Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William FOSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1633 in England b
  • Death: 17 May 1713 in Boxford, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Renold FOSTER Birth: Exeter, Devonshire, England Death: 1681
    • Mother:
  • Judith WIGNOL Birth: England Death: Oct 1664 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Hannah FOSTER Birth: Rowley, Massachusetts
  2. Mary FOSTER Birth: 16 Mar 1661/2 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  3. Judith FOSTER Birth: 19 Jun 1664 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  4. Jonathan FOSTER Birth: 6 Mar 1667/8 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  5. William FOSTER Birth: 1670 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  6. Timothy FOSTER Birth: 1672 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  7. David FOSTER Birth: 9 May 1679 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  8. Samuel FOSTER Birth: 20 Feb 1681 in Rowley, Massachusetts
  9. Joseph FOSTER Birth: After 1682 in Rowley, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1959. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/33853 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis WILDES p[0-9]*].
  2. Forster, Edward Jacob, Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster Family Descendants of Reginald Fo(r)ster, of Ipswich, Mass. NEHGR v30 (Jan 1876) pp83-102. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p[0-9]*].
  3. Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Foster Genealogy being the record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster. Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1899. UMI #G964. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=aohMAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pierce FOSTER p[0-9]*].
  4. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p84, Pierce FOSTER p122]
abt 1633 [Ref: Davis WILDES p182],
place:
[Ref: Pierce FOSTER p122]
before immigrating [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p84],
parents:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p182, ForsterEJ FORSTER p84, Pierce FOSTER p122],
father:
[Ref: Pope PioneersMA p173]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p182],
place:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p182]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary JACKSON
date:
[Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p85],
place:
[Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p85],
names:
[Ref: Pierce FOSTER p122]
William FOSTER & Mary ___ [Ref: Davis WILDES p182],
child:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p182, ForsterEJ FORSTER p85, ForsterEJ FORSTER p86]
Research Notes:
yoeman [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p84]

1661: moved from Ipswich to Rowley, settling in the part known as Rowley Village, later incorporated as the town of Boxford [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p84]

1675: appointed collector of taxes, along with Joseph Peabody and John Kimball [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p85]

1685: one of the petitioners for incorporation of Boxford [Ref: ForsterEJ FORSTER p85]

will dated Sep 3 1711, proved Jun 15 1713, left to wife Mary entire estate, real and personal, except for the following legacies. All his carpenter's and joiner's tools were to be equally divided by his sons. To his five sons Jonathan, William, Timothy, Samuel, and David, all the salt marsh that he had had from hsi father. But ti is to be understood that his wife shall have the whole estate during her widowhood "to maintain herselfe & her son Joseph withall," then his executors shall have it to maintain his son oseph if he be still living. To his son Jonathan, the land where he dwelleth. To his son William, the money he had from the testator and the lands he how liveth upon. To his son Timothy, certain lands lying between Samuel Pickard's farm and the 400 acres which had belonged to Dorman, Cummings and Styles. To his son Samuel, the house and land "where I now live" after his mother's death. To his son David, 5#. To his daughters Mary Kilborne, Judah Plates, and Hannah Rixe, 5# each. "my Will is yt my Son Samuel shall keep Joseph always att his house to look after him." Executors: sons Jonathan and Samuel [Ref: Davis WILDES p182]



Pedigree of William FOSTER
 /-----Renold FOSTER
William FOSTER
 \-----Judith WIGNOL



Descendants of William FOSTER
1. William FOSTER m. Mary JACKSON
m. Mary JACKSON father: William JACKSON mother: Joanna (JACKSON)

2nd generation

7. Timothy FOSTER m.

3rd generation

11. Jere FOSTER m. Abigail WOOD
m. Abigail WOOD father: John WOOD mother: Ruth PABODY

4th generation

12. Hannah FOSTER m. Moses PEABODY
m. Moses PEABODY father: John PEABODY mother: Mary CHADWICK

5th generation

13. John PEABODY m. Edith BEAMAN
m. Edith BEAMAN
14. Nathan PEABODY m. Hannah STICKNEY
m. Hannah STICKNEY father: Jedediah STICKNEY
15. Samuel PEABODY m1. Huldah GOULD m2. Elizabeth MANSFIELD
m. Huldah GOULD father: Daniel GOULD mother: Sarah BRADSTREET
m. Elizabeth MANSFIELD
17. Jeremiah PEABODY m. Catherine KIMBALL
m. Catherine KIMBALL father: William KIMBALL mother: Ruth KIMBALL
18. Jacob PEABODY m1. Lucy MANNING m2. Lydia MANNING
m. Lucy MANNING
m. Lydia MANNING
22. Nancy PEABODY m. Samuel PERLEY
m. Samuel PERLEY father: Henry PERLEY mother: Eunice HOOD