Esther Pettingell

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Biography

Esther (aka Hester) French is the daughter of Samuel and Esther French of Salisbury. On March 1, 1707, Esther sold land, in Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, which she had inherited from her grandfather Edward French. who was born in England, 1590, and died at at Salisbury, in 1674.

On March 26, 1707-8, Esther married Daniel Pettingell, born February 1679-80 in Newbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Pettingell and Sarah (Poore) Pettingell. Daniel was the widower of Mary (Stickney) Pettingell, and brought three children from his previous marriage. Daniel and "Hester" were admitted to the church at Newbury, on May 9, 1712.

Esther and Daniel had a son born March 6, 1708-9 that died as an infant. They had twins Obadiah and Samuel, born circa 1710, that lived to adulthood and married. Esther named her first daughter, born October 24,1712 after her mother and herself. Her son, John Pettingell was the last child baptized at Newbury on February 6, 1714.

Esther and Daniel moved their family to a sixty acre tract of land in Abington and Bridgewater on November 3, 1715, where they lived next to Daniel's brother, John. At Abington, Ester had five more children: Joseph, Benjamin, Joanna, and Sarah. For the links to the birth records for her children, see Daniel's profile.

Esther (French) Pettingell (1688)

Esther Pettingell formerly French

Born 16 Dec 1688 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Daughter of Samuel French and Esther (Jackman) French

Sister of Abigail French [half], Hannah (French) Nelson [half], Samuel French Jr [half], Mary (Muzzey) Dow [half], Henry French [half], Esther Muzzey [half], Joseph French Sr [half], Unknown Muzzey [half], Joseph Muzzey [half], Nathaniel French Sr [half], Benjamin Muzzey [half], Joanna (French) Pettengill and John French

Wife of Daniel (Pattengell) Pettingell — married 26 Mar 1707 in Newbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Mother of Samuel Pettingill, Obediah Pettingell, John Pettingell, Joseph Pettingill and Benjamin Pettengill

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

Sources

https://archive.org/stream/pettingellgeneal00lcpett#page/14/mode/1u...
Acknowledgments

Thank you to Patricia Sage for creating WikiTree profile French-2028 through the import of SAGE and beyond_2013-02-08.ged on Feb 13, 2013.

Thank you to Ann Johnson for creating French-2997 on 5 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Ann and others.