Individual Details

Esther Alderman

(8 Mar 1782 - 21 Jul 1830)

....In the year 1800 he (James Ward Smith) was married to Esther Alderman who was said to have been crowned with a wealth of titian red hair, the shade the great master of color gave to the hair of his madonnas. This young couple, James and Esther, moved to Allegheny County in Western New York. They lived there until they had acquired the asset of five sons ranging in age from six months to eight years. Here had also come Esther's father, Elisha Alderman, with his family, some of them nearly or quite grown to manhood and womanhood. (Down the Ohio in 1810, by Mrs. Lucy Rebecca (Smith) Hobson, 1933)

Events

Birth8 Mar 1782probably, Montgomery, New York, United States
Marriage17 Feb 1800Schenectady, Montgomery Co., New York, - James Ward Smith
Death21 Jul 1830Plymouth or Bartlett, Washington, Ohio, United States
BurialBartlett Cemetery, Bartlett, Washington, Ohio, United States

Families

SpouseJames Ward Smith (1777 - 1866)
ChildVincent Smith (1801 - 1849)
ChildMilton Smith (1802 - )
ChildAlanson Smith (1805 - )
ChildHarvey Smith (1807 - 1877)
ChildJames W Smith (1809 - 1894)
ChildCarmi Smith (1812 - )
ChildTalma Smith (1814 - )
ChildEli Smith (1817 - )
ChildLucy Smith (1821 - 1880)
FatherElisha Alderman (1744 - 1832)
MotherThankful Huff (1753 - 1829)
SiblingMary Alderman (1777 - 1858)
SiblingThankful Alderman (1778 - 1790)
SiblingAnn Alderman (1780 - )
SiblingRev. Elisha Alderman Jr. (1783 - 1868)
SiblingRachel Alderman (1785 - 1790)
SiblingElijah C. Alderman (1788 - 1861)
SiblingHosea Alderman (1791 - 1843)
SiblingElihu Huff Alderman (1792 - 1850)
SiblingLucy Alderman (1796 - 1824)
SiblingAnna (Hannah) Alderman (1801 - 1879)

Endnotes

1. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.

2. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.

3. Verne R. Spear, assisted by Patricia Finch Harjung and Leonard R. Alderman, compiler, The descendants of William Alderman who settled first at Windsor, Connecticut and later Simsbury, Connecticut 1671 - 2002 (South Deerfield, MA:,), p 67.

4. Parker, William Alderman., Aldermans in America. (William A. Parker Edwards & Broughton Co., Raleigh, N.C., 1957), p 484.

5. Verne R. Spear, assisted by Patricia Finch Harjung and Leonard R. Alderman, compiler, The descendants of William Alderman who settled first at Windsor, Connecticut and later Simsbury, Connecticut 1671 - 2002 (South Deerfield, MA:,), p 68.