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- WILLIAM'S last name may have been "FORSTER" rather than "FOSTER". The surname, "Forster", could be English, Irish or German. If William's ancestors were, in fact, named "Forster" and were German rather than English or Irish, then it is possible that "Forster" was changed ( "Anglicized") to "Foster" to make it sound more English after William ("Wilhelm", if German), his father or grandfather emigrated to the English colonies in the new world.
The info on William, his son Hugh and Hugh's children was obtained from an "Ancestry.com" posting by [email protected]. Similar info was obtained from the LDS web site (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/pedigree).
If William Foster (LSD - AFN; NHCH - BM) was born, as some believe, about 1694 in Cecil County, then his parents -- obviously, his mother -- likely were living in that area prior to his birth. That being the case, it's quite possible, probably likely, that the Cecil County, MD "Fosters" came to the Cecil County area either directly upon their arrival in the Chesapeake Bay from Europe or, more likely, migrated to Maryland after first settling in Virginia.
The fact that William's son, Hugh, also was born in Cecil County (in 1720 -- about 26 years after William is believed to have born there) indicates that William and his immediate family must have lived in the Cecil County area for 30, 40 years or longer, including several decades prior to William's birth.
I believe, but have no proof, that his son, Hugh, arrived in North Carolina prior to 1740, possibly New Garden in Guilford County. Hugh married Abigail (surname unknown) and their first child, William, is believed to have been born there in 1742.
Additional Foster info (Source: [email protected]): Genealogy Book , "The Foster Family ", copyrighted 1973 (Library of Congress Card Cat as 72-93045) - available from The American Genealogy Research Institute Arlington,Va.
Page 35-39 list Immigrants to the Colonies.
To Virginia the Following : 1635 (Armstrong Foster ); 1653 Docar Foster; 1648 Edward Foster ;
1635 Francis Foster on the " George" ; 1653 Francis Foster ; 1643 Giles Foster ; 1838 Henry Foster;
1646 Henry Foster ; 1652 Henry Foster ; 1635 James Foster on "The America"; 1643 James Foster ;
1642 James Foster ; 1646 James Foster ; 1650 James Foster ;1652 James Foster ; 1623 John Foster ;1623 John Foster ; 1641 John Foster ;1654 John Foster 1698 John Foster (indentured servant );1635 Mark Foster;1635 Nicholas Foster ;1645 Permett Foster ;1650 Phillip Foster; 1636 Phillip Foster : 1635 (Richard Foster age 16 on the Safety) ;1638 Richard Foster ; 1648 Richard Foster ; 1654 Robert Foster ; 1652 Thomas Foster ; 1654 Thomas Foster ; 1637 William Foster ; 1635 Zechariah Foster.
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Abt 1694 - Yes, date unknown
