See also
Husband: | Richard + FOSTER (1585-1630) | |
Wife: | Patience + BIGGE (1589-1646) | |
Children: | John FOSTER (1608- ) | |
Mary FOSTER (1612- ) | ||
Elizabeth FOSTER (1615- ) | ||
John + FOSTER (1618-1685) | ||
Hopestill FOSTER (1620-1676) | ||
Marriage | 1609 | Biddenden, Kent, England1,2 |
Name: | Richard + FOSTER | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Thomas + FOSTER (1566-1638) | |
Mother: | Abigail + WIMES (1573-1638) | |
Father (2): | Cuthbert + FOSTER (1540-1589) | |
Mother (2): | Dorothy + AUSTIN (c. 1550-1619) | |
Birth | 1585 | Biddenden, Kent, England |
Death | 3 May 1630 (age 44-45) | Biddenden, Kent, England3 |
Name: | Patience + BIGGE | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | John + BIGGE (1560-1605) | |
Mother: | Rachel + MARTIN (1565-1647) | |
Birth | 5 May 1589 | Cranbrook, Kent, England |
Immigration | 1635 (age 45-46)4 | |
Death | 17 Nov 1646 (age 57) | Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US |
Name: | John FOSTER | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1608 |
Name: | Mary FOSTER | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | Nov 1612 |
Name: | Elizabeth FOSTER | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 28 Oct 1615 |
Name: | John + FOSTER | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Martha + TOMPKINS (1627-1688) | |
Birth | 1618 | Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England |
Immigration | 1635 (age 16-17) | to Boston, Middlesex, MA, US4 |
Occupation | farmer | |
Death | 12 Nov 1685 (age 66-67) | Salem, Essex, MA, US5 |
Cause: accidental shooting Killed by Joseph Small |
Name: | Hopestill FOSTER | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Mary BATES (1619-1703) | |
Birth | 25 Jul 1620 | Biddenden, Kent, England |
Immigration | 1635 (age 14-15)4,6 | |
Vessel: Elizabeth | ||
Census | 1641 (age 20-21) | Norfolk County, MA, US7 |
Will | 19 Jul 1676 (age 55) | |
Death | 15 Oct 1676 (age 56) | Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US5,6 |
Probate | 2 Nov 16766 | |
beq to wife Mary; to son Hopestill and fr ch Hopestill; to sons John, James, Elisha, Comfort and Standfast; daus Thankful Baker, Patience Brown, Mary (unmarried); to pastor Flint; to the free school; to the military company. | ||
Burial | Dorchester North Burying Ground8 | |
Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US Inscription: Here Lie Interr'd the Remains of Cap'tn Hopestill Foster Who Departed this Life October the 14th Anno Domini 1676 Aged 56 Years |
1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
2 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
3 | "London England - Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812". |
4 | "US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900". |
5 | "MA Town Death Records". |
6 | Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998). |
7 | "MA Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Indes, 17990-1890 Record". |
8 | "Find a Grave". |