Person:Esther Ward (7)

Esther Ward

b.Abt 1612 England

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m. Bef 1637

Facts and Events

Name	Esther Ward
Alt Name	Hester Ward
Married Name	Esther Kettell
Gender	Female
Birth`^?`	Abt 1612	England
Marriage	Bef 1637	to Sergeant Richard Kettell
Death^[1]	2 Jul 1679	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
105.

[p. 78] Ester Kettle, wife of Richard Kettle, d. July 2, 1679.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
p. 1125.

"There is no man of that name [Samuel Ward] in New England available to be her father at this early date." Cites Boston Church Records. Refutes identification made by Source:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 3:15 (as well as Source:Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, p. 302).]
Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. Lainhart. Records of the Churches of Boston and the First Church, Second Parish, and Third Parish of Roxbury: including baptisms, marriages, deaths, admissions, and dismissals: (1600s-1800s). (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001).

First Church, p. 6: The 26th of the same Moneth ["11th Moneth 1633", i.e., Jan 1633/34] Esther Ward our brother Atherton Haulghes maid servant [admitted].

First Church, p. 26: The 17th Day of the 5th Moneth 1642 [i.e., 17 Jul 1642] Our sister Hester Ward now wife to Richard Kettle of Charlstowne hath letters of Recommendation graunted unto her to the Church at Charls Towne.