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Hester ‘Esther’ Bate (Hilliard)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
Death: January 03, 1709 (66)
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William ‘the carpenter’ Hilliard, Sr. and Hester ‘Esther’ Hilliard
Wife of Joseph Bate, Sr.
Mother of Joseph Bates, Jr.; Esther Cobb; Caleb Bates; Hannah Chapman; Joshua Bates, I and 4 others
Sister of William Hilliard and Mary Farrow

Managed by: Daniel Robert May
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About Hester ‘Esther’ Bate

Hester "Esther" Hilliard

  • Birth: 25 Mar 1642 (probably) at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony; recorded in Boston records
  • Baptized: on 25 Jun 1655 by Peter Hobart of Hingham
  • Death: 3 Jun 1709 at age 67 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
  • Parents: William Hilliard “carpenter” and his wife Hester / Esther
  • Wife of Joseph Bate — married 28 Jan 1657 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillard-19

Esther Hilliard was the daughter of William Hilliard & was born [sic: recorded] in Boston on the 25th of March, 1642, where her name is stated as Hester[1] She was baptized on 25 Jun 1655 by Peter Hobart of Hingham.[2]

Esther married at Hingham on the 9th of January, 1657/8 to Joseph Bate.[3] They had 9 children recorded variously in Hingham Town records & Hubbard's Journal. In all the primary source records for her children, where she is named, she is Hester.

  1. Joseph
  2. Esther
  3. Caleb
  4. Hannah
  5. Joshua
  6. Bathsheba
  7. Clement
  8. Eleanor
  9. Abigail

Comments

Birth surname has also been reported to be Hillard.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be March 25, 1643 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

  • 1709 (including specifically June 1709) at an unspecified location
  • June 3, 1709 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • August 15, 1742 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

References

  1. Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Newsletter. Boston, MA: Great Migration Study Project, 2003) Vol. 12, Page 29. Focus on Revising Sketches. View with NEHGS Membership < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
  2. Sources: Abbrev: New Plymouth Colony Records Title: Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Court Orders. (Press of William White, 1855)gland, Court Orders.gland, Court Orders. Press of William White, 1855. Page: Volume I. Pages 88, 119, 145, 152-153, 158.
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10533246
  4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hillard-19 cites
    1. Boston, Suffolk, MA, Vital Records, Vol. 9, pg. 13.
    2. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol I, p.332
    3. Egan, C. Edward, "The Hobart Journal (Continued from p 25)." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 121. NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 121, Page 107).
    4. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriag
    5. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute
    6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
    7. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
    8. In her husband's will dated 24 Apr 1706, proved 18 Jun 1707, she is named sole executrix - her name is given as Esther Bate. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 3043: Will https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48703/3043-co3/69461608
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Hester ‘Esther’ Bate's Timeline

1642
March 25, 1642
Probably, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
1655
June 25, 1655
Age 13
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1660
September 28, 1660
Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1663
August 29, 1663
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1666
March 30, 1666
Hingham, Suffolk County (Present Plymouth County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
1668
October 31, 1668
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1671
August 14, 1671
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1673
January 26, 1673
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
1676
September 22, 1676
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States