Reginald Foster, II

Reginald Foster and Isaac Foster (probably his son) both signed a petition in favor of John and Elizabeth Procter, stating that they did not believe them to be guilty of witchcraft. Sadly, it was to no avail - John Procter was executed anyway, and his wife's life was spared only because she had a baby that was soon due. The signing of such a petition would have placed the signers and their families in danger of themselves being persecuted and tried.

Renold was constable of Ipswich in 1669. In Nov 1674 Renold was released from training and was to pay 5 shillings to the company. In Sep 1676 the court ordered Renold Foster, Robert Lord and Moses Pengry to lay out a highway to Greene Creek.

Daniel Warner wrote, "my ante foster had 3 sons jsaac, john and Nathaniel; and 6 daughters, Elizabeth Judith, Mary, Sarah, Neomy and Elenor."

Goodman Brabrucke tried to sell Renold and Elizabeth meat from a drowned heifer, saying that they could have it cheaply as they had "a great many small children". Unfortunately, when the investigated they found that the heifer had been dead for three days.

Renold's will is dated 11 Jul 1704; it was proved on 10 Jan 1708.

Links

• http://cinderspark.com/family/earlyfosters.html
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Foster.htm

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Renold Foster (abt. 1628 - 1707)

Renold (Renald) "Reginald" Foster

Born about 1628 in Devonshire, England

Son of Renald Foster and Judith (Wignol) Foster

Brother of Mary (Foster) Peabody, Sarah (Foster) Story, Abraham Foster, Isaac Foster, William Foster and Jacob Foster

Husband of Elizabeth (Dane) Foster — married 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Father of Elizabeth (Foster) Wood, Isaac Foster, Judith Foster, Sarah Foster, Mary Foster, John Foster, Rebecca Foster, Naomi Foster, Ruth Foster, Eleanor (Foster) Bennett, Hannah Foster and Nathaniel Foster

Died 28 Dec 1707 at about age 79 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 23 May 2022 | Created 6 Jul 2013

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

[Note: Daughter Elizabeth is said to have married Simon Wood, see Ipswich VR; his final estate division in 1724/5 lists Elizabeth Foster and Judith Wood, which my be incorrect? ]

Biography

In an 1876 article in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Renold/Reginald Foster was said to have been born in England c1636, the son of Reginald and Judith Foster who emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts circa 1638. [1] A different source, published in 1959, gives Renold's birth as about 1628. In the will of his father, Renald Foster, Renald was named following his brother, Abraham, and before brothers Isaac, William and Jacob.[2] Additionally, he married Elizabeth about 1652 based on the birth of ther first child in 1653, [1], which would have made him about 16 years old, with her being 17 years old as of that date (based on the 1876 NEHGR article). Renold, in his 1704 will, said that he was "very weak and crazy in body" by virtue of his old age[3]; his age in 1704 would have been 76, if he had been born in 1628, which reasonably explains his "old age" comment.

His father Renald Foster, in his will written on April 30, 1680, left son Renold, the land of mine on which he built at house, with uplands and marsh containing about 50, acres. He to pay his sister, Sarah, wife of William Story out of it. [4]

He married Elizabeth Dane, daughter of John Jr. and niece of Rev. Francis. He lived in Chebacco (ipswich), Massachusetts. [1]

He died December 28, 1707 at Chebacco. [3] [1]

In his will, written on July 11, 1704 he left bequests to: [3]

wife Elizabeth
sons Isaac, John and Nathaniel Foster
daughters Elizabeth (eldest), Judith and Elenor [3]
The first inventory of his estate was taken on January 14, 1707/8 with land and buildings assessed at L326. [3]

On February 22, 1724/5, a second inventory was taken for the settlement of the estate, showing a value of L112 for his common right in the 'neck lot, thatch lot and wood lot' and clear of all charges'. This was divided into shares, with portions going to:

Isaac Foster - double share L32
John Foster - L16
Nath'l Foster -L16
Eliz Foster -L16
Judith Wood - L 16
(illegible) ?Elenor/Ednah - L16 [3]
As the second estate inventory was taken in 1724/5, his widow probably was deceased at that time. [3]

Children

Elizabeth, born in 1653; ?married Simon Wood on August 8, 1684. [1] [5]
Isaac, born in 1656; died before December 15, 1741, when his estate was administered [1]; styled Corporal, his wife is not known, he had 6 children
Judith, born on January 20, 1659/60; ? married ___ Wood. [3]
Sarah born ___ [1]; not mentioned in father's will of July, 1704. [3]
Mary born June 18, 1662 [1] [5]; not mentioned in her father's will. [3]
John born July 15, 1664; died on December 9, 1736 [1] [5] ; married Mary ?, was styled Sergeant, and had 6 children
Rebecca born February 25, 1666/7; died July 1, 1684. [1] [5]
Naomi born on May 6, 1669 [1] [5]; not mentioned in father's will. [3]
Ruth born December 19, 1671; died January 1, 1671/2. [1] [5]
Ellen/Eleanor born on June 14, 1673 [1] [5]; mentioned in father's will in July, 1704. [3]
Hannah, born on October 5, 1675 [1] [5]; not mentioned in father's will in 1704. [3]
Nathaniel, born on September 19, 1678; married married Joanna Marshall on April 19, 1704. [1][5] [6][7]
Research notes

Ipswich Births

Foster, Judith, d. Renold, Jan. 20, 1659. CTR (p. 146)
Foster, Mary, d. Renold, June 18, 1662. CTR (p. 146)
Foster, John, s. Renold, July 15, 1664. CTR (p. 145) ; bp. Nov. 10, 1771. CR3 (p. 146)
Foster, Rebeacha, d. Renold, jr., Feb. 25, 1666. CTR (p. 148)
Foster, Naomy, d. Renold, jr., May 6, 1669. CTR (p. 147)
Foster, ___ , ch. Renold, jr., Dec. 17, 1671. CTR (p. 149)
Foster, Ruth, d. Renold, Dec. 19, 1671. CTR (p. 148)
Foster, Ellen, d. Renold, June 14, 1673. CTR (p. 144)
Foster, Hanah, d. Renold, Oct. 5, 1675. CTR (p. 145)
Foster, Nathaniell, s. Renold, Sept. 19, 1678. CTR (p. 147)
Ipswich Marriages

Foster, Elizabeth, and Simon Wood, Aug. 8, 1674. CTR (p. 168)
Foster, Nathaniell, and Joanna Marsahll, at Chebacco, Apr. 19, 1704. (p. 171)
Ipswich deaths

Foster, ___, d. Renold, jr., Dec. 17, 1671. CTR (p. 560)
Foster, Ruth, d. Renold, Jan. 1, 1671. CTR (p. 559)
Foster, Rebecka, d. Rinald and Elisabeth, July 1, 1684. (p. 559)
Foster, John, of Chebacco, Dec. 9, 1736. (p. 558) [5]
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 Edward Jacob Forster, "Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family Descendants Reginald Fo(r)ster of Ispwich, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 30 (1876):83-102; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, published 1959. Reference pages 181-2 via Hathitrust
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Case 9977:p.1-11: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13765/9977-co1/245243978
↑ George Francis Dow, The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916), 3:419-422 (will and inventory); digital images, Internet Archive.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts , 1910
↑ Foster Genealogy; Frederick Clifton Pierce; Press of W. B. Conkey; 1899; page 124-127; Digital Image, The Internet Archive
↑ Edward Jacob Forster, "Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family Descendants Reginald Fo(r)ster of Ispwich, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 30 (1876):83-102, at 84; digital images, Hathi Trust.
Caution: Texts by Frederick Clifton Pierce have been found to be unreliable and sometimes fraudulent.
Acknowledgments

Thank you to Karen Munro for creating WikiTree profile Foster-5257 through the import of 02 16 02013.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.
Thank you to David McAvity for creating Foster-5384 on 4 Aug 13.

1. Foster genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, whose genealogy is traced back to Anacher, great forester of Flanders who dies in 837 A.D. With wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. Also, the record of all other American Fosters. By Frederick Clifton Pierce... Published by the author.  Published 1899 by Press o W.B. Conkey company in Chicago.  Page 129

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2. Foster genealogy: being the record of the posterity of Reginald Foster, an early inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, whose genealogy is traced back to Anacher, great forester of Flanders who dies in 837 A.D. With wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. Also, the record of all other American Fosters. By Frederick Clifton Pierce... Published by the author. Published 1899 by Press o W.B. Conkey company in Chicago..

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Reginald Foster was the third signer of the petition in favor of John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth, condemned to death in Salem for witchcraft, 5 Aug, 1692. The petition was also signed by Issac Foster, likely the eldest son of Reginald.