Person talk:Sarah Foster (88)

Did not marry Nathan Thomas and Jedediah Bourne [9 August 2010]

Source:Mayflower Descendant, p. 12:56, "Records from the Old Burial Ground at the Congregational Church, Marshfield": Bourne, Sarah, wife of Jedediah; fromerly wife of Nathan Thomas; died 7 February, 1778, in her 83d year. This Sarah Foster was born 1696, about a whole generation after the Sarah Foster of this page who was born in 1677. So clearly, the wrong Sarah Foster is being put into these marriages. Any attempt to confirm the reasonableness of the second marriage by locating the death date of the first husband, would have clearly shown the data on this page was incorrect, as Nathan Thomas lived until 1741 and Jedediah Bourne lived until 1765. Relying on one (secondary) source (it appears this mistaken information came from Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy) is always a bad practice, because everybody makes a mistake sooner or later. For the record, there already was a WeRelate page for Family:Nathan Thomas and Sarah Foster (1) and for Family:Nathan Thomas and Sarah Foster (1), which has the right Sarah Foster, documented with various supporting sources. --Jrich 11:59, 9 August 2010 (EDT)