Birth: 1753 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Father: David Foster b1721-a1755
Mother: Elizabeth Overend b1721-a1755
Marriage: 5 January 1789 St Wilfrids, Calverley, Yorkshire
Wife: Zillah Lambert 1759-a1796
Death: After 1796
William Foster 1791
Joseph Foster 1791-1841/51
Nelly Foster [Batty] 1796-a1818
Christening of John Foster in the IGI on 27 May 1753 in Horsforth, Yorkshire, father David Foster. The same information is in Horsforth Baptisms adding his father was a labourer.
There is an entry in Calverley Marriages for a John Foster as a witness to the marriage of William Frederick Foster, a gentleman of Calverley, and Anna Louisa Eleanora la Trobe on 15 May 1787.
Marriage of John Foster and Zillah Lambert in the IGI on 5 January 1789 in Calverley, Yorkshire. The same information is in Calverley Marriages adding both were of Calverley, John was a clothier and James Eastward and JO (this may be Jonas Overend who appears to have been a professional witness!) were witnesses.
All the children were christened in Bradford. However there is only 6 months between the christenings of William and Joseph.
Horsforth is just north of Leeds, Calverley is 7 miles west, Bradford is 5 miles SW of Calverley.
John Foster was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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