Esther Converse

3 October 1688–7 November 1703 (Age 15)
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Esther

When Esther Converse was born on 3 October 1688, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Capt. Josiah Converse Jr, was 27 and her mother, Ruth Marshall, was 26. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1688. She died on 7 November 1703, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 15, and was buried in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt. Josiah Converse Jr
1661–1717
Ruth Marshall
1662–1737
Ruth Converse
1686–1758
Mary Converse
1688–1783
Esther Converse
1688–1703
Josiah Converse
1691–1693
Timothy Converse
1693–1693
Rebecca Converse
1694–1737
Josiah Converse
1696–1697
Keziah Converse
1699–1742
Josiah Converse
1704–1774

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Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French convers literally ‘converted’, used to denote someone converted from secular to religious life in adult age, or, earlier, a lay member of a convent. The Cistercian and Augustinian conversi were men living according to a rule less strict than that of the monks or canons, engaged chiefly in manual work, with their own living quarters and their own part of the church. They were numerous among the Cistercians in the 12th and 13th centuries, often outnumbering the monks and were, by rule, illiterate. These lay brothers were employed on the monastic manors and granges, where they were liable to fall into the sin of owning private property. They acquired a reputation for violence and misbehaviour (at Neath, in 1269, they locked the abbot in his bedroom and stole his horses) and they were gradually replaced by more manageable paid servants.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (6)

  • Esther Convers, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Hester Convers, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Esther Converse, "Find A Grave Index"

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