Esther (Willis) Albertson (1677 - aft. 1720)

Born 3 Jul 1677 in Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Wife of William Albertson — married 9 Aug 1695 in Westbury, Nassau County, New York

Descendants

Died after 1720 after age 42 in Gloucester, New Jersey

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Biography

Esther was a Friend (Quaker)

Esther was the daughter of Henry and Mary Willis of Westbury.^[1] She was born 23d 5m 1677.^[1]

She married William Albertson, son of William, on 9d 8m 1695 [9 Oct 1695].^[1]

In the will of her husband, William, daughter Esther is named as "wife's daughter", which infers that William was not her father. More research is needed.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number N 452; Volume 3.1; Page 126; ID 72466

• William Nelson, Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc., Vol. I, 1670-1730, Paterson, N. J., New Jersey Historical Society, 1901, p 6. [1]
• Thomas Clapp Cornell, Adam and Anne Mott: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants, A. V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1890, p. 285. [2]
• Benjamin Franklin Thompson, The History of Long Island Gould, Banks & Company, Long Island, 1843, p. 54. [3]