Esther Huntington

1714 - After 1759  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Esther Huntington  [1, 2]
  Christened	12 Nov. 1714	Welton, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	After 1759  [3]
  Person ID	I1993	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	24 May 2020

  
  

  Father	John Huntington,   b. 21 April 1688, Hull, Yorkshire, England ,   bur. 1732, Chancel, Welton Church, Welton, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Olive Croft,   bapt. 12 Feb. 1683/84, St. Helen's, York, Yorkshire, England ,   bur. 28 April 1761, Chancel, Welton Church, Welton, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage Licence	31 Dec. 1711  [4]
  Married	10 Jan. 1711/12	St. Oswald's, Fulford, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F1049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Henry Laybourne
  Married	30 April 1754	Holy Trinity, Hull, Yorkshire, England   [6]
  Children	1. Mary Laybourne,   bapt. 2 July 1755, Welton, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1784  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Last Modified	11 Aug. 2019
  Family ID	F1048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  She was co-executrix of the will of her paternal relation, John Bacchus, of Welton, dated 3 February and proved 14 March, 1759, under which she was bequeathed a pecuniary legacy of £500 and half of the residuary personal estate. [3] She was co-executrix of the will of her mother, dated 25 April and proved 19 November 1761, under which she and her niece, Mary Huntington, were bequeathed a pecuniary legacy of £300 to be equally divided between them, and out of which they were to pay £5 a year in quarterly payments to her brother, William Huntington, for life, and to pay all her mother's debts and funeral expenses. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Parish registers for Welton, 1713–1993, 12 Nov. 1714. "A Register of Births, Burials, & Marriages, In ye Parish of Welton from Martinmass 1713." "Easther ye daughter of Mr. John Huntington was baptised ye 12th of November 1714." [S65] Will of Olive Huntington, Widow, of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull (25 April 1761), Borthwick Institute for Archives, microfilm 1018, folio 158. "... first I give to my Son William Huntington for and during his natural life five pounds a year due to him after the first half year of my Brother John Crofts Legacy to be paid him quarterly and I leave to my Daughter Esther Labourn and my Grandaughter [sic] Mary Huntington three hundred pounds to be equally divided between them they paying jointly the five pounds a year left to my Son William Huntington and all my other Debts and funeral expences [sic] I join my Daughter Mary Huntington Executrix in Trust for my Grand-Daughter Mary Huntington along with my Daughter Esther Labourn whom I appoint my other Executrix ..." [S125] Last Will and Testament of John Bacchus of Welton in the East Riding of the County of York Esquire (3 February 1759, proved 14 March 1759). "... I give and Bequeath unto the said Esther Laybourne the Sum of five hundred pounds ... and as To all The Rest and Residue of my personal Estate whatsoever after and subject To the payment of my Debts Funeral Charges and sd. Legacies I give and Bequeath The same and Every part Thereof unto The said Mary Huntington and Esther Laybourne Equally Between Them and I Do hereby Make ordain Constitute and appoint the said Mary Huntington and Esther Laybourne joint Executors of This my Last Will and Testament ..." [S42] The Northern Genealogist, volume 5, A. Gibbons (ed.), (Birmingham, 1902), page 86. MARRIAGE BONDS OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF YORK. [Transcribed] By T. B. Whytehead, Esq., Chapter Clerk, and Captain Sandwith, 8th Hussars. "1711. Dec. 31. John Huntington of Melton, gen. and Olive Crofts." [S160] Parish registers for St. Oswald's, Fulfords-Ambo, Yorkshire, 1653–1947, Borthwick Institute for Archives, Refs. PR/FUL 1-13, 77-79, 83-86, 90., Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1700–1800, Ref. PR/FUL/2, page 8, 10 Jan. 1711/12. "[1711/12] January 10th. Mr. John Huntington of Melton & Mrs Oliva Croftes married." [S44] Parish registers for Holy Trinity Church, Hull, 1554–1892, (East Yorkshire Archive Service, Ref. PE/158/1-96), FHL Film 1703069 (DGS 7909260), Marriages, 30 April 1754.