Esther Willson, *

1711 - Aft 1763  (> 53 years)

• Name	Esther Willson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	8 Aug 1711	Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ   [12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1751	New Jersey, USA
  Death	Aft 1763	Kingwood, Hunterdon
  Person ID	I10677	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Willson,   b. 5 May 1681, Scarborough MM, York, England d. 19 Dec 1761, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hester (Esther) Overton, *,   b. 26 Oct 1682, , Hunterdon, NJ, USA d. 6 May 1736, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Jun 1705	Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA   [15]
  Family ID	F5121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Michael Newbold,   b. 1706, Springfield, Burlington, NJ d. 1763, Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1757	Of Burlington Co., NJ
  Family ID	F2033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Coate, *,   b. 1700, Of Kingwood M.M., Hunterdon, NJ, USA d. Abt May 1784, , 96 District (Now Abbeville), SC, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1731	Burlington County, New Jersey, USA   [7, 10, 11, 12]
  Children	1. Little John Coate,   b. Bef 1752, , Hunterdon, NJ d. Bef 5 Dec 1802, , Edgefield, SC, USA (Age < 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Marmaduke Coate, * R-FT146901,   b. 13 Jun 1738, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States d. 22 Sep 1822, Ludlow Falls, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Henry Coate, Jr.,   b. Abt 1730, New Jersey, USA d. 12 Dec 1754, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Coate Cotes,   b. Bef 1741, , Hunterdon, New Jersey d. of Big Dam Creek, Newberry, SC  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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  Histories

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• Notes

  Her death date is usually listed as 5/6/1736. The information on her death date probably came from the book "The Willson Family, 1672-1959" by Richard Eugene Willson according to Ron Peterson. (C-2110) However, it has not been able to be verified and could just as easily apply to her mother, Esther instead. The reasons why it likely applies to her mother instead are the following. Her son, Marmaduke was most likely born in 1738 as he would still have been under the age of 21 when he was listed with his father on their move from NJ to NC in 1757. It appears that her husband could have left community because of an uncomfortable situation for all. He never remarried which is extremely unusual for the times. Members of the Newbold family believe that Michael Newbold, b. 1706 in Burlington Co., NJ was married secondly to Henry Coates' wife, Esther Wilson. According to Newbold descendants, the Henry Coate she was married to in the Hunterdon Co., New Jersey area died sometime around 1755. However, my Henry Coate moved to North Carolina with his sons in 1757 (in Quaker Records) around the time that Michael and Esther were believed to be man and wife. Because no marriage record for Michael Newbold and Esther has been found even though Michael often witnessed Quaker marriages in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, I thought it possible that Esther and Michael had a common law marriage. She is called his wife Esther in Michael Newbold's will written by 1763. We are in any case, descended from the Henry who moves south with sons to Guilford/Rowan Co., NC and Esther Willson. What is now known through DNA evidence is that I have 2 cousins descended from both of Elizabeth's parents. Esther's mother's side also has a match clear back to Major General Robert Overton (b. 1609) and Anne Gardiner with me. (23andMe.com, cousins: Charlotte Buelow and Bonnie Scudder) We likely have these matches clear back into the 1600's because we descend through both Esther and her brother, Gabriel Willson.

  
  

• Sources

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