Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Norwood was born on 20 February 1737, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Norwood Sr, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Davis, was 21. She married Nathanial Parsons on 8 October 1761. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 12 May 1812, at the age of 75.
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- Esther Norwood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Esther Norwood, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Northwood or Norwood, such as Northwood in Essex, Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Norwood in Middlesex and Surrey, or Northwood Farm in Okehampton and Northwood Farm in Morchard Bishop, both in Devon. The placenames mean ‘north or northern wood’, from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + wudu ‘wood’ or Middle English north + wode. Compare Norrod .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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