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Christopher Lynn Foster 1603 – 1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1603

Birth Location: Ewell, Surrey, England

Death Date: 24 Dec 1687

Death Location: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Ider

Spouse(s): Frances Stevens

Children(s): Hannah Thompson

Christopher Lynn Foster was born in 1603 in Ewell, Surrey, England, the child of Sir Thomas (Chief Justice--Court of Common Pleas) Foster (Forster) ^* Knight and Lady Susan (Susannah) Foster of Ider. Christopher Lynn Foster married Frances Glover Stevens, and had children including Hannah Thompson. Christopher Lynn Foster passed away in 1687 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • Christopher Lynn Foster was born in 1603 in Ewell, Surrey, England, the child of Sir Thomas (Chief Justice--Court of Common Pleas) Foster (Forster) ^* Knight and Lady Susan (Susannah) Foster of Ider.
  • Christopher Lynn Foster married Frances Glover Stevens, and had children including Hannah Thompson.
  • Christopher Lynn Foster passed away in 1687 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1548 – 1612
Birth Location: Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
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Lady Ider
1551 – 1625
Birth Location: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Frances Stevens
1610 – 1697
Birth Location: Ewell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Hannah Thompson
1633 – 1703
Birth Location: Kittery, York, Maine, United States
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Christopher Foster's Ancestors

Self
Christopher Foster
1603 – 1687
Birth Place: Ewell, Surrey, England
Parents
Sir Thomas (Chief Justice--Court of Common Pleas) Foster (Forster) ^* Knight
1548 – 1612
Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Susan (Susannah) Foster of) Ider
1551 – 1625
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas Forster, Yeoman of the Queen Her Majesty's Chamber, Lord of the) Marches
1528 – 1599
VERIFIED- Adderstone Castle/Manor, Adderstone, Northumberland, England -Held by the Forster's, from the 12th century. A tower, of which no trace emains, existed on or close to the site in 1415. The Forster's lived on the estate over 400 years.
Lady (Margaret (aka Margett) Elizabeth Browning Counsby ^* (m.) Foster)
1528 – 1625
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Sir (Thomas Foster, the 3rd de Foster of) Iden,
1528 – 1589
Iden, Sussex, England
Margery Hopkins
1530 – 1599
Iden, Sussex, , England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Forster
1511 – 1570
Joan Hussey
1511 – 1601
Thomae Foster
1502 – 1544
Anne Langton
1507 – 1528
Robert Hopkins
1505 – 1529
EN WOODE\HOPKINS
1510 – 1530
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Etherstone
1474 – 1520
Elizabeth Haugh
1489 – 1524
Sir Lincs
1466 – 1537
Anne Grey
1490 – 1546
EN FORRESTER
1475 – 1552
EN 1479
1480 – 1552
Robert Janes
1480 – 1563
Agnes Dormer
1482 – 1564
Sir Wood\Woode
1491 – 1571
Lady (Woode)
1498 – 1611

Christopher Foster's Descendants

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Christopher (Lynn) Foster (17 Aug 1603 – 24 Dec 1687) m. Frances (Glover) Stevens (1 Jul 1610 – 7 Feb 1697)
  1. 1. Hannah Thompson (1633 – Aft 1703) m. Christian Remick (1631 – 12 May 1718)
    1. 1. Mary REMICK (7 August 1658 – 1705) m. Peter DIXON (1670 – Abt. 1708)
      1. 1. Hannah Dixon (03 FEB 1684 – 20 Dec 1765) m. John Morrell (1675 – 17 May 1718)
        1. 1. Mary Morrell (1717 – 1787) m. William Gerrish (16 JUL 1710 – 8 Aug 1794)

Christopher Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1603
17 Aug 1603
Birth of Christopher Lynn Foster in Ewell, Surrey, England
Ewell, Surrey, England
1687
24 Dec 1687
Age 84
Death of Christopher Lynn Foster in Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1603
    Event Place: Ewell, Surrey, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1687
    Event Place: Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
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