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Wife of John Allston — married about 1740 (to 1751) in South Carolina

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Biography

Esther (Marion) Mitchell was a South Carolina colonist.

Esther Marion was born around 1722 in Berkeley County, South Carolina. She was a daughter of Gabriel Marion Sr. and Esther Cordes. She was a sister to General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox.^[1][2]

Around 1740, she married John Allston of Prince George's Parish, planter.^[1][2] The children of Esther and John Allston were:^[1][2]

1. Martha (1740-), m. Benjamin Young
2. Elizabeth (1742-1764), m. Benjamin Simons III
3. Hester or Esther Cordes (1744-1762)
4. Ellinor (Eleanor), (1746-1836), m. Peter Simons
5. Ann, died in infancy
6. John (1748-), died in infancy

Esther's husband John died in 1751, and she remarried, to Dr. Thomas Mitchell. ^[1] The children of Esther and Thomas Mitchell were:^[1]

1. Sarah, died young
2. Sarah Marion (1761-1836), m. Benjamin Clark Cutler^[3]
3. Elizabeth, m. Dr. Thomas Waring
4. Charlotte, died young
5. Thomas
6. Edward

Esther passed away around 1828.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Dr. Anthony Cordes and Some of His Descendants", Richardson, Emma B. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine , Jul., 1942, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jul., 1942), pp. 136, 142.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:93FW-5HH : accessed 19 October 2020), entry for Esther Marion; file (2:2:2:MM9R-4KY), submitted 5 February 2001 by joannfairbourn1 [identity withheld for privacy].
3. ↑ Thomas Mitchell on Geneanet.org
4. ↑ A source is needed.

See also:

• The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina, Groves, Joseph A., FamilySearch International, p. 40-42 (p. 45-47 on viewer)

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