John Decoster (abt. 1702 - 1774)

Born about 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Carver) Decoster — married 3 Jul 1722 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1774 at about age 72 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Decoster was the husband of Elizabeth Decoster They were the parents of Ezekiel Decoster.Ezekiel Decoster was born 30 June 1725 in Boston.^[1]

m2. Feb. 1, 1753 Sarah Soper

m3. Apr. 3, 1757 Sarah Paine, d. July 20, 1762 age 51

Sources

1. ↑ Ezekiel Decoster; Massachusetts Births and Christenings; Name: Ezekiel Decoster; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 30 Jun 1725; Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Father's Name: John Decoster; Mother's Name: Elizabeth Decoster; "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DV-H77 : accessed 24 March 2016), Ezekiel Decoster, 30 Jun 1725; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 24 p 170; FHL microfilm 14,734.

• Nelson, Glade Ian. Decoster/DaCosta Family: Colonial Massachusetts Beginnings, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2015) Vol. 169, WN 676, Page 294-7.
• Nelson, Glade Ian. Elizabeth and Sarah Decosta of Boston: Covering Up Reality, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2012) Vol. 166, WN 662, Page 132.

• "John Decoster was appointed constable for the city of Boston on 19 March 1738/9 and again on 11 March 1739/40. He was involved in many land transactions in Boston between 1724 and 1765, most of which were on Milk and Devonshire Streets. He was styled mason or bricklayer in most deeds."

• Robert Francis Seybolt, The Town Officials of Colonial Boston, 1634–1775 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1939) Page 213, 217.
• Annie Haven Thwing, Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800, and the Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822, CD-ROM (NEHGS and Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 2001) refcode 23741.
• Nelson, Glade Ian. Decoster/DaCosta Family: Colonial Massachusetts Beginnings, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2015) Vol. 169, WN 676, Page 294.