Esther Stanley

Esther was born on 24 February 1662 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1]. She was of Newbury, Essex co., MA in July 1686[1]. Esther married James STANLEY who may be the same James Stanley died at the home of Mrs. Abigail James in Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH in 1729 with the town paid for his burial[1].

• John Clifford 57
• Bridget [Green] (Huggins) Clifford 56
• Hannah Clifford (d. of John and first wife) 23
• Bridget Huggins (d. of Bridget and first husband) 21
• Israel Clifford (s. of John and first wife ) 19
• Joseph Richardson (s. of John's second wife and her previous husband) 17
• Benjamin Richardson (s. of John's second wife and her previous husband) 15
• Elizabeth Clifford (d. of John and second wife) 13
• Anna Huggins (d. of Bridget and first husband) 13
• Nathaniel Huggins (s. of Bridget and first husband) 12
• Esther Clifford (d. of John and second wife) 10
• Ann Smith (d. of Nicholas Smith; adoptive d. of William Godfrey) 9
• Isaac Clifford (s. of John and second wife) 8

Meanwhile, John Clifford, Jr. (son of John and his first wife), was living in the next house, with his bride of two years, Sarah [Godfrey] Clifford.

The family was composed of thirteen persons, including eleven children with four different surnames. To be sure, fosterage was not uncommon in early New England; more than a few families were rearranged by the death of one spouse, and the remarriage of the other. But the complexity of the Clifford household was extreme. CLIFFORDS

References

• <https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh02dowj#page/638/mode/2up> (page 639)
• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Clifford/JohnClifford.html