Born in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alexander Maxey
and Abigail (Miles) Maxey
Wife of
Nehemiah Ward
— married
3 Dec 1728 in Bristol, Attleboro, Massachusetts Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathon Ward, Esther (Ward) Adams, Eunice (Ward) Bennett, Lucy (Ward) Potter, Jonathan Ward, Nehemiah Ward, Jemima Ward, Ebenezer Ward and Mary Ward
Died after
after age 40
in Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Esther Maxey was born on 23 Aug 1706 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA[1].
Marriage
Esther married Nehemiah Ward on 3 Dec 1728 in Bristol, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA[2]
Death
Esther passed away 1774 in Massachusetts, USA[3]
Burial
Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA[4]
Sources
- ↑ Family Data Collections - Birth http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5769&h=2930653&tid=103181253&pid=350024162501&hid=67408315996&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Cel31602&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true. Millennium File http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7249&h=109221044&tid=103181253&pid=350024162501&hid=67408315989&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Cel31604&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
- ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
- ↑ Massachusetts Town Death Records http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4080&h=80636&tid=103181253&pid=350024162501&hid=67408315982&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Cel31605&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
- ↑ Massachusetts Town Death Records
- V/R of Attleborough, MA
- *Arrivals 99, p. 283.
- Vital Records of Attleboro, MA (her youngest child, Mary Ward, was born on 18 Nov 1746 in Attleboro, MA)
Note: There is no genealogical support for Esther having the middle name, Nancy.
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DNA Connections
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:
-
~1.56%
Joe Patterson
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jpatter13
-
~1.17%
Colin Goodwin :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Janie (Goodwin) Oickle :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mabel Tingley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A588190 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Cal Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A843885 [compare], yourDNAportal CALf6b55321, Ancestry member calhun
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~0.78%
Ethel (Hicks) Bannister :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T344088 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Cheryl Crocker :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Marilyn Moser :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Jennifer (Harrigan) Gonnuscio :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926090 [compare], Ancestry member JenniferGonnuscio
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~0.39%
Donna (Pelchat) Cobb :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Stephen (Lamont) Fillmore :
23andMe, GEDmatch CC2411889 [compare], yourDNAportal STE415ea080
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~0.39%
Sandi (Bauer) Morris :
23andMe, GEDmatch WG8608299 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A667438 [compare], Ancestry member mstrcook
-
~0.39%
Kathy (Phelan) Phelan Mangen :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Mark Edlund :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jmedlund85
-
~0.39%
Robin Anderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robin_adair_anderson
-
~0.39%
Suzanne (Walsh) Wicks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A387530 [compare], Ancestry member suemwicks
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Brenda Henwood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A522444 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Rose (Dickson) Burgess :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Rose_Burgess
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~0.39%
Raymond Buker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A521070 [compare], Ancestry member BLFStick
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Kelly Dorcas :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kelly_Dorcas
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Linda Hamm :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Florence (Prowse) Cooper :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T756345 [compare]
-
~0.39%
I (Long) Arant :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T870419 [compare], FTDNA kit #806894
-
~0.39%
David Ward :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Megan (Leith) Leith-Menard :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch YK5638305 [compare]
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Categories: New England Planters | Migrants from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia
3. v. ESTHER³ MAXEY, b. in Wenham 23 Aug 1706; d. in Dedham 1774; m. in Attleborough 19 Oct 1728, 66 NEHEMIAH WARD, b. in Newton 20 July 1704; d. 8 May 1771, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Hall) Ward.