Individual Details
Renald "Reginald" Foster
(Abt 1595 - Bef 30 May 1681)
[[Category: English Immigrants to America]][[Category: Massachusetts, Forster Name Study]][[Category: Ipswich, Massachusetts]][[Category: Frederick Clifton Pierce Fraud]]
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== Biography ==
=== Disputed Origins ===: Please do NOT add parents without discussion; read the following; his origins are NOT known. Thank you.
=== Origins & Parents Unknown ===A lot of stories and speculation abound in older genealogies and the internet. He has been located located north and south and west.*'''Not Reginald of Brunton''' -- There is another [[Forster-27|Reginald of Brunton]], son of [[Foster-2782|Thomas]] and Elizabeth, husband of Ann. He was still in England long after Renold of Ipswich migrated.* '''Not of Bamborough and Etherstone Castle or Little Badow.''' This was mentioned in 1889 in ''America Heraldica'' and repeated by Frederick Clifton Pierce in the ''Foster Genealogy''. "Reginald Foster of Little Badow, Co. Essex, England, landed at Ipswich, Mass, in 1638. He belonged to the Foster family of Bamborough and Etherstone Castle, Co. Northumberland. Leroy, Auguste. ''America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800.'' (New York, NY : America Heraldica Publishing, 1889) Pierce, Frederick Clifton. ''Foster Genealogy.'' (Chicago, Press of W.B. Conkey company, 1899) It is doubtful if Etherstone Castle existed. *'''Not Exeter.''' By a tradition which exists in different branches of the family Reginald Foster, ... is reputed to have come to this country from Exeter, County Devon, England, and to have crossed the water in one of the ships embargoed by King Charles the First but of this nothing certain is as yet known.Forster, Edward Jacob,'' The pedigree and descendants of Jacob Forster, Sen. of Charlestown, Mass. ..'' (Charlestown [C.S. Wason, Printer] 1870) [https://archive.org/details/pedigreedescenda00fors/page/n9 p. 3]Forster, Edward Jacob. ''Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster family; descendants of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. A.D. 1638'' (Boston, D. Clapp, 1876) Foster, Joseph. ''The grandchildren of Col. Joseph Foster : of Ipswich and Gloucester, Mass., 1730-1804.'' (Philadelphia : [publisher not identified] 1885)
=== Birth and Immigration ===It is estimated that Renald was born about 1595, 24 years before his marriage in Theydon Garnon, Essex, England.
By 1638 he was living in Ipswich presumably with his wife and children. 26 Sep 1638. John Tuttel sold to Reynold Foster "all the sayd lott together with the sayd dwelling house together with all outhousing gardens fenceing together wit all othr the apurtenances unto the sayd house nd lott." He also sold Reynold an eight acre planting lot on Hearbreak Hill.Schofield, George A. (ed.) ''The ancient records of the town of Ipswich: vol. 1- from 1634 to 1650.'' ( Chronicle motor press, 1899) [https://archive.org/details/ancientrecordsof00ipsw/page/n45 p. 37] plus other pages.
=== Marriages ===Renold Foster married [[Wignol-1|Judith Wignol]], in Theydon Garnon, England in 1619.Davis, Walter Goodwin. ''Renold Foster.'' The American Genealogist 18:13 (1941). [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11852/13/134849386 View with NEHGS Membership].
"Reginall" Foster and Sarah Martin were married his third wife, Sarah Martin, were married ___ Sept 1665.Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 -- Vol II Marriages and Deaths. (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1910) [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofip02ipsw/page/172 p. 172] widow of John Martin, in 1665. He sold land with Sarah on Aug. 2, 1676.
=== Ipswich ===18 Feb 1638/9: Granted 40 acres, 10 to be meadow, he must remain an inhabitant of Ipswich for three years.
6 April 1641, he was granted eight acres of meadow in the west meadow.
last day of the last month 1641. On a list of residents that have right of commonage.
25 Mar 1648 Foster to keep the cowherd on the south side of the river. His son Abraham may do this work.
He an his son, Abraham are mentioned as subscribers to an allowance for Major Dison in 1648.
He was a surveyor of highways and in 1664, he and his sons (Abraham, Reginald, Isaac and Jacob) are listed as inhabitants that have shares in Plum Island and Co. His name is mentioned many, many times in the Ipswich town records.
=== Death & Will ===A death date from Renald Foster was not recorded. Renold ffoster sr. died after 5 Mar 1680/1, when he attached a memorandum to his will and 30 May 1681, when his inventory was taken.
His will dated April 30, 1680, probated June 9, 1681. He bequeathed to wife, Sarah, what she brought to the marriage and other property. Also bequests to sons: Abraham, Renold (shortening of Reginald), Isaac, William, and Jacob; to daughters: Sarah, wife of William Story, and Mary, wife of Francis Peabody; to grandchild Hannah Story; to son, Abraham. An inventory was taken 30 May 1681 and valued at £744 16s. Dow, George Francis. ''The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts.'' (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916) [https://archive.org/details/probaterecordsof03dowg/page/418 Full will & Inventory p. 419-422]
=== Children ===Children source:Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. (Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1959. ) pp 177-183. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061707337&view=1up&seq=199 Children begin p. 181]#Sarah b. c. 1620 (aged abt 48 in 1668); m. William Story (d. bef. Jan 1702/3)#Abraham b. c. 1622 (aged abt 76 in 1698); d. 15 Jan 1711 in his 90th year; m. Lydia Burbank of Rowley
#Mary; m. (1) Daniel Wood; m. (2) Francis Peabody#Renald b. c. 1628 (aged abt 40 in 1676 but prob. nearer 50; d. 1707 or 1708; m. Elizabeth Dane#Isaac b. c. 1630 (age 62 in 1692); m. (1) Mary Jackson m. (2) Hannah Downing; m. (3) Martha Hale
#William b. abt 1633 (age 78 in 1711); his will proved 1713.#Jacob b. c. 1635; d. 9 Jul 1710 in his 75th year; m. (1) Martha Kinsman; m. (2) Abigail Lord
== Sources ==
*http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sagadahoccome/genealogy/foster.html*The Ancestry of Millard Fillmore. TAG 63:53, 54 (1988) Ahnentafel lists him as son of Renald of Harlow (possibly son of John) and ____*Will of William Averill proved 29 Mar 1653. Renold Foster was a witness. Essex Antiquarian 5:30 (1901) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB96/i/7525/30/7354888 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]
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== Biography ==
=== Disputed Origins ===: Please do NOT add parents without discussion; read the following; his origins are NOT known. Thank you.
=== Origins & Parents Unknown ===A lot of stories and speculation abound in older genealogies and the internet. He has been located located north and south and west.*'''Not Reginald of Brunton''' -- There is another [[Forster-27|Reginald of Brunton]], son of [[Foster-2782|Thomas]] and Elizabeth, husband of Ann. He was still in England long after Renold of Ipswich migrated.* '''Not of Bamborough and Etherstone Castle or Little Badow.''' This was mentioned in 1889 in ''America Heraldica'' and repeated by Frederick Clifton Pierce in the ''Foster Genealogy''. "Reginald Foster of Little Badow, Co. Essex, England, landed at Ipswich, Mass, in 1638. He belonged to the Foster family of Bamborough and Etherstone Castle, Co. Northumberland. Leroy, Auguste. ''America heraldica : a compilation of coats of arms, crests and mottoes of prominent American families settled in this country before 1800.'' (New York, NY : America Heraldica Publishing, 1889) Pierce, Frederick Clifton. ''Foster Genealogy.'' (Chicago, Press of W.B. Conkey company, 1899) It is doubtful if Etherstone Castle existed. *'''Not Exeter.''' By a tradition which exists in different branches of the family Reginald Foster, ... is reputed to have come to this country from Exeter, County Devon, England, and to have crossed the water in one of the ships embargoed by King Charles the First but of this nothing certain is as yet known.Forster, Edward Jacob,'' The pedigree and descendants of Jacob Forster, Sen. of Charlestown, Mass. ..'' (Charlestown [C.S. Wason, Printer] 1870) [https://archive.org/details/pedigreedescenda00fors/page/n9 p. 3]Forster, Edward Jacob. ''Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster family; descendants of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. A.D. 1638'' (Boston, D. Clapp, 1876) Foster, Joseph. ''The grandchildren of Col. Joseph Foster : of Ipswich and Gloucester, Mass., 1730-1804.'' (Philadelphia : [publisher not identified] 1885)
=== Birth and Immigration ===It is estimated that Renald was born about 1595, 24 years before his marriage in Theydon Garnon, Essex, England.
By 1638 he was living in Ipswich presumably with his wife and children. 26 Sep 1638. John Tuttel sold to Reynold Foster "all the sayd lott together with the sayd dwelling house together with all outhousing gardens fenceing together wit all othr the apurtenances unto the sayd house nd lott." He also sold Reynold an eight acre planting lot on Hearbreak Hill.Schofield, George A. (ed.) ''The ancient records of the town of Ipswich: vol. 1- from 1634 to 1650.'' ( Chronicle motor press, 1899) [https://archive.org/details/ancientrecordsof00ipsw/page/n45 p. 37] plus other pages.
=== Marriages ===Renold Foster married [[Wignol-1|Judith Wignol]], in Theydon Garnon, England in 1619.Davis, Walter Goodwin. ''Renold Foster.'' The American Genealogist 18:13 (1941). [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11852/13/134849386 View with NEHGS Membership].
"Reginall" Foster and Sarah Martin were married his third wife, Sarah Martin, were married ___ Sept 1665.Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 -- Vol II Marriages and Deaths. (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1910) [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofip02ipsw/page/172 p. 172] widow of John Martin, in 1665. He sold land with Sarah on Aug. 2, 1676.
=== Ipswich ===18 Feb 1638/9: Granted 40 acres, 10 to be meadow, he must remain an inhabitant of Ipswich for three years.
6 April 1641, he was granted eight acres of meadow in the west meadow.
last day of the last month 1641. On a list of residents that have right of commonage.
25 Mar 1648 Foster to keep the cowherd on the south side of the river. His son Abraham may do this work.
He an his son, Abraham are mentioned as subscribers to an allowance for Major Dison in 1648.
He was a surveyor of highways and in 1664, he and his sons (Abraham, Reginald, Isaac and Jacob) are listed as inhabitants that have shares in Plum Island and Co. His name is mentioned many, many times in the Ipswich town records.
=== Death & Will ===A death date from Renald Foster was not recorded. Renold ffoster sr. died after 5 Mar 1680/1, when he attached a memorandum to his will and 30 May 1681, when his inventory was taken.
His will dated April 30, 1680, probated June 9, 1681. He bequeathed to wife, Sarah, what she brought to the marriage and other property. Also bequests to sons: Abraham, Renold (shortening of Reginald), Isaac, William, and Jacob; to daughters: Sarah, wife of William Story, and Mary, wife of Francis Peabody; to grandchild Hannah Story; to son, Abraham. An inventory was taken 30 May 1681 and valued at £744 16s. Dow, George Francis. ''The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts.'' (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916) [https://archive.org/details/probaterecordsof03dowg/page/418 Full will & Inventory p. 419-422]
=== Children ===Children source:Davis, Walter Goodwin, The ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts. (Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1959. ) pp 177-183. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061707337&view=1up&seq=199 Children begin p. 181]#Sarah b. c. 1620 (aged abt 48 in 1668); m. William Story (d. bef. Jan 1702/3)#Abraham b. c. 1622 (aged abt 76 in 1698); d. 15 Jan 1711 in his 90th year; m. Lydia Burbank of Rowley
#Mary; m. (1) Daniel Wood; m. (2) Francis Peabody#Renald b. c. 1628 (aged abt 40 in 1676 but prob. nearer 50; d. 1707 or 1708; m. Elizabeth Dane#Isaac b. c. 1630 (age 62 in 1692); m. (1) Mary Jackson m. (2) Hannah Downing; m. (3) Martha Hale
#William b. abt 1633 (age 78 in 1711); his will proved 1713.#Jacob b. c. 1635; d. 9 Jul 1710 in his 75th year; m. (1) Martha Kinsman; m. (2) Abigail Lord
== Sources ==
*http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sagadahoccome/genealogy/foster.html*The Ancestry of Millard Fillmore. TAG 63:53, 54 (1988) Ahnentafel lists him as son of Renald of Harlow (possibly son of John) and ____*Will of William Averill proved 29 Mar 1653. Renold Foster was a witness. Essex Antiquarian 5:30 (1901) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB96/i/7525/30/7354888 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1595 | England | |||
| Marriage | 1619 | Theydon Garnon, Essex, England - Judith Wignol | |||
| Marriage | 1665 | Sarah Martin | |||
| Death | Bef 30 May 1681 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony | |||
| Reference No | 1043682 | ||||
| Reference No | 1065577 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Judith Wignol (1599 - 1664) |
| Child | William Foster (1633 - 1713) |
| Child | Mary Foster (1620 - 1705) |
| Child | Sarah Forster (1620 - 1681) |
| Child | Abraham Foster (1622 - 1711) |
| Child | Isaac Foster (1630 - 1692) |
| Child | Jacob Foster (1635 - 1710) |
| Child | Reginald Foster (1636 - 1707) |
| Spouse | Sarah Martin (1620 - ) |