Person:Hester Ward (2)

Name^[1]	Esther Ward
Alt Name^[1]	Hester Ward
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[3]	Cal 1664
Marriage Contract	19 Apr 1678	to Ebenezer Hawley
Marriage	Aft 19 Apr 1678	to Ebenezer Hawley
Marriage	17 Oct 1682	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Ensign Ephraim Nichols
Marriage	Nov 1691	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Eliphalet Hill
Marriage	Est 1697	to Robert Lord
Will^[2]	8 Jan 1730
Death^[1]	Bef 8 Feb 1731/32	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesBefore date of probate.
Probate^[2]	8 Feb 1731/32	Will proved.
Estate Settlement^[2]	4 Oct 1751

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 William Ward, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:645.

Esther [or Hester] (Ward), b. abt. 1664, d. at Fairfield, [date gone, 1732] ae. 67 (g. s.); m. (1) (by contract 19 Apr. 1678) Ebenezer Hawley; m. (2) at Fairfield, 17 Oct. 1682, Ephraim Nichols; m. (3) at Fairfield, Nov. 1691, Eliphalet Hill; m. (4) abt. 1697, Robert Lord.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Robert Lord, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:388.

Will of Esther wife of Robert Lord, 8 Jan. 1730, proved 8 Feb. 1731/2; sons Robert and Ebenezer Lord; Church of England in Fairfield; other three sons have had portions by deed; daus. Elisabeth, Deborah, Esther, Sarah, Abigail. Distribution of Est. of Hester Lord, 4 Oct. 1751; Elizabeth late wife of Col. John Burr; Ignatius Nickolls (by deed of gift from his mother Hester Lord) ; heirs of Deborah late wife of Joseph Wheeler; heirs of Hester wife of David Wheeler; William Hill and Eliphalet Hill (by deeds of gift from their mother); heirs of Robert Lord dec'd; heirs of Ebenezer Lord dec'd; Sarah wife of Josiah Gilbert; Abigail wife of Ebenezer Stevens.
↑ Since she married in 1678 and bore a child in 1679, she was probably a few years older than the 67 years indicated on her gravestone at her death in 1732.