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Martha Taliaferro

b. ABOUT 1711/20  |  d. AFTER 1739

Most distant known ancestor in this line

Events

Birth
ABOUT 1711/20
Death
AFTER 1739

Family

Spouse: Anthony Foster (1699–1763)

Children:

  1. Thomas Foster
    Children: Robert Foster
  2. Elizabeth Foster
    m. James Frazer
  3. Mary Foster (1743–)
    m. Thomas Bartlett
    Children: Susannah Bartlett; Anthony Bartlett; Edmund Bartlett
  4. Martha Foster
    m. Thomas Crutcher
    Children: Anthony Crutcher; Thomas Crutcher
  5. Anthony Foster (1741–1816)
    m. Rose Coleman
  6. Edmund Foster (1721–1748)
    m. Tabitha Collins (–1806) · BEFORE 1743 · Virginia
    Children: Elizabeth "Betty" Foster (1744–1807); Mary Foster
  7. John Foster
    m. Elizabeth Elley
    Children: Henry Foster

Notes

Res: St. George Parish, Spots. Va., Va. __________________________ Research: Anyone know of documentation of this marriage -- an original record that confirms her maiden name really was Taliaferro? Possible parentage. This Robert of the following will is apparently the son of John "The Ranger" Taliaferro and Sarah Smith, his first wife Anne Lunk being the candidate mother of Martha. However, note that dau. Martha is called "Martha Taliaffero", not "Martha Foster" -- our Martha (---) Foster would have already been married by this time. TALIAFERRO, ROBERT, d. Feb. 1, 1727-8, p. Feb. 4, 1728. Wit. G. Braxton, Junr., William Taliaferro. Ex. my wife and my brother John Taliaferro. Leg. brother John Taliaferro, all my lands in Spotsylvania Co., either patented or to be patented; wife (no name given) land in Essex Co.; daughters Mary and Elizabeth Taliaferro, "that they will not convey unto Mr. George Braxton the land in King & Queen Co. which I have sold him, that then I give and bequeath in Essex Co. to him and his heirs forever." (Verbatim.) Daughter, Martha Taliaferro; brother Richard Taliaferro. Testator mentions negroes and chattels in Spotsylvania Co., be brought down into Essex Co. on my plantation there. (Page 91)