Hester (Bullard) Bethell (bef. 1722 - 1808)

Born before 1722 in Bahama Islands

Wife of Noah Bethell Sr. — married 10 Feb 1753 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1808 after age 86 in Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas

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Esther (Bullard) Bethell is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Hester Bullard was born in the Bahama Islands probably to Solomon and Ann Bullard. She was christened 13 March 1722 in New Providence, Bahamas by the Reverend Thomas Curphey. ^[1]

She appeared in the Book C Census of 1738-1740 residing in Eleuthera with Solomon and Ann, Nathaniel and Charles, and Ann Bullard.

Hester married Noah Bethell, son of John and Sarah Bethell, 10 February 1753, at Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas. Noah and Hester had children - among them John, Ann, Charles, Sarah Ann, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Jonathan, and Viner (Winer) Bethell.

Hester Bullard Bethell died 23 August 1808 in Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas. The Royal Gazette reported her death as follows: "Died .. At Governor's Harbour (Eleuthera) on the 23rd inst. in the 89th year of her age, Mrs. Hester Bethell .. her death will be long lamented by her children and numerous acquaintances."

Sources

Bahamas Baptisms, 1721-1726, 1721, Nov. 6 - 1722, June 17 by Thomas Curphey [Fulham Papers], Johnston, Francis Claiborne & Hollis Hallett, C. F. E. (Clara Frances Edith), Early Colonists of the Bahamas: Selection of Records (Bermuda: Juniperhill Press, c1996), page 8.

Book C Census. Early Colonists of the Bahamas: Selection of Records, Johnston, Francis Claiborne & Hollis Hallett, C. F. E. (Clara Frances Edith), (Bermuda: Juniperhill Press, c1996), page 48.

Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas, Marriages, 1753, Bethell-Bullard.

Deaths. Royal Gazette and Bahama Advertiser, Nassau, Bahamas, 31 August 1808. Marriages, Birth and Death Notices from Newspapers of the Bahamas, compiled by Sharyn Thompson, page 60.

Will for Hester Bethell - Volume A3 - Index, wills, 1802-1815; Volume B3 - Index, conveyances, bills of sale, manumissions, indentures etc., 1811-1812 Image 47. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVC-JXC7?cat=228489

See also Bahamas HUTCHESON & Allied families [1]

See also The Bahamas DNA Project [2]

1. ↑ Baptisms 1721, Nov. 6 to 1722, June 17 by Thomas Curphey [Fulham Papers] in Johnston, Francis Claiborne. and Hollis Hallett, C. F. E. (Clara Frances Edith), Early Colonists of the Bahamas : a Selection of Records (Pembroke, Bermuda: Juniperhill Press, c1996). pp. 6 and 8.