Mary Forster or Foster

1. Luke Bramwell had eight children with Mary Foster: Helen (born 19/08/1800 and baptised in St Elizabeth, 15/03/1801); Ann (born December 1801, baptised in St Elizabeth 17/12/1802; Eliza (born 14/12/1803, baptised in St Elizabeth 21/06/1806); Joseph (born 15/05/1794, baptised in St Elizabeth 21/06/1806); Mary (born 01/05/1809 and baptised 03/08/1813 in St Elizabeth); Luke (born 20/06/1811 and baptised 03/08/1813 in St Elizabeth); Stephen Denton (born 09/05/1813 and baptised 03/08/1813 in St Elizabeth); and Martha (born 09/04/1818, baptised in Kingston, 21/09/1818). In all the baptisms except that of Ann, Mary Foster is listed as a "free quadroon". At the same time as the 1813 baptisms (Mary, Luke and Stephen Denton) took place there were also baptised two "sambos" and twenty-one "negroes" belonging to Luke Bramwell and eleven "negroes" belonging to Mary Foster, “free quadn”.

2. On 17/02/1802, a “negro belonging to” Luke Bramwell and a “negro belonging to” Mary Foster were baptised at the same time as their daughter Ann.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1705-1820 pp. 99, 105, 117, 176; Kingston Baptisms 1793-1825 p. 300.

2. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1705-1820 p. 105.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.