Esther (Mix) Munson (1678 - 1746)

Born 25 Dec 1678 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Theophilus Munson — married 1710 in New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1746 at age 67 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Esther (Mix) Munson

"Efther Daughter of John mixer was borne ye 25 day of December 1678" in New Haven (p 47)^[1] John's wife and the mother of Esther was Elizabeth (Wilmot) Mix.^[2]

She and several siblings were baptized 12 Aug 1688 at the First Congregational Church of New Haven^[2]

She married Theophilus Munson^[3]. They lived on the southwest corner of College & Wall St., in New Haven.^[4]

Esther Munson died Sept 16, 1746 age 68 according to her gravestone at the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.

Children:^[4]

1. Elisabeth b. 26 Sept 1697
2. Esther b. 8 Nov 1699
3. Israel b. 11 Dec 1701
4. Martha b. 8 Aug 1704
5. Daniel b. 12 Jan 1708/9
6. Benjamin b. 28 Mar 1711
7. Theophilus b. 25 June 1713
8. James b. 1 Oct 1715
9. Ann b. 4 Jan 1717/8
10. Sybil b. 22 March 1719/20
11. Lois b. 7 June 1722

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol VII. p 1195/6. New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.
3. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. (Vol 5 p 1196)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Munson, Myron Andrews. 1637-1887. The Munson Record: A Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (a Pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants, Volume 1. Connecticut, Munson Association, 1896. p. 65 & p 139

• Munson Association: The Munson Record: A Genelogical and Biographical account of Captain Thomas Munson (a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants. New Haven: Munson Association, 1895.
• Savage, James. Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.) Text: Mix, John, wh. was the oldest. He m. Elizabeth d. of sec. Benjamin Wilmot, wh. d. 20 Aug. 1711, had John, b. 25 Aug. 1676, Esther, 25 Dec. 1678; Elizabeth 18 Feb. 1681; Joseph, 18 Dec. 1684; Abigail, 17 Apr. 1687; and Mercy, 16 Apr. 1691. He d. 21 Jan. 1712, his will being of the 19th, and all the six ch. within ten days aft. agreed as to the est.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX> New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. (Vol 5 p 1196) & (Vol 5 p 1286)