Esther Crafford^{[1, 2]}

1648 - 1740  (92 years)

• Name	Esther Crafford
  Nickname	Hester
  Born	1648
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Nov 1740	Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	Old Burying Ground, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I6921	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Mordecai Crafford,   b. Abt 1624, , , England, United Kingdom ,   d. 1661, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Mother	Edith,   d. 1667, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F12895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caleb Horton,   b. 1640, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 3 Oct 1702, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 62 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1699
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F2761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Salmon Records, 11/28/1740 "Esther Horton Widow 91" Esther Crafford had a relationship with a John Wedg of Salem Mass which resulted in a daughter Deliverance Crafford, taking the maiden name of the mother. Deliverance Crafford married 1) William Whitehair and 2) Joseph Reeve(s). After the above relationship, Esther Crafford married John Homan 12/23/1669 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and had John, Mordecai, and Esther Homan. Esther married, second, Caleb-2 (Barnabas-1) Horton about 1699 in Southold, Suffolk, NY. Also in that census was daughter Esther Homan (in her house as Hester Junr) and son Mordecai Homan, later in the census. Caleb Horton was shown without a wife in the 1698 Southold Census, and referred to his wife Hester in his 1699 will. "Hester Homan widdow" was also in the 1698 Southold Census. Esther & Caleb had no children. She remained his widow for 38 years after his death. ___________________ Her daughter, Deliverance (Crafford) Whitehair Reeve, left a will that helps explain the various relationships with her half-siblings. Note that when she refers to brother Mordecai Homan and sister Esther (Homan) Welles, they are actually half-siblings from the same mother. Page 174.--In the Name of Almighty God, Amen. I, DELIVERANCE REEVE, widow of Joseph Reeve, and formerly widow of William Whitehair of Southold, in Suffolk County, being in reasonable health of body. I leave to Mordecai Homan, Jr., son of my brother Mordecai Homan, all those houses and tenements in Southold bounded south by highway, west by William Benjamin, east by William Cox, and running north to a black oak sapling in a hollow, marked on the south W. H. and on the north W. W., containing 66 acres, All of which did belong to William Whitehair; Also my meadow grounds situate in Suffolk County, and which did formerly belong to William Whitehair. I leave to my sister, Esther Welles, all those lands and tenements in Southold, on the north side of the lands above mentioned, bounded east by William Cox, west by William Benjamin, and running north to the Sound, All of which formerly belonged to William Whitehair; Also a desk, and all my wearing apparell for her and her children. I leave to Eddy Homan, daughter of Mordecai Homan, a good feather bed. All the rest I leave to Esther Welles and Mordecai Homan, Jr. I make William Welles and Mordecai Homan executors. Dated December 13, 1740. Witnesses, William Welles, John Conkling, Jr., Richard Hudson. Proved, February 14, 1743/4."

  
  

• Sources

  [S111] Pedigree Resource File. [S118] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.