♂ Robert Foster

1655 - 1715

Robert Foster
Spouse
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
1660 - 1745
Children
John Foster
John Foster
1685 - 1760

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.

 

Timeline

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1680


Age: 25y
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1685


Age: 30y
1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.

1692


Age: 37y
1692 • In Barbados, a slave revolt is crushed.

1692


Age: 37y
1692 Massacre of Glencoe: The forces of Robert Campbell slaughter 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe for allegedly refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to King William III of England.

1715


Age: 60y
1715 1715 Treasure Fleet: A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under General Don Juan Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).

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