John Foster

1660 - 1734  (74 years)

• Name	John Foster
  Birth	1660	Gloucester, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Essex County, Virginia   [2]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	Inventoried and appraised Estates Essex Co VA  [2]
  Death	1734	Essex, Virginia   [1]
  	Age: 74y
  	WILL OF JOHN FOSTER, SR. In the name of God, Amen. I, John Foster of the Parish of St. Ann and the Court of Essex County being sick and weak but of sound and perfect senses and memory thanks be to the Almighty God. Do make this my last Will and Testament as follows The first) I lend to my beloved wife my land during her widowhood and afterwards I desire it to be divided between my two youngest sons, Ambrose and James, the land on the north most side of a branch which heads on the Said Smothers land on the other the widow Hinds and I give unto my son Ambrose all the other part with tall the (appurtenance?) there unto belonging I give unto my son James to them and their heirs lawfully begotten and if either or both of them should die without heirs his or their parts to fall to my son Joseph Secondly) Lend to my wife during her widowhood all of the personal effects and afterwards to be equally divided amongst all of her present children and I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife my soul executrix on this my last Will and Testament as witnessed my hand and seal this eight (8) day of January 1733 Signed and sealed in presence of Wm Upshaw and Edward (X) Webb
  Person ID	ind4288513852	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James Richard Foster,   b. 18 Jul 1619, Durham, England d. 1681, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Susannah Garnett,   b. 1622, Old Elizabeth City, Virginia d. Bef 1670, Old Cloucester Matthews, Virginia (Age < 47 years)
  Marriage	1642	Elizabeth City, Virginia   [1]
  Family ID	fam4288650011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Hoskins,   b. 1662, England d. 1734, Essex, Virginia (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1697	Essex, Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Robert Foster,   b. 1700, Essex County, Virginia d. 1767, Caroline, Virginia (Age 67 years)   2. Joseph Foster,   b. 1710, Essex County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. Ambrose Foster,   b. 1720, Essex County, Virginia d. 07 Aug 1802, Halifax County, Virginia (Age 82 years)   4. Richard Foster,   b. 1723, Gloucester County, Virginia d. 1795, Surry, Virginia (Age 72 years)   5. James Foster,   b. 1725, Essex County, Virginia d. 1795, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 70 years)   6. John Foster
  Family ID	fam4288649956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He and his brother Robert John?s land was near Occupacia Creekbordering on Gilson?s Run Latitude: 38-01'20'' N Longitude: 076-55'30'' W 1692 200 acres each of Land Sittenburne Parish in Essex County

  
  

• Sources

  [source4071142163] WLFoster, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=iwasa43fan&id=I14482&style=TABLE William L Foster's Families & Related Families, (Publication Date: 25 FEB 2014 Media: Website / URL). [source4071142164] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=iwasa43fan&id=I2894&style=TABLE.