Edward Foster (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
As of April 11, 2026:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male line) descendants for NGS/WGS testing. Anyone believing they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Paper trail
First Generation
Edward Foster was born presumably in England circa 1610, date, place and parentage currently unknown. He died Scituate bet. 24 Nov 1643 (will) and 22 Feb 1743/4 (inv.) He married Scituate 8 Sep 1635 Lettice Hanford[1] and they had three children: Timothy (1635/6-1637), Timothy (1638) and Elizabeth (1644).
Second Generation
Timothy Foster was bp Scituate 22 Apr 1638 and died Dorchester 16 Dec 1688. He married twice, first Dorchester 13 Oct 1663 Ruth TILESTON, widow of Richard Denton, then Dorchester 9 Mar 1681[/2?] Relief HOLLAND, widow of John Dowse. By his first wife he had five children: Ruth (1664), Elizabeth (1667), Naomi (1668/9), Hatherly (1671) and Rebecca (1675). By his second wife he had five more children: Timothy (1681, no ch. & likely unm.), Edward (1682/3), Thomas (1686), Elizabeth (1688) and Prudence (1694).
Third Generation
- ↑ After Edward's death she married Edward Jenkins.
DNA Results
Previous testing
The Foster surname DNA Project does not list anyone claiming Edward Foster as their Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA). Any patrilineal/Y-DNA descendants of Edward Foster are encouraged to Y-DNA test and contact Raymond Wing email: MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
==References and External Resources==,
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004) pp. 212-214.
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