Mary (Burton) Foster (1753)

Born 12 Feb 1753 in Sedbergh, Westmorland, England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Foster — married 7 Mar 1784 in Sedbergh, Westmorland, England

Descendants

Biography

Mary (Burton) Foster was born in Westmorland, England.

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Mary was born on the 12th February 1754 in Sedbergh, Westmorland, England ^[1] to parents James Burton and Mary (?) Burton

Mary married Robert Foster on the 1st March 1784, in Sedbergh, Westmorland, England ^[2]

Research Notes

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County Information

• Traditionally, the North West of England comprises four Counties: Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland.
• Westmorland and Cumberland, colloquially known as ‘Cumbria’ (not to be confused with the administrative area governed by Cumbria County Council since 1974), are also known as the Lake Counties.
• Cumbria has only existed since 1974 when the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland were brought together under a local government act of 1972.

Birth

• England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
• Mary Burton

Event Type Birth Birth Date 12 Feb 1753 Birth Place Sedbergh, Westmorland, England Gender Female Father James Burton Mother Mary Burton Meeting Quarterly Meeting of Westmorland Piece Description Piece 1246: Quarterly Meeting of Westmorland (1649-1778)

• Source: The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1246. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.

Marriage Name: Mary Burton Event Type: Marriage Gender: Female Father: James Burton Mother: Mary Spouse: Robert Foster Marriage Date: 1 Mar 1784 Marriage Place: Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England (See biography reference - actual location from register is Westmorland) Father-in-law: Dodshon Foster Mother-in-law: Elizabeth Meeting: Monthly Meeting of Sedbergh Piece Description: Piece 0155: Monthly Meeting of Sedbergh: Marriages (1777-1796)

• Source: The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 155. Source Information. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1246. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
2. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 155. Source Information. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.

See also:

• Birth
  • First-hand information as remembered by Steven Ringer, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source

• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7097&h=6348559&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=uHx2063&_phstart=successSource

• Beck, B.S. (2017, March 22). The Foster family of Cold Hesledon, Hawthorne, Lancaster, and Sedbergh. Web.[1] (mirror at http://archive.is/viZZp).

• Craster, H.H.E. (1907). "The parish of Tynemouth." A History of Northumberland, 8, pp. 350. Google Books.[2]

• Foster, J. Some account of the pedigree of the Forsters of Cold Hesledon. Google Books.[3]9