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John Forster or Foster the elder

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1840

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Reportedly son of Samuel Foster and brother of Samuel Warren Foster.

  1. Will of John Forster [the elder] of Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square proved 22/01/1841. He gave his daughter Marianne Forster £4000; his grandson the Rev. John Forster £1200; and two great-nieces Jane and Rosa residing with him £600 and £300. The rest of his property was to be divided among the same four legatees in proportion to their monetary legacies. One of his executors was John Frederick Foster (q.v.) of Sale Priory near Manchester.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1939/220

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Elizabeth 346 (Two Mile Wood Estate)
£4,232 15s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant (Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman)
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Inferred to be John Forster or Foster (1747-1840).

Relationships (5)

John Forster or Foster the elder
Father → Son
George Foster or Forster
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John Forster or Foster the elder
Testator → Executor
John Frederick Foster
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John Frederick Foster was also the son of John Forster the elder's first cousin, Frederick William Foster...
John Forster or Foster the elder
Brothers
Samuel Warren Foster
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John Forster or Foster the elder
Father → Son
Henry Forster senior
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Henry Forster predeceased his father John Forster or...
John Forster or Foster the elder
Son → Father
Samuel Foster
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This is drawn from online genealogical sources and has yet to be...

Addresses (1)

Upper Charlotte Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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