Properties and People PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR THE ALEXANDER ROBERTSON FARM & A PORTION OF THE HAYTHORNE ESTATE ( S 9) Date Name and Notes of Interest Liber & Folio circa 1850 Alexander Robertson 68 acres leasehold April 15, 1889 Peter McNair Robertson to John Robertson , 75!^ acres L29 F741 March 4, 1890 October 31,1893 John Robertson to George Foster , 75Vx acres Albert C. Foster to Lemuel H. D. Foster , 75!^ acres L331 F204 L36 F273 October 15, 1917 L. H. D . & Erena Foster to Heath Foster , 35 acres L71 F458 February 20, 1945 Erena Foster (widow) & Heath Foster (executors) of Lemuel Foster to Erena during her life afterwards equally to Heath and Talmage, 45!^ acres L110F547 August 9, 1946 J. A. McMurdo to Heath E. Foster , 50 Vi acres. This was a portion of the Haythorne 257 acres. F158 L222 October 27, 1969 Heath E. & Edith Foster & Talmage Foster to Preston and Pauline Scott, 35 acres + 45!^ acres + 50'^ acres except for 1.99 acres. MACDONALD TO JENKINS (Sll) This property was a 100-acre farm running northward from the Hillsborough River to the St. Peters Road . Today the forms the western boundary on the northern part of the property. Refer to the chapter The MacDonald Families of Marshfield for information about James MacDonald who leased this property in 1829. Ludlow Jenkins married Katie MacLean and in 1918 settled on the 100-acre farm, previously leased by James MacDonald . They were affiliated with the St. Peter 's Rd. Baptist Church and for a few years had a church camp on their property. Ludlow was well known for articles he wrote for The Guardian newspaper, titled Old Times South of the Hillsborough . He, being a very careful farmer, was concerned about the use of pesticides as early as the 1920's. The children of Ludlow and Katie were Jessie and Hector. Ludlow's second wife was Alice Owen . Jessie Kathlene married Harold Carver and had one child Kenneth Ludlow . Hector married Helen Lois Sharp . Both are buried at . Their children are Norman Robert who died at two months, Arthur, Barbara and Donald who died in 1998. Hector and Helen Jenkins as newly weds drove from Jamaica Plain, Mass. , where Hector had worked as a streetcar conductor, to the Island in their automobile during October 1930. This raised eyebrows and caused tongues to cluck as there was still a lot of controversy here concerning automotive vehicles, and more so because Helen herself was a licenced driver! Helen was the daughter of Robert W. and Helen Symon (nee Aitken) Sharp, also of Jamaica Plain, who had been lighthouse keepers when Helen was a young child. Hector was returning to his parents' farm in Marshfield to farm with his father Ludlow. Eventually, Hector and Helen built a new home to the northwest of their old home by the western property line and sold the older farm house which was then moved elsewhere. Later Hector obtained a portion of the Mill farm along the southern portion of his western property line. The new home is now used as a summer home by their daughter Barbara and her family. Hector and Helen were keenly involved in the social life of the community as noted in the chapters Hockey Night in Marshfield , Girl Guides and The Women 's Institute. Also, there were times at the annual Christmas Concert when Santa looked -309-