ESTES, Abraham Jr.[1, 2]
1697 - 1759 (62 years)-
Name ESTES, Abraham Suffix Jr. Birth 1697 St. Stevens, King and Queen, Virginia, British America [1, 3] Gender Male Death 12 Jul 1759 Caroline County, Virginia, British America [1, 3] Person ID I9502 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 15 Dec 2019
Father ESTES, Abraham, b. 1647, Ringwould, Dover District, Kent, England d. 21 Nov 1720, Stevensville, King and Queen, Virginia, British America (Age 73 years) Mother BROCK, Barbara, b. 1662, King and Queen County, Virginia, British America d. Abt 25 Nov 1720, Amelia County, Virginia, British America (Age 58 years) Marriage 29 Dec 1682 St Stephens Parish, King and Queen, Virginia, British America [4] - "The date ranges of the children of Abraham the immigrant shows a range of 28 years in their ages, meaning that if they shared the same mother for all children, she was bearing children for 29 years, from approximately age 18-47. This is not impossible, but is somewhat unlikely, especially given that Abraham had to be somewhat older than this woman if he married her when she was age 17 in 1683 or 84. He would have been age 36 or so marrying a girl at age 17.
A significant amount of speculation exists as to whether the oldest children were from a different wife, perhaps Ann Burton. However, if Ann, who Abraham married in England, was the mother of the first children, why were there no children between the years of 1672 and 1684 when Sylvester was born? One would expect at least 6 children to be born in this timeframe. Some could have died, but all of them?
This too seems unlikely, leading us to the question of whether Abraham had at least 3 wives during his lifetime. Ann Burton first who died in England. He then immigrated and either married two separate women, or, he married a girl of about 17.
Another significant gap occurs between John born about 1701 and Moses born 1710 which could signify the death of one wife and a remarriage, although there is nothing in Barbara’s will that alludes to any of the children mentioned not being hers."
Family ID F2727 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 WATKINS, Ann, b. 8 Mar 1696, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, British America d. 1735, King and Queen County, Virginia, British America (Age 38 years) Marriage 1715 New Kent County, Virginia, British America [2, 5] Children 1. ESTES, Abraham III, b. 1717, Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 15 Jan 1780, Virginia, British North America (Age 63 years) 2. ESTES, Barbara, b. 1719, Virginia, British America d. 1793 (Age 74 years) 3. ESTES, Samuel, b. 1723, St Stephens Church, King and Queen, Virginia, British America d. 26 Sep 1791, Orange County, Virginia, United States (Age 68 years) 4. ESTES, Phillip, b. 1720, Spotsylvania Court House, Spotsylvania, British America d. Yes, date unknown 5. ESTES, Catherine, b. 1730, Virginia, British America d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2726 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
Family 2 JEETER, Elizabeth, b. 1697, Virginia, British America d. 1774, Caroline County, Virginia, British America (Age 77 years) Marriage Aft 1735 St. Margarette, Caroline, Virginia, British America [3] - Based on the death of his first wife, Ann Watkins Estes
Children 1. ESTES, Benjamin, b. 1733, Caroline County, Virginia, British America d. Yes, date unknown 2. ESTES, Mary Ann, b. 1735, Virginia, British America d. Yes, date unknown 3. ESTES, Edmund, b. 1736, St. Margaret, Caroline, Virginia, British America d. Yes, date unknown 4. ESTES, Lucy, b. 1742, Caroline County, Virginia, British America d. Yes, date unknown 5. ESTES, Elisha, b. Between 1750 and 1760, Orange County, Virginia, British America d. Abt 1810, Orange County, Virginia, United States (Age 60 years) Family ID F4023 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
- "The date ranges of the children of Abraham the immigrant shows a range of 28 years in their ages, meaning that if they shared the same mother for all children, she was bearing children for 29 years, from approximately age 18-47. This is not impossible, but is somewhat unlikely, especially given that Abraham had to be somewhat older than this woman if he married her when she was age 17 in 1683 or 84. He would have been age 36 or so marrying a girl at age 17.
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