Husband: Jeffrey Esty

  Born: 1586/7 in: Freston, Suffolk Co., England
  Died: 4 Jan 1657 in: Little Neck, LI, Colony of New York
  Ref. Mutiple - type=secondary     Occupation: Fisherman/Land owner
  Father: Christopher Esty
  Mother: An Arnold

Wife: Margaret Pote (or Pett)
Married: 29 May 1606 in: Freston, England
Ceremony: Y

"History of Salem, Mass." Vol I by Sidney Perley has Margaret's maiden name as "Pote or Pett" and she married Jeffrey on May 29, 1609. Originally I had the name to be Potts which was taken from hand written family records.

F Child 1 Mary Esty
Born: 1625 in: Freston, Suffolk Co., England
Baptized: 17 Feb 1625 in: Freston, Suffolk Co., England

M Child 2 Isaac Esty died at age: 85
Born: 1627 in: Freston, England
Baptized: 17 Nov 1627 in: Freston, Suffolk Co., England
Died: 1712 in: Topsfield, Colony of Massachusetts

F Child 3 Catherine Esty
Born: abt. 1629
Spouse: Henry Scudder
Spouse: Thomas Jones d. 1669


The following is an excerpt from "ISAAC ESTY OF TOPSFIELD AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS" by Gay Esty Bangs (date unknown). {from The Historical Collections of the Essex Institute Vol 36.}

"The first mention in America of the name Esty, or as it is otherwise spelled, Estey, Este, Estee, Easte, Eastey, and Easty," is in Salem, where one Jeffery Esty was granted twenty acres of land in the year 1636."Jeffery (Geoffrey) Easty came to Salem, MA with his family, Mary 11 years old, baptized 02/17/1625 at Freston, Suffolk Co., England and Isaac 9 years old, baptized 11/17/1627. They had a third child, Catherine, baptized 02/17/1629 (location unknown but suspect Freston, Suffolk Co.). Jeffery was the founder of the Easty, Esty, Estey etc... faimily lines in America as well as one line of Estes (Nathaniel b. 10-25-1746 changed spelling to Estes ).

This 20 acres was in Mackerel Cove (Marblehead MA).

The Bangs account continues: "From the Essex County Registry of Deeds we copy the following: ""23-6-1651, Jeffery Esty hath sold the arbadge or after feeding of the five acre lot to Henry Bullock. The planting thereof was formerly granted to Nathaniel Bishop as by a writing dated the day and year above written."" Also ""A caveat recorded for William Dixie who bought of Jeffery Estee thirty acres of upland 30 pounds in Mackerel Cove. 6 Oct. 1651, the said Estee being out of jurisdiction cannot yet be called to acknowledge the same."" In the year 1651, it seems, Jeffery Esty had left Salem and was out of jurisdiction. The facts are that he removed to Long Island, setteling for a time at Southhold, thence to Huntington and later to Little Neck where he died Jan. 4, 1657. He made a will, without date, which was probated Jan. 23, following, ands was written by Henery Scudder, his son-in-law. This will mentions a daughter Catherine and a son Isaac. Catherine married, first, Henry, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Scudder, of Salem, who made his will Jan. 25, 1661; second, Tho. Jones who settled at Huntington, making his will Feb. 16, 1669."

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