Esther
Brenton
Born in Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John M. Brenton
and Eleanor (Fisher) Brenton
Sister of
Alexander Brenton, Walter Brenton, Edward Brenton, David Brenton, Moses Clark Brenton, James Johnson Brenton, Mary Brenton, Sarah Brenton, Martha E. Brenton, Elizabeth Brenton and John Parr Brenton
Wife of
John Goodwin
— married
10 Mar 1840 (to 1901) in Middle Stewiacke, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Goodwin) Corbett, Jessie (Goodwin) Ramsay, Mary Goodwin, John W. Goodwin and Edith Goodwin
Died
at age 95
in Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2013
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Biography
Esther was born in 1817 to John Eaton & Eleanor Fisher at Middle Stewiacke. Esther died at the age of 95 in 1912. She was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery. She married John Goodwin Mar. 10, 1840 and they had five children.
Sources
- The Dickey/Dickie Family of Truro, Colchester County and Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia page: 10 prepared by Douglas Goff; updated May 7. 2017 [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~dgoff/DickeyDickieFamilyColchesterNovaScotia2016.pd
- Brenton Genealogy and documents from the Family Bible.
- The Sprague Project
- Canada Census
- Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
- Family Search.org AFN Z8Q1-RW - Ancestral File AFN: Z8Q1-RW
- MacNutt Murray database
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Beth Babcock for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Beth and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Esther:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Esther:
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~0.78%
Jeff Higgins
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Paul Gott :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Robert Felts :
Autosomal DNA Test
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