Person:Esther Bear (1)

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Esther P. "Hester" Bear
b.30 Sep 1785 Pennsylvania
  • HSimon KrotzerAbt 1778 - 1809
  • WEsther P. "Hester" Bear1785 - 1863
m. 16 Feb 1809
m. 16 Apr 1818
  1. Frances Jane "Fannie" Hopkins1821 - 1896
Facts and Events
Name Esther P. "Hester" Bear
Married Name Esther P. Krotzer
Married Name Esther P. Hopkins
Gender Female
Birth[1] 30 Sep 1785 Pennsylvania
Marriage 16 Feb 1809 Rockingham County, Virginiato Simon Krotzer
Marriage 16 Apr 1818 Rockingham County, Virginiato William Hopkins, of Rockingham County, VA
Death[1] 22 Jan 1863 Rockingham County, Virginia
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    Esther P. Bear Hopkins
    BIRTH 30 Sep 1785
    DEATH 22 Jan 1863 (aged 77)
    BURIAL
    Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Rockingham County, Virginia, USA

    w/ William

    A Chapter of Genealogy
    Author: Ella W. Harrison
    Call Number: CS71.H794
    This book contains the genealogy of the Hopkins family who settled in Virginia, Granville Illinois 1905. 1735--1905 CHICAGO THE LAKESIDE PRESS 1905

    WILLIAM H. HOPKINS married second Hester Bear Kratzer.
    CHILDREN:
    WILLIAM E.
    FRANCES JANE

    This is just referencing spelling of Esther ) and potential (prior marriage to Kratzer??? - for others to reconcile.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137821743/esther-p_-hopkins

  2.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

    Name: Hester Hopkins
    Gender: Female
    Age: 64
    Birth Year: abt 1786
    Birthplace: Pennsylvania
    Home in 1850: Rockingham, Virginia, USA
    Line Number: 23
    Dwelling Number: 159
    Family Number: 162
    Household Members: Name Age
    John H Hopkins 41
    Elizabeth M Hopkins 28
    Ann Hopkins 6
    Samuel C Hopkins 4
    Virginia Hopkins 3
    Hester Hopkins 64
    Frances J Hopkins 30
    William E Hopkins 25
    Margaret Hopkins 13
    John W Keys 22