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1. Foster, William Williamson P.
   1. Montgomery, Sarah Harrelson
      1. Foster, William
      2. Foster, Felix Allen
      3. Foster, James W.
      4. Foster, Martha A.
      5. Foster, Mazuria A
      6. Foster, William H.
      7. Foster, Henry Thomas
      8. Foster, Sallie Ella
      9. Foster, Parthena Harrelson
      10. Foster, Carrie Lee
      11. Foster, Nannie R.

Ancestors

Source References

1. Ancestry Family Trees
   1. • Page: Ancestry Family Trees
2. WLFoster: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iwasa43fan&id=I8785 William L Foster's Families & Related Families
   1. • Source text:

         

        ID: I8785
        Name: Ambrose Foster 1 2 3
        Sex: M
        Birth: 1720 in Essex County, Virginia 2 3
        Will: 1802 Halifax Co Va
        Death: 07 AUG 1802 in Halifax County, Virginia
        Note: Will of AMBROSE FOSTER of Halifax Co, VA dated 28 Feb 1802 wife, Peggy - land where they live. Daughter Sally Foster and 2 grandsons FOSTER MOORE and John Moore to have land in PERSON CO., NC purchased of Thomas ROBERTSON; Grandaughter Peggy Moore. Daughter Mildred Hudson; son Ambrose Foster to have plantation after wife's death purchased from Ferguson. 5 daughters: Sally, Peggy, Betsy, Patsy Bran(Brown?), Fanny Foster; son John Foster. Exec: friends Thomas WATKINS and HERNDON HARRELSON. Wit: Thomas BRANDON Jr, John MITCHELL, Henry MITCHELL, Clement LIPSCOMB. Proved Halifax Co, VA July 1802 ___ Spotsylvania Co. Deeds May 10, 1791, JOHN SHIRLEY, JR. and Frances, his wife, of Spots Co. to Jonathon Clark of same county, 105 pounds currency, 120 acres in Spots. Co., conveyed to said JOHN SHIRLEY, SR. etc...wit: Thomas TURNER, Edmund Clark, James Wilson, JOHN SHIRLEY, SR., William ARNOLD. ref: deeds 11791-1794 page 444 Oct 27, 1788, James Crawford Sr. and JOHN SHERLEY, SR. of Spots. Co. , for the natural love and affection they have for John Crawford and Phebe, his wife, of same county, deed of gift, 70 acres in Spots. Co., and two slaves, etc. Wit: John WALLER, Thomas TURNER, William ARNOLD, ***Thomas HICKS***, JOHN SHIRLEY, JR. and James Crawford Jr. ref: Deed book M page 424 Dec 14, 1752, Benjamin Hubbard and Mary, his wife, of Spots. Co to Mary Hall, widow of Robert Hall, deceased, and Robert, John, Ann, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary, children of said Robert Hall, deceased of Caroline Co. 15 pounds currency, 100 acres in Spots. Co. which was devised the said Benjamin by his father, Thomas Hubbard, deceased. Wit: William WALLER, John TEMPLE, AMBROSE Foster, JOHN SHIRLEYS, and Jonathon GIBSON. ref: Deed book E page 192 Jan 29, 1793, JAMES ARNOLD and Nancy, his wife, of spots. Co., to THOMAS SHIRLEY, of same county, 22 pounds 8 shillings currency, 108n acres, part of tract conveyed by John Arnold to the said James in Spots. Co etc... Wit: John C. WALLER, Clement Boroughes, James Wiglesworth Sr., James Sams and Phillip YOUNG.

         

         

        Father: John Foster b: 1660 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
        Mother: Ruth Hoskins Haskins b: 1662 in England

        Marriage 1 Margaret "Peggy" Link b: ABT 1742 in Halifax, VA
        Married: 1765 in Orange, Virginia, United States
        Children
        Has No Children Ambrose Foster b: 1794
        Has No Children Frances Fanny Foster b: 1755
        Has No Children Peggy Foster
        Has No Children Patsy Foster
        Has No Children Sally Foster
        Has No Children Mildred Foster
        Has Children John Foster b: 1750 in Caswell, North Carolina, United States

        Sources:
        Title: Ancestry Family Trees
        Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Originaldata: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;
        Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

        Note:
        This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
        Page: Ancestry Family Trees
        Author: Edmund West, comp.
        Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
        Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2000.;;
        Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

        Page: Birth year: 1720; Birth city: Essex Co; Birth state: VA.
        Text: Birth date: 1720
        Birth place: Essex Co, VA
        Author: Edmund West, comp.
        Title: Family Data Collection - Births
        Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,Inc., 2001.;;
        Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

        Text: Birth date: 1720
        Birth place: Essex, VA, USA

      • Citation:

        e-mail: wlfgenealogy@yahoo.com

3. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1880 United States Federal Census
   1. • Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Scotch Irish, Rowan, North Carolina; Roll:980; Family History Film: 1254980; Page: 268C; Enumeration District: 238; Image: 0539.