Sarah Foster

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Foster was born in 1663, in Tarporley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Foster, was 38 and her mother, Alice, was 36. She married John Vernon III on 29 June 1692, in Bunbury, Cheshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Bunbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1692 and Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1692. She was buried in Utkinton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Vernon III
1661–1718
Sarah Foster
1663–1730
Marriage: 29 June 1692
Elizabeth Vernon
1693–
John Vernon IV
1694–1769
Eleanor Vernon
1703–1730

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Foster - Church record: birth: 1663; Tarporley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Sarah Foster, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
  • Sarah Vernon in entry for Elizabeth Vernon, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"

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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