Born in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Hammond
and Mary (Griffin) Williams
Sister of
Sarah (Hammond) Williams, Nathaniel Hammond II, Elizabeth (Hammond) Truesdell and Thomas Hammond
Wife of
Samuel Prentice Sr.
— married
before 1702 (to 24 Apr 1728) [location unknown]
Wife of
Christopher Avery
— married
1 Jan 1735 (to 18 May 1752) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Prentice Jr., Grace (Prentice) Fitch, Mary (Prentice) Breed, Jonas Prentice, Esther (Prentice) Palmer, Eunice (Prentice) Avery, Thomas Prentice, Oliver Prentice, Dorothy Prentice and Lucy Prentice
Died
at age 63
in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
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Biography
Esther Hammond, born 31 Mar 1689 in Newton, Massachusetts,[1] was a daughter of Mary Griffin & Nathaniel Hammond.
Marriage 1
Esther Hammond married before 1702 Samuel Prentice.[2] They had 10 children during the ensuing time frame through May 1727. Their first two children probably were born in Newton, and the remainder in Stonington.
Samuel Prentice died 24 Apr 1728.
Marriage 2
Esther (Hammond) Prentice married 01 JAN 1734/35 Christopher Avery North Stonington, Connecticut.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/80793890:2495, Name: Esther Hammond Record Type: Birth Birth Date: 31 Mar 1689 Birth Place: Newton, Massachusetts, USA Father: Nathaniel Hammond Mother: Mary Hammond.
- ↑ Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, CT, 1900, 543.
- ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/697500:3032.
- The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881 (Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881) Page 845
- The Groton Avery Clan (Cleveland, 1912) Page 124
- Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut]] (J.H. Beers & Co., 1905) Page 621
- Breed Family Association #16 (1963), p. 4, no. 5: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n47
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther 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 Esther:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther 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 Esther:
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~0.78%
David Prentice
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member prentice1024
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~0.39%
Sylvia (Emery) Lewis :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal TERed147f95, Ancestry member Terri_Stern
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T629749 [compare], FTDNA kit #795976
+
MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Bill Broad :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Steve Sparks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A730839 [compare], Ancestry member sfpoint
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T362446 [compare], FTDNA kit #751145
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~0.39%
Jim Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YM8317019 [compare], Ancestry member 1044121521
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~0.39%
Nancy Hulbert :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T446790 [compare], FTDNA kit #441591
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~0.39%
Hoover Willis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
John McCullough :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #100544
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~0.39%
Jack Schaffer :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XS3585295 [compare], FTDNA kit #878545
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~0.39%
Peggy Emery :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T262294 [compare], FTDNA kit #422241
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Rejected matches › Hesther (Prentice) Gallup (1660-1751) › Esther (Hammond) Chamberlin (1708-1753) › Christopher Avery (1680-1753) › Esther Prentice (1738-)
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Categories: Stonington, Connecticut
I have never heard of Christopher Avery. Perhaps she remarried after Samuel's death? According to Joe Dewald's update of Binney's book (http://www.prenticenet.com/people/america/thomas/), the last of her children was born five yeaers year before Samuel died.