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Hester Burnham (Cogswell)

Also Known As: "widow of Samuel Bishop", "Esther"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: January 17, 1704 (48)
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Cogswell and Susanna Cogswell
Wife of Samuel Bishop; Samuel Bishop and Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, Jr.
Mother of John Bishop; Margaret Griggs; Captain Samuel Bishop; Thomas Bishop; Dr. John Bishop and 6 others
Sister of Elizabeth Wade; Anna twin Cogswell; Susannah "Ann" White; Mary Burnham; William Cogswell and 10 others

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About Hester Burnham

Hester Cogswell was born the 2nd of 10 children on 24 Aug 1655 in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA tWilliam Cogswell, Sr. (1619-1700) & Susanna Hawkes (1633-bef 1696). She died 17 January 1703

First Marriage 10 August 1675 Samuel Bishop; Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts . five children

Second Marriage 16 December 1689 Lt. Thomas Burnham; Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts . six children.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BURNHAM/2000-01/09469...

According to The Hammatt Papers, pg. 42, Thomas Burnham m. Dec. 16, 1685, Esther Bishop, daughter of William Cogswell, widow of Samuel Bishop. The Burnham Family 1869 indeed lists her as Hester rather than Esther. On page 29, Hammatt lists Esther Cogswell, daughter of William Cogswell, as the wife of Samuel Bishop. One of their five children was named Hester, b. aug. 21, 1681.

http://www.myfamilyhistoryjj.com/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I73855&... BISHOP Hester[1]

Female - Yes, date unknown

   Gender  	Female 
   Died  	Yes, date unknown 
   Person ID  	I73855  	Jensen
   Last Modified  	6 Sep 2004 
   Family  	BURNHAM Thomas,   d. Yes, date unknown 
   Children  	
   >	1. BURNHAM Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1647, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1697 and 1716
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Hester Burnham's Timeline

1655
August 24, 1655
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1676
May 17, 1676
Esex, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1678
February 6, 1678
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1681
May 21, 1681
Ipswich,Essex,MA
1683
September 21, 1683
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1685
September 20, 1685
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
September 20, 1685
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686
1686
of Essex, Massachusetts