When Hester Lewknor was born about 1579, in Denham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Lewknor, was 130 and her mother, Susan Heigham, was 28. She married Sir Robert Quarles on 2 September 1601, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 9 September 1612, in Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 34, and was buried in Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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Variant of Esther , of medieval origin. For a long while the two forms were interchangeable, the addition or dropping of h- being commonplace in a whole range of words, but now they are generally regarded as two distinct names.
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