Elizabeth Esty

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-524920

Origins

(1) Name of Edward Esty's wife: Gedcom uploads name Edward Estey's wife to be Elizabeth Stearns but it appears to have been assigned to her without support after her life. A search for vital records yields no authoritative information for this Last Name at Birth (LNAB). Also, no information could be found for her birth in a search of published Stearns family history (within time and locations that fit).

(2) In the family history source "Genealogy and Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants" [1] she states that "Reverend Edward Esty's wife was Mary Stearns who was baptized 10 November 1706 and who m. Dr. Edward Esty of Stoughton in 1729 and they had fourteen children". The Stoughton vital records document that the mother of Edward's children was Elizabeth so Mary may have been his 2nd wife.

Birth, Marriage & Children

Based upon the year of her first child's birth Elizabeth (unknown) was probably born about 1698 which makes her about five years younger than her husband.

Since she is documented as being the mother of his children it's probably safe to assume she married the Reverend Edward Esty.

1. Mary, b. 11 Sep 1719, Stoughton [2] d. 9 Feb 1738, Stoughton, MA. [Endicott: Stoughton VRs, p.36(deaths)]
2. Isaac, b. 24 Nov 1719/20, Stoughton [3] ; d. 6 Feb 1738, Stoughton, MA. [Endicott: Stoughton VRs; p.36(deaths)]
3. Jabez, b. 14 Nov 1726, Stoughton [4]
4. Martha, b. 23 Nov 1728, Stoughton [5] ; d. 20 Jan 1738, Stoughton, MA. [Endicott: Stoughton VRs, p.36(deaths)]
5. Stewart, b. 18 Jun 1730, Stoughton [6]
6. Edward, b. 14 Apr 1732, Stoughton [7]
7. Mary, b. 2 Jun 1734, Stoughton [8] ; d. 9 Feb 1738, Stoughton
8. Mercy, b. 10 May 1736, Stoughton [9] Note Van Wagenen says she was b. 14 Nov 1730 & d. 25 Dec 1824 & m. 21 Nov 1776 David Sumner of Milton, MA.
9. Solomon, b. 31 Dec 1737, Stoughton [10] ; Van Wagenen says he d. early but had a son named Solomon 3rd of Newton, Mass

Elizabeth, b. ? ; d. 26 Jan 1738, Stoughton, MA. [Endicott: Stoughton VRs, p.36 (deaths)]

She would have passed away either during or after 1738. The Stoughton Vital Records, Deaths, show there was a killing sickness in Stoughton during 1738, possibly strep-throat.

References

1. Van Wagenen, Mrs. Avis Stearns "Genealogy & Memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his Descendants" p.34 pub. Courier Printing Co.: Syracuse, N.Y., USA. 1901. Accessed 17 May 2021. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24232618?h=cb94de
2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZS6-YXW
3. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-XJK
4. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSV-388
5. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-WJ6
6. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-6XF
7. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSV-SBG
8. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZS6-YXC
9. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-ZYN
10. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-P8T
11. Endicott, Frederic, ed. "The Record of Births, Marriages & Deaths & Intentions of Marriages in the Town of Stoughton, 1727-1800 and in the Town of Canton, 1797-1845, preceded by the records of the south Precinct of Dorchester, 1715-1727" Stoughton Vital Records" pub. William Bense, Canton, Mass., USA: 1896.