Esther (Willson) Lundy (1754 - 1836)

Born 30 Mar 1754 in Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of George Lundy Sr. — married 15 Mar 1780 in Hardwick Meeting of Friends, NJ

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1836 at age 82 in Johnsonburg, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Esther was a Friend (Quaker)

Esther married George Lundy Sr. in 1780. They lived on the edge of Great Meadows, near Johnsonburg, Warren Co., New Jersey. Parents of nine children.

From Armstrong source:

"George Lundy, son of Samuel I. and Ann, married Esther Willson. Esther was born March 30, 1754, and died December 20, 1836; she was the daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Willets) Willson, granddaughter of Samuel and Esther (Overton) Willson and great granddaughter of Robert and Ann Willson, who were English Quakers, and came from Yorkshire to Philadelphia in 1682.

"George and Esther first declared their intentions to marry, on 10 day 2 mo., 1780; and they exchanged their marriage vows on March 15, 1780, before a meeting of the Hardwick Society of Friends in Warren (then Sussex) county, N. J. Their homestead is on the edge of the great meadows, bordering on Glovers Pond and stretching across Bear Creek. George and Esther were buried in Friends' yard near the Pequest river. Their oldest son Isaac was killed in front of the house when a young man as he was mounting his horse to go to Friends' meeting. They had nine children, seven of whom left descendants. The homestead was bequeathed to the four sons, Aaron, David, James, and Jonathan ; but David finally secured sole ownership by purchasing the shares of his three brothers.

"Whereas George Lundy, son of Samuel Lundy and Anne Lundy, of the Township of Hardwick, County of Sussex and Western Division of the Province of New Jersey, and Esther Willson of the Township, County and Province afsd, daughter of Samuel Willson and Deborah Willson, Having Declared their Intentions of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers at Kingwood and Hardwick, according to the good order used amongst them, whose proceedings therein after a Deliberate Consideration thereof and having Consent of Parents And nothing appearing to obstruct, were approved of by sd Meetings ;

"Now these are to certify all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their said Intentions This Fifteenth Day of the Third Month in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Eighty, they the said George Lundy and Esther Willson appeared in a Public Meeting of said People and others at Hardwick Aforesaid, And the said George Lundy takeing the said Ester Willson by the Hand did in a solemn manner openly Declare that he Took her to be his Wife, Promising to be unto her a Faithful and Loving Husband, untill Death seperates them.

"And then and there in the same assembly the said Ester Willson did in like manner Declare that she Took the said George Lundy to be her Husband promising to be unto him a Loving and faithful Wife till Death should them seperate. And moreover they the said George Lundy and Ester Willson, she as is customary in Marriage Asuming the surname of her Husband, as a further confirmation thereof Did then and there to these presents set their Hands.

"And we whose Names are here under Written being among others present at the Solemnization of their said Marriage and Subscription in manner aforesaid, as witness have also to these presents set our Hands the Day and Year above Written,

George Lundy Ester Lundy

witnesses:

George Lundy, the bridegroom, aged 24 years, son of Judge Samuel Lundy and Ann Schooley.

Esther Willson, the bride, aged 25 years, daughter of Samuel Willson and Deborah Willets.

Samuel Lundy, the bridegroom's father, aged 53 years, son of Richard Lundy H. and Elizabeth Large.

Sarah Lundy, the bridegroom's step-mother, daughter of Joseph Willets.

Daniel Lundy, the bridegroom's brother, aged 27 years.

Jonathan and Deborah Lundy, the bridegroom's cousins, children of Jacob Lundy and Mary Willson.

Samuel Willson, Junior, the bride's brother.

Ebenezer Willson, the bridegroom's cousin, aged 41 years, son of Robert Willson and Mary Lundy.

Joseph Willson, the bride's brother.

Elizabeth Willson, the bridegroom's aunt, wife of Gabriel Willson L, and sister of Samuel Lundy named above.

Joseph Willets, the father of Sarah (Willets) Lundy named above.

Thomas Lundy, Junior, the bridegroom's cousin, aged 24 years, husband of Elizabeth Stockton, and son of Thomas Lundy and Joanna Doan.

Daniel Hunt ; not of kin.

Deborah Willson, daughter of Joseph Willets, and wife of Samuel Willson, Junior, named above.

Jacob Smith, clerk of the Hardwick Meeting; in 1790 a certain Jacob Smith married Susanna Willson, the bride's sister.

Daniel Stockton, father of Mary and Elizabeth Stockton, who married Richard Lundy IV. of Virginia and Thomas Lundy, Junior, above named.

Jacob Chestnutwood ; not of kin.

Rachel Willson, the bride's niece, daughter of Samuel Willson, Junior, and Deborah Willets, both above named.

Keziah WillsOn, the bride's sister-in-law, daughter of Lawrence Decker, and wife of Gabriel Willson the tailor.

Elizabeth Willson, the bride's sister-in-law, daughter of Peter Schmuck, and wife of Joseph Willson above named.

Anne Willson, the bridegroom's cousin, daughter of Elizabeth (Lundy) Willson named above.

Reuben Lundy, the bridegroom's cousin, aged 28 years, son of Thomas Lundy and Joanna Doan, and brother of Thomas Lundy, Junior, above named.

Joseph Lundy, the bridegroom's cousin, aged 18 years, son of Thomas Lundy and Joanna Doan, and father of Benjamin Lundy the philanthropist.

Joseph, Sarah, and Mary Stevenson, children of John Stevenson and Mercy King.

Ann Schooley, the bridegroom's cousin, aged 21 years, daughter of Benjamin Schooley and Martha Lundy; Ann married Jesse Dennis in 1781.

Catherine Lundy, possibly a sister of William Lundy of Newton, N. J. "

Sources

• Willson, Richard Eugene. comp. The Willson Family 1672-1979 Ottawa, IL:[s.n.],1979. Print. This edition incorporates 2 previous volumes which are available from Hathi Trust online.

• Armstrong, William C., The Lundy Family and Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Lundy, (A.M.), Print, 1902, Online at Archive.Org

• Hardwick and Mendham Monthly Meeting & Warren and Morris Counties, New Jersey: Quaker Records

Acknowledgements

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