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1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 5:
Foster John, M, Married, 30, born Nova Scotia, C of England, Farmer;
Mary, F, Married, 28, born Canada, C of England;
Mary A., F, 7, born Canada;
Hannah, F, 5, born Canada;
Ed'wd, M, 5, born Canada;
Nelson, M, 1, born Canada.

1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-1:
Foster John, M, Married, married in 1842, 39 born N Scotia, W Methodist, Farmer;
Mary, F, Married, married in 1842, 38, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Mary Ann, F, 18, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Hanna, F, 17, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Edward, M, 14, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Nelson, M, 12, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Sidney, M, 9, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Albert, M, 7, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Georgeana, F, 4, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Florence, F, 2, born U Canada, W Methodist.

1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Foster John, M, Married, 59, born Nova Scotia, origin: English, C Methodist, Farmer;
Mary, F, Married, 57, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Georgiana, F, 23, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Ada, F, 19, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Rhoada J., F, 16, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
John, M, 12, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Sidney, M, 28, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist.

1901 personal census, Leamington, Essex Co., ON, I2-13:
Foster John, M, 15 Aug 1821, 79, born Que, origin: Eng, Can, Meth, Retired;
Mary, F, wife, Married, 15 Oct 1823, 77, born Ont, origin: Eng, Can, Meth;
Rhoda J., F, daughter, Single, 20 Sept 1874[sic], 26[sic], born Ont, origin: Eng, Can, Meth.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 7-8:
Lieut.-Col John Richardson Wilkinson, one of the most highly respected citizens of the town of Leamington, a son of John W. and Jane (Richardson) Wilkinson, was born in Mersea Twp, County of Essex, Ont., Sept. 21, 1837...
     The maternal ancestors, the Richardsons, were of English ancestry. Jane Richardson was born in England, and came to America when about two years of age. She was a daughter of John and Jane (Hall) Richardson, who were among the pioneer settlers of this county, taking up land on which they built a home. After clearing the ground, they engaged in the cultivation of the soil, and the raising of produce for the remainder of their lives. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Richardson married Robert Collison. She had three children by her first marriage: Hannah, who married John Jackson; Jane, Mrs. Wilkinson; and Mary, who married John Foster. By her second marriage to Robert Collison she had five children: Maria, Ann, Seth, Ruth and Eliza...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 412-415:
Foster. The family of this name in Mersea township is one of the oldest and most influential in that section of the County of Essex, where they have owned land for nearly eighty years.
     The Fosters are of English descent, Ralph Foster, the founder of the family in this country, having been a native of England, born Dec. 27, 1795, in the parish of Wardell, County of Durham, son of John Foster, of the same parish... He married in Hexham, County of Northumberland, England, April 25, 1817, Ann Wilthew, who was born May 16, 1796, in the parish of Hexham. Shortly after their marriage they embarked for the New World, ... eventually coming to Ontario, and making their way to the County of Essex in about 1826, nearly ten years after they first landed on the Canadian shore. He located in Mersea township, on the farm now owned and operated by his sons, James W. and George, and was one of the first settlers in that region... He attained the ripe old age of eighty-two years, a strong, active man to the last, and died, full of years and honor, Aug. 21, 1877; he is buried in Lake View cemetery, at Leamington.
     ... By his first marriage Mr. Foster became the father of eight children: ... John, born in Nova Scotia, Aug. 15, 1821, married April 12, 1842, Mary Richardson...

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John Richardson   Jane Hall
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Mary Richardson 1823-