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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:
One generation up, Hester Delamater-11 is Susannah DeGraff's mother's name. That's not nothing.
One generation down, Hester Rogers, named her daughter Esther Rogers-11570 (who m. Warren, Neslon). So that's at least FOUR Hester/Esthers* in this immediate family group, including aunt Esther De_Graue-1). Susannah, Gideon, John, and Margaret also recur.
The earlier origin of the Anglo-spelling variant (Hester) in this non-Anglo family appears to be from French refugees to Britain during the Huguenot crises. See their grandmother Hester Du Bois in the early 1600s:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Verveelen-17
By Susannah DeGraff
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Degraff-16
Some sources disagree, including these folks: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~verveleen/genealogy/Main.htm
Notes:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Du_Bois-8