Esther 'Hester' Kettell

Esther Ward was not the daughter of Samuel Ward of Hingham & Charlestown. Anderson's "Great Migration Project" has no parents for her, but suggests a Lincolnshire origin.

Esther (Ward) Kettell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 3, p. 1921)

Richard Kettle married by 1637 Esther Ward; on 26 January 1633/4 "Esther Ward our brother Atherton Haulghe's maid servant" was admitted to Boston church; on 17 July 1642 "Our sister Hester Ward now wife to Richard Kettle of Charlestown hath letters of recommendation granted unto her to the church at Charlestown;" "Ester Kettle, wife of Richard Kettle" died at Charlestown 2 July 1679. (Although Savage clarifies matters by questioning the previously suggested marriage date for this couple, he also obscures this marriage by calling Esther daughter of Samuel Ward, although there is no man of that name in New England available to be her father at this early date.

They had six children: Hannah Cale [Call], John, Joseph, Samuel, Nathaniel, Jonathan.

References

• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Ward/SamuelWard.html
• WARD of Hingham and Charlestown, Massachusetts. Samuel Ward, my 10th great grandfather, was an early settler at Hingham, Massachusetts. He might have been the brother of the Henry Ward who was buried there on 15 May 1642. His first wife was Mary Hilliard, who died at Hingham 28 November 1638 ten days after giving birth to my 9th great grandfather, Samuel, Jr. Mary had given four children to Samuel, Sr. His second wife was Frances Pitcher, the widow of a Mr. Reycroft. Frances died in 1690 and is buried at Copp’s Hill Burial Ground in Boston. link
• http://lechpowell.com/getperson.php?personID=I3798&tree=tree1
• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Published by the Town, 1893, (University Press: John Wilson and Sons, Cambridge, Mass), v III, page 274-275. “Samuel Ward, perhaps a son of Henry, who died and was buried here, 15 May 1642), had a grant of land on the Lower Plain 1636. …. “
• Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine, and ninety allied families. by Sumner, Edith Bartlett, Publication date 1959. Page 304. Archive.Org
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 11 2020, 21:39:53 UTC
• WikiTree contributors, "Esther (Ward) Kettell (abt.1617-1679)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ward-1033 : accessed 17 January 2025).
• Removed unsourced birth date of July 15, 1614