Person:Esther Pierce (5)

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Esther Unknown
b.Abt 1700
m. Bef 1725
  1. Nathan Richardson1725 -
  2. Esther Richardson1727 - 1819
Facts and Events
Name[2] Esther Unknown
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1700
Marriage Bef 1725 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Nathan Richardson
Death[1] 10 Nov 1727 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 2, p. 158.

    RICHARDSON, Esther, wife of Nathan, [died] Nov. 11, 1727; 27 y.

  2. Hart, Craig. A Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents and their first Two Generations of Descent. (Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States: McFarland, 2004)
    p. 36.

    Nathan Richardson m. Esther Pierce, [p. 37: d/o Stephen Pierce and Esther Fletcher,] b. Chelmsford 25 Apr 1711 [sic, see comment], d. Woburn 10 Nov 1727.
    [Note: Esther's death record gives her age as 27 which would put her birth about 1700, which seems generally appropriate given the age of her husband and the time of her marriage. So suggesting she is the d/o Stephen Pierce b. 1711 (Chelmsford VRs), and only 16 at the time of her death seems highly unlikely. The same unlikely information is given in Source:Vinton, John Adams. Richardson Memorial, p. 75, and Source:Pierce, Frederic Beech. Pierce Genealogy, Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, p. 38, but no evidence is given in either of these sources to justify this. Since a John Richardson m. 1733 Esther Pierce of Chelmsford, it is suspected that the birth and parentage of Esther given in these sources is wrong. In fact, there is no marriage record, so it is not even clear that her maiden name is Pierce! But no worries, Barbara Bush still has other connections to the Pierce family.]