Extracts from the "Fosters and Forsters of the North of England," Boston Pub. Library: 1. John, son of Gilbert de Buckton, called Forster, alias Forrester, who was chief game keeper and a forrester to the Bishop of Durham, 1342. 2. John Forster of Buckton, Forrester to the Bishop of Durham, aged 26 at the death of his father. Did homage Jan. 26, 1342. 3. John Forster of Buckton, No. Durham, wf. Elizabeth. 4. Thos. Forster of Buckton, lived temp. Richard second, wf. Jean de Elmedon, co-heir to Gilbert, Earl of Angus. 5. Thos. Forster of Etherstone, liv. temp. Henry IV and wife Elizabeth heiress to her brother Roger de Etherstone, Lord of Etherstone, temp. Henry IV. 6. Thomas Forster of Etherstone,

living temp. Henry V and wife Elizabeth. 7.

Thomas Forster of Etherstone, Co. Northumberland, living temp. Henry VI, wife Joan, dau. of Sir Wm. De Hylton, Knt. of Hylton Castle. Sec. to "Blind Baron." 8. Sir Thomas Forster, Knt., Marshall of Berwick on Tweed, will dated 3d March, 1526, wife Dorothy, dau. of Robert, Lord Ogle. 9. Thos. Forster of Adderstone, high sheriff of Northumberland, 5th and 14th, Elizabeth. Will dated 4th April, 1589. Wf. Florence, sister of Thomas, Lord Wharton. 10. Cuthbert Forster of Brunton, Gent, and wife Elizabeth Bradforth; will dated 1589. II. Thomas Forster of Brunton 1615; will dated June 19, 1648. 12. Reynold Forster, fourth child of above.

Extract from "America Heraldica," Page 137. Boston Pub. Library. Bates Hall Genealogical reference books, No. 1002-4. Published in 1886. Foster.-Reginald Foster of Little Badow, Co. Essex, Eng., landed at Ipswich, Mass., 1638. He belonged to the Foster family of Bamborough and Etherstone Castle, Co. Northumberland. Reginald brought with him five sons and two daughters. We find also in the old burial ground at Charlestown, Mass., the tombstone (with the arms we give) of the wife of Richard Foster, Jr., 1724. He was the grandson of Wm. Foster, known to have been in Charlestown about 1650. These arms are those of the Fosters of Brickhill, Co. Bedford, and the Bogue, Co. Lancaster. Also represented by the Fosters of Jamaica in the West Indies. Various ancient silver articles with the Foster arms are preserved in America. Among others a large tankard with the arms beautifully engraved and the tinctures clearly indicated. It is in the possession of Edward Ingersoll Browne of Boston, the lineal descendant of the Browns of Watertown. Crest, an arm in armor embowed holding in the hand a broken tilting spear, proper.

References: Joseph Foster, Foster Genealogy, 1886. Heraldic Journal—1—56. Wyman's Charlestown Mass. Genealogies, N. E. H. and G. Reg. 1-20-25-30. (Concerns also several other branches of the Foster stock.) Sir Bernard Burke. The General Armory of England, 1884. Page 165 of above work (America Heraldica) has arms: Argent, a chevron vert between three bugle horns, sable, stringed gules. Same arms as the Fosters of St. Andrews, Co. Bedford, (Walfords Co. Families.)

Col. I. L. Vivian of London, England, in 1891 and 1892 made a search for the ancestry of the emigrant Reginald Foster, but it proved unsuccessful.

Col. Chester of London, recently deceased, was employed at one time by, I think, John Foster of Boston, but failed to accomplish anything in this direction. Col. Vivian's researches were made in both Devonshire and Suffolk. Later he writes: "I have given up Devonshire as being in no way connected with your family." Col. Vivian writes that Harlow records have been stolen or destroyed. He examined as to Bocking in Essex, whence came the Whipples of Ipswich, and where Rev. Nathaniel Rogers of Ipswich settled. Later he reports that the "Registers of Bocking prior to 1655 are lost." "The Ipswich Registers all begin before 1600, but a general search through them has proved useless.' "The births also have been examined at Norwich for Essex births, but nothing can be found to give any clue to Reginald Foster who emigrated to New England." He writes 27th April, 1892, "It struck me suddenly on finding the loss of certain Parish Registers in Essex, that I might get something from the Subsidy Rolls. I therefore yesterday looked up the Hundred of Hinkford which has forty-nine parishes, all of which I most carefully examined with this result, that Foster was a family living at Felstead in the reign of King James I. and King Charles I."

"I Essex, 21, James I, Parish of Felstead, Michael Foster on lands valued £3 paid 8s tax. 2 Essex, 3 and 4, Charles I. Parish of Felstead, Andrew Foster on lands £1, paid 4s tax."

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"I chose the above period as being near Reginald Foster and it is clear there were Fosters at Felstead holding land between 1600 and 1630." Col. Vivian, however, felt that he was on the right track, writing: "Felstead is in the same hundred as Bocking and Harlow, all within a circle of about twelve miles in diameter. looked up ninety-nine (99) parishes. Felstead was the only one that had the name of Foster." Col. Vivian interviewed Joseph Foster of London. He writes: "Mr. J. Foster of London has not printed anything to help you, he told me he felt no interest whatever in Reginald Foster." Col. Vivian also interviewed Mr. Waters, and writes: "I understood Mr. Waters to say last week when I saw him that the great difficulty was there are too many Reginald Fosters about the period named, and that it would cost a lot of money to look them up."

FOSTER.

West of England, 1395-1419.

John Forster became rector of Blackborough, Devonshire, 25th February, 1413.
Walter Foster, details not noted.
Reginald Foster, d. at Trenoglos, Cornwall, in 1409.

FOSTER.

The name Reginald Foster occurs as one of those who during the Great Rebellion compounded for his property. The particulars, easily to be ascertained, would disclose his place of abode and other matters.

"Fosters of Dowsby and Moulton, Co. Lincoln," compiled by Everard Green, Esq., F. S. A. Reprinted from the 'Miscellaneous 'Genealogica et Heraldica,' of November, 1875, for W. E. Foster, Esq., London. Mitchell & Hughes, Printers, 24 Wardow Street. W., 1875.

Arms.-Sable, a chevron engrailed ermine, between three broad arrows, or feathered argent.

last.

Crest. An antelope's head, erased argent, attired or colored and chained of the

Motto. "Inconcusser Fides."

FOSTER LAND GRANTS IN NOVA SCOTIA.

List of all grants of land issued to the name of Foster; from the Index to Grants of Nova Scotia from 1707 to 1854 (inclusive). N. B.-New Brunswick was a part of Nova Scotia until 1785.

ALLEN FOSTER'S SONS. Early in the 17th century four sons of Allen Foster, of England, viz., Jonathan, David, Ephraim and Samuel, came to this country. One settled in Maine, another on Long Island, another in northern New Jersey, and Samuel in Cape May, south New Jersey, from whom sprang most all the Fosters in the lower county of West Jersey. One of Samuel's sons was Nathaniel, who had a son Salathiel, who had a son Reuben, who had a son Reuben, Jr. He m. Nov. 20, 1804, in Cape May, N. J., Nancy Edmunds, who died in her 74th year, Aug. 6, 1855. He d. in his 90th year June 24, 1870, leaving Robert Edmunds Foster and Downs E. Foster. The latter was b. Oct. 20, 1807; m. Ann Lawrence Hughes, b. Nov. 9, 1817; d. Feb. 26, 1865. He was a contractor and builder, and d. Oct. 20, 1886.

Ch. 1. JANE ANN FOSTER; res. Cape May, N. J.

2. SAMUEL L. FOSTER; P O. address, Norfolk, Va.

3. DOUGLASS FOSTER; res. Baltimore, Md.

4. ELLA FOSTER; res. Cape May, N. J.

5. RHODA FOSTER; res. Cape May, N. J.

6. MARY C. FOSTER; res. Cape May, N. J.

7. REUBEN FOSTER, b. Cape May Co., N. J., Oct. 28, 1839; m. there Nov. 6, 1866, Sarah L. Head. He is general manager for the Chesapeake and York river lines of steamboats. Res. 2301 Charles

St., Baltimore, Md.

Ch. 1. ENOCH EDMUNDS FOSTER, b. Sept. 2, 1867; m. Oct. 25, 1894.

2. ARTHUR D. FOSTER, b. Nov. 9, 1872; m. Nov. 30, 1898.

3. REUBEN CARL FOSTER, b. July 10, 1875.

4. FRED FOSTER, b. Oct. 5, 1879.

ANDREW. He died in Andover May 7, 1685, ae. 106. See notice of descendants in this book.

CHRISTOPHER. Coming from England he first located in Lynn, but soon removed to Long Island, where he was an early settler. Descendants in this work. HON. EDWARD. Born in Devonshire, England, son of Timothy. Settled in Scitnate. See notice of descendants in following pages.

CAPT. HOPESTILL. Son of Richard, and grandson of Rev. Thomas; born in Biddenden. England; settled in Dorchester. Descendants in this book.

EDWARD. Born in England, came to America about 1650, m. in Springfield, Mass., Dec. 26, 1661, Esther Bliss, who lived with John Pynchon. She d. June 12, 1683; m. second Jan. 17, 1683, Mrs. Sarah Miller, who d. Mar. 9, 1708. freeman in 1690, and d. in Springfield Feb. 22, 1720, S. p.

He was a

CAPT. THOMAS. Son of John, b. in Kingsware, England, about 1642, m. in New London, Conn. Was a master mariner and sailed between Boston, New London and the Barbadoes. See notice elsewhere.

EDWARD. Brother of Capt. Thomas; res. in Marblehead, Mass., Middletown and Guilford, Conn. His descendants are given in this work.

BARTHOLOMEW. Brother of Capt. Thomas, resided in Gloucester, Mass. Was engaged in maritime pursuits like his brothers. See notice in following pages. SERGT. THOMAS. Son of Rev. Thomas, b. in England, came to America, resided in Boston, Weymouth, Woburn, Braintree and Billerica. Was one of the early Baptists. Descendants in this work.

CAPT. WILLIAM. Brother of Sergt. Thomas, b. in England, resided in Charlestown, Mass.; was a master mariner, was captured with his son by the Turks, while enroute to Bilboa. See descendants elsewhere.

HON. SAMUEL. Born in England, came to America, located in Dedham. married there, moved to Wenham and finally settled in Chelmsford. Was the ancestor of a large family. See descendants in this book.

JOHN, SR. Came from England and settled in Salem, Mass. It is said he was closely related to Samuel of Chelmsford and Andrew of Andover, but I do not think so. See descendants in these pages.

REGINALD. Born in Brunton, England, came to America, settled in Ipswich, Mass., and was the ancestor of a numerous posterity. His ancestry is traced back to 837. and his descendants fully given in this work.

WILLIAM. Born in England, was of Ipswich, Mass., and Newport, Rhode Island; may have been brother or relative of Reginald. He had land granted him in Ipswich in 1635, says Felt. He was disarmed Nov., 1637, as a follower of Wheelwright, and supporter of Mrs. Hutchinson. "Yet he was a man with the prefix of respect; and was in Sept. foll. informed that we conceive him not fit to live with us; therefore he was wished to depart bef. the Gen. Court in Mar. next. Yet he may have, like not a few of his associate misbelieve, made his peace or been too much respected for his est. and thot. less dangerous soon after." I think on account of his religious difficulties he moved to Newport, R. I., in 1639. In the earlier records we find the name spelt indifferently Foster and Forster-the former spelling being the more common. The "r" has now been entirely dropped, except by the descendants of Jacob Forster, of Charlestown, Mass., who was the first I believe, to write the name always in this manner.

COL. JOHN. Born Alesbury, Bucks Co., England, came to America, located in Boston; m. Lydia ——, who d; m. second Abigail who d. Aug., 1711. He d. Feb. 9, 1711. He was one of the wealthiest merchants in Boston, and one of the most influential men of his day. John, Boston, an emin. merch. from Alesbury Co., ar. co. 1679, of the council of safety 1689, rep. 1690, at May session, for Portsmouth, where the inhab. earnestly desir. to continue the union with Mass. after the overthrow of Andros; Col. of Boston reg. named in the Chart. of William and Mary by approb. of Increase Mather, a couns.-Savage. John Foster (1679), of Boston, was an eminent merchant from Alesbury, Bucks county, England, and was admitted a freeman in 1682. He joined the artillery company immediately after his arrival, and became very prominent in the affairs of the company from 1690 to 1695. He was of the Council of Safety in 1689; was representative for Portsmouth in 1690; one of Gov. Dudley's (1677) councillors; named in the charter of William and Mary in 1692; one of the first council under it, in which office he continued until his death. He is mentioned in the Boston records, the first time, March 15, 1679-80, when being elected constable, he was fined for refusing to serve; and was selectman in 1690, 1691 and 1692. On the 7th of December, 1692, he was appointed a justice of the inferior court of Common Pleas for Suffolk county, and served in that office until his decease. He is called "Capt." in the Boston town records, 1696-8, and Mr. Savage says he was colonel of the Boston regiment, a wealthy merchant and of a most fair and unblemished character.

John Foster. Adm. to estate of Col. John Foster, late of Boston, dec'd, granted to son-in-law, Thomas Hutchinson, merchant of Boston, Mar. 26, 1711. Lib. 17, Fol. 220.

Will-Abigail Foster, relict widow of John Foster late of Bostonniece Mrs. Hannah Ruck wife of Mr. John Ruck, Merchant-Abigail Ruck, daughter of said John and Hannah-Peter, Hannah and Elizabeth, three other children of said John and Hannah Ruck-niece Mrs. Elizabeth Hutchinson-Mrs. Lydia Hutchinson daughter of my aforenamed husband, and now wife of Mr. Edward Hutchinson-Mr. John Foster Mariner-and my kinswoman his present wife-Abigail Salter wife, of Jabesh Salter, Jr. and Mary Foster the two daughters of my aforesaid kinswoman Sarah Foster-John Richardson, Woodmansey Richardson, Elizabeth Richardson the three children of my cousin John Richardson, dec'dand to his Widow, Mrs. Margaret Richardson my kinswoman, Mrs. Johanna Perry