Born in Piscataway, Middlesex, Province of East Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Martin
and Margaret (Reynolds) Martin
Wife of
Jonathan Compton
— married
24 Sep 1701 in Middlesex, New Jersey
Descendants 
Died after
after age 63
in Woodbridge, Middlesex, Province of New Jersey
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2012
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Biography
Esther Martin was born 4 August 1683, the daughter of Benjamin Martin and first wife, Margaret Reynolds.[1]
"Jonathan Compton was married to Esther Martin September ye 24th 1701. By me Samuel Hale Justice."[2]
Esther is named in the will of her husband Jonathan Compton of Woodbridge, made 3 Sept 1745, proved 23 Feb 1747, as are her brothers, his "brothers-in-law, Peter Martin and Jonathan Martin."[3]
Esther was living when the will was proved; her date of death is not yet sourced or known.
Sources
- ↑ Lodge, Louise (ed). "The Martin Family." Everybody's Ancestry. Indianapolis, IN: 1917, [self-published?], Volume 1, Number, 1, page 24
- ↑ Dally, Joseph W. Woodbridge and Vicinity: The Story of a New Jersey Township, Embracing the History of Woodbridge, Piscataway, Metuchen, and Contiguous Places, from the Earliest Times ; the History of the Different Ecclesiastical Bodies ; Important Official Documents Relating to the Township, Etc. (New Brunswick, NJ: A.E. Gordon, 1873), page 323
- ↑ Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc, Volume 30 by New Jersey Historical Society, William Nelson, Abraham Van Doren Honeyman, Elmer T. Hutchinson (ed.). Page 106
- Comptonology Vol 1. no. 1 page 3 for marriage date
- http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=782821&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1679 Birth place: NJ Marriage date: 1701 Marriage place: NJ
- http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=2895793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 4 August 1683 Birth place: Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, USA
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Martin-8121 created through the import of Rodgers Family Tree.ged on Feb 6, 2012 by Diane Rodgers.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther 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 Esther:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther 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 Esther:
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~0.78%
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