When Esther Luckey was born in 1757 in Rowan, North Carolina, her father, John, was 22, and her mother, Mary, was 22. She married John Knox on April 15, 1780, in her hometown. They were the parents of 8 known children: William, John, Nancy, Margaret (Peggy), Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Amy.
John and Esther, along with their younger children, joined the Shaker Community about 1805. John, Esther, and their daughter Peggy, remained loyal to the Shaker faith until their deaths, whereas Benjamin, Joseph, Robert and Amy ended up leaving the community and later settling in Livingston Co., MO.
The death date for Esther Luckey Knox was recorded in "Shakers of Ohio" by J. P. MacLean Ph.D., page 311. "September 8th, 1814: Esther Knox Departed this life in the 54th year of her age. She had been a zelious believer from the time she first received the Gospel -- " A "fever" was moving through the Shaker community and many were taken violently sick. (probably a combination of cholera and yellow fever). It is assumed this is Esther's cause of death.
The journal referred to West Union Village, IN. It is assumed that is where she died and where she is buried, although the Shakers did not keep burial records. The community at West Union Village was abandoned about 1827. No part of it exists and there is no sign of a graveyard.
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