Absalom Foster

Abt 1750 - 1792  (42 years)

• Name	Absalom Foster
  Birth	Abt 1750	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	5 Aug 1773	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was shown as a son Absalom Foster in the will of Joshua Foster. He was given my plantation where I now live for life, reversion to my 2 grandsons Joshua Foster, son of my son Absalom and Joshua Hickman, son of my daughter Peggy Hickman. Absalom was shown as heir at law at probate.
  Will - Mothers	17 Dec 1774	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as a son Absalom Foster in the will of Anne Foster and named Extr.
  Rev War Pub Ser	1781	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as Absolem Foster on a list found in the Archives of the Virginia State Library of Accomack County people who were paid for public service from 1781 to 1783.
  Will - Witnessed	2 Dec 1784	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	It was on this date that John Kelly, Absalom Forster & Comfort Forster witnessed the will of John Foster, no wife.
  Will - Witnessed	8 Jan 1788	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	It was on this date that Joshua Cutlar, Thomas Rodgers & Absalom Foster witnessed the will of Jacob Bell, wife Levinah.
  Death	Oct 1792	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	Absalom Foster died intestate leaving issue William Foster, his eldest son, Leah Foster, Joshua Foster, Sally Foster, George Foster, Samuel Foster & Betty Foster.
  Land cause	9 May 1795	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	That Joshua Foster of the County of Accomack, being seized of the lands in the declaration mentioned in fee, and also possessed of sundry slaves & a considerable personal estate, and having issue Ab salom Foster, his only son & heir apparent & Betty, Peggy & Sinah, three daughters, also two grandsons, to-wit: Joshua Foster, a son of the aforesaid Absalom Foster & Joshua Hickman, the eldest son & heir apparent of the aforesaid Peggy, by Custis Hickman, her husband, on the 5 Aug. 1773, made his last will & testament as follows: (abstract) To son Absalom plantation where I now live during his natural life, then to be equally divided between my two grandsons Joshua Foster, son of the said Absalom, and Joshua Hickman, son of my daughter Peggy Hickman. To Custis Hickman. Land purchased of Jemimah Booth, lying over the road, to return whence it came after the crop is taken off. Jemimah Booth to have my negro wench Lisha as long as she lives in the station she now is in, but if she marry or suffer her children or anybody else to abuse the said wench, then to return to my estate to be divided between the rest of my children hereafter named. Daughters Betty, Peggy & Sinah resid. legatees. That after the making of the said will the said Joshua departed this life on the ____ Aug. of the same year, seized & possessed as aforesaid, which said will was proved on the 1 day Sept. 1773 and admitted to record; That after the death of the said Joshua Foster the said Absalom Foster entered into the premises in the declaration mentioned and was possessed thereof, and afterwards Joshua Hickman, one of the grandsons before mentioned, on the ____ day of April, 1786, died an infant, intestate and without issue, leaving Custis Hickman, his father aforesaid, Peggy Hickman, his mother aforesaid, and several sisters then living; that afterwards the said Absalom Foster being still possessed of the premises as aforesaid, together with his wife, Charity, to-wit: on the 23 Mar. 1787, conveyed 50 acres of land, being part of the said premises, to John Boisnard; that the said Absalom Foster and his wife Charity, on the 20 Feb. 1792, demised, granted and to farm lett the residue of the premises in the declaration mentioned to the said John Boisnard, for and during the term of 10 years commencing the 1 Jan. then last past, and afterwards, to-wit: on the ____ Oct. 1792 the said Absalom Foster died intestate leaving issue William Foster, his eldest son, Leah Foster, Joshua Foster, Sally Foster, George Foster, Samuel Foster & Betty Foster. We also find that Joshua Foster, son of the said Absalom, and grandson of the said Joshua Foster the testator as aforesaid, to-wit: on the ____ Oct. 1794, died intestate and without issue, leaving his said brothers and sisters then living &c.
  Reference Identifier	RW-PS
  Record ID	49756
  Siblings	3 sisters
  + 1. Absalom Foster,   b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1792, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 42 years) ╚═Charity (--?--),   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1770   + 2. Peggy Foster,   b. Abt 1752, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═Custis Hickman,   b. Abt 1740, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jun 1786, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 46 years),  m. Abt 1770     3. Betty Foster,   b. Abt 1754, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═John Poolman,   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1774     4. Siner Foster,   b. Abt 1756, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Joshua Foster,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Sep 1773, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 48 years)  (Father)  Anne Bell,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Dec 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 44 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I49756	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Joshua Foster,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Sep 1773, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 48 years)
  Mother	Anne Bell,   b. Abt 1730, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Dec 1774, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 44 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1750  [2]
  Family ID	F25082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charity (--?--),   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1770
  Children	1. William Foster,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Leah Foster,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joshua Foster,   b. Abt 1773, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 18 Nov 1794, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 21 years)   4. Sally Foster,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. George Foster,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Samuel Foster,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   7. Betty Foster,   b. Abt 1782, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F25083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1750 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Fathers - 5 Aug 1773 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Mothers - 17 Dec 1774 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Rev War Pub Ser - 1781 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Witnessed - 2 Dec 1784 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Witnessed - 8 Jan 1788 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Oct 1792 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land cause - 9 May 1795 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 272 (will of Joshua Foster, f/o Absalom & others), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 281 (wlll of Anne Foster, m/o Absalom & others), 570. [S577] Walker & Turman, Acc Soldiers & Sailors in Rev, (Parksley, VA: A Project of the Eastern Shore Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1975 (Manuscript at the E.S.P.L.)), 577. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 358 (will of John Foster, no wife), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 377 (will of Jacob Bell, wife Levinah), 570. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 58 & 59, 571.