Person:Thomas Foster (88)

Name	Thomas Foster
Gender	Male
Birth?	1575	England
Marriage		- cited source not considered reliable, relationships to children should be verified by references to reliable sources to Abigail Wimes
Will[1]	24 Sep 1638	Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death?	3 Dec 1638	Biddenden, Ipswich, Eng.

Will of Rev. Thomas Foster

"In the name of God Amen the xxijth day of September in the xiiijth yeare of the raigne of our Sovereign lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King defender of the faith de Annoque dni 1638. I Thomas Forster of Ipswich in the countie of Suffolk Clarke being sicke in body but of good & p'rfect remembrance God be thanked therefore doe ordain & make this my last will & testament in manner & form following ... And the monies for which the same shall be sold I will shall be devided in form following, viz.: to my son Richard Foster £20. To my son Thomas Foster £20 to my son William Foster £20 the remainder of the monies shall be equally devided between and among my three daughters Sarae Smith the wife of John Smith Elizabeth the wife of William Ferris and Jane Ladbrooke widow ... I give unto Robert Ladbrooke my grandchild my great joined chair in the parlour and also the handle bedstead and bed with all the furniture standing in the butterie chamber ... I do ordain and make the said Richard my son and Jane my daughter my executors."

1. ↑ Rev. Thomas Foster, in 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 485 of 1051.

   giving will date xxijth September 1638; proved 5 Dec 1638; full text of will