Esther <I>Benedict</I> Ives

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Esther Benedict Ives

Birth
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
1 Jan 1752 (aged 72)
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H -- See Deacon Joseph Ives burial for directions.
Memorial ID
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~MY ANCESTOR~
ESTHER (BENEDICT) IVES was the daughter of my ancestors, THOMAS AND MARY (MESSENGER) BENEDICT of Norwalk, CT. and the grand-daughter of THOMAS & MARY (BRIGHAM) BENEDICT and ANDREW & RACHEL MESSENGER, the four grandparents being my immigrant ancestors.
Thomas Benedict was an original proprietor of Norwalk and Andrew Messenger was an original settler of Jamaica, L.I., New York.
Esther Benedict & Joseph Ives were married on May 11, 1697 in Wallingford, Conn. They were the parents of 11 children:
Thomas Ives, Elizabeth (Ives) Hitchcock, Hannah (Ives) Sperry, Esther Ives, Abigail (Ives) Sperry -- my ancestor, Joseph Ives, Phineas Ives, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Dinah, and Stephen Ives.

See the memorial for Deacon Joseph Ives to see pictures of their original home in Cheshire, CT.

References:
Connecticut Town and Birth Records, pre 1870 (Barbour Collection) for birth date.
American Marriages Before 1699
U.S. and International Marriage records, 1560-1900
U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700
~MY ANCESTOR~
ESTHER (BENEDICT) IVES was the daughter of my ancestors, THOMAS AND MARY (MESSENGER) BENEDICT of Norwalk, CT. and the grand-daughter of THOMAS & MARY (BRIGHAM) BENEDICT and ANDREW & RACHEL MESSENGER, the four grandparents being my immigrant ancestors.
Thomas Benedict was an original proprietor of Norwalk and Andrew Messenger was an original settler of Jamaica, L.I., New York.
Esther Benedict & Joseph Ives were married on May 11, 1697 in Wallingford, Conn. They were the parents of 11 children:
Thomas Ives, Elizabeth (Ives) Hitchcock, Hannah (Ives) Sperry, Esther Ives, Abigail (Ives) Sperry -- my ancestor, Joseph Ives, Phineas Ives, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Dinah, and Stephen Ives.

See the memorial for Deacon Joseph Ives to see pictures of their original home in Cheshire, CT.

References:
Connecticut Town and Birth Records, pre 1870 (Barbour Collection) for birth date.
American Marriages Before 1699
U.S. and International Marriage records, 1560-1900
U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Inscription

Here Lies Ye Body of
Mrs. Esther ye Wife
of Deacon Joseph Ives
died Jan:'ry ye 1st 1752 in
ye 72nd year of her Age.



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