Thomas is the second son of Sir Roger Forster and a woman from the Hussey family in Sussex. Her name is unknown but she's commonly referred to as, "Joan".[1]
Marriage
m. Margaret Browning of Chelmsford, Essex. Issue:[17][1]
↑ Richard, 09 Nov 1549. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch citing Hunsdon, Hertfordshire; ref. 2:KFJJZB; FHL microfilm 991,316.[5]
↑ William Foster, 08 May 1551. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch citing Hunsdon, Hertford, ref. 6-13; FHL microfilm 991,316.[6]Note: does not name parents - better citation needed.
↑ Anne Foster, 06 Jun 1553. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch citing Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, ref. 2:KFJL2X; FHL microfilm 991,316.[7]Note: does not name parents - better citation needed.
↑ "Elizabeth Foster, 23 May 1556." England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch citing Hunsdon, Hertfordshire; FHL microfilm 0496822 IT 2.[8]
↑ James Foster, 17 Feb 1561. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch: citing Hunsdon, Hertford, ref. 6-13; FHL microfilm 991,316.[9]
↑ Mychaell Foster, 02 Jul 1563." England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch citing Hunsdon, Hertford; FHL microfilm 0496822 IT 2.[10]
note: Foster (1871), states that there were only 5 children. He is also the only one to mention Humphrey, and omit Michell.
↑ Henry Foster, 27 Apr 1567. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch: citing Hunsdon, Hertford, ref. 6-13; FHL microfilm 991,316.[11]
Foster, J. (1871). A pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters, of the north of England and some of the families connected with them, pp. 11. Archive.org.[20](mirror at FamilySearch.org. PDF[21])
Gibbs, H. C. (1915). The parish registers of Hunsdon Co., Hertford, 1546-1837: with some account of the church and parish. London: St Catherine Press, (pp. 26, 62). FamilySearch title no. 215603. eBook.[22][23]
Metcalfe, W.C. (1866). "Forster of Hunsdon." The visitations of Hertfordshire Made by Robert Cooke, Esq. Clarencieux in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, Kt., Clarencieux in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees from Harleian MSS 6147 and 1546, (pp.143) . London. Google Books.
The Roll of the Royal College Physicians of London, (1830). County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex, (pp.192). London: W. Marchant. Google Books.
Weis, F.L., Sheppard, W.L. & Beall, W.R. (1999). The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years, (5th ed, pp.144). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Google Books.
Pierce, F.C. (1899). Foster Genealogy: Part I, (pp.48). W.B. Conkey Co. Google Books.CAUTION: Pierce (1899) is unreliable.
Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, pp 89, Forster & 183, Forster.
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Forster-115 and Forster-1326 appear to represent the same person because: I didn't find him until I went to enter his wifes name and a duplicate came up. Need to merge these to clean up my error and have only one profile.
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