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 • Swedish King Karl X Gustav occupies Warsaw (Poland). |
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Age: 25y
1680
Age: 25y
marriageElizabeth Gloucester, Virginia, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
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Age: 30y
1685
Age: 30y
birth of childJohn Foster 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1685 • Monmouth Rebellion: James, Duke of Monmouth declares himself at Taunton to be King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland. |
1692
Age: 37y
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movedEssex County, Virginia, USA ⇓ Near the Rappahannock River 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1692 • The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft. |
1692
Age: 37y
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. |
1715
Age: 60y
| 1715 • The Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland. Although the action is inconclusive, the forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, halt the Jacobite advance. |