITE: See website that says this Sarah died in Spotsville, Pennsylvania: http://www.

joanrodenberger2000.com/foster_lideric_deflanders.html

50. ROBERT30 FOSTER (RICHARD29 FORSTER, ROBERT28, ROBERT27, THOMAS26, ROGER25,

THOMAS24, THOMAS23, THOMAS22, WILLIAM21, RICHARD20, REGINALD19, ALFRED "THE

GENEROUS"18, RANDOLPH17, JOHN16, WILLIAM15, HUGO14, REGINALD13, HUGO12, RICHARD "

THE FRISLANDER-DE FLANDERS"11 FORESTER, BALDWIN V "THE PIOUS"10 DE FLANDERS,

BALDWIN IV "FAIR BEARD"9, ARNOLD (ARNOLPH) II 'THE YOUNG'8, BALDWIN III7, ARNOLD

(ARNOLPH) I 'THE GREAT'6, BALDWIN II 'THE BALD'5, BALDWIN I 'BRAS DER FER'4, ODOACER3,

ENGUERRAND2, LIDERIC1) was born 1651 in Gloucester, Virginia, and died 1716 in Essex, Virginia.

He married (1) ELIZABETH GARNETT 1684 in Gloucester, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS GARNETT

and ELIZABETH MUSCOE. She was born 1663 in Gloucester, Virginia, and died 1744 in Amelia County,

Virginia. He married (2) SARAH BIGGS 1700 in Virginia. She was born 1652 in Gloucester, Virginia, and

died 1700 in Spotsville, Pennsylvania.

MISC_NOTES: AFN:8G6N-P7

Submitter - Jerald L HEMPHILL _2626 Alamosa Place Lake Mary, FL 32746-2371

MISC_NOTES: Questions and Possibilities presented by Gary L. Foster that still need clarification (9

July 2005).

In searching the IGI records for christnings (births) in Hampshire, England around 1700 I find several

Biggs entries. In fact for the 100 years prior to Sarah's birth I find the county is full of Sarah Biggs

entries.

If John Foster is the father of my Richard Foster (born in 1723 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England ) then

it is possible for John to be in England in 1723 where his son (my Richard) is born. Maybe it is also

possible that his wife is from there and gives birth there.

MISC_NOTES: Richard and Elizabeth are 1st Cousins as both are descendents of James Richard

Foster (b. 1619).

WEBSITE: See website: http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/foster_lideric_deflanders.html_Children

of ROBERT FOSTER and ELIZABETH GARNETT are: _52. i. WILLIAM "THE ELDER"31 FOSTER, b.

Abt. 1698, Essex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1767, Amelia County, Virginia. _ii. JOHN FOSTER, b. 1688,

Gloucester, Virginia; d. Abt. 1760, Orange, Virginia; m. ISABELLA GOLDING; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

_iii. ELIZABETH FOSTER, b. Abt. 1710, Essex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1775, Ninety Six District, South

Carolina; m. WILLIAM GOLDING, 1729, Virginia; b. 1705, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1782, Ninety Six

District, South Carolina.

MISC_NOTES: I am currently (15 July 2005) going on the assumption that Richard Foster (born 1723)

had a father named Richard (born 1695) who left Virginia about the age of 20 as a single man or took

with him a Miss. Ransome to the families homeland of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England in about 1715. I

assume he lived in England with his wife and eventually his son Richard (born in 1723). I believe his

wife died in England or perhaps back in Virginia.

MISC_NOTES: (30 Jul 2005) I have now researched the microfilms (covering birth, marriage, death,

moving into or out of the parish, poor persons, tax lists on manor houses for Whithurch, Hampshire,

England and can not find any evidence that a Richard born in 1693 in Virginia every lived or married or

had a son named Richard born in 1723 in this parish.

MISC_NOTES: (3 Aug 2005) I believed Richard (1695) had returned to Virginia with his son Richard

(1723) prior to Richard (1695) re-marrying to a Sarah Fox in about 1733. In approximately 1746 Richard

(1723) marries Susannah Rand in the Isle of Wight. Soon both Richards join the other Foster family

members in Matthews County and live and work and die amongst them. glf

Richard Foster (born about 1695) in Virginia marries an Elizabeth Ransome from Virginia

and leave for England. There they have a son named Richard (born in 1723_ in Whitchurch, Hampshire,

England. Then they move back to Virginia and live first in the Isle of Wight County of Virginia. I believe

time will prove out that they lived on land owned by the Ransome family. Their first son was born and

named Beverly Ransome Foster. After the maiden names of both grandmothers.

The next 4 children were born in Ware Parrish, Gloucester, Virginia on land given them by the Ransome

Family. This is the reason I am guessing at as too why Susannah Rand and Richard Foster used the

Ransome name so frequently in the nameing of their children and grandchildren.

The Ransome family were some of the very first to settle in Elizabeth City, Virginia as Elizabeth

Ransome's grandfather Captain Peter Ransome was born in Mobjack Bay, Gloucester, Virginia in 1620.

The City got it's start shortly after 1607 which was the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. Peter Ransome

was responsible for transporting many people to Virginia from England. The English crown rewarded

him with thousnds of acres of land for this service. Peter and subsequently hs heirs had choice lands

for their inheritance. This wa a common thing to marry into and use the Ransome name in the naming

of their children. Peter had a son named Captain Richard Ransome that may have been responsible for

taking Richard Foster and his bride Elizabeth, his sister to England and back. glf

MISC_NOTES: Travels - To Amelia, Virginia 1737, To Spotsville, Pennsylvania 1745, To Cumberland,

To South Carolina.

MISC_NOTES: About age 19 when his father died. glf

MISC_NOTES: Another AFN: LPM7-RX

WEBSITE: Also known as "THE ELDER" on website: http://www.joanrodenberger2000.com/foster

_lideric_deflanders.html_Children of ROBERT FOSTER and ELIZABETH GARNETT are: _52. i.

WILLIAM "THE ELDER"31 FOSTER, b. Abt. 1698, Essex County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1767, Amelia County,

Virginia. _ii. JOHN FOSTER, b. 1688, Gloucester, Virginia; d. Abt. 1760, Orange, Virginia; m.

ISABELLA GOLDING; b. Unknown; d. Unknown. _iii. ELIZABETH FOSTER, b. Abt. 1710, Essex

County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1775, Ninety Six District, South Carolina; m. WILLIAM GOLDING, 1729, Virginia;

b. 1705, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1782, Ninety Six District, South Carolina.

Top of Form 1 Descendents of William Foster and Ann Booker

Posted by: Hal Fuller </cgi-genforum/email.cgi?558068825> (ID 8825) Date: April 27, 2002 at 19:40:35

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Bottom of Form 1

_I am posting this message as being of possible interest to those researching the children of William

Foster and Ann Booker. There has been some question whether Johanna Powell was the child of

William Foster or a second husband of Ann Foster's, possibly Thomas Powell. I think I can settle the

matter. It was not Ann Booker Foster who was married to Thomas Powell, but rather her daughter,

Johanna Foster. It is my belief that Johanna was, indeed, the daughter of William Forster and Ann

Booker; and that she was born in the intervening two or three years between when William made his will

and when he died, which explains why she was not mentioned in William's will. The proof of Johanna's

relationship to Thomas Powell is found in the will of Elizabeth Foster Hubbard, the wife of Benj. Hubbard,

and daughter of William Foster and Ann Booker. Elizabeth identifies Johanna Powell as her "sister and

wife of Thomas Powell". The executors are Booker Foster, Brother, and Wm. Craddock. The will is

located in Amelia County, VA will book #3:224, dated 30 November 1783. I am particularly interested in

this relationship, as I descend two ways from William Foster and Ann Booker: (1) via Johanna Foster

and Thomas Powell via their daughter Fanny Powell and her husband Phillip Adams - their daughter

was Susan Wood Adams; and (2) via their son Booker Foster who was the father of Joshua Foster. He,

Joshua, married Susan Wood Adams. I'm interested in exchanging information with anyone researching

the Adams, Foster, or Powell lines, especially the possibility of a marriage between John Adams and

Eliner Powell. My email is hkfuller@juno.com. Hal Fuller

MISC_NOTES: About age 17 when his dad died.

Top of Form 1 William Foster and Ann Booker - Amelia Co., VA mid 1700s,

Posted by: Hal Fuller (ID 8825) Date: May 11, 2002

_Those who trace their ancestory to Ann Booker and William Foster of mid-18th century Amelia County

VA may have wondered, as I have, who were Ann's parents. Some accounts say Edmund Booker, Sr.

was her father; other lists of his children have omitted Ann. For what it is worth, I have obtained a (typed

not original) copy of Edmund Booker's will. It identifies an Ann Booker as his daughter.__The will is

dated November 10, 1757, It was proved by oath in court held for Amelia County, Virginia, September

28, 1758. The transcribed copy I found was in the DAR library, in Arkansas Genealogical Records for

1957-58, Vol 39, Reg. No. 45929, pp 195-96, submitted by Virginia Belcher Breck, of Little Rock,

Arkansas. I will try to track down an original Amelia County will book citation.__Names included in the

will are his wife Jane (news to me), sons Edmund Booker, John Booker, Edward Booker, daughter Ann

Booker (to whom he leaves "two negroes names Dinah and Delpha with their increase"), and daughter

Rebeka Overton. Of course, it need not necessarily be our Ann Booker, mother of Booker Foster, but

the timing is about right. However, I have seen some estimated birth dates for the children of Ann

Booker and William Foster starting as early as 1750, when she was still a Booker, according to her

father's will. But, what is eight years, in the grand scheme of the mid 1700s?__Another typed will in

the same collection is the will of Frances Booker Stokes, sister of Edmund Booker, Sr. A typed notation

following the body of the will (added by Virginia Belcher Breck??) lists the wife of Edmund Booker, Sr. as

Jane Clement with a date of Oct. 7, 1745, which I take to be their wedding day.__This might mean that

she was a second wife and possibly not the mother of all his children, as at least one son, Edward, was

old enough to inherit land in 1758 -- meaning that he was born before 1738.__Another note says that "

Their mother --(the mother of Edmund Booker and his siblings) must have been a "Widow Marshall"

before she married a Booker, as Frances Stokes speaks of "Brother William Marshall". This of course

does not track with generally acceped thought that their mother was Rebecca Leake. Another marriage

perhaps? A half brother, or brother-in-law? Thoughts, anyone?

SOURCES: Title: World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1_Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc._Publication:

Release date: August 23, 1996_Note: Customer pedigree._Repository: _Call Number: _Media:

Family Archive CD_Page: Tree #1222

WEBSITE: (5 Sept 2005) http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:

3069650&id=I006911

lists birth, marriage and deathdate. Also, wife and children._Children

John FOSTER b: ABT 1758 in Goochland Co., VA

Sarah FOSTER

Betsy FOSTER

Patsy FOSTER

Frances FOSTER

Mildred FOSTER

Margaret FOSTER

Ambrose II FOSTER

Joel Lewis FOSTER b: 11 AUG 1766 in South Carolina

CENSUS: The 1790 Census taken in the 96th district (Abbeville, S.C.) shows him living next to his son,

Joel Lewis. Ambrose was born in Essex County, Va. in 1720 and died in 1802. His son, Joel Lewis

Foster was born in 1766 in South Carolina.

DEATH: 1795 Albemarle County, Virginia

BIRTH: May be About 1725.