Esther (Farnsworth) Fling (abt. 1739 - abt. 1811)

Born about 24 Jul 1739 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Parker — married 1 Nov 1759 (to about 1773) in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Morris Fling — married 14 Oct 1774 in Winslow, Kennebec, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1811 at about age 71 in Anson Somerset, Maine

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Biography

Esther was born on 24 Jul 1739 in Groton, Massachusetts. ^[1]. Her birth is not recorded in Mass Vital Records, Groton, yet her father is known to have lived there his entire life. She married Josiah Parker Jr., son of Aaron and Sarah, on 1 Nov 1759^[2]. He died in 1773 and she re-married Morris Fling 14 Oct 1774 in Winslow (future Maine). She passed away about 1811.

Family Search concludes that she was born in Winslow, which is not the case^[3]

Esther was born about 1739.

Sources

1. ↑ William Richard Cutter (editor), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908, p. 468[1]
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofgrgrot_1/page/129/mode/1up
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/MCWB-88C

• Family History
• Embden town of yore : olden times and families there and in adjacent towns [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Walker, Ernest George,. Embden town of yore : olden times and families there and in adjacent towns. Skowhegan, Me.: Independent-Reporter Co., 1929. Page 240
• Groton Vital Records.