Jane Lindsey

What Mollie wrote about her in The Holbrook and Low Families, and her claims about her checked against the records.

1. Mollie names her as the widow of John Foster of Roxbury, left with young children.

   John Foster (7) was a cordwainer ( a shoemaker) and he resided in Roxbury. He left a widow Jane, and minor children.

   p. 119 →

Checked against the records

• Possible
  Mary Foster was a daughter of John Foster and his wife Jane

  Possible only. John Foster married Jane Lindsey at Boston on 20 Apr 1750, about five years after Mary was born, and their children recorded at Roxbury (1751-1760) and in the 1773 guardianships include no Mary. Hosmer calls her a sister of William Foster of Deer Isle, so she may be John's daughter by an earlier wife.

  Read it in the book, p. 114 →