Research Source Checklist James Richard Foster & Susannah Rand

Research Analysis Log for
Richard Foster & Susannah Rand / Ransome
(click on links to see results of searches) By Gary L. Foster

Photo Tour of Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah Flowers, bushes, trees as we walk from our Condo thru the Church office buildings, Temple Square and to the Family History Library to do research on our Foster Family. PowerPoint Photo Tour of Mesa Regional Family History Center This is where I do our Foster research two days a week. Click on the Slide Show Icon bottom right corner. Photo Tour of Mesa, Arizona Tempe Grounds Enjoy the beauty of Spring flowers, trees and shrubs as you walk around the beautifully landscaped gardens of color.		PowerPoint Presentations & Photo Tours on Virginia (After you have viewed these Photo Tours or PowerPoint Presentations the 1st time the photos will be cached on your computer and will load much faster the 2nd time.) 2006 Research Trip to Surry, Brunswick & Isle of Wight Counties in Virginia Photo Tour of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello Photo Tour of Skyline Drive, Shenandoah Valley Photo Tour of Luray Caverns Photos of Flowers, bushes, trees in beautiful Virginia as we toured the state doing genealogy research.
Richard Foster (Name of Husband) Born 1723 Whitchurch, Hampshire, England (not proven) or Gloucester, Virginia (not proven)	Susannah Rand / Ransome (Name of Spouse) Born About 1723 Isle of Wight, Virginia	Link to Research Log (Click here to see current research on Richard Foster & Susannah Rand)	Link to my Foster Genealogy From England, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
"The Foster Family of Flanders, England and America" by Dr. Billie Glen Foster	Localities Searched in Virginia & England: Whitchurch, Hampshire, England	Isle of Wight Website, History 1608 - 1907 Gloucester County Website, History 1607 - 1651 Mathew County, Website	Essex County Website and Surry County Website Maps of Virginia
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers	Books of Gloucester/Mathews Counties, Virginia	Maps for Early Virginia Foster Families
Census Records of Head of Households Early Virginia		Virginia Anglican Parish Vestry Books
Summary of this family and goals for this research: As of 10 March 2008: Due to the lack of surviving records in this early part of the development of expanding Virginia, I decided to spend the last two years (2006 to 2008) solidifying with proof sources all I could find on my Foster direct line starting with my father and moving back 6 or 7 generations to my present end of line Richard Foster born about 1723 and married to Susannah Rand / Ransome. See the proof sources, pictures, maps, bible records, wills, etc for clues that may help identify the parents of Richard and Susannah. (To be linked here within a few days) As of 29 May 2006: Family stories indicate that Richard was born in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England in about 1725. So far, I can’t prove that. Richard’s marriage to Susannah Rand / Ransome about 1748 and birth of 1^st son with the use of common Virginia surnames… Beverly Ransome Foster. Why the use of these two surnames if not related? Foster, Beverly & Ransome families were amongst the first settlers in Mobjack Bay, Gloucester, Virginia. Robert Beverly assisted many English & German settlers to come to Virginia for which he received thousands of acres from the English throne. See early English naming patterns of the Foster Family. If Richard’s wife was a Rand. Not a common name in Virginia but very common in Massachusetts. There were Rand families in Virginia at the time of Richard’s arrival in Virginia. Is this where they met and married? So far I can not tie my family into the original Virginia immigrant James Richard Foster who immigrated to Virginia on the ship HMS Safety in 1635 at the age of 16. Most southern Foster's tie into this family line. I am also researching the possibility that the son Richard (born Abt 1695) of Robert Foster (born Abt 1651) of James Richard Foster (born 1619 in Essex, Durhamshire, England). Not much is known of the son Richard Foster (born Abt 1695) as he may have left his family in Matthews County, Virginia about the time of his 1st marriage to a (Miss Ransome) (this is my guess so far...) they may have gone to Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. There they gave birth to a son and named him Richard Foster (Why not?) This son was born about 1723. If others were also born in England or if Miss Ransome died there, I know not. After completing a research trip to Salt Lake City, Utah the week ending July 30, 2005 I am beginning to doubt that Richard (born Abt 1695) went to England because of the limited Foster's in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England for the 200 years around the birth of his son Richard (1723). I am now looking for evidence that Richard (born in 1723) was actually born in Virginia to a mother (perhaps named Elizabeth) and definitely of the Ransome Family. Perhaps, Richard (born Abt 1695) married (Elizabeth) Ransome and they went to live on other lands owned by the Ransome family. She dies after giving birth to Richard (1723). Then by 1733 the two Richards appear in Virginia. Richard (1695) re-marrying to a Sarah Fox in about 1733. In approximately 1746 Richard (1723) marries Susannah Rand in the Isle of Wight County. Soon both Richards join the other Foster family members in Matthews County and live and work and die amongst them. glf The next time we see Richard Foster (born Abt 1695) is in Virginia from research done by Dr. Billy Glen Foster on page 40 in his book, The Foster Family of Flanders, England, and America. Quote: "Richard Foster, the fifth child of Robert and Elizabeth Foster was born ca. 1693. Little is know of this child. We do know that he was living in Essex County in 1737 as he is recorded as being a witness against Anthony Garnett, Jr. in a trespass trial filed by Daniel Warner and his wife, Ann. In the same trial William Golding, Jr. was a witness for Anthony Garnett, Jr. Anthony Garnett, Jr. is thought to be a nephew of Elizabeth Garnett Foster Charlesworth and consequently a fist cousin to Richard Foster. I have no other information on the life, marriage or family of Richard Foster." From my research I find Richard Foster (born Abt 1695) married a Sarah (Sally) Fox in 1733 either in Essex, Virginia or in Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. They went on to have 9 children. Eight born in Hanover, Virginia and the last one born in Louisa, Virginia. Eight of the children were sons. So, if Richard Foster (born Abt 1695 and his son Richard Foster (born 1723) are back in Virginia by the time of the marriage to Sarah (Sally) Fox in 1733 then the son Richard is about 10 years old and living with his father and step mother? About 1747 Richard Foster born 1723 (possibly in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England or in Gloucester, Virginia) is now age 24 and marries Susannah Rand or Ransome. Susannah's father (if she is a Rand) was William Rand and mother Elizabeth Beverly. See Proof of Rand's & Beverly's living in Virginia at this time period. Richard and Susannah gave birth to their first son and named him Beverly Ransome Foster in 1748 in the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia. By 1753 they have moved back to the homestead of the Foster, Beverly & Ransome families as the next 4 children are born in Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia. Since this move is north of the James River and York River does this tie Richard into the original James Richard Foster? My research is presently gathering all proof sources to verify and shed more light on these assumptions. I believe most Foster families tie themselves back to the Forster families of Northumberland, England to the start of our English heritage. From there we tie to the Baldwin’s of Flanders in Northern France. Anyone wishing to assist or add to this research is invited to do so by contacting Gary L. Foster by e-mail.