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Thomas II Forster 1425 – 1512 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Etherstone, Durham, England

Death Date: 1512

Death Location: Etherstone, Durham, England

Father: Thomas Forster

Mother: Joan Elmedon

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh

Children(s): Thomas Forster, Roger Forster

Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston was born in 1425 in Etherstone, Durham, England, the child of Thomas I Forster and Joan de Elmedon. Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston married Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh, and had children including Thomas III Forster, Roger Forster. Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston passed away in 1512 in Etherstone, Durham, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston was born in 1425 in Etherstone, Durham, England, the child of Thomas I Forster and Joan de Elmedon.
  • Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston married Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh, and had children including Thomas III Forster, Roger Forster.
  • Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston passed away in 1512 in Etherstone, Durham, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Forster
1394 – 1446
Birth Location: Buckton, Durham, England
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Joan Elmedon
1416 – 1465
Birth Location: Embleton, Durham, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh
1428 – 1512
Birth Location: Adderstone, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Forster
1452 – 1526
Birth Location: Etherstone, Durham, England
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Roger Forster
1485 – 1545
Birth Location: Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England
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Thomas Forster's Ancestors

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Thomas Forster
1425 – 1512
Birth Place: Etherstone, Durham, England
Parents
Thomas I Forster
1394 – 1446
Buckton, Durham, England
Joan (de) Elmedon
1416 – 1465
Embleton, Durham, England
Grandparents
William (de) Elmedon
1381 – 1447
Embleton, Durham, England
Elizabeth Umfreville
1385 – 1424
Durham, County Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Umfreville
1361 – 1391
Agnes Grey
1365 – 1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Umfreville
1321 – 1387
Joan Roddam
1328 – 1387
Thomas Grey
1328 – 1369
Margaret Pressene
1332 – 1412

Thomas Forster's Descendants

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Thomas (II) Forster (1425 – 1512) m. Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh (1428 – Abt. 1512)
  1. 1. Thomas (III) Forster (Abt. 1452 – Abt. 1526) m. Jane Hilton (Abt. 1453 – Abt. 1512)
    1. 1. Constance Forster (Abt. 1470 – 1495) m. Thomas Gower (1466 – 1500)
      1. 1. Anne Gower (Abt. 1495 – Abt. 1558) m. Edward Grey (Abt. 1464 – 6 Dec 1533)
        1. 1. Ralph (I) Grey (Abt. 1529 – 17 Dec 1565) m. Isabel Grey (11 Jul 1532 – 6 Oct 1581)
  2. 2. Roger Forster (1485 – Abt. 1545)
    1. 1. Thomas Forster (10 Aug 1528 – 11 Oct 1571) m. Margaret Browning (1528 – 7 Jan 1599)
      1. 1. Thomas Forster (10 Aug 1548 – 18 May 1612) m. Susanna Foster (1548 – 3 Apr 1625)
        1. 1. Robert Foster (Abt. 1589 – 4 Oct 1663) m. Elizabeth Burton (Sep 1589 – 28 Sep 1630) m. Anne Sackville (Sep 1594 – )
      2. 2. Robert Foster (1569 – 1618)
      3. 3. Humphrey Foster ( – 1662)

Thomas Forster's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston in Etherstone, Durham, England
Etherstone, Durham, England
1512
1512
Age 87
Death of Thomas II Forster Earl of Etherston in Etherstone, Durham, England
Etherstone, Durham, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Etherstone, Durham, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Etherstone, Durham, England
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