Esther Russell was born on 4 May 1699 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony. Her parents were Samuel and Esther (Tuttle) Russell.[1][2]
Esther married David Way in late 1719 or early 1720, in New Haven, based on the birth of their first child there on 22 September 1720.
David and Esther had many children, the first six of whom were born in East Haven.[3][4] In 1728 David and Esther Way bought land in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony from Moses Yale. In that year they also bought Wallingford land from David's brother John Way and Timothy Jerome and sold that land to David's brother James Way.[5] The remaining children were born in Wallingford.[6]
Note that the Barbour collection has a son "May" born on 17 February 1724/5, while Dodds' East-Haven Register and the Connecticut Way Family manuscript each have the Mary born in 1722 as dying young, replaced by a second Mary born in 1725, and no son May.[3][7] David Way had a brother named May: born in 1702, married Abigail ____, died about 1767; but no records have been found for a May born in 1725, so the error seems to be with the Barbour collection.
The David Way family moved around quite a bit, moving to Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony in 1747, and to Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony about 1756. By 1772 they were living in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony. See David's profile for details.
No death records have been found for David or for his wife Esther. David has a Find A Grave: Memorial #81531510 which has his death on 10 March 1783 in Wallingford. Esther has a Find A Grave: Memorial #81531655 which has her death date as 10 May 1779 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut. Both are said to have been buried in the Plymouth Burying Ground in Plymouth, but no markers were located for them. Their death years and locations should be considered uncertain until death or interment records are found. A possible source is a book by Zapatka, Linda J., Old Plymouth Burying Ground : Plymouth, Conn, 2015 (Allen County Library).
Russell-7648 was created by Kim Fulford through the GEDCOM import of Pierce Family Tree.ged on Jul 29, 2014. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
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