"Under docket 2877, Suffolk county court, it is found that Margaret Steward [spelled Seward in the Boston marriage record] married (1) Jonathan Hall and after his death married (2) Thomas Foster; and that she was a sister of Hannah Stewart, daughter of Alexander, who married in Boston June 20, 1699, Barrett Dyer of Boston, seems evident. The Suffolk probate records, vi:158, show that on May 26, 1704, administration on the estate of Jonathan Hall, late of Boston, mariner, was granted to Thomas and Margaret Foster. The inventory of the estate of Jonathan Hall of Boston, deceased, was presented to the court 'by Margaret his Widow or Relict, in Middletown,' Apr. 17, 1704; £23. A £200 bond was signed by Thomas Foster, Margaret Foster, John Devin and Barratt Dyre, witnessed by Elkanah Pembroke and Thos. Maccarty, wherein 'We, Thomas Foster, cordwainer, and his wife Margt Foster, late Hall, of Connecticut, John Devin, mercht. & Barratt Dyrey, cooper, both of Boston' signed a condition to make an inventory [before Mar. 27, 1705]. The same records, xv:15, contain an inventory presented by Margaret Foster, wife of Thomas Foster, cordwainer. formerly wife of Jonathan Hall, late of Boston, mariner, £15-7-6."
