Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Foster was born in 1750, in Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Foster, was 25 and her mother, Dorothy Gatewood, was 36. She married William Gatewood II in 1765, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1827, in Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Bedford, Trimble, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Sarah Foster Gatewood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Gatewood in entry for William Layne, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- Sarah Gatewood in entry for William Layne, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
Spouse and Children
1743–1789 Male
1750–1827 Female
Children (8)
1770–1817 Female
1775–1852 Male
1776–1840 Male
1777–1885 Male
1778–1805 Male
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1725–1763 Male
1715–1777 Female
Siblings (7)
1740– Female
1747–1829 Female
1750–1827 Female
1754– Female
1757– Female
+2 More Children
World Events (7)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Age 8
1776
Age 26
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 30
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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