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Capt John Foster 1616–1685 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1616

Birth Location: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1685

Death Location: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Bench

Mother: Mira Isham

Spouse(s): Mary Tompkins

Children(s): Thomas Foster, Bartholomew (Fosster)

In 1616, Capt John Foster entered the world in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Robert Knight Foster Chief Justice Of The Kings Bench And Mira Dorcus Isham. Capt John Foster married Mary Marie Tompkins, and had children including Bartholomew Foster Fosster, John Foster, Thomas Foster. Capt John Foster passed away in 1685 in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1616, Capt John Foster entered the world in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Robert Knight Foster Chief Justice Of The Kings Bench And Mira Dorcus Isham.
  • Capt John Foster married Mary Marie Tompkins, and had children including Bartholomew Foster Fosster, John Foster, Thomas Foster.
  • Capt John Foster passed away in 1685 in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bench
1587–1663
Birth Location: Mundon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Mira Isham
1587–1670
Birth Location: Mundon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Tompkins
1621–1688
Birth Location: Edlesborough, , Buckinghamshire, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Foster
1642–1712
Birth Location: New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
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Bartholomew (Fosster)
1646–1689
Birth Location: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Capt Foster's Ancestors

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Capt Foster
1616–1685
Birth Place: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Robert (Knight) Foster (Chief Justice of The Kings Bench
1587–1663
Mundon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mira (Dorcus) Isham
1587–1670
Mundon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Forster
1569–1616
Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Susan (Clare) Matson
1570–1612
Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Forster
1526–1599
Margaret Browning
1520–1625
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Capt Foster's Descendants

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Capt (John) Foster (1616–1685) m. Mary ((Marie)) Tompkins (16 March 1621–Nov. 16, 1688)
  1. 1. Thomas Foster 1642–1712
  2. 2. Bartholomew (Foster) (Fosster) 1646–1689

Capt Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1616
1616
Birth of Capt John Foster in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1685
1685
Age 69
Death of Capt John Foster in Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Kingswear, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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