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Colonel Joseph Foster 1655–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1655

Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 22 Jan 1715

Death Location: Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Foster

Mother: Sarah Biggs

Spouse(s): Elizabeth None, Elizabeth None, Elizabeth Foster

Children(s): Lucille Foster

Colonel Joseph Foster was born in 1655 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, the child of Robert Foster And Sarah Biggs. Colonel Joseph Foster married Elizabeth, Elizabeth Foster, and had children including Lucille Lucy Foster. Colonel Joseph Foster passed away in 1715 in Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Colonel Joseph Foster was born in 1655 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, the child of Robert Foster And Sarah Biggs.
  • Colonel Joseph Foster married Elizabeth, Elizabeth Foster, and had children including Lucille Lucy Foster.
  • Colonel Joseph Foster passed away in 1715 in Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Foster
1651–1716
Birth Location: Gloucester, VA
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Sarah Biggs
1652–1700
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth None
1680–1718
Birth Location: Sourhampton, England
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Elizabeth None
1683–1718
Birth Location: Southampton, Hampshire, England
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Elizabeth Foster
1662–1718
Birth Location: Southampton, Hampshire, England
EF

Children(s)

Lucille Foster
1697–1750
Birth Location: New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
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Colonel Foster's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Foster
1655–1715
Birth Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Parents
Robert Foster
1651–1716
Gloucester, VA
Sarah Biggs
1652–1700
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colonel Foster's Descendants

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Colonel (Joseph) Foster (1655–22 Jan 1715) m. Elizabeth (Abt. 1680–08 Jan 1718) m. Elizabeth (1683–8 Jan 1718) m. Elizabeth Foster (1662–8 Jan 1718)
  1. 1. Lucille (Lucy) Foster 1697–1750 m. William (Mosias Jones Sr.) Captain 1692–1728
    1. 1. William (Mosias Jones) II 1721–1808 m. Elizabeth ("Betsy" Rogers) Jones 1728–1808
      1. 1. William (Humphrey) Jones 1755–1839 m. Margaret (Elizabeth "Betsy") Coffey 1751–1816
        1. 1. Joel JONES 1787–1877 m. Marion Milton 1790–1844

Colonel Foster's Timeline

3 Records

1655
1655
Birth of Colonel Joseph Foster in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
1696
8 September 1696
Age 41
Colonel Joseph Foster was married in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
1715
22 Jan 1715
Age 60
Death of Colonel Joseph Foster in Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 September 1696
    Event Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, MA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1715
    Event Place: Foster's Castle, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA
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