See also

Hopestill FOSTER's parents: Richard + FOSTER (1585-1630) and Patience + BIGGE (1589-1646)
Hopestill FOSTER's siblings: John FOSTER (1608- ), Mary FOSTER (1612- ), Elizabeth FOSTER (1615- ) and John + FOSTER (1618-1685)

Family of Hopestill FOSTER and Mary BATES

Husband:	Hopestill FOSTER (1620-1676)
Wife:	Mary BATES (1619-1703)
Children:	Thankful FOSTER (1640- )
	Hopestill FOSTER (1645- )
	Patience FOSTER (1646- )
	John FOSTER (1648- )
	James FOSTER (1651- )
	Elisha FOSTER (1653- )
	Mary FOSTER (1655- )
	Comfort FOSTER (1658- )
	Standfast FOSTER (1660- )
	Richard FOSTER (1663- )
Marriage	1639^1,2

Husband: Hopestill FOSTER

Hopestill FOSTER

Name:	Hopestill FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Father:	Richard + FOSTER (1585-1630)
Mother:	Patience + BIGGE (1589-1646)
Birth	25 Jul 1620	Biddenden, Kent, England
Immigration	1635 (age 14-15)^3,4
	Vessel: Elizabeth
Census	1641 (age 20-21)	Norfolk County, MA, US⁵
Will	19 Jul 1676 (age 55)
Death	15 Oct 1676 (age 56)	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US^3,6
Probate	2 Nov 1676³
	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 Ground⁷
	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

Wife: Mary BATES

Name:	Mary BATES
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1619
Death	5 Jan 1703 (age 83-84)	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US

Child 1: Thankful FOSTER

Name:	Thankful FOSTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	27 Dec 1640

Child 2: Hopestill FOSTER

Name:	Hopestill FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	10 Mar 1645

Child 3: Patience FOSTER

Name:	Patience FOSTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	16 Jul 1646

Child 4: John FOSTER

Name:	John FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	10 Oct 1648

Child 5: James FOSTER

Name:	James FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	13 Apr 1651

Child 6: Elisha FOSTER

Name:	Elisha FOSTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	24 Jun 1653

Child 7: Mary FOSTER

Name:	Mary FOSTER
Sex:	Female
Birth	10 Dec 1655

Child 8: Comfort FOSTER

Name:	Comfort FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	28 Sep 1658

Child 9: Standfast FOSTER

Name:	Standfast FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	13 Sep 1660

Child 10: Richard FOSTER

Name:	Richard FOSTER
Sex:	Male
Birth	1663

Sources

1	"US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT).

2	"US New England Marriages prior to 1700".

3	Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998).

4	"US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900".

5	"MA Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Indes, 17990-1890 Record".

6	"MA Town Death Records".

7	"Find a Grave".