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- Source: James Otis Lyford's History of the Town of Canterbury, Vol 2,
p.132.
- Although it is thought that Reginald settled in Ipswich around 1638,
his name doesn't appear in town records until 1652, when he and Thomas
Clark constructed a canal adjoining the Chebacco River.
- At his death, Reginald's estate was valued at 744 Pounds, 16 Shillings.
- Reginald owned Plum and Hog Islands, which remained in the family for several generations.
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Source: Edward Jacob Forster's Pedigree and Descendants of Jacob
Forster, Sen. of Charlestown, Mass.
Probable birthplace of Reginald: Exeter, city and county borough, seat
of Devon (or Devonshire), SW England, on the Exe River 37 mi. (60 km.)
NE of Plymouth; pop. (1991p) 101,100; has cathedral housing the Exeter
Book, the largest collection of Old English poetry; railroad center;
agricultural center; shipping (city connected with tidal estuary of the
Exe by a ship canal); Univ. of Exeter (1955). Probably a trading center
and fort existed here even before Roman times; a center of resistance of
Britons to Anglo-Saxon invasion; withstood Danish attack 1001, but
captured by Danish King Sweyn I 1003; capitulated to William the
Conqueror, first Norman king of England, 1068; Royalist stronghold in
Civil War 1642-46; in WWII site of largest U.S. Navy supply depot in
England.
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"Granted to Thomas Clark and Reginald Foster, that they shall have cut
through a passage from this river into Chebacco River of 10 ten wide and
soe deepe as a a lighter may pass through laden and to make a ford and
foote-bridge over, that the town have given them L10 (money) towards
said passage."
Ipswich became the birthplace of American Independence when in 1687
citizens protested a tax.
Reginald Foster came from England 1638, and lived to extreme old
age. He had 5 sons and 2 daughters, viz. Abraham, Reginald,
William, Isaac, Jacob, a dau. who m. Peabody, a dau. who
m. Story.
2 Abraham settled in Ipswich.
3 Abraham or Andrew of Andover.
4 Samuel of Reading m. Sarah Roberts.
5 Abraham b. 1702 in Reading, m. Susanna Hartshorne 1733.
He d. 1753 a. 48. Children :
Susanna b. 1734.
Abraham b. 1735.
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Reginald owned land on Plum and Hog Islands per his will proved 09 June
1681, included in recitation of his estate inventory in "Foster
Genealogy" (1899), pp. 115-18. He came to America with his wife, Judith,
and seven children (p. 15). Philip Howard Gray, "Penobscot Pioneers"
(Camden: Penobscot Press, 1994), p. 37, discusses his identity and
states Reginald was probably born in Harlow, co. Essex, perhaps [!] son
of Reynold Foster and grandson of John Foster. Reginald was a husbandman
in Ipswich, MA from 1638.
"Magna Carta, Part VIII," John S. Wurts (Philadelphia, PA: Brookfield
Pub. Co.), p. 2628, states that Thomas Forster and Elizabeth Carr are
"assumed to be the parents of Reginald...."
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**from information given by Craig and Debbie Huewe, "The Loyalists of
New Brunswick", p. 197
Among the early settlers of what is now New England were at least two
different families of Fosters; one came from Devonshire and the other
from Yorkshire.
A certain Reginald Foster, born in or near Exeter, Devonshire, about
1595, with his wife Judith, five sons, and two daughters embarked for
America "on account of the troubles in the reign of Charles I". A luck
would have it, the ship was embargoes by a proclamation of the King and
Council. What ever the trouble was it was soon cleared up, and on 6
April in 1638 "His Majesty was graciously pleased ...to free [them] from
a late restraint, and to set [them] at liberty to proceed in their
intended voyage". Later that year, Reginald Foster and his family
settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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from New England Families Genealogy Third Volume
married twice, and by second wife, Elizabeth (Carr) Forster, had three
sons, the youngest of whom, Reginald Forster, married Judith (???), and
with her and their seven children came to America in 1638 and sat down
at Ipswich, in the colony of Massachusetts Bay.
The foregoing condensed line of English ancestry is taken from the
records of Joseph Foster, of London, England, nearly half a century ago.
(I) Reginald Forster, mentioned above, was the American immigrant. He
was born in Brunton, England, about 1595, and came with his wife Judith
and seven children to this country, settling in Ipswich in 1638. He had
a grant of land there in 1641, and seems to have been of much
consequence among the planters. He was well-to-do for the times. His
wife Judith died in October, 1664, and he married (second) Sarah White
Martin, widow of John Martin; after the death of her second husband she
married William White, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Children, all by
first wife, born in England: Mary, born about 1618; Sarah, 1620;
Abraham, in Exeter, England, 1622; Isaac, 1630; William, 1633; Jacob,
mentioned below; Reginald, 1636.
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From Genealogy Library.com and the book
New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter
This is Volume IV of a four-volume set. It has records of achievements
of people from England, who have set up commonwealths in New England.
About 6000 names included in this record.
Bibliographic Information: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families
Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV. 1913. Reprint, Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.
FOSTER Reginald Foster, the immigrant ancestor, was born about 1595, in
Barmton, England. He came to America about 1638 with his wife Judith,
five sons and two daughters, and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts,
about 1638, near the East Bridge. His name was often spelled Reynold. He
bought of John Tuttell, September 26, 1638, a house and lands in
Ipswich. He had charge of the town herd of cattle on the south side of
the river in 1643, the work to be done by permission of the authorities,
by his son Abraham. In 1661 he was highway surveyor. He owned shares in
both Plum and Hog Islands. He died in 1681. His will, dated April 30,
1680, proved June 9, 1681, bequeathed to his wife Sarah what she brought
at marriage, and other things; to sons Abraham, Renold, Isaac, William
and Jacob; to daughters Sarah, wife of William Story, and Mary, wife of
Francis Peabody; to grandchild Hannah Story, the balance of his estate.
He married (first) Judith (???), in England; she died October, 1664, at
Ipswich. He married (second) September 20, 1665, Sarah, widow of John
Martin, of Ipswich. She married (third) William White, of Haverhill,
September 21, 1682, and died February 22, 1683. Children, all by first
wife: Mary, born about 1618; Sarah, 1620; Abraham, mentioned below;
Isaac, 1630; William, 1633; Jacob, 1635; Reginald, 1636
THE WILL OF REGINALD FOSTER.
(Essex Deeds, Vol. 4, p. 403.)
The last will and testament of Renold Foster of Ipswich in the county of
Essex in New England made the last day of April Anno Dom one thousand
six huneighty being this day by God good providence of perfect
understanding, though through infirmities of body dayly mind full of my
mortality.
Therefore for the setting of my house in order y make and apoynt this my
last will & testament as followeth
Yn the Name of God Amen my soul y committ unto the hands of Jesus Christ
my blessed Redeemer yn hope of a Joyfull resurrection at the last day.
my body to a decent, comly buriall. And for my outward estate which the
Lord hath graciously given me y thus dispose of it in manner following:
Ymps, to my beloved wife Sarah I give the use of the house I now dwell
in and the orcyrd and gardens and five pounds yearly dureing her
naturall life, & 2 cows which she shall chuse out of my stock & the
keeping of them both summer and winter yearly. Also I give her the
bedstead with bedding in the parlor and the rest of the linen, and
woolen yarne that she hath made and provided unto the house. Also the
use of a brass pot and a cheesepress and kneading trough with the
utentils in the Lean Too, and the great kettle and two skillets during
her natural life. Also y give her three sheepe
to be kept winter and summer, also two piggs, and what provision shall
be in the house at my decease, also the table and form for her natural
life. ffurther my will is that the household stuff, and such things as
my wife brought into the house when y marryed her be at her dispose in
life and at death.
II Y give and bequeath unto my son Abraham ffoster my now dwelling house
and orchard and ground about it, three acres more or less & half the
barne, and half that land in the field lying between the land of John
Dennison and philip ffowlers, and ten acres on this side the river by
Major Denison and John Ed. wards Land and six acres of salt marsh All of
which I give him after my wives decease. I give him four acres of marsh
at Plumb Island & the six acres at Hogg Island.
III. Y give and bequeath unto my son Renold ffoster all the land which
he possessed at the falls, that he hath built a house upon both upland
and marsh, be it fifty acres more or less, only to pay out of it within
a yeare after my disease(???) my dau. Story that sum that I have given
her except wt ye sheets and pillow biers amount to.
I give and bequeathe unto my son Isaac ffcster my eight acres of fresh
meadow at the West meadow joineing to meadow of his & four acres of salt
marsh at Hog Island, Jacob to have the use of the salt till the decease
of my wife.
I give and bequeathe unto my son william ffoster my six acres of land y
had of Thomas Smith & six acres of marsh at Hg Ysland--the marsh to
Jacob till my wife's decease.
I give and bequeathe unto my son Jacob
ffoster the house he lives in and the ground about it & my two lots
beyond muddy river ten acres more or less and the remainder of salt
marsh at Hog Island --further my will is that my son Jacob have my land
at home and barn during my wifes naturall life--further I give him my
pasture on the south side of the river
by Simon Thompsons and the pasture by Caleb Kimball. Also I give him a
teather bed, only my will is that he pay what I have given my wife, and
helpe in repaires for her yearly, what I have allowed her in my will.
I give and bequeathe to my daughter Sarah, William Story's wife the sum
of ten pounds in a payre of sheets & a paire of pillow biers & what they
amount notto of the sum the rest in the hands of my son Renold which I
have willed him to pay as appears above.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary the wife of ffrancis Peabody
the sum of ten pounds, part of it to be payd in a payre of sheets and a
paire of pilllo beers and a feather bed after my wives decease.
It. I give my grandchild Hannah Story the sum of six pounds, viz. a bed
bolster, pillow and pair of sheets & blankets, which are of my now wives
making, the rest to be payd by my executors if she carry it well to my
wife while she lives with her as she hath done hitherto.
It. My will is that my son Jacob have the Iplements of Industry.
It. My will is which I desire and appoynt my two sons Abraham ffoster
and Jacob ffoster to be my executors of this my last will & testament,
and request and desire my beloved friends Simon Stace
and Nehemiah Jewett to be my overseers to this my last will, fullfil by
my executors, and if any difference arise amongst my wife and children,
or amongst them about any particulars in my will, my will is that my two
overseers shall end it, and they receive satisfaction as they two shall
agree--& if they two differ, then as a third man who they shall choose,
Joyning with either of them. Yn witness whereof I have sett to my hand
and seale Head.
Signed sealed and declared to be the last will and testament of me
Renold ffoster sen'r the day and year above written 1680 as witness my
hand and seale
Renold ffoster and a seal
Witnesses
John Stackweather
Nehemiah Jewett
Mem: the things given my wife for her
natural life be soe except she marry againe, and what debts she shall
have due for labor and(???)--shall be for her proper use and sole
benefit, and that the repairs of the house be out of her estate, and
during her abode in it. and that my wife shall have liberty to cutt and
procure what wood she needeth from of my land at muddy river, this
declared the fifth of march, 1680-81 to be his last will
Renold ffoster.
John Stackwcather
Nehemiah Jewett.
Pedigree of Jesse W Foster
The 9th June 1681 will proved.
In. rendered by John Whipple & Simon Stace.
Amt œ744, 16, 00.
"A man who lacks interest in his grandfather may be a philosopher, but
he lacks humanity and cannot be considered as a sympathetic friend."
Anon
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1594 - 1681 (86 years)
