Rachel Browning was born on 17 Jun 1780 in Maryland. [1–2]

She married Richard Foster on 26 Feb 1801 in Frederick, Maryland, United States. [3–8]

She was the mother of Jeremiah Browning Foster who was born on 10 Jun 1802 in Pike County, Ohio. [9–13]

She was the mother of John Foster who was born on 11 Feb 1804 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13–14]

Rachel was the mother of Eliza Foster who was born on 17 May 1806 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,15–16]

She was the mother of Zebulon Foster who was born on 19 Aug 1808 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,17–21]

She was the mother of Cassandra Foster who was born on 31 May 1811 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,22]

Rachel was the mother of Lemuel Green Foster who was born on 2 Feb 1814 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,23]

She was the mother of Asenath Foster who was born on 5 Jun 1816 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,24]

She was the mother of Thomas Foster who was born on 15 Aug 1818 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13,25–26]

Rachel was the mother of Seth Clark Foster who was born on 21 May 1821 in Pike County, Ohio. [10–11,13]

She lived in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio in 1840. [27] Rachel Foster is listed on the 1840 census as the head of household with 2 males 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 50-60 and 1 female 60-70 in the household.

She lived in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio on 4 Oct 1850. [28] Rachel Foster is listed in the household of Seth C. Foster on the 1850 census. According to the census, Rachel is 69 years old and was born in Maryland.

Rachel died on 23 Mar 1858 at the age of 77 in Pike County, Ohio. [1,4,13,19]

She was buried after 23 Mar 1858 at Foster Family Cemetery in Pike County, Ohio. [1,4]

Endnotes:

1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online August 2017), memorial for Rachel Browning Foster (1780-1858), Find a Grave Memorial no. #57444945, created by W. Dawson, citing Foster Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Rachel  Browning Foster.

2. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985, Jeremiah Browning Sr, August 1830; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 6 October 2020). Original Source: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts.

3. Richard Foster entry, 13 June 1831 Last Will and Testament, . Hereinafter cited as Last Will and Testament.

4. Wayne Dawson,  The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster, 1735-1800: His family, his life, his ancestry; Ross County, Ohio, Pike County, Ohio, Allegany County, Maryland, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Prince George’s County, Maryland; including the ancestry of Basil Foster and Sarah (Foster) Athy (Clayton, California: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), page 176; digital image, FamilySearch Books, Familysearch.org/library/books viewed online 11 July 2023.

5. “Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850,” database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2016), Rachel Browning / Richard Foster.

6. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Richard Foster, 1831; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online August 2017).

7. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com). : viewed online 15 July 203.

8. “Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2019), Rachel Browning.

9. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, Sacred to the Memory: Inscriptions from Eastern Warren County Indiana Cemeteries 1826-1974 (Indiana: Rosella Jenkins & Diana Knowles, 1974), p. 118.

10. Wayne Dawson,  The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster, 1735-1800: His family, his life, his ancestry; Ross County, Ohio, Pike County, Ohio, Allegany County, Maryland, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Prince George’s County, Maryland; including the ancestry of Basil Foster and Sarah (Foster) Athy (Clayton, California: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), page 76-77; digital image, FamilySearch Books, Familysearch.org/library/books viewed online 29 September 2022.

11. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family by Mrs. Barbara J. Ahart, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018). Original Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History. Public Information Subject Files—Surname files, 1901-1984 available via microfilm in reference, SG002624-2652 and 13361-13362, containing the materials added from 1984-2005. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

12. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 18 June 2023), memorial for Jeremiah Browning Foster (1801-1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 145332623, created by Amy H, citing Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Colleen Sanders Broyles, Jeremiah Browning Foster.

13. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Seth Clark Foster (1821-1899), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57445740, created by W. Dawson, citing Foster Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Seth Clark Foster.

14. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 10 July 2023), memorial for John Foster (1804-1851), Find a Grave Memorial no. 5045185, created by David R. Cheesman Sen., citing Dawson Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Indiana;, John Foster.

15. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 12 July 2023), memorial for Eliza Foster Wilson (1806-1900), Find a Grave Memorial no. 105982969, created by Kinmundy Historical Society, citing Wilson Cemetery, Marion County, Illinois; accompanying photograph by Kinmundy Historical Society, Eliza Foster Wilson.

16. “Aged Pioneer Gone,” Republican (Salem, Illinois), 26 April 1900, page 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 12 July 2023).

17. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985)

18. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2016), memorial for Zebulon Foster, Find a Grave Memorial no. # 20545190, created by Lesa Epperson, citing Redwood Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, United States; accompanying photograph by Lisa Epperson, Zebulon Foster.

19. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1883), page 170; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 14 May 2022.

20. Warren County Historical Society (Warren County Ind.), Combined Atlas of Warren County, Indiana: illustrated 1877 (Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publishers, 2001), page 27 Biographical Sketches – Zebulon Foster.

21. Emmet Ostrander Vinton Ostrander and Collin Ostrander, Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1995 (Marceline, Missouri: Wallsworth Publishing Company, n.d.), page 586, 587, 589, 595; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 3 February 2023.

22. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 12 July 2023), memorial for Cassandra Foster Libbey (811-1898), Find a Grave Memorial no. 99995176,

23. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Lemuel Green Foster (1814-1877), Find a Grave Memorial no. 57445603,

24. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Asenath Foster Compton (1817-1850), Find a Grave Memorial no. 20530825,

25. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 13 July 2023), memorial for Thomas Foster (1818-1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 105983040,

26. “Died,” Salem Herald-Advocate (Salem, Illinois), 6 December 1907, page 1; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 14 July 2023).

27. 1840 U.S. Census, Pike County Ohio, population schedule, Pike County, Ohio, Image 82 of 97, Rachel Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2018).

28. 1850 U.S. Census, Pike County Ohio, population schedule, Jackson County, Pike County, Ohio, Image 21 of 33, household 894, Seth C Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March