Esther (Brooks) Whittemore (1668 - 1742)

Born 4 Jul 1668 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Whittemore — married 17 Aug 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1742 at age 73 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Esther Brooks was born at Concord, Massachusetts on July 4, 1668, daughter of Deacon Joshua and Hannah (Mason) Brooks. ^{[1] [2][3] [4]}

She married Benjamin Whittemore on August 17, 1692 at Concord, Massachusetts ^[1] Benjamin was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts on September 6, 1669, son of John and Mary (Upham) Whittemore. ^{[5][2] [3] [6] [4] [7]}

After their marriage they resided at Concord for the remainder of their lives. In March 1692 Benjamin bought a house and lot with 4 1/2 acres and 15 acres of upland in Concord from Moses Whitney, and on Feb. 20, 1694, Benjamin bought 8 acres meadowland in Concord from Francis Fletcher. ^[2]

Benjamin was a weaver by trade, a yeoman, carrying out agriculture as well. His hard work made him one of the wealthiest early Whittemores, leaving an estate in 1734 valued nearing L1700. ^{[2] [3]}

Benjamin died September 8, 1734 at Concord. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Administration of his estate was granted to widow Esther on September 30, 1734. Distribution of the estate in 1743 [Middlesex Probate: 24776: Vol. 20: p. 283] went to:

• heirs of his son Benjamin, then deceased
• sons Nathaniel and Aaron
• daughter Mehitable Whittemore
• daughter Mary Farr, wife of John
• daughter Grace Wood, wife of Joseph. ^{[2] [8]}

Widow Esther Whittemore died at Concord on September 16, 1742. ^{[1] [2][3] [4]}

Her estate was administered by her son Nathaniel. The inventory was taken on February 9, 1742/3 and submitted for approval on April 11, 1743. ^[9]

Children

1. Mary born July 12, 1694 ^{[1] [3]}; died before 1763; married John Farr of Littleton . ^[2]
2. Benjamin born April 9, 1696; died October 22, 1734 ^[1]; married Ruhamah Locke on June 15, 1726 at Woburn. ^{[4] [3]}
3. Nathaniel born November 23,1698 ^[1]; died at Harvard, Massachusetts on January 31, 1769 ^[10]; married Abigial Blood of Littleton. ^[3]
4. Grace born March 20 1700/1 ^{[1] [3]}  ; died at Carlisle, Massachusetts on Sept. 1, 1754; married first Joseph Wood of Littleton; married second, Ephraim Stow. ^[2]
5. Mehitable born April 9, 1705 ^{[1] [3]}; died at Concord March 2, 1772; married Timothy Wheeler on May 31, 1744, as his second wife. ^[2]
6. Esther born May 3, 1707; died June 13, 1709. ^{[1] [3]}
7. Joel born April 9, 1709. ^[1]
8. Aaron born December 13, 1711 ^[1]; died November 16, 1767 at Pembroke, New Hampshire ^[4]; married Abigail Coffin of Salisbury, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Research notes

Concord Births

BROOKS Esther d. Joshua and Hanna, July 4, 1668.(p. 14)

Children: Whittemore

Mary, d. Benjamin and Ester, July 12, 1694. (p. 39)

Benjamin, s. Benjamin and Ester, Apr. 9, 1696. (p. 41)

Nathanaell, s. Benjamin and Ester, Nov. 23, 1698. (p. 46)

Grace, d. Benjamin and Ester, Mar. 20, 1700-01. (p. 52)

Mehittabell, d. Benjamin and Ester, Apr. 9, 1705. (p. 63)

Ester, d. Benjamin and Ester, May 3, 1707. (p. 67)

Joell, s. Benjamin and Ester, Apr. 29, 1709. (p. 72)

Aaron, s. Bejamin and Easher, Dec. 13, 1711. (p. 77)

Concord Marriages

WHITTEMORE, Benjamin, and Ester Brookes, Aug. 17, 1692. (p. 36)

Concord Deaths

Whittemore, Esther, wid. Benjamin, Jan. 11, 1742. (p. 158)

Whittemore, Benjamin, Lieut., h. Easther, Sept. 8, 1734. [a. 65 y. 6 d. GS] (p. 128)

Whittemore, Ester, d. Benjamin and Ester, June 13, 1709. (p. 74)

Whittemore, Benjamin, h. Ruhamah, Oct. 22, 1734. [a. 33 y. 6 m. 13 d. GS] (p. 128)^[1]

Charlestown Births

Benjamin, son John and Marie Wittemore, b. Sept. 6, 1669. (p. 72)^[5]

Harvard Deaths

Whittemore, Nathaniel, Jan. 31, 1769, a. 70 y. [a. 70 y. 1 m. 20 d. GR1] (p. 319)^[10]

Entered by [Hoyt-576|Chris Hoyt] 13 February 2012.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, by George Tolman, T. Todd Printers, Concord, MA 1895
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Vol. 105. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Whittemore, Bernard B. A Genealogy of Several Branches of the Whittemore Family: Including the Original Whittemore Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England: and a Brief Lineage of Other Branches, F.P. Whittemore, Printer, Nashua, NH, 1890; Page 32
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Bond, Henry et. al. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1860
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Charlestown, Vol. 1. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
6. ↑ Stearns, Ezra S. History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Rowley Canada Or Massachusetts Charter, to the Present Time, 1736-1874: With a Genealogical Register of the Rindge Families, Press of G. H. Ellis, Boston, MA, 1875
7. ↑ Shattuck, Lemuel. A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1832 : and of the Adjoining Towns, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln, and Carlisle, Containing Various Notices of County and State History Not Before Published, Russell, Odiorne, and Company, 1835
8. ↑ Case 24776: p. 1-45: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
9. ↑ Case 24786: p.1-6. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Harvard Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, MA 1917

See also:

• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855); p.720