William
H.
"W. P."
Foster
Born about in Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Maize R Foster
and Sarah Foster
Brother of
L G Foster, Mary Ann W. Foster, John T. Foster, Nancy P. (Foster) Stigall, Malcom Matthew Foster and James Mathew Foster
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1837. He is the son of Maize Foster and Sarah Unknown. William Henry was born in Missouri probably in Benton County. He moved with his family to Texas in 1841 where his father surveyed in Fannin and Collin Counties. Texas has won his independence from Mexico, and the land was open to settlers. William 's father surveyed and maintained 640 acres along Rowlett Creek in the Weston area of Collin County, Texas. William married the daughter of Peter Stigall and his first wife. W. H.'s sister, Nancy P. Foster had married Peter Stigall. After the Foster children were left without either of their parents they went to live with Nancy and Peter.
William married Elizabeth "Eliza" "Lucy" Jane Foster (born Stigall) Circa 1850, Fayette Co., IL, USA on April 51866 in Collin County, TX, USA
Sources
- Texas Marriage Record
Collin County, Texas April 5 1866 W. H. Foster and E. "Eliza" "Lucy" Jane Stigall
TX, USA
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-5S9 : 12 April 2016), M R Foster, Collin county, part of, Collin, Texas, United States; citing family 264, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFN-H3Y : 7 December 2017), Peter Stigall, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Robert Foster
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Y94955, FTDNA kit #31604, MitoYDNA ID T12544 [compare] - Kenneth Foster :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Y94955, FTDNA kit #593928
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~6.25%
Marian (Alexander) Sharp :
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Rejected matches › William Wilson Foster (abt.1837-1917) › William Johnston Foster (abt.1836-) › William Foster (1836-1916) › William Henry Foster (1836-) › William Jasper Foster (1836-1919)
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