Birth: Before 1721
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 7 August 1736 St Oswald, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Elizabeth Overend b1721-1761
Death: December 1765 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Burial: 13 December 1765 Horsforth Chapel, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Joseph Foster 1737
Mary Foster 1738-1738
David Foster 1738-b1741
Anne Foster 1741
David Foster 1743
William Foster 1746
Sarah Foster 1748
Abraham Foster 1750
John Foster 1753-1808
Mary Foster 1755
I cannot find an entry for his christening - there were four Fosters baptised in Guiseley all children of William - Samuel on 1 January 1709, Jane and Mary on 29 September 1712 and Jane on 15 October 1715 all at Rawdon.
Marriage of David Foster and Elizabeth Overend in the IGI on 7 August 1736 in Guiseley, Yorkshire. The same information is in Guiseley Marriages, and in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of David Foster and Elizabeth Overend on 7 August 1736 at Guiseley, St Oswald. "Marriages att Guiseley Church 1736 [...] August 7 David Foster & Elizabeth Overend ?".
His son and daughter were baptised on 13 August 1738 at St Margaret, Horsforth, but the daughter was buried on 20 August 1738 at St Margaret, Horsforth.
His son was baptised on 27 May 1753 at St Margaret, Horsforth.
All the children were christened in Horsforth. All the entries in Horsforth Baptisms except that for Mary add that David was a labourer. Only the father's name is given.
His wife was buried at Horsforth Chapel on 3 December 1761.
Entry in Guiseley: The Burial Registers for Horsforth Chapel, Guiseley PRs 1721-1772 for David Foster a labourer on 13 December 1765.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the burial of David Foster on 13 December 1765 at Guiseley, St Oswald. " Buried at ye Chapell of Hosforth Between March ye 25th 1765 & March ye 25th 1766 [on next page ...] 10ber [...] 13 David Fofter Lab".
There are forty nine entries in Ancestry Family Trees for David Foster.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for David Foster.
Horsforth was a chapelry in the parish of Guiseley so marriages and burials took place there, and is 4 miles SW.
David Foster was Felicity's fifth great grandfather.
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