Ester (Gue) Jones (1794 - 1874)

Born 25 Aug 1794 in Ulster Co., New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Humphrey Pugh Jones — married 9 Dec 1815 in Highland, Ulster Co., New York, USA

Descendants

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Biography

The Gues (probably originally pronounced "Gay", but now "Gyu") were originally French Huegonaut immigrants from France to America in the 17th century.

NOTES

First name appears as "Esther" or "Hester" in sources.

Sources

• Manuscript, Edwin Brown (c.1957)

[ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=scottmc&id=I006] - claims marriage date as 1825. Used this source for birthplace. Source is somewhat questionable.

Stufflebean, Debra Guiou(n); A French Huguenot Legacy; LuLu Enterprises, Inc.; Morrisville, N.C., USA; 2011; p. 187.

More information about her ancestors can be found at [1]

"New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F642-2B3 : 12 December 2014), Humphry P. Jones and Esther Gue, 09 Dec 1815; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 823,767. = [ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F642-2B3]

[2] = "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM9-W6X : 9 November 2014), Humphrey P Jones, Lloyd, Ulster, New York, United States; citing family 660, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). (Listed as "Hester", but birthdates for spouse, her, and child Hugh comport with other sources.)