Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Foster was born in December 1701, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, his father, Thomas Foster, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Lee, was 26. He married Catherine Taylor on 11 May 1725, in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died in October 1738, in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 36, and was buried in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Henry Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Henry Foster in entry for Henry Foster, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- Henry Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
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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