Esther (Wright) Piper

Family

Sources

1. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), Piper genealogy, p. 239: "3. Joseph, who m. Esther, dau. of Henry Wright, of Westford, Mass., and had nine ch., of whom, - 4. Solomon was the sixth. He was b. Concord, Mass., Oct. 20, 1754 ... His parents re. to Acton ... at the instance of Francis Cragin, Esq., who m. his eldest sister, he purchased land in the north part of Temple." Names Francis Cragin's wife as sister of Solomon, son of Joseph x Esther (Wright) Piper. (Conflict kept: VR show an older sister Ester b. 20 Feb 1747/8, so "eldest" is loose.)

2. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Essex Institute, 1914), Births, WRIGHT: "Esther, d. Henry and Esther, May 3, 1726." (also "Phebe, d. Henry and Esther, Nov. 20, 1728"). Marriages: "ADAMS ... Esther, and Henry Wright, int. Dec. 19, 1725" and "WRIGHT ... Henry, and Esther Adams, int. Dec. 19, 1725." Westford (set off from Chelmsford 1729) VR births continue the family: "Hannah, d. Henry and Esther, June 30, 1730"; "Henry, s. Henry and Esther, June 10, 1732"; "Olive, d. [Dea.] Henry and Ester, July 11, 1736"; "Mary, d. Dea. Henry and Esther, Aug. 15, 1745."

   Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Essex Institute, 1914), Births, WRIGHT: "Esther, d. Henry and Esther, May 3, 1726." (also "Phebe, d. Henry and Esther, Nov. 20, 1728"). Marriages: "ADAMS ... Esther, and Henry Wright, int. Dec. 19, 1725" and "WRIGHT ... Henry, and Esther Adams, int. Dec. 19, 1725." Westford (set off from Chelmsford 1729) VR births continue the family: "Hannah, d. Henry and Esther, June 30, 1730"; "Henry, s. Henry and Esther, June 10, 1732"; "Olive, d. [Dea.] Henry and Ester, July 11, 1736"; "Mary, d. Dea. Henry and Esther, Aug. 15, 1745."

3. Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts (1915), Marriages: "PIPER, Joseph, of Concord, and Esther Wright, Nov. 18, 1743." Blood, History of Temple (1860), Piper gen. p. 239: "3. Joseph, who m. Esther, dau. of Henry Wright, of Westford, Mass., and had nine ch." Daughter-of sentence + Westford marriage to Joseph Piper of Concord (first ch. Joseph b. Concord Nov. 1744) match locked esther-wright-piper-bsb; Chelmsford VR gives the only Esther born to Henry Wright (1726). (Note: Westford VR also has a pencilled "[Esther], d. Jacob and Abigail [1726]" — Blood's "dau. of Henry Wright" rules her out.)

   Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts (1915), Marriages: "PIPER, Joseph, of Concord, and Esther Wright, Nov. 18, 1743." Blood, History of Temple (1860), Piper gen. p. 239: "3. Joseph, who m. Esther, dau. of Henry Wright, of Westford, Mass., and had nine ch." Daughter-of sentence + Westford marriage to Joseph Piper of Concord (first ch. Joseph b. Concord Nov. 1744) match locked esther-wright-piper-bsb; Chelmsford VR gives the only Esther born to Henry Wright (1726). (Note: Westford VR also has a pencilled "[Esther], d. Jacob and Abigail [1726]" — Blood's "dau. of Henry Wright" rules her out.)

4. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (1895): "Sibill Piper ye Daughter of Joseph Piper and Esther his wife was Born February 20. 1749" [O.S. = 20 Feb 1749/50]. Vital Records of Acton (1923), Births, PIPER: "Sibbell, d. Joseph and Esther, Feb. 20, 1750, in Concord" (siblings Joseph 1744 in A., Phillip 1746, Ester 1748, Jonathan 1752, Solomon Oct. 20, 1754, Rachel 1756, Allis 1759, Mary 1763, Siles 1767). Acton marriages: "Francis and Sibella [int. Sibil] Piper, both of A., Mar. 30, 1773." Matches locked sybil-piper-cragin-bsb (2nd wife of Francis Cragin of Acton/Temple; first ch. Francis b. Oct. 24, 1773).

5. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), Piper genealogy, p. 239: "3. Joseph, who m. Esther, dau. of Henry Wright, of Westford, Mass., and had nine ch., of whom, - 4. Solomon was the sixth. He was b. Concord, Mass., Oct. 20, 1754 ... His parents re. to Acton ... at the instance of Francis Cragin, Esq., who m. his eldest sister, he purchased land in the north part of Temple." Names Francis Cragin's wife as sister of Solomon, son of Joseph x Esther (Wright) Piper. (Conflict kept: VR show an older sister Ester b. 20 Feb 1747/8, so "eldest" is loose.)

6. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Essex Institute, 1914), Births, WRIGHT: "Esther, d. Henry and Esther, May 3, 1726." (also "Phebe, d. Henry and Esther, Nov. 20, 1728"). Marriages: "ADAMS ... Esther, and Henry Wright, int. Dec. 19, 1725" and "WRIGHT ... Henry, and Esther Adams, int. Dec. 19, 1725." Westford (set off from Chelmsford 1729) VR births continue the family: "Hannah, d. Henry and Esther, June 30, 1730"; "Henry, s. Henry and Esther, June 10, 1732"; "Olive, d. [Dea.] Henry and Ester, July 11, 1736"; "Mary, d. Dea. Henry and Esther, Aug. 15, 1745."

   Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Essex Institute, 1914), Births, WRIGHT: "Esther, d. Henry and Esther, May 3, 1726." (also "Phebe, d. Henry and Esther, Nov. 20, 1728"). Marriages: "ADAMS ... Esther, and Henry Wright, int. Dec. 19, 1725" and "WRIGHT ... Henry, and Esther Adams, int. Dec. 19, 1725." Westford (set off from Chelmsford 1729) VR births continue the family: "Hannah, d. Henry and Esther, June 30, 1730"; "Henry, s. Henry and Esther, June 10, 1732"; "Olive, d. [Dea.] Henry and Ester, July 11, 1736"; "Mary, d. Dea. Henry and Esther, Aug. 15, 1745."