Nicholas Forster, of Newham

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Nicholas of Newham formerly Forster
Born about 1447 [location unknown]
ANCESTORS
Son of Thomas (Forster) of Adderstone and Elizabeth (Featherstonhaugh) Forster
Brother of Thomas Forster and Roger Forster
[spouse%28s%29 unknown]
DESCENDANTS
Father of Florence (Forster) of Newham
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

Profile last modified 16 May 2021
Created 18 May 2013

Biography

This profile is part of the Forster Name Study.
Nicholas Forster of Newham is mentioned in a letter from John Forster of Bamburgh (b. abt. 1520 - d. abt. 1602) to Thomas II Forster, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, dated 17 Apr 1590. It states that Nicholas was seven years younger than Thomas IV, and three years younger than Roger of Hunsdon.[1]

Parents
According to Foster-Barham (1897), Nicholas is the third son of Thomas Forster and Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh.[2]

children
Flory of Newham.
(disputed) Elizabeth (possibly Nicholas' sister instead of dau).[3]
m. Gerald Shaftoe (Shafto) of Bavington[3]
Descendants
Foster-Barham (1897), states that the Fosters of Tughill descend from Nicholas, (p. 4). Vis. of Northumb., 1615, shows a pedigree of his descendants which include :

Richard Forster of Newham (d. c. 1661).
Another possible desc. of this line may be:

Mark Forster of Durham.
Sources
? Tomlinson, W. W. (1897). Life in Northumberland during the sixteenth century, (Vol. 20, pp.118-120). Walter Scott. Google Books.
? Foster-Barham, 1897, p. 4.[1]
Foster-Barham, A.H. (1897). Genealogy of the Descendants of Roger Foster of Edreston, Northumberland. London: Adam and Charles Black. eBook.[2]
? Foster, J. (1871). A Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England and Some of the Families Connected with them. FamilySearch. eBook.
See Also...
Space: Shafto pedigrees