Individual Details
Esther SNOW
(16 Sep 1779 - 28 Oct 1855)
Because of the early age of marriage, her birth date and marriage date has always been contentious or confusing until the certifications were inserted into the Revolutionary War Pension records.
In April 1843 Esther is living in Jerico, Chittenden County, Vermont where she filed for her husband's pension.
In 1850, Esther and her daughter Tamsy are living with her son Jonas and his family in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont.
Esther lived in Chittenden County in 1851 and received a widow's pension of $80.00 per year and then she and several of her children moved to McHenry County, Illinois where she died in 1855.
Esther and Roger's sons gradually moved west. Artimus and Henry went to Ohio, Jonas and Joel settled in McHenry County. The mother and daughter Tamsey joined the sons in Illinois.
In May 1855 she applied for the Bounty Land in Chemung, McHenry County. She was entitled to this land under the U. S. Act of March 3rd, 1855, giving government land to Revolutionary War widows but she did not live to enjoy this land very long as five months later on 28 October 1855 Esther Snow Stevens died.
Events
| Birth | 16 Sep 1779 | Cornnish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire |  |  | |
| Marriage | 10 Jan 1792 | Granville, Washington County, New York - Roger STEVENS | | ||
| Burial | Oct 1855 | Chemung Cemetery, Chemung, McHenry County, Illinois | |||
| Death | 28 Oct 1855 | Chemung, McHenry County, Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Roger STEVENS (1761 - 1841) |
| Child | Prudence STEVENS (1795 - 1795) |
| Child | Henry STEVENS (1798 - 1855) |
| Child | Milda STEVENS (1801 - 1854) |
| Child | Abigail STEVENS (1804 - 1885) |
| Child | Tamerson (Tamsy) STEVENS (1807 - 1815) |
| Child | Joel STEVENS (1810 - 1898) |
| Child | Melissa (Malissa) STEVENS (1813 - ) |
| Child | Artemus C. STEVENS (1816 - 1863) |
| Child | Jonas George STEVENS (1819 - 1863) |
| Child | Lydia Snow STEVENS (1820 - 1820) |
| Child | Tamerson (Tamsy) STEVENS (1822 - 1896) |
| Father | Amos SNOW ( - 1813) |
| Mother | Lydia UNKNOWN (1744 - ) |
| Sibling | Amos SNOW (1783 - ) |
Notes
Birth
The New Hampshire birthplace reference comes from the 1850 Census.
Marriage
In the Revolutionary War Pension request forms, Esther certifies that she was not married to Roger before his leaving the war service but was married to him previous to 1 January 1794. She indicated that the marriage was performed by a Baptist minister, Jordan Dodge. Her sons Joel and Jonas also certified in the same papers that her mother and father were married in 1792. They certified that they always understood from both parents that they were married when she was not quite 13 years of age. Joel also understood from his parents that Prudence was their first child to have lived which leaves strong indications there was at least one stillborn before 1795.
Endnotes
1. Stan Morgan, Roger Stevens Descendant.
2. Stan Morgan, Roger Stevens Descendant.