23,  1729,  he  sells  to  his  son  John  Foster  several  parcels  of  land,  bounded  on  John
Dane,  Marbles  meadows  and  Crane  meadow  dam.  Dec.  20,  1731,  he  sold  to  Moses
Foster,  carpenter,  a  ten  rods  right  in  Capt.  Stephens'  dam  at  Deer  meadow;  Robert
Walker  and  Asa  Foster,  witnesses.  Sept.  i,  1744,  he  gives  to  his  son  Asa  five  tracts
of  land,  including  the  homestead  and  afterward,  June  3,  1746,  he  gave  to  him
thirty-five  aci-es,  bounded  on  Pond  meadow  dam,  and  the  parsonage  land.  Mr.
Foster  settled  in  South  Andover,  and  was  at  first  a  member  of  the  church  at  the
North  Parish,  and  was  one  of  the  thirty-five  members  who  were  subsequently  dis-
missed to  form  and  establish  the  South  church  in  1711.  He  left  a  will,  made  g  Feb-
ruary, 1754,  and  proved  8  September,  1755,  wherein  he  mentions  his  wife  Margaret,
daughters  Sarah  (Abbot),  Mary  (Abbot),  Hannah  (Lovejoy),  granddaughter  Lydia
(Blunt),  son  Asa,  to  whom  he  gives  ^^13  6s.  8d.,  his  "weaver's  loom,"  a  piece  of  land
near  Billerica  line,  and  all  his  right  at  Wood  hill;  son  John,  to  whom  he  gives  all
the  remaining  land  he  bought  of  Hephsibah  Frye,  and  nine  acres  in  Marble's
meadow;  grandson  Daniel,  son  of  son  Asa,  to  whom  he  gives  his  "Great  Bible."He
d.  Aug.  2g,  1755.     Res.,  Andover,  Mass.
124.  i.  SARAH,  b.  20  April,  1693,  in  Boxford ;  bapt.   15  July,  1693,  in  Tops-

field  ;  m.  Nehemiah  Abbott,  Nov.  2,  1714.  Had  ch:  Bigsly  Abbott.
Abigail  Abbott;  m.  1699.  Amos  Lawrence,  Groton.  Had  ch:
Samuel  Lawrence,  b.  in  Groton,  1754;  m.  Susannah  Parker.
Hadch:  Abbot  Lawrence,  b.  1792;  m.  Katherine  Bigelow.
