Brief Life History of John
When John Foster was born on 10 July 1726, in Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Foster, was 43 and his mother, Ann Clarke, was 42. He married Easter Ash on 10 February 1756. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 22 June 1793, at the age of 66.
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- John Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Foster, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John in entry for Thomas Foster, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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