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Esther Colby Eaton 1740–1775 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 May 1740

Birth Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1775

Death Location: Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Elias Colby

Mother: Hannah Colby

Spouse(s): Jacob Jr.

Children(s): Hannah Cheney

Esther Colby Eaton / was born in 1740 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Elias Colby And Hannah Pressey Colby. Esther Colby Eaton married Jacob Eaton Jr, and had children including Hannah Eaton Cheney. Esther Colby Eaton / passed away in 1775 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.

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Biography

  • Esther Colby Eaton // was born in 1740 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Elias Colby And Hannah Pressey Colby.
  • Esther Colby Eaton // married Jacob Eaton Jr, and had children including Hannah Eaton Cheney.
  • Esther Colby Eaton // passed away in 1775 in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elias Colby
1696–1740
Birth Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Hannah Colby
1696–1740
Birth Location: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jacob Jr.
1735–1810
Birth Location: Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
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Children(s)

Hannah Cheney
1761–1832
Birth Location: Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
HC

Esther Eaton's Ancestors

Self
Esther Eaton
1740–1775
Birth Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Elias Colby
1696–1740
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah (Pressey) Colby
1696–1740
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William Pressey
1671–1737
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Susannah (Jameson) Pressey
1671–1740
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Jameson
1648–1713
Esther Jameson
1653–1696
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George I
1618–1686
Susannah Witchcraft)
1621–1692

Esther Eaton's Descendants

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Esther (Colby) Eaton (4 May 1740–1775) m. Jacob (Eaton) Jr. (1735–16 May 1810)
  1. 1. Hannah (Eaton) Cheney 1761–1832 m. Ebenezer (Cheney) Sr. 1764–1852
    1. 1. Elias (Easton) Cheney 1793–1859 m. Lucy (Fletcher Cheney (died) young) 1803–1845
      1. 1. Capt. (Samuel Fletcher) Cheney 1829–1911 m. Ellen (A Phillips) Cheney 1840–1909
        1. 1. Thomas (Herbert) Cheney 1869–1947 m. Margaret (Ellen Tyler) Cheney 1877–1961

Esther Eaton's Timeline

2 Records

1740
4 May 1740
Birth of Esther Colby Eaton // in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1775
1775
Age 35
Death of Esther Colby Eaton // in Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 May 1740
    Event Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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