Esther (Gallup) Hodges (1653 - aft. 1717)

Born 21 Jul 1653 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Hodges — married 17 Dec 1674 in Taunton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1717 after age 63 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Esther Gallup (also seen as Ester Gallop), daughter and only child of John and Charity (Hall) Gallop^[1], was born in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, British America on 21 July 1653.^[2]

Esther's father died by 1656, as her mother married in that year, second, Richard Burt, as his first wife.^[3][4] Their 1656 marriage year is estimated from the birth of their first child Abel on 5 December 1657.^[5]

Esther married Henry Hodges on 17 December 1674, in Taunton.^[6][7][8]. They had children, all born in Taunton:^[7]

1. Mary (3 Feb 1675/6), married James Keith
2. Esther (17 Feb 1677/8), married Ichabod Southworth
3. William (18 Mar 1679/80), married Susannah Gilbert
4. Charity (5 Apr 1682), married Elkanah Leonard, then Jabez Perkins
5. John (ca 1684), married Hannah Morton
6. Henry (ca 1685 or 1686), married Sarah Leonard
7. Joseph (ca 1688 or 1689), married Beth williams, then Mary (Toogood) (Kent) Barney
8. Benjamin (ca 1691), married Abiah Deane, then Sarah (Lane) Silley
9. Ephraim (ca 1693), married Bethia Danforth
10. Elizabeth (ca 1695), married (probably) Samuel Shaw, then twice more

Henry Hodges died in Taunton on 30 September 1717.^[9] Esther is mentioned in his undated will, probated on 7 November 1717.^[10]

Esther probably died in Taunton, at some unknown date after Henry's death. At age about 64 in 1717, she may have gone to live with one of her children.

Research Notes

Gallup^[8] states Esther's birth was in New London, Connecticut Colony on 24 March 1653. However, Hodges^[7] and Reed^[2] state her birth was in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, 21 July 1653. Hodges makes his point thusly: "He [Esther's father, John Gallup] went to New London, Conn., apparently in 1650 or 1651, but probably did not take his family there for several years, as his daughter Ester's birth is recorded at Taunton among the children of Richard Burt." and from Reed,^[2] "The names of the children of Richard Burt: Abil, borne 5 Dec., 1657. Ester Gollup, dr. of John Gollup, borne 21 July, 1653. Mary Burt, dr. of Richard . . . ". This issue was based on the misidentification of Esther's father as the John Gallop who married Hannah Lake.

A daughter Abigail had been listed as a child of Esther and Henry, but the Hodges book does not mention her. She supposedly married, first, Elkanah Tisdale. No such name appears in the Hodges book. A search on AmericanAncestors finds no such marriage. FamilySearch has an undated implied marriage record for an Abigail Hodge and Elkanah Tisdale in Lebanon, Connecticut. There seems to be a conflation of two Abigail Hodges there. There are no credible sources on her profile, so she has been disconnected as a child of Esther and Henry.

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.1 p.595 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "GALLOP, John (-1656) & Charity [HALL?] (-1711, ae 76), dau George?, m/2 Richard BURT 1656?; by 1653; Taunton {Taunton 1:88-9; Reg. 17:232, 54:89; Hodges 75 cor.; Williams (,16) 88; Shurtleff 145; Kendall Anc. (ms) 20}"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Reed, E. H., Esq. Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass., Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. v.17 p.232; Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) NEHGS member site
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.1 p.257 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "BURT, Richard (1629-1685) & Charity (?HALL) [GALLUP] (1634/5-1711), dau George?, w John; by 1657; Taunton {Taunton 1:34; Burt (1893) 513; Gallup 3; Shurtleff 145; Sv. 1:314; Reg. 17:232, 52:17, 54:91}"
4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850; Taunton, v.1 p.69 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
6. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.2 p.769 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
   • Text: "HODGES, Henry (1652-1717) & Hester/Esther ____ GALLOP (1653-); 17 Dec 1674; Taunton {Gilbert (1959) 82; Reg. 5:4145, 17:36, 54:91; MD 21:36, 22:93; McCormick-Hamilton 469; Hodges 21, 71; Leonard Anc. 297-8; Leonard (,3) 19; Kendall Anc. (ms) 20; Fowler 33; Fitch 113; Williams #16 (87); 99, 145}"
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Genealogical Record of the Hodges Family of New England, Ending December 31, 1894, compiled by Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Third Edition, printed for the family by Frank H. Hodges, Boston, 1896. Henry Hodges, Record #3, Taunton Branch, Page 75.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Gallup, John D. The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the United States, Also Biographical Sketches of Members of the Family. Hartford, CT: Press of the Hartford Printing Co., 1893, pp 21-22, 26. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.]
9. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Taunton, v.3 p.106 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
10. ↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) NEHGS member site

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