'PHILIP DELANO, page 520, CHILDREN: vii ESTHER: "On 1 October 1661 Abraham Pierce Jr. confessed that he had falsely accused 'Rebeckah Alden and Hester Delanoy' of being pregnant [PCR 4:7]." This provides the evidence for the existence of this daughter of Philip Delano, and requires that she be placed as child with his first wife, perhaps born about 1641 and therefore to be placed between sons Thomas and John. ...'
