Esther
Sellen
(Hester)
Hunsberger
formerly Tyson
Born about in Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mathias Tyson
[uncertain]
and Barbara Mary (Sellen) Tyson
[uncertain]
Sister of
Cornelius Sellen Tyson, John Sellen Tyson [half], Henry Sellen Tyson, Margaret Sellen (Tyson) Pennebecker, William Sellen Tyson and Joseph Tyson
Wife of
Abraham Hunsberger
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Susannah (Hunsberger) Bergey, Barbara Tyson (Hunsberger) Benner, Isaac Hunsberger, Catharina (Hunsberger) Ziegler, Abraham Tyson Hunsberger and Christian Hunsberger
Died about
at about age 63
in Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2017
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Biography
Hester was born about 1727 and died about 1790. [1]
Esther (Hester) Sellen Tyson married Abraham Hunsberger. [2]
Research Notes
- The only actual recorded source for Hester is when she is named in the will of her husband Abraham Hunsberger.[3] There has been no primary source found which gives her the name of Sellen or LNAB of Tyson.
- Many books on the Hunsberger genealogy, and hence most online family trees, list Esther Sellen Tyson Hunsberger as a daughter of Mathias Tyson and the aunt of Catherine Nash Tyson. However none of these books or pedigrees offer any sources. It appears that early on she was conflated with another wife or generation of Hunsberger, which added "Sellen" to her name and then attempted to fit her into the Sellen/Tyson/Hunsberger families.
- Finally, she is not named in the 1766 Will of her supposed father, Mathias Tyson, like all his other children.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 January 2022), memorial page for Esther Tyson Hunsberger (1727–1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #76991462, citing Franconia Mennonite Church Cemetery, Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).
- ↑ The Hunsberger Family Association. The Hunsbergers. (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1995) p. 4.
- ↑ Philadelphia County Will Book S, p. 369. Index
- Hunsberger, George S. The Hunsbergers; A Portion of the Genealogical History of A Few Swiss Hunspergers (Also spelled Huntsberger, Honsberger, Huntzberger) (Hunsberger Family Association, Germantown, New York, 1969) p. 101.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
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~0.78%
Charlotte (Crouthamel) Brown
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23andMe
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~0.78%
Pat Edwards :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Charissa Currie :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G840089 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Margaret Colford :
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~0.39%
Robert Nichols :
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~0.39%
Merriam Langdon :
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PW2193998 [compare]
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~0.39%
Robert Evans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CS5577850 [compare], Ancestry member rbevans211
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~0.39%
Adam Hedrick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #423947
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Charissa Currie
David Hunsberger
Tyson-1530 and Tyson-1263 are not ready to be merged because: Not enough information just yet but the match is possible. There have been some speculative and incorrect merges of Abraham Hunsbergers/Hunspergers in this same time period so I am cautious. - David H.
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by David Hunsberger
David Hunsberger
Tyson-1530 and Tyson-1263 do not represent the same person because: There are many uncertainties, even though there are some matched elements. Reading the notes on the father, Tyson-147, it is clear there are too many elements not confirmed. In that profile it is stated that Esther/Hester may be the "wife or mother" of Abraham Hunsberger. Also the Find-A-Grave source given in Tyson-1530 states that the grave could not be found, so that is hardly a valid source. In the future it may be possible to merge these records but not yet, in my opinion.
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by David Hunsberger
Charissa Currie
In the Hunsberger book it has her as daughter of Mathias Tyson Tyson-147 but could not find any solid information on her or her husband Abraham who tie in to my line . Would love to find more but hitting brick wall. Did you find more on her other than what is in Hunsberger book? Has anyone ?
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