Hester (UNKNOWN) Hall (abt. 1630 - abt. 1674)

Born about 1630 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1674 at about age 44 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

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Hester was born about 1630. This estimate makes her about twenty years old at the birth of her first known child.

By 1651, Esther (or Hester) had married Edward Hall in Braintree.^[1]

Their family was living in Braintree, Massachusetts, from 1650 to 1655. During this time, her husband had lands apportioned him in Rehoboth.^[2]

They are known to have had 8 children:^[2]

1. John, b. January 28, 1651, Braintree.
2. Esther, b. Oct. 23, 1654, Braintree.
3. Samuel, b. Oct. 24, 1656, Rehoboth.
4. Jeremiah, b. July 24, 1658, Rehoboth.
5. Thomas, b. March 31, 1661, Rehoboth.
6. Preserved, b. March 20/30, 1663, Rehoboth.
7. Andrew, b. May 10, 1665, Rehoboth.
8. Benjamin, b. Aug. 7, 1668, Rehoboth.

They removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts sometime around 1655, based on birthplaces of children and as her husband’s name was number 41 on the list of 49 settlers who drew lots for meadow land in order of their arrival during a town meeting June 22, 1658.^[2]

Edward wrote a will on Nov. 23, 1670 ^[2] and died November 27, 1670, at Rehoboth, Massachusetts.^[3]

In 1674, an Esther Hall married Thomas Jordan; it is not known whether the bride was our Hester or her daughter Esther.^[2]

She passed away about 1674.^{[citation needed]}

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Sources

1. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.Volume 2, p. 680.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Hall, David B., The Halls of New England Genealogical and Biographical (Pages 527-29) Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1883, OpenLibrary.org accessed October 25, 2014. More information about his children and their families can be found here.
3. ↑ Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1897) page 831.