William
Foster
Born in Dawkins, Jamaica
Ancestors 
Son of John (Forster) Foster
and Elizabeth (Smith) Barham
Brother of
Mary (Foster) Vassall, Thomas Foster MP, John Foster, Samuel Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Sarah (Foster) Burt, Margaret (Foster) Cambell and Joseph (Foster) Foster Barham
Husband of
Dorothy Gale
— married
8 Feb 1743 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Dorothy (Foster) Weber, Sarah (Foster) von Zezschwitz, Thomas Foster, Anna Benigma Foster, Frederick William Foster, Mary Helden (Foster) Roederer and John Foster
Died
at age 46
in Bedford [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2014
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Contents |
Biography
This profile is part of the Forster Name Study.
William Foster (b. c. 1722 - d. 1767/8).[2]
William Foster (b. 18 Apr 1722 - b. 31 Oct 1768 Bedford), was the second son of Col. John Foster of Dawkins, Jamaica.[1] William was also of Grove House, Buckinghamshire.
He married twice to:[1]
- Elizabeth Vassal (dsp).[1]
- (08 Feb 1743) Dorothy, dau. of Isaac Gale of Luana, Jamaica & of the family at Accombe, Yorkshire.[1]
children
Dorothy Gale is the mother of:[1]
- 1. Thomas (b. 19 Aug 1752 - d. 1822 Paris).[1]
- 2. Frederic William of Bogue, Jamaica, Ockebrooke, Derbyshire & Kempston, Bedfordshire (b. 01 Aug 1870 - d. 12 Apr 1835).[1]
- m. (15 May 1791) Anna Louisa Eleanora La Trobe (b. 03 Nov 1760), dau. of Benjamin La Trobe.[1]
- John[1]
Will
- Date: 10 Nov 1767.[1]
- 1st codicil: 22 Mar 1768.[1]
- 2nd codicil: 19 Sep 1768.[1]
- Proved: 16 Nov 1768 Jamaica.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Foster-Barham, A.H. (1897). "John Frederick Foster," in Genealogy of the Descendants of Roger Foster of Edreston, Northumberland, p. 35. London: Adam and Charles Black. eBook.[1]
See Also...
- Myheritage.com Foster family tree
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