Hester (Bradley) Wakeman (1735 - 1808)

Born 2 Sep 1735 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Wakeman — married 3 Oct 1754 in Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

Hester Bradley was born on 2 September 1735 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, and baptized on 7 September 1735. Her parents were Francis Bradley and Mary Sturges.^[1]

She married John Wakeman on October 03, 1754.^[2]

Together they had the following children:

1. Lyman Wakeman
2. Esther Wakeman
3. Mary Wakeman
4. John Wakeman
5. Eleanor Wakeman
6. Eli Wakeman
7. Nathan Wakeman
8. Eli Wakeman
9. Aaron Wakeman
10. Asahel Wakeman
11. Daniel Wakeman
12. Betsey Wakeman
13. Betsey Wakeman
14. Zalmon Wakeman
15. Aaron Wakeman

She died on December 20, 1808.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-T  : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 27, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 1-2.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQC-2HN8 : 21 September 2019), Esther Bradley, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143430.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JL-6PL : 16 September 2020), Esther Wakeman, 1808.

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