Esther (Wheeler) Williams (1732 - 1762)

Born 27 Dec 1732 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Williams — married 25 Apr 1754 in Stonington, New London , Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 May 1762 at age 29 in Old Mystic, Groton, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Esther Wheeler, born 27 Dec 1732 at Stonington, Connecticut ^[1] , was the first child of Esther Denison & Jonathan Wheeler.

She was baptized 14 Apr 1734.

Marriage and Children

Esther Wheeler married on 25 Apr 1754, Elisha Williams; the ceremony was performed by Reverend Ebenezer Rossiter in the First Congregational Church of Stonington.^[2][3][4] She was his third wife. They had one child, as profiled.

Esther (Wheeler) Williams died 10 May 1762. Her grave is in Whitehall Burying Ground #21, Old Mystic, Connecticut ^[5].

Note

Denison Genealogy #665 page 24

"In memory of Esther wife of Elisha Williams who died May 10th 1762 in the 32nd year of her age"

also is a footstone which is broken

Whitehall Burying Ground

Sources

1. ↑ #S-2024265432: Page: 2083
2. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PGS: (Elisha #51) 664 & 665, (Thankful Denison #138) 343 & 655, (Eunice Williams #447) 665 & 679 , (Esther Wheeler #340) 650 & 665; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n11/mode/2up
3. ↑ Wheeler, Richard A. (1875); History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Connecticut, 1674-1874; With The Report of Bi-Centennial Proceedings, 03 Jun 1874; With Appendix Containing Statistics of the Church.; T.H. Davis and Company, Norwich, Connecticut; PG 213 (Baptism), 233 (m. Eunice Williams), (m. Esther Wheeler) 238, ; Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstco00whee
4. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1850: New Horizons Genealogy (Online Database); From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. http://dunhamwilcox.net/barbour/stonington_barbour_w2.htm
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71964104/esther-williams

• Genealogical History of the Gallup Family of the United States: Author: John D. Gallup: Publication: Hartford Printing Co. Hartford CT. 1893

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 462.

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 665: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/24/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 650, no. 340: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n672/mode/1up; p. 664, 665, no. 51: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n687/mode/1up