Hester (Edwards) Colt (1641 - aft. 1685)

Born Jun 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of John Colt — married 1665 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died after 1685 after age 43 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Hester Edwards Daughter of John Edwards and Dorothy Moulton

Birth Estimate Jun 1641 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut,

Marriage Estimate 1660-1665 John Colt

Death After last child, baptized in 1685 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (vs Jan 1677)

Children

Sons identified; there may be others

• Jonathan Colt ^[1]

Birth: (1) s/o John COLT and Hester EDWARDS; Baptism: (1a) 6 Dec 1685. First Church, Hartford, CT.; Death: (1b) Estate administered 2 Apr 1711. Windsor, CT.

• Abraham^[2]

Acknowledgement

This person was created on 16 November 2010 through the import of Morton Family Tree.ged.

Sources

1. ↑ "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," "John Edwards of Wethersfield, Connecticut," by Gale Ion Harris, Vol. 145 (Oct 1991) p.333. Cites: (a) ?Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut,? by Lucius Barnes Barbour (Baltimore, 1977) p.192. (b) "A Digest of the Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District," by Charles William Manwaring (Hartford, 1904-1906) 2:182. (1711, 2 Apr: Administration of the estate of Jonathan COLT, cordwainer of Windsor, was given to Mathew GRANT, "Joseph COULT and the rest of his brothers having refused.")
2. ↑ A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition in Life, where From, Business, Etc. as Far as is Found on Record, by Royal Ralph Hinman. Higginson Book Company, Connecticut, 1852. Page 672-673. Google eBook scan of original text. pdf.

   Harris, "John Edwards of Wethersfield, Connecticut," pp. 330-3

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