Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther James was born on 6 September 1757, in Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph James, was 48 and her mother, Hannah Hickman, was 42. She married Abraham Williamson on 18 September 1777, in Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 16 September 1854, in East Brandywine Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Birmingham Hicksite Friends Burial Ground, Birmingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (27)
- Esther James, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Esther Williamson, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Esther Painter, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
Spouse and Children
1757–1823 Male
1757–1854 Female
Parents and Siblings
1709–1772 Male
1715–1806 Female
Siblings (19)
1735– Female
1736–1829 Male
1737–1785 Female
1738–1829 Male
1738–1760 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 19
1776
Age 19
1783 · A Free America
Age 26
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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