Dr. Foster has provided information on the Foster Immigrant(s)
Children of Richard/James Foster
Robert Foster (1651-1716) m. Elizabeth Garnett (?) (born and died in Virginia)
John Foster (abt. 1665-1735) m. Ruth in 1683 in Gloucester County, VA.
Richard Foster (?)
Children of Robert Foster and Elizabeth Garnett (?)
Robert Foster (abt.1685 -1720) m. Ann Lloyd (no known children)
James Foster (abt. 1687)
John Foster (abt. 1689 - after 1760) m. Isabella Golding
Barbary Foster (abt. 1691-after 1763, VA) m. Richard Loving
Richard Foster (abt. 1693-1783) m. 1) Sarah "Sally" (Fox?)
George Foster (abt. 1695-1789) m. 1) Mary Singleton
Thomas Foster (abt. 1696-1769) m. 1) Elizabeth Meadors, 2) Caroline/Carolyn Rogers (Thomad died in South Carolina)
William Foster (abt. 1698-abt. 1767) m. Ann Booker
Anthony Foster (abt. 1699-1763) m. 1) Martha Taliaferro, 2) Mrs. Sarah Sparks
Margaret Foster (abt. 1701-abt. 1716) (died in Virginia
Elizabeth Foster (abt. 1703-bef. 1777) m. William Golding (died in South Carolina
Children of John Foster and Isabella Golding
Sarah Foster (abt. 1713-1801) m. Thomas Crutcher Jr. (died in Kentucy)
Thomas Foster (abt. 1716-1791) m. Ann Garnett (Thomas died in Virginia)
John Foster Jr (abt. 1719-abt. 1764) m. Averilla Haskew (John died in Virginia)
Philadelphia Foster (abt. 1722-1786) m. John Snell, Jr. (died in Kentucky)
Anthony Foster (abt. 1727-1812) m. 1) (Sarah?) Tinsley, 2) Sarah Golding (died in South Carolina)
Judith Foster (1731-aft. 1830) m. Spencer Bobo (died in South Carolina)
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Children of Thomas Foster and 1) Elizabeth Meader
William Foster
Thomas Foster (abt. 1724-1786)
George Foster (abt. 1726-abt. 1788) m. Susannah Pollard
James Foster (abt. 1728-abt. 1750) m. Martha Fowlkes (?)
Jane Foster (abt. 1730)
Richard Foster (abt. 1731-1819)
Alexius Meador Foster (abt. 1742-?) m. Ann Glenn (died in Virginia)
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Children of Anthony Foster and Martha (Taliaferro?)
Edmund Foster (?-1748) m. Tabita Collins (a sister of Mrs. Ann Widsom)
Thomas Foster (?-1763) m. Dorothy Gatewood
Anthony Foster (1741-1816) m. Rose Coleman
John Foster m. Elizabeth Elley
Children of Thomas Foster and Ann Garnett
Sarah Foster (abt. 1743-1830) m. William Kindall
Nancy Ann Foster (abt. 1745-1833) m. William Robins (?-1773/74)
Mary Foster (abt. 1747/48-after 1831) m. Capt. Thomas Robins (moved 1815 to Bedford Co TN)
Thomas Foster Jr. (1750-1831) m. 1) Mary Sawyer (d. before 1777);
2) Frances Jones, d/o Hugh Jones, Sr. of Orange Co. VA
Frances Foster (abt. 1752-1844) m. Morton Jones (abt. 1747-1841) (moved in 1818 to Bedford Co TN)
Phoebe Foster (abt. 1754-1827) m. George Garnett Jones
Elizabeth Foster (abt. 1756-1848) m. Maj. Benjamin Jones (1750-1820)
Lucy Foster (1760-1834)
Mildred Foster (1761/1762-1855) m. Thomas Goforth (?-1819) (a native of New Jersey)
John Foster (abt. 1763-1824) (did not marry)
Children of Thomas Foster Jr. and Frances Jones
Anthony "Jack" Foster (1781-1813) m. Lucy Goforth (his first cousin)
John Foster (1782-1860) m. Ann Vannoy (1790-1873) (fifteen children)
Achilles Foster (1784-1843) m. Lavinia Goforth (his cousin)
Mary Foster (1786-1840/50) (see notes below) m. Joseph Dike Jones
Ambrose Foster (abt. 1787-1832) m. 1) Frances/Fanny Jones,
2) Mary Ellen Miller (abt. 1797-1878)
Thomas Foster III (1790-after 1850) m. Nancy Case (left Wilkes County after 1820)
Benjamin Foster (1792-bef. 1860) m. Phoebe Case
Hugh Edmund Foster (abt. 1795-after 1860) m. Sarah
(Note: Mary Foster (b. 1786) is presumed to be the mother of a natural daughter, Lucinda Foster, born ca. 1804, who was reared by her grandparents. Lucinda Foster married Thomas Northern in 1825.)
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Children of Mildred Foster and Thomas Goforth
Lucy Goforth (1789-1855) m. Anthony Foster (her first cousin)
John Goforth (abt. 1790-aft. 1850) m. 1) Rhoda Parsons (?-1830); 2) Elizabeth Kendall (no issue)
William Goforth (abt. 1792-1850/60) m. Sarah Foster (abt. 1788-1880)
Lavinia Goforth (1795-aft. 1880) m. Achilles Foster
Philadelphia Garnett Goforth (abt. 1798-1846) m. Wyatt Rose (1813-1901)
Amelia Goforth (abt. 1800-abt. 1877) m. Rev. Edmund Tilley (abt. 1807-?) (no issue)
Nancy Dollins Goforth (1803-after 1880)
Phoebe Goforth (1805-after 1880)
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Chiildren of John Foster and Ann Vannoy
William B. Foster (1810-?) m. Mary Ann Jones
Thomas Foster (1811-1887) m. Barbara Perlina Fyffe (1810-1890)
Jesse Franklin Foster (1812-1887) m. Hulduah E. Rhamo England
John Foster (1814-1897) m. Sarah Jane Julian (1824-1907)
Mary Susan Foster (1816-1885) m. Nathan Ward (1809-1873)
Achilles Foster (1817-1892) m. Martha J. Bookout (1836-1910)
Francis Elinor Foster (1818-1904) m. William Bourne Johnson (1817-1856)
Hugh A. Foster (1821-?) m. Matilda Lusk
Elisabeth Foster (1822-1897) m. Alfred M. Foster (1817-1867)
Ambrose Foster (1825-1861) m. Mary McMenamy (1832-1873)
John J. Foster (1822-1892)
Joel Edmund Foster (1828-1907) m. 1) Eleanor Davis (1826-1893),
2) Elisabeth Anne Neal (1899-1982)
Ance Foster (1831-1890)
Jane Emaline Foster (1833-1885) m. 1) John W. Bowman (1827-1864),
2) William Locke Johnson (1841-1928)
Benjamin Franklin Foster (1836-1906) m. Sarah Forrester (1842-?)
Children of Ambrose Foster and Frances Jones
Frances "Fanny" Foster (1815- bef. 1890) m. Lindsay Triplett
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Children of Ambrose Foster and 2) Mary Ellen Miller
Alfred Miller Foster (1817-1867) m. Elizabeth Foster, d/o John Foster and Ann Vannoy
Rebecca Foster (1820-1865) m. Andrew Jackson Jones
John J. Foster (1822-1892) m. Sarah Ann Foster, d/o John Foster and Ann Vannoy
William M. Foster (1824-1876) m. Paulina Wages
Thomas Jones Foster (1826-1906) m. Frances Ann Tate
Edmund Franklin Foster (1829-1910) m. Ellen Coreen Murchinson
Maryan Elizabeth Foster (1832-1889) m. 1) Hezekiah Thurman Dyer; 2) Boliver Hubbard; 3) Mr. Herren
Children of Thomas Jones Foster m. Frances Ann Tate
Mary Ellen Foster (1861-1877) did not marry
Thomas Jones Foster Jr (1863-1905) m. 1) Margaret Jane Walker; 2) Eliza Willet Dowdle
William Edmund Foster (1865-1936) m. Minnie Pulliam
John Calvin Foster (1867-1936) m. Minnie Ella Hanson
Marcus Columbus Foster (1869-1946) m. Jeffie Lona Thompson
Jerome Kearby Foster (1871-1956) m. Mattie Lee Downs
Marshall Alexander Foster (1873-1881)
Alfred Matthew Foster (1876-1968, CA) m. Irene Cargill (died in California)
Robert Lee Foster (1878-1880)
Jesse Miller Foster (1881-1964) m. Roxie Olivia Farmer
Grover Blount Foster (1884-1960) m. Allatia Flake
Tate Ross Foster (1886-1919) m. Annie Velma Bolin
(With the exception of Alfred Matthew Foster, this family lived and died in Texas)
This page updated July 11, 2003
Sources:
Pam Reid is a Foster family researcher and has her own web site Branches and Roots Genealogy that follows other lines in this Foster family and several other surnames.