See also
- John FOSTER's parents: Richard + FOSTER (1585-1630) and Patience + BIGGE (1589-1646)
- John FOSTER's siblings: John FOSTER (1608- ), Mary FOSTER (1612- ), Elizabeth FOSTER (1615- ) and Hopestill FOSTER (1620-1676)
- Martha TOMPKINS's parents: Ralph + TOMPKINS (1585-bef1666) and Katherine + FOSTER (1577-1635)
- Martha TOMPKINS's siblings: John TOMPKINS (1608- ), Nathaniel TOMPKINS (1612- ), Samuel TOMPKINS (1613- ), Isabel TOMPKINS (1615- ), Micah TOMPKINS (1616- ), Micah TOMPKINS (1616- ), Elizabeth TOMPKINS (1617- ), Martha TOMPKINS (1620- ), Ralph TOMPKINS (1623- ) and John TOMPKINS (1644- )
Family of John + FOSTER and Martha + TOMPKINS
Husband: John + FOSTER
| Name: |
John + FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Richard + FOSTER (1585-1630) |
| Mother: |
Patience + BIGGE (1589-1646) |
| Birth |
1618 |
Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Immigration |
1635 (age 16-17) |
to Boston, Middlesex, MA, US3 |
| Occupation |
|
farmer |
| Death |
12 Nov 1685 (age 66-67) |
Salem, Essex, MA, US5 |
|
Cause: accidental shooting
Killed by Joseph Small |
Wife: Martha + TOMPKINS
| Name: |
Mary FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
24 Mar 1649 |
|
| Name: |
Samuel FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
7 Mar 1652 |
|
| Name: |
John FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
3 Apr 1655 |
|
| Name: |
Jonathan FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
20 Dec 1660 |
|
| Name: |
Joseph FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
Oct 1664 |
|
| Name: |
David FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
16 Oct 1665 |
|
| Name: |
Elizabeth FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
22 Nov 1667 |
|
| Name: |
Josiah FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
7 Jun 1669 |
|
| Name: |
Jonathan FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
12 Jun 1670 |
|
| Name: |
Hannah FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
21 Jul 1672 |
|
| Name: |
Martha FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1674 |
|
| Name: |
Rebecca FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
2 Feb 1675 |
|
| Name: |
Ebenezer + FOSTER |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Anna + WILKINS (1681-1773) |
| Birth |
5 Aug 1677 |
Salem, Essex, MA, US6 |
| Death |
23 Mar 1718 (age 40) |
Salem, Essex, MA, US |
Note on Husband: John + FOSTER
Corporal John Foster was born in England, in 1618, according to his affidavit, dated 1670, stating his age as fifty-two years. He came to this country with Roger Conant's company, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts Bay. He married, about 1649, at Salem, Martha Tompkins, daughter of Ralph and Katharine (Aborn) Tompkins. She was born in England about 1627, according to her own deposition in 1670, stating her age as forty-three. Her mother, Katharine Aborn, was daughter of Thomas Aborn, tanner, of Salem. .
.
John Foster was a farmer, though he built a bridge for the town and may also have been a carpenter and a stone mason. He deeded land to his son, John Foster Jr., in 1674. He was in King Phillip's War under Capt. William Turner in 1676 at North Hampton, Ma. He was admitted a freeman , March 14, 1688, at Ipswich, Ma., and filed at Boston. John and Martha had the following children : Mary, baptized March 29, 1649-50; Samuel, baptized March 7, 1651-52; John, baptized June 3, 1655; Benjamin, born July 3, 1658; Jonathan, born December 20, 1660, died March 28, 1662; Jonathan, born November 22, 1662, died November 6, 1667; Joseph, mentioned below; David, born October 16, 1665; Elizabeth, born November 22, 1667; Jonathan, baptized June 12, 1670; Hannah, baptized July 21, 1672; Martha, baptized September, 1674; and Ebenezer, born August 5, 1677.
In 1687, John died in December or early in 1688. His death was an accidental shooting by Joseh Small..
Sources
| 1 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 2 | William M. Clemens, "American Marriages before 1699" (Pompton Lakes, NJ Biblio Co, 1926). |
| 3 | "US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900". |
| 4 | "MA Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Indes, 17990-1890 Record". |
| 5 | "MA Town Death Records". |
| 6 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
