"Gideon, son of Gideon Hollister and Rachel Talcott, was born in East Glastonbury, Conn., in 1728; he married first, a daughter of Stephen Hollister; second, Esther, daughter of Joseph Case, Sr., of East Hartford. Gideon Hollister died Jan. 12, 1812. Esther, his wife, died March 23, 1815, aged 79. Administration on his estate granted to Samuel Hollister, Sept. 16, 1812. Inventory, $97.53. Estate distributed to Samuel, Timothy, Asahel, Bathsheba Strickland, Abby Hills, Esther Hollister, Abigail Hale, and Elizabeth Bebee." - Hollister Family of America
"By not providing approximate birth years for the children, Case muddles up which children belong to which wife. He says that Rhoda is of the first wife, and Samuel is of the second, which is entirely plausible. However, he goes on to say that Abigail is of the first wife and Timothy of the second, which is highly improbable. This is because Abigail and Timothy were both baptized on the same day, 11 August 1775, and the implication is that they were either twins, or that they were both born not too long before that date. They are both very likely of the same mother. Since seven of the children have marriage dates, that gives us some confidence concerning the order of births shown. Based on the likely birth dates of the children given below, I would like to propose that the first four children were of the first wife, and the remaining four of the second. This is because there is a gap in the births of the children between number 4 and number 5, and it would make total sense that the first wife had died, and Gideon eventually married the second wife, Esther, during this timeframe. There is also a gap between children 3 and 4, but the fact that child number 5 was named Esther adds credence to the theory that she is the first born of Esther Case. Unless better data become available, the assumption will be that the first four children were with the Hollister wife, and the last four with Esther Case.
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