Jonathan Foster (1719)

Born 26 Jun 1719 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, British Colonies

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Jonathan was born in 1719. He was a blacksmith in the town of Shrewsbury, MA.

11 Dec 1741 he was sold 100 acres of land by his father Jonathan Foster for 100 pounds Present John Keyes Daniel Fisk; judge John Keyes

“a certain Tract of Land Scituate Lying in Shrewsbury in Two percells by Estemation one hundred acres be it more or Less Bounded as followeth beginning at the South West Corner of Land in possession of Nahum Ward Esq. thence Easterly to the South East Corner to a stake & stones Bounded Easterly upon Land Belonging To Rachel Heyes minor & Zebediah Johnson Southeasterly upon the farm Line Southerly by the Country Road Bounded westerly upon the farm Line another parcel of Land Beginning at the North west Corner thence Easterly Bounded upon Land Belonging to Caleb Johnson to a stake & stones thence Southeasterly upon Land Belonging to Capt Daniel How to a stake & Stones thence South westerly to a white oak Tree marked thence south Easterly upon the Land of Zebediah Johnson to a white oak tree marked by the sid of the Long Pond westerly by the pond to a stake & stones Northwesterly upon Land Belonging to Capt. Daniel How to a Black Tree marked westerly upon Sewall Line northerly upon the Country Road or however other way Reputed to be Bounded”

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https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_267995_0020-00014?pid=7832521&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2495%26h%3D7832521%26tid%3D... Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Bulah Foster https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2K-QVX?print=true https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265607-00038?pid=81238270

• Land deed, located in the familysearch.com online index of Worcester County, Massachusetts land deeds