Person:Esther Houston (6)

Esther Houston
d.Bef 1796
m. 1758
  1. Esther HoustonAbt 1758 - Bef 1796
  2. John HoustonAbt 1759 - Abt 1835
  3. Samuel HoustonBet 1760 & 1774 - 1834
  4. Robert D. HoustonAft 1760 -
  5. James Houston1763 - 1810
  6. Rev. Matthew Houston1769 - 1853
  7. Margaret 'Peggy' HoustonAbt 1775 - Bef 1815
m. Abt 1776
  1. Polly HoustonEst 1777 -
  2. Samuel F. HoustonEst 1779 -
  3. Martha G.'Patsy' Houston1783 - 1805
  4. Melinda Houston1786 - 1809
  5. Robert Houston1788 - 1815
  6. Esther Jane Gillespie "Jane" Houston1792 - 1859
Facts and Events
Name Esther Houston
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1758 Augusta County, Virginia[assumed age 18 when married]
Marriage Abt 1776 to Maj. James Houston
Death? Bef 1796 [James Houston had re-married in 1796]
References
  1.   Lyle, Oscar K. Lyle family : the ancestry and posterity of Matthew John, Daniel and Samuel Lyle, pioneer settlers in Virginia. (New York: Lecouver Press, 1912)
    Page 189.

    Esther Houston, ex 1578, b ab’t 1773, m Major James Houston, a cousin. Issue:

    1. Patsey. (see 1797)
    2. Betsey. (see 1803)
    3. Robert died unmarried.
    4. Malinda, b 1786 d 1809

    By a second wife (Gillespie), James Houston had nine issue, all girls. Six of these girls married Presbyterian Preachers.