Hester (Chandler) Wilson (1652 - aft. 1696)

Born 28 Jan 1652 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Gage — married 12 Nov 1667 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 4 Jun 1696 after age 44 in Bristol, Rhode Island

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Biography

Hester Chandler was born at Newbury, Massachusetts on January 28, 1651/2, daughter of William and Mary (Fowler) Chandler. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Hester, then of Andover, Massachusetts, married Jonathan Gage of Rowley on November 12, 1667. ^{[4] [2]} Jonathan was born about 1643, son of John and Amy (___) Gage. ^{[5] [6]}

Jonathan died March 15, 1674/5 at Bradford, Massachusetts. ^{[7] [6] [3]}

His estate inventory was taken March 22, and testified to by widow Hester Gage. ^[8] On March 30, 1675, the court appointed Francis Wainwright to sell the land and pay bills, and be helpful to the widow. ^[9]

After paying those debts submitted, Francis Wainwright resigned his administration, and on March 28, 1676, widow Hester Gage was granted administration of the remaining estate, being mostly land. ^[9]

Widow Hester Gage then married John Wilson of Elizabethtown, New Jersey about 1675. ^[3]

On March 4, 1679/80, John Wilson of Elizabethtown, signed a power of attorney, so that his wife Esther could sell Bradford, Massachusetts property of her late husband, as executrix of his estate. ^[3] A deed rwas ecorded with the Ipswich Deeds, Vol. 4:page 333. ^[6]

Esther was in Massachusetts in 1680 to complete the property sale and on May 17, 1680, Esther Wilson, aged 28, was called to testify in the witch trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Morse. Esther stated that while caring for her stepmother during a prolonged illness, she would call out that 'Goody Morse was a witch'. Esther's father William Chandler was forced to testify, indicated during his wife's illness she often 'out of her head'. ^[3]

At some point the couple returned to New England and resided at Bristol, Rhode Island, where daughter Naomi married. ^[3]

John Wilson died at Bristol by June 10, 1695. ^[3]

Esther was living at Bristol, when the horse of Esther Wilson, widow, and that of her son-in-law Stephen Bedford were mentioned on June 4, 1696. ^{[3] [10]}

Children

by Jonathan Gage

1. Jonathan (A Jonathan Gage appears in a list of debts in the inventory of the estate of John Allen of Woodbridge, New Jersey filed January 18, 1683-4) ^[6]
2. Naomi born on September 2, 1672 at Bradford ^[7]; married Stephen Bedford of Bristol, Rhode Island. ^[6]

by John Wilson

1. Benjamin born on June 1, 1689 ^[11]; married Anne Greenman ^[3] at Newport on January 9, 1719/20. ^[12]; died at Newport on September 30, 1760 or October, 1760 ^[13] and is buried in the Common Burial Ground. ^[14]
2. Esther born on August 20, 1691 ^[11]; married William Greenman Jr. ^[3]
3. Mary born on August 17, 1693. ^[11]

Research notes

Newbury Births

CHANDLER, Hester, d. William, Jan. 28, 1651. (p. 85) ^[1]

Andover Marriages

CHANDLER, Hester, and Jonathan 'Gadg' of Rowley, Nov. 12, 1667. (p. 78)

GADG (Gage), Jonathan, of Rowley, and Hester Chandler, Nov. 12, 1667. (p. 146) ^[4]

Bradford Births

GAGE, Naomi, d. Jonathan, Sept. 2, 1672. (p. 53)

BradFord Deaths

GAGE, Jonathan, Mar. 15, 1674-5.(p. 313) ^[7]

Bristol Births

1-337: Wilson, Benjamin of John and Esther, June 1, 1689. (p. 112)

1-338: Wilson, Esther, Aug. 20, 1691. (p. 112)

1-338: Wilson, Mary, Aug. 17, 1693. (p. 112) ^[11]

Newport Marriages

41: Wilson, Benjamin and Ann Greenman, Jan. 9, 1719-20. (p. 78) ^[12]

Newport Deaths

Wilson, Benjamin 70y. Oct. __. 1760. (p. 438) ^[13]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Newbury to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1: Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts,
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Stickney, Matthew Adams. The Fowler Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass: Ten Generations: 1590-1882, Salem Press, 1883, p. 23-4
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Willcox, Doris Schreiber. One Wilson =Servant of Thomas Beard: john Wilson and Mary (Wilson) Wheeler, Younger Children of William (1) and Patience (Grindall) (Trustram) Wilson of Boston in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 155, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 217-24
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Andover to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. John Gage in: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 719 -22 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 62, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1908, p. 256
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Vital Records of Bradford Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907
8. ↑ Case 10486:p. 1-4: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Probate Records of Essex County: Volume 2, p. 425-6, Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681: Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
10. ↑ Sherman, Ruth Wilder, transcriber. Early Bristol R. I. Ear Marks and Horse Descriptions in: The American Genealogist, Volume 65, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1900, p. 118
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Bristol County, Vol. 6, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Newport County, Vol. 4, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Episcopal and Congregational, Vol. 8: Dr. Ezra Styles Record. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island
14. ↑ Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Transcriptions by volunteers of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project; compiled by John Sterling. "Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database," 2017).

• Doliber, Donald A., It Happened in Essex County: Rehearsal for Hysteria - Newbury 1680, The Essex Genealogist (Essex Society of Genealogists, Mass., 1981) Vol. 1, Page 75.

• Esther Wilson charged her (Elizabeth Morse) with causing the death of her mother (Mary (Fowler) Chandler (1617-1666)) in 1666 because the women caller her "a witch".