— Worcester  Probate  Records.
»  See  History  of  Grafton,  by  Fred  C.  Pierce,  the  writer.
t  See  Paige's  History  of  Hardwick,  Mass.
ll  Frank  B.  Foster,  Riverside,  -Mass.
FOSTER  GENEALOGY.
He  d.  in  Hard  wick,  in  1745.     Res.,  Stow,  Grafton  and  Hard  wick,  Mass.
4080.  i.         JOSEPH,  b.  Stow,  June  3,  1730;  m.  Susannah  Roberts.
4081.  ii.        JOHN,  b.   1731.
4082.  iii.       JACOB,   b.   Sept.  1 8,  1737,  in  Gratton.     He  was  not  in  Rev.  army

from  Mass.
4083.  iv.        LYDIA,  b.  Sept.  17,  1735,  in  Grafton.
4084.  V.         ABIGAIL,   b.    1732;  m.,   Feb.   28.   1754,   in  H.,  Jacob  Pepper,  of

North  Brookfield..
4085.  vi.       JONATHAN,  b.  in  Ware,  Aug.  iS,  1740;  m.  Hannah  Thayer.
3962.  SAMUEL  FOSTER  (John,  John,  Thomas,  Thomas),  b.  Plymouth,  Mass.,
m.,  1722.  Margaret  Tilden,  dau.  of  Nathaniel;  m. ,  2d,  Margaret  Wardsworth.
Samuel  Foster,  of  Kingston,  administrator;  appointed  Sept.  7,  1778,  estate  set
ofJ  to  Samuel  Foster  (son  of  John  Foster,  late  of  Kingston,  deceased,  who  was  the
eldest  son  of  the  said  Samuel,  deceased),  Charles  Foster,  Robert  Foster,  Margaret
Foster,  Sarah  Tilden,  widow  of  Joseph,  late  of  Scituate,  deceased,  and  Lydia  Foster ;
no  further  relationship  given. — Plymouth  Probate.
In  1742  he  purchased  the  estate  of  Joshua  Drew,  administrator  of  the  estate  of
his  father,  Nicholas  Drew.  After  having  possession  of  it  for  one  year  he  agam
resold  it  to  Joshua.     He  d.  1778.     Res.,  Plymouth  and  Kingston,  Mass.
4086.  i.         JOHN,  b.  1724;  d.  young.
4087.  ii.        SAMUEL,  b.  1726.
4088.  iii.       MARGARET,  b.  172S;  unm.  in  1785.
4089.  iv.       CHARLES,  b.  1730;  m.  Sylvina  Delano.
4090.  V.         HANNAH,  b.  1732;  d.  before  177S.
4091.  vi.       SARAH,  b  1735;  m.  Joseph  Tilden.     Res.,  Scituate.     He  d.  before

1778.
4092.  vii.      ROBERT,  b.  1737;  m.  Elizabeth.
