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Facts and Events
Name |
Esther King |
Gender |
Female |
Birth[1][3] |
12 Nov 1736 |
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States |
Marriage |
Abt 1753 |
Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Daniel Gunn, Jr |
Marriage |
1767 |
Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Israel Taylor |
Death[2] |
1790 |
Spencertown, Columbia, New York, United States |
Very few utensiles were available for cooking. In some households the most expensive objects were the pots and kettles. The only items for cooking owned by Esther Gunn in 1763 were an iron skillet and two iron pots, [Berkshire county Probate Records, Daniel Gunn Jr. inventory 772.]
"The wills that accompanied the inventories showed a well-defined pattern of estate distribution. Land almost always went to sons; household goods were bequeathed to daughters; a lifetime support went to widows, at least until they remarried." [Miller, James R. "Early Life in Sheffield" p 67.]
DAR Genealogical Research System:
TAYLOR, ISRAEL Ancestor #: A112578
Birth: 8-1-1733 SHEFFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Death: (POST) 3-8-1796 SPENCERTOWN-PROB NEW YORK
Spouse: Esther King Gunn
Source: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm
References
- ↑ Kellogg, Joseph M. (Joseph Mitchell). Early Vital Records of Sheffield, Massachusetts, 1733-1800. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961)
p. 4.
Typescript. Lawrence, Kansas: J.M. Kellogg, no date. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.)
- ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR Membership Number: 74720
- ↑ 12 November may have been the date of baptism. This probably occurred in the northern part of Sheffield, now Great Barrington, where her parents resided. One IGI record suggests Esther was born in Westfield, but that seems unlikely since all her siblings were also born in Sheffield.
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