Esther Hattie (Renfro) Looney (1732 - 1821)

Born 1732 in Orange County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Looney Sr — married 1756 in , , Virginia

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1821 at about age 89 in Roane County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

N.B. I am changing Esther's place of death from Sinking Spring, Botetourt County, Virginia, to Roane County, Tennessee, so that it will be in line with her FAG entry. (Also, I can find no evidence of a Sinking Spring in Botetourt County. There is, however, a Sinking Creek in Botetourt County, just south of the border with Craig County, Virginia; it enters the James River near Gala. There was also a Sinking Spring in Washington County, Virginia.) If you know her actual place of death and have a valid source, please enter that information here and notify me and/or the profile manager. Thank you. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 14 December 2019).

N.B. I am changing Esther's place of year of birth from 1739 to 1732 so that it will be in line with her FAG entry. If you know her actual date of birth and have a valid source, please enter that information here and notify me and/or the profile manager. Thank you. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 14 December 2019).

N.B. I am not changing Esther's place of birth as Augusta County did not exist at the time of her birth. That area was Orange County in the 1730s. Instead I am notifying FAG of its error. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 14 December 2019).

Esther Renfro was born in 1732 in Orange (present-day Augusta) County, Virginia, the second of eight known children and the oldest of three daughters of Stephen and Margaret Rhea Renfro.

Alternate year of birth: 1739.

In 1756, when she was in her later teens (or her mid-twenties), she married John Looney. She bore him thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters:

1. Lucy Looney
2. Stephen Looney
3. Peter Looney
4. Mary Looney
5. Martha Looney
6. John Looney
7. Robert Looney
8. Joseph Looney
9. Sarah Looney
10. Jane Looney
11. Ester Looney
12. Eleanor Looney
13. David Looney

On 26 February 1821, when she was in her early (or late) eighties, she died in Roane County, Tennessee], of unknown causes.

Alternate place of death: Sinking Spring, Botetourt County, Virginia,

From Findagrave.com

Esther Renfro Looney

Birth: 1732 Augusta County, Virginia; Death: 1821 (aged 88–89) Roane County, Tennessee, USA; Burial: Unknown. Memorial #: 140605829.

Family Members: Parents: Stephen Renfro (1707-1804), Esther Van Bibber Renfro (1712-1755); Spouse: John Looney (1738-1819); Children: Lucy Jane Looney Holstein (1761-1850).^[1]

Citations

1. ↑ Cole Snyder (48398979), “Esther Renfro Looney,” Findagrave.com. Record added 29 Dec 2014. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140605829. Accessed 14 December 2019.

Acknowledgments

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• Marie Mills created this profile on Dec 6, 2011. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.

Sources

• https://www.geni.com/people/Esther-Looney/6000000105313109586

• https://www.reynoldsfamily.org/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F120&tree=Line_036

• Cole Snyder (48398979), “Esther Renfro Looney,” Findagrave.com. Record added 29 Dec 2014. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140605829. Accessed 14 December 2019.No headstone photograph, No sources.