When Esther Hickock was born in 1788, in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Nathan Hickok, was 55 and her mother, Deborah Gregory, was 40. She married Daniel Scott on 22 August 1803, in Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 17 August 1859, in Milton, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Scott Cemetery, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, United States.