The Garnetts and Fosters were close neighbors both living in Gloucester County. In 1692 Robert Foster, his brother John, and Robert’s brother-in-law, John Garnett along with several other families purchased land in Essex County, Virginia near the Rappahannock River. It was here in St. Ann’s Parish on Gilson’s Run (now called Mount Landing Creek) that Robert and Elizabeth lived and would raise a large family of eleven children.
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1655
| 1655 • The massacre of the Waldensians by Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, memorialized in a poem. |
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Age: 25y
1680
Age: 25y
marriageElizabeth Gloucester, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1680 • The Great Comet of 1680 is first sighted. |
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Age: 30y
1685
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn Foster 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1685 • Adam Baldridge finds a pirate base at Île Sainte-Marie in Madagascar. |
1692
Age: 37y
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movedEssex County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Near the Rappahannock River 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1692 • June 3 – The Battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years' War, ending in an Anglo-Dutch victory. |
1692
Age: 37y
movedEssex County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Near the Rappahannock River 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1692 • In Barbados, a slave revolt is crushed. |
1715
Age: 60y