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John Foster

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Huntington, Suffolk County, Province of New York
Death: January 11, 1725 (62)
Southampton, Suffolk County, Province of New York
Place of Burial: East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Foster and "Emden Hester Esther Foster
Husband of Hannah Foster
Father of Thomas Foster; John Foster and Abraham Foster
Brother of Jeremiah Foster
Half brother of Jeremiah Foster; Rachel Reeves; David Foster; Sarah Foster; Jonathan Foster and 5 others

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About John Foster

John Foster Esq BIRTH 8 Feb 1662, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA DEATH 11 Jun 1727 (aged 65) BURIAL North End Graveyard, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA,MEMORIAL ID 17474969

Born Feb. 8, 1662, Huntington, Suffolk Co., NY,son of John & Emden/Esther (Shaw) Foster. Married Hannah Abbott. - info from GLENDA EISENHOUR

Children John Foster, unknown–1762 Hachaliah Foster, 1700–1775

Inscription: "Aged 64 years"

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17474969/john-foster


John Foster } immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Long Island.
John Foster was baptized 8 May 1634 in Ewell, Surrey, England; the son of Christopher Foster and his wife Frances (Stevens) Foster.[1]

Under the care of his parents "Christopher Foster" aged 32 and "...Francis Foster" aged 25, on June 17, 1635, one year old "Jo[hn] Foster" was enrolled at London for passage to New England on the Abigail with his siblings "Rabecca Foster," aged 5, "Nathniell Foster" aged 2.[1]

By 1662 John was married to _____ Shaw, her surname is unknown but we know her surname was Shaw because Edmund Shaw Srs. will of May 3, 1675 included an inheritance to "my daughter Foster wife to John Foster.[1]

John Foster's will was dated 10 March 1686-7. Named wife Embden as exe, if she should died then Sarah Foster, daughter of son Henry to be exe. Names grandchild John Foster son of son Henry Foster. He names Mary, Jane, Hannah and Freelove Foster. States if any of my children come out of England to demand my estate they shall have 12 p each. Wits. George Woolsey and Richard Jones. Proved 2 March 1688. Ref to the att image page from the Records of the County Clerk's office in Jamaica for family details. [2]

John Foster passed away in 1687. [3]

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John Foster (1634 - 1687)

John Foster

Born 8 May 1634 in Ewell, Surrey, England

Son of Christopher Foster and Frances (Stevens) Foster

Brother of George Foster, Rebecca Foster, Nathaniel Foster, Hannah (Foster) Remick, Benjamin Foster, Hannah (Foster) Sayre, Joseph Foster, Lydia Foster, Hannah (Foster) Kite and Sarah (Foster) Johnes

Husband of Esther Shaw — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of John Foster, Hannah Foster, Jeremiah Foster, Patience Foster, Rachel Foster, Jonathan Foster, David Foster, William Foster, Phoebe Foster and Abigail Foster

Died 1687 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York

Profile last modified 15 Sep 2020 | Created 9 Aug 2011

John Foster migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Sketch of Christopher Foster. pp 551 - 554.Subscription Site ↑ Abstracts of NY Wills https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001984-...
↑ Entered by X Gorby, Jan 23, 2013
See also:

Foster family by Rhoda Foster Root
The Christopher Foster family history, 1603-1953; a history of the descendants of Christopher Foster and Frances Stevens, his wife, who came to America in 1635 and lived in Southampton, Long Island. by Snow, Helen Foster, 1907- Publication date 1955. Publisher Long Beach, Calif., Foster Family Association [1953-55?]
Jeremiah fosters familysearch record

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1915) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 23 1,7831::245690

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John Foster's Timeline

1662
February 8, 1662
Huntington, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1691
1691
Southampton, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1695
1695
1702
1702
Southampton, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1725
January 11, 1725
Age 62
Southampton, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1727
1727
Age 62
North End Graveyard, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, United States