Person:Andrew Foster (10)
Andrew Foster
b.1579 England
d.7 May 1685 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 May 1584
  1. Andrew Foster1579 - 1685
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Andrew Foster1579 - 1685
  • W.  Ann _____Abt 1617 - 1692
m. Abt 1639
  1. Andrew FosterAbt 1640 - 1697
  2. Sarah FosterEst 1645 -
  3. Hannah Foster - 1689
  4. Abraham FosterAbt 1648 - 1723
  5. Mary Foster1652 - 1707
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Andrew Foster
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1579 England
Marriage Abt 1639 Englandto Ann _____
Probate[1] 12 Apr 1685
Will[1] 18 Apr 1685
Death[3] 7 May 1685 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1] 30 Jun 1685 In probate
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Andrew Foster, in Patch, Ira. Abstracts from Wills, Inventories, &c., on file in the Office of Clerk of Courts, Salem, Mass.. (Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.)
    v 4 p 71.

    Andrew Foster, 4 mo., 1685.
    "Will of Andrew Foster, Sr., of Andover, dated April 18, 1685, mentions Eldest son Andrew Foster, daughters Sarah, Hannah and Mary ; wife Ann, son Abraham, appoints his wife and son Abraham ex'ors.; witnesses, Thomas and William Chandler.
    In probate, June 30, 1685. Inventory of above estate, taken 12th April, 1685, by Thomas and William Chandler, amounting to £504 Is, returned
    by Ann Foster, extr'x, June 30, 1685.

  2. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy: Being a Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, an Early Inhabitant of Ipswich in New England, Whose Genealogy is Traced Back to Anacher, Great Forrester of Flanders, Who Died in 837 A.D., with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, Etc.; Also the Record of all Other American Fosters. (Chicago: The Author, 1899)
    p 1032.

    "Andrew was no doubt married twice, both times in England. As he was born in 1579 he probably married in 1604-9, and undoubtedly had a good-sized family. His second marriage was not far from 1639. He was seventy-three years of age when his youngest child was born."

  3. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638-1840:
    -File #: 9803
    Name: Andrew Fosster; Foster; Forster, Sr.
    File Date: 30 Jun 1685
    Residence: Andover
    Type: testate
  4.   Freeman Andover, 1669.
    Said to be age 106 at death
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