Miles Forster

- 1710

• Name	Miles Forster
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1686	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Quaker
  Property	25 Mar 1686	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Patent following the loss of property in a conflagration (caused by rum and molasses), 10 April 1686, for 250 acres at the head of Cheesquakes Creek
  Legal	21 Oct 1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Granted power of attorney by his mother-in-law, Mary Haige
  Occupation	26 Nov 1687	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  	Collector and Receiver of the Port of New Perth, date appointed by Governor Dongan of New York
  	This followed a decision by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Plantations in America of 14 August 1687 that ships be allowed to enter Perth Amboy without first "touching at" New York, provided that an HM Collector and Receiver was in place at Perth Amboy.
  Legal	14 May 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Granted power of attorney by Peter Sonmans to act as his general agenst
  Occupation	12 Jun 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors, as proxy for Peter Sonmans, until 21 Oct 1704
  Residence	1689	New York, New York, USA   [7]
  Occupation	1695	New York, New York, USA   [7]
  	Merchant
  Religion	10 Dec 1698	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Anglican, having been swayed from the Society of Friends by George Keith. Date when he and George Willocks agreed to help fund repairs to St Peter's Church.
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [8]
  	One of the East Jersey Proprietors who signed the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Name	Miles Foster
  Name	Myles Foster  [4]
  Death	Jun 1710
  Person ID	I44941	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Lawrie,   b. London, England
  Marriage	Aft 9 Feb 1686/87	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Date when the Quaker Monthly Meeting approved their intention to marry
  Children	1. Mary Forster,   b. 18 Oct 1687, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Forster,   b. Abt 1689   d. Bef 1729 (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Forster  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Religion - Quaker - 1686 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Patent following the loss of property in a conflagration (caused by rum and molasses), 10 April 1686, for 250 acres at the head of Cheesquakes Creek - 25 Mar 1686 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - Aft 9 Feb 1686/87 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Granted power of attorney by his mother-in-law, Mary Haige - 21 Oct 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Collector and Receiver of the Port of New Perth, date appointed by Governor Dongan of New York - 26 Nov 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Granted power of attorney by Peter Sonmans to act as his general agenst - 14 May 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors, as proxy for Peter Sonmans, until 21 Oct 1704 - 12 Jun 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1689 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Merchant - 1695 - New York, New York, USA Religion - Anglican, having been swayed from the Society of Friends by George Keith. Date when he and George Willocks agreed to help fund repairs to St Peter's Church. - 10 Dec 1698 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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