Esther (Chickering) Smith (1643 - bef. 1687)

Born 4 Nov 1643 in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Smith Sr. — married 20 Oct 1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth

Descendants

Died before 6 Jun 1687 before age 43 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Easter Chickering was born on November 4, 1643, in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1].

Marriage and Issue

She married Daniel Smith on 20 October 1659 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony.^[2]

Children

1. DANIEL SMITH Jr 1650 – 1692
2. Sarah Smith Nov 19, 1660 Rehoboth, Mass - d. Jan 20, 1661 Rehoboth, Mass
3. Esther Smith Feb 7, 1661 Rehoboth, Mass - d. 1694 Rehoboth, Mass
4. Paul Smith Oct 1, 1663 –
5. Phebe Smith – d. Oct 25, 1663
6. Elizabeth Smith Healey Oct 24, 1664 Rehoboth, Mass – 1755
7. Mary Smith Aug 13, 1666 – Apr 20, 1740 Bristol, R.I
8. Solomon Smith Sep 2, 1668 – Feb 2, 1691
9. Sarah Smith Aug 8, 1670 Rehoboth, Mass - Jun 4, 1717 Rehoboth, Mass
10. Daniel Will Smith Aug 28, 1672 - Mar 31, 1724
11. Nathaniel Smith Aug 7, 1674 - 1726
12. Ebenezer Smith Jun 23, 1676 – 1710
13. Judith Smith Feb 7, 1678 – Nov 10, 1743
14. Rebecca Smith Apr 26, 1680 - 1731

Death

She was buried on June 6, 1687 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hill, Don Gleason, Editor, The Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham Volumes 1 & 2 ...... 1635 - 1845 (Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Office of “The Dedham Transcript,” 1886.)(Free e-book) p. 2
2. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths Volumes 3-4, p. 102, accessed 30 March 2017, amb
3. ↑ Arnold, James Newell.
   • Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896: Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, Volumes 3-4, p. 876, accessed 30 March 2017, amb

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ63-P2L : 15 January 2020), Easter Chickering, 1643.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-MYG8 : 29 November 2018), Daniel Smith and Ester Chickering, 20 Oct 1659; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-SZSS : 29 November 2018), Ester Smith, 6 Jun 1687; citing Death, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.

• This FindAGrave site has death as 1682. The source above has 1687.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #54853445, database and images ( : accessed 17 February 2019), memorial page for Esther Chickering Smith (4 Nov 1643–2 Jun 1682), ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) Unknown.

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)

Daniel SMITH 1659

Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

SMITH, Daniel (-1692) & Esther CHICKERING (1643-1687); 20 Oct 1659; Rehoboth {Guild Anc. 28; Sv. 1:396, 4:111; Bosworth 171, 209; Paine (,5) 37, 90; Reg. 97:256; Tingley-Meyers 55, 56; Cross Anc. 148, 153; MD 19:71; Ackley-Bosworth 110-111, 114}

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Francis Chickering of Dedham, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist (1940) Vol. 17, Page 70.
  • Easter/Esther b. Nov 4 1643 at Dedham, bapt. 12 Nov 1643, buried 6 Jun 1687 at Rehoboth.