Esther (Beebe) Stebbins (abt. 1767 - abt. 1797)

Born about 1767 in New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Stebbins — married 7 Aug 1783 (to about 2 Jul 1797) in St. Andrews Parish, Simsbury, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 2 Jul 1797 at about age 30 in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Esther Beebe, daughter of James Beebe and Ruth Brooks, was born in 1767. ^[1] Esther and Aaron were married 7 Aug 1783. ^[2] She was the first of Aaron Stebbins' wives; after her death abt. 1795 he would marry twice more. Esther and Aaron had 7 children: Hosea, Roxanna, Rebecca, Mary, Esther, Aaron III, and Amy. ^[3]

The exact date and place of death for Esther (Beebe) Stebbins is unknown, however, there is a primary record documenting the marriage of her husband Aaron Stebbins to his second wife Zerriah Green on 14 Dec 1797 at Wilbraham, Massachusetts. ^[4] Thus, it is 99.999% certain that Ester Stebbins died in Wilbraham Massachusetts sometime prior to this date. Her date of death is further bounded by the birth of her youngest child Amy Stebbins born 2 July 1797 at Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts. {The source of this date of birth is from the find a grave profile of her daughter Amy Stebbins} Thus it it 100% certain that Esther (Beebe) Stebbins died sometime between 2 July 1797 and 14 Dec 1797, and as it is known that she was in Wilbraham at the birth of daughter Amy (prior to her death) and that her husband, Aaron, remarried in Wilbraham, shortly thereafter, it is almost certain her death occurred in Wilbaham, Mass, most likely as a consequence of the birth of Amy.

Genealogical Records

Marriage Records

• Primary Source, Bates, Records of Rev. Roger Viets, Rector of St. Andrews, Simsbury, Conn., ^[2] Data Extract:

1. ) Page 5: Rev. Roger Viets was the rector of St. Andrews Episcopal parish located in the eastern part of Simbury, Connecticut, which was known as Scotland at the time; subsequently the village was renamed to Bloomdfield as it is called today. (written in 1893)
2. ) Page 58: Aaron Stebbins was married to Esther Beebe of Springfield of Mafsachusetts Bay on the 7th of August 1783 at Scotland. {St Andrew

• Primary Source, Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, ^[4] Data Extract:

1. ) Family Search Records: Aaron Stebbins married Zerriah Green on 14 Dec, 1797 at Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts.

Biographic and Genealogical Reference Extracts

• Secondary Source, Clifford Beebe, Genealogy of the Family of Beebe, ^[1] Data Extract:

1. ) Page 63. Parents: James Beebe (203) married Ruth (___) about 1765 and they were the parents of Ruth (606), Esther (607), James (608), Temperence (609), Charles (610), Ezra (611), Isaac (612), Henry (613), Hannah (614), Lucy (615), Nancy (616),Abel (617), and Sarah (618).
2. ) Page 147. Vital data: ESTHER BEEBE (607), daughter of James (203) and Ruth (Brooks) Beebe was born about 1767 and died about 1797 or before.
   1. ) Marriage. Esther married Aaron Stebbins Jr. on 22 April 1783 at Simsbury , Connecticut. Aaron Stebbins, son of Aaron and Mary (Wright) Stebbins Sr., was born 18 Dec 1746 at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and he died 1 Feb 1819 at Wibraham, Hampden Co., Mass
   2. ) Biography. None
   3. ) Children. None cited

• Secondary Source, Greenlee, The Stebbins Genealogy ^[3] Genealogy of the Stebbins Family. Data Extract

1. ) Page 189: Esther Beebe was the first wife of Aaron Stebbins, son of Aaron and Mary (Wright) Stebbins. Siblings of Aaron Stebbins are identified.
2. ) Page 271: Aaron Stebbins, son of Aaron Stebbins and Mary Wright was born 18 Dec 1747 in the 4th precinct of Springfield, now Wilbraham, Mass; he died 1 February 1819 at Wilbraham, Mass. He was first married to Esther Beebe in 1783, then second to Zeruiah Green (or Craven) on 14 Dec 1797, and third to Dorcas Nash on 12 May 1810. Resided at Wilbraham, Mass. Children:
   1. ) Hosea (1297) b. 20 Feb 1784; married Patty Richards
   2. ) Roxanna (1298), b. 2 Dec 1785; married ____ Mason; lived in VT.
   3. ) Rebecca (1299), b. 20 July 1787; married Jacob Sherman
   4. ) Esther (1300), b. 28 Nov 1789; married Zadock Cutler; lived in Paris, NY.
   5. ) Mary (1301), b. 30 Dec 1791; married Leverett Raxford. Lived and died at Lebanon, NY.
   6. ) Aaron (1302), b. 7 Dec 1793; married Tabathy Porter. Removed to Chardon, Ohio
   7. ) Amy (1303) married Horace Chase.

Research Notes

1. ) 2018-12-15 The following death record had been cited for the Esther Beebe of this profile, but data correlation with other records very clearly shows that this death record was not for this Esther (Beebe) Stebbins and was misplaced. The are two data points which confirm this death record is not for Esther (Beebe) Stebbins of this profile; first, the record is for an Esther Beebe rather than an Esther Stebbins as it would need to be, and second the death date occurs two years prior to the known birth date of Esther (Beebe) Stebbins youngest child Amy. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7FJ-9TL : 9 February 2018), Esther Beebe, 1795; citing , , Conneticut, reference pg 111; FHL microfilm 3,244.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Beebe, Clifford, Genealogy of the Family of Beebe From the Earliest Known Immigrant John Beebe of Broughton, England, Higginson Book Co., 10 Colonial Road, Salem MA 01970. 1991.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bates, Albert C., Records of Rev. Roger Viets, Rector of St. Andrews, Simsbury, Conn., Librarian Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1893.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins and Robert Lemuel, The Stebbins Genealogy, Volume I, Chicago, Ill., Privately Printed, 1904. Page 189, 271.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V589-835 : 9 February 2018), Aaron Stebbins and Zerriah Green, 14 Dec 1797; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 904,738, 904,739, 14,765.

Other Sources

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MSVF-BQV : accessed 28 May 2018), entry for Esther Beebe, batch A24506-7; submitter not specified. To find the source, see "IGI Batch Number Descriptions" in the FamilySearch Wiki.