Esther Ingram

Brief Life History of Esther

When Esther Ingram was born on 23 July 1697, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathaniel Ingram, was 22 and her mother, Hester Smith, was 23. She married Isaac Selden on 14 October 1725, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 June 1766, in her hometown, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Selden
1701–1764
Esther Ingram
1697–1766
Marriage: 14 October 1725
Selden
1726–1726
Abigail Selden
1727–1770
Azariah Selden
1730–
Thomas Selden
1732–1821
Rhoda Selden
1734–1783
Jabez Selden
1735–
Martha Selden
1741–

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  • Easther <Ingram>, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ester in entry for Rhode Seldin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Family Data Collection - Births

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Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman personal name Ingeram (Old French Enguerran, Engerran; ancient Germanic Engelramnus, Ingelramnus, Engelrammus, Ingelrammus), from the heroic name-element seen in such names as Ingle + hrafn- ‘raven’.

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

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