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Hester Green

Female 1696 -

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  • Name Hester Green
    Birth 19 Dec 1696  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Person ID I982  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Benjamin Green,   b. Bef 1662, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6/06 MAR/MAR 1726/1727, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years)
    Mother Hester Clements,   b. Abt 1670, of Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1711, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Marriage 26/26 MAR/MAR 1696/1697  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nathan Smith,   b. Abt 1693, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. From 1739 to 20 Mar 1743/1744, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    Marriage Abt 1715  Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Website http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/green_huntington.htm accessed 4 Dec 2016:
      "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF STAMFORD FAMILIES. Compiled by Reverend Elijah B. Huntington. Stamford, April 6, 1797.
      Note: I have added surnames to each entry to aid in electronic searches.The format has been altered for ease of reading. Reverend Huntington madesome errors in the original work and there may be additional errors in the transcription to disk. Some corrections have been made where known.Additionally, some wives' surnames have been added. If you know of any errors, please email Barbara Kaye .
      "BENJAMIN Green and Susan Roberts were married on Apr. 10, 1683
      a daughter, born Apr. 19, 1684
      ditto, born July 8, 1686
      Lucretia Green, born July 20, 1690
      Benjamin Green, born Nov. 5, 1693
      Susan Green, wife, died Nov. 5, 1694.
      BENJAMIN Green and Hester Clements were married on Mar. 26, 1696
      Hester Green, born Dec. 19, 1696
      Debro Green, born Apr. 25, 1701
      Joanna Green, born Mar. 14, 1702-3
      Ebenezer Green, born Mar. 18, 1704-5
      Nathan Green, born Dec.3, 1706
      Reuben Green, born Jan. 25, 1708-9
      Charles Green, born Apr. 25, 1710
      Hester Green, wife, died Apr. 8, (???).
      BENJAMIN Green and Mary Holmes were married on Feb. 13, 1712-13
      Benjamin Green, died Mar. 6, 1726."

      2. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 45, no. 1 (Aug. 2002), "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," by Robert Louer, E-mail: vwrjl@att.net , p. 13:
      "Nathan3 Smith (Daniel2, Henry1), b. say 1693 probably at Greenwich,[186] d. between 1739 and 20 Mar 1743/4 at Greenwich.[187] He m. say 1715 Hester Green,[188] daughter of Benjamin and Hester (Clements) Green; b. 19 Dec 1696 at Stamford.[189]
      Children of Nathan and Hester (Green) Smith:
      -Nathan4 Smith, b. say 1716 at Greenwich
      -James Smith, b.[190]
      -Isaac Smith, b.[191]
      Footnotes:
      186. Stamford LR, C:231.
      187. Stamford LR, D:311; Greenwich LR, 6:224. He was alive in 1739 at Greenwich and was called deceased in 20 Mar 1743/4 deed.
      188. Stamford LR, C:148. He is listed as an heir of Hester's father.
      189. Stamford VR, 1:124.
      190. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1897, Abstract of Wills 1760-1766 (New York: 1898), 6:85. He was mentioned in the will of his brother Nathan.
      191. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1897, Abstract of Wills 1760-1766 (New York: 1898), 6:85. He was mentioned in the will of his brother Nathan."

      BIRTH:
      1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Volume 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), p. 149:
      "Page 156 [1:124 (123)]
      Marag. Benjamin Green & Hester Clemance, was married the 26th of March. 1696[/7].
      Burths, Hester, daughter to Benjamin & Hester Green, born the 19th of Desember, 1696.
      Debis,[489] daughter to Benjamin & Hester Green, born the 25th of Aprll, 1701.
      Johanna, daughter to Benjamin & Hester Green, born the 14th of March 1702/3.
      Page 157 [1:124 (123)]
      Ebinezer, son to Benjamin & Esther Green born the 18th of March, 1704/5.
      Nathan, son to Benjamin & Esther Green, born the 3d day of Desember, 1706.
      Reuben, son to Benjamin & Hester Green, born Jenur 25th 1708/9.
      Footnotes:
      489. Huntington (Stamford Registration, 39) transcribed this name as "Debro," and Jacobus (TAG 11:1 [July 1934]: 40), as well as the Barbour Collection (Stamford: 65), citing Stamford Town Records 1:124, agreed. Indeed, the original appears to read "Debro."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), pp 162/163: Also references Paul W. Prindle records.