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Katherine Cardwell Foster 1580 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 FEB 1580

Birth Location: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Patrick Foster

Mother: Helene Greenway

Spouse(s): Ralph Tompkins

Children(s): John Tompkins, Nathaniel Tomkins, Samuel Tompkins, Micah Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Mary Tompkins, Ralph Tompkins, Martha Tompkins

The story of Katherine Cardwell Foster began in 1580 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. Katherine Cardwell Foster married Ralph Tompkins, and had children including John Tompkins, Nathaniel Tomkins, Samuel Tompkins, Micah Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Mary Tompkins, Ralph Tompkins, Martha Tompkins. Katherine Cardwell Foster passed away in 1636 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Katherine Cardwell Foster began in 1580 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Katherine Cardwell Foster married Ralph Tompkins, and had children including John Tompkins, Nathaniel Tomkins, Samuel Tompkins, Micah Tompkins, Elizabeth Tompkins, Mary Tompkins, Ralph Tompkins, Martha Tompkins.
  • Katherine Cardwell Foster passed away in 1636 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Katherine Foster's Ancestors

Self
Katherine Foster
1580 – 1636
Birth Place: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Patrick Foster
1550 – 1609
Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Helene (Newton) Greenway
1552 – 1609
Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Guy Foster
1520 –
Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan Church
1523 – 1579
Essex, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Foster
1490 – 1555
Fitzgeoffrey
1495 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Katherine Foster's Descendants

1.
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Katherine (Cardwell) Foster (21 FEB 1580 – 1636) m. Ralph Tompkins (5 AUG 1585 – 12 NOV 1666)
  1. 1. John Tompkins (8 JAN 1608 – 23 JUN 1681) m. Margaret Goodman (1612 – 18 MAY 1672) m. Mary Read (APR 1626 – 19 MAR 1668)
  2. 2. Nathaniel Tomkins (1612 – 6 SEP 1684) m. Elizabeth Peer (1620 – )
  3. 3. Samuel Tompkins (1613 – 1676) m. Lettice Foster (ABT 1615 – )
  4. 4. Micah Tompkins (1616 – 4 DEC 1640) m. Mary Freeman (<1622> – 30 DEC 1702)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Tompkins (1617 – 16 NOV 1688)
  6. 6. Mary Tompkins (ABT 1621 – ) m. John Foster (ABT 1616 – 14 MAR 1688)
  7. 7. Ralph Tompkins (ABT 1623 – 1630)
  8. 8. Martha Tompkins (1627 – 16 NOV 1688) m. John Foster (ABT 1616 – 14 MAR 1688)

Katherine Foster's Timeline

3 Records

1580
21 FEB 1580
Birth of Katherine Cardwell Foster in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1580
21 FEB 1580
Katherine Cardwell Foster was christened in Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1636
1636
Age 56
Death of Katherine Cardwell Foster in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 FEB 1580
    Event Place: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 21 FEB 1580
    Event Place: Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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