Robert James Foster (abt. 1600 - bef. 1624)

Born about 1600 in England

Descendants

Died before 1624 before about age 24 in England

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Biography

Robert was born in 1587. He passed away before 1624. ^[1] Dorcas (b. c. 1600) was married to a Mr. Foster, prior to her marriage with Bartholomew Hoskins (of unknown origins but speculation attempts to attach him with the Hoskyns of Harewood in Herefordshire ... not to be confused with Hertfordshire).^[2] She had two children with Robert Foster: Robert and Richard.^[3]

Warner (1971), states that the husband of Dorcas was a Richard Foster, but he doesn't cite this claim.^[4] Based on onomastics, some other researchers thought that Foster's given name is "Robert."^[3] But both given names have been refuted:

"information has conclusively shown that ... Richard Foster was transported by his step-father, Bartholomew Hoskins, ancient planter. Bartholomew had married Richard's mother, Mrs. Dorcus Foster, widow of two children, in England. We do not know the first husband of Dorcus Foster Hoskins, but it was not Sir Robert Foster."^[5]

His wife's identity is also in question. Some seem to believe she may have been from the Isham family, and have variously called her:

• Dorcas Ann Isham; or
• Mira Isham

but for the most part it's speculation since to date, there really is no documentation to prove this.^[3]

What is PROVEN is that Foster's son Richard (b. abt. 1619), sailed on the ship "Safety," from London to the New World in August of 1635 at the age of 16.^[6][7]

Parents

^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

m. Dorcas. Issue:

• 1. Robert
• 2. Richard (b. abt. 1619; age 16 in Aug 1635).^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Note that the date of birth for Mira Isham (b. 1587) is not valid for this Robert Foster (see Dorcas' profile for sources on Isham's birth). The only dating that we have for his wife Dorcas, puts her date of birth around 1600. Her second husband Bartholomew Hoskins was b. abt. 1600/1.
2. ↑ According to Achievements of Canterbury (n.d.), Dorcas Foster of London and Bartholomew Hoskins, gent. of St. Mary, Bothaw, London, were married by licence in Dustan, Stepney on 03 Jul 1628, (p. 3).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Achievements of Canterbuy, n.d.
4. ↑ Warner, 1971
5. ↑ "Our Foster/Morgan Ancestors," (2011, 26 July). Rootsweb.[1]
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Hotten, 1874, p. 122
7. ↑ Achievements of Canterbury, n.d., p. 1

• Achievements of Canterbury (n.d.). "The Foster Family." PDF.
• Hotten, J.C. (1874). The Original List of Persons of Quality: Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, (pp.121- 122). NY: Empire State Book Co. Google Books.[2]
• Warner, C.W.H. (1971). Hoskins of Virginia and related families of Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, Carter, Upshaw Tappahannock, Virginia, pp. 12 ff. FamilySearch. eBook.[3] (CAUTION: There are some internal inconsistencies in the book, and there are many assumptions without evidence.)
• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61045&h=4072613&indiv=try
• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7836&h=427359&indiv=try
• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1624&h=5471459&indiv=try
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWNM-N68