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Personal data Esther White 

• Also known as Joyce.
• She was born about January 1, 1685 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony.
• She died on July 23, 1738 in Warwick, Kent, Province of Rhode Island.
• A child of Jonathan White and Hester Nickerson

Household of Esther White

(1) She is married to John Drake.

They got married on June 25, 1719 at Boston, Suffolk. Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Drake  1724-1768 
2. Francis Drake  1727-1748

(2) She is married to John Joyce.

They got married on November 7, 1707 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Child(ren):

1. John Joyce  > 1707-1710
2. Desire Joyce  1709-1771
3. Fear Joyce  1712-1748

Notes about Esther White

[[Category:East Greenwich, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Yarmouth, Massachusetts]]
[[Category: Drake-Ladd Burial Ground, Warwick, Rhode Island]]
{{Mayflower Family Member}}
== Biography ==Esther White was probably born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, about 1685 based on her age at death, the daughter of [[White-2097|Jonathan White]] and his first wife [[Nickerson-120|Hester Nickerson]].Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White.'' Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 16, 50, 51.
She married first, at Yarmouth on 07 November 1707,[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9FDK?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MD%3A353349701%2C353437801%2C353437802 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,"] database with images, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Barnstable > Yarmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823 > image 143 of 538; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Yarmouth Town Records Vol 3:32 (from back).Sherman, Robert M. and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Volume 1. p 137. Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1975.:"John JOYCE and Esther WHITE were joined in marriage the 7th day of November 1707 per John Thacher, Just. Peace." [[Joyce-1299|John Joyce]], the son of [[Joyce-43|Hosea]] and [[Chipman-56|Elizabeth (Chipman) Joyce]], and a descendant of Pilgrim John Howland. John died in Yarmouth on 10 January 1714/5. His will, dated at Yarmouth 28 December 1714 and proved 06 April 1715, named his wife Esther, unmarried daughters Fear and Desire, and his wife's sister Elizabeth White and his brothers.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-53ZX?i=668&cat=534317 Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 3:344].
Her second marriage was to [[Drake-3373|John Drake]] on 25 June 1719 in Boston, by the [[Mather-42|Rev. Cotton Mather]].Boston, ''Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston'' (Boston : Municipal Printing Office, 1898) [https://archive.org/details/reportrecordcom08masgoog/page/n93/mode/2up Vol. 28:81]. John was the son of [[Drake-228|John]] and [[King-228|Sarah (King) Drake]], born 30 September 1694 in Weymouth.NEHGS, ''Vital records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850'' (Boston, Mass. : NEHGS, 1910) [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofwe1850newe/page/n195/mode/2up Vol. 1:97] He died in Warwick, Rhode Island, on 21 June 1733 in his 39th year.[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2732/i/48676/374676/1416594917 Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000] (Online database: ''AmericanAncestors.org,'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Transcriptions by volunteers of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project; compiled by John Sterling. "Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database," 2017). (Note: "Arnold has 21 Jun 1759 in 39th yr but check shows stone to be as shown. [b. 20 Sep 1694 in Weymouth, MA, the second child of John and Sarah (King) Drake. He married Esther Joyce (a widow) in Boston 25 Jun 1719. His grandparents were Thomas and his 1st wife...)" (Link by $ubscription.)Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 22 February 2020), memorial page for Capt John Drake (20 Sep 1695–21 Jun 1733), {{FindAGrave|81741449|sameas=no}}, citing Drake-Ladd Burial Ground, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47314859). (Gravestone photo included.)
John Drake's will, dated 16 June 1733 at East Greenwich, Rhode Island and proved 30 June 1733, named his wife Esther, Desire Arnold wife of John, Fear Smith wife of Christopher, daughter Elizabeth Drake under age 18, and son Francis under 21. The inventory of his estate called him a mariner.
She was named in her father's will, dated 14 July 1736, as Esther Drake. In a release dated 14 November 1741 in her father's probate file she was said to be deceased. John Arnold was administrator on the estate of Esther Drake, deceased, and the guardian to Frances Drake, her heir.Barnstable County Probate records, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-L7XV?i=517&cat=43935 Vol. 5:304] (will), [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-V9YM?i=41&cat=43935 6:59-60] (releases).Bowman, George Ernest, "Will of Jonathan³ White," [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv9mass/page/n271/mode/2up ''Mayflower Descendant,'' Vol. 9(1907):122-3].
Esther Drake died on 23 July 1738 aged 53, "wife of Capt. John Drake" and was buried in the Drake-Ladd Burial Ground in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, where her gravestone still stands.[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2732/i/48676/374675/1416594915 Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000] (Online database: ''AmericanAncestors.org,'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Transcriptions by volunteers of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project; compiled by John Sterling. "Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database," 2017). (Link by $ubscription.) (Clear photo of gravestone.)Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 22 February 2020), memorial page for Esther White Drake (1 Jan 1685–23 Jul 1738), {{FindAGrave|81741693}}, citing Drake-Ladd Burial Ground, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47314859). (Includes gravestone photo.)
The will of Esther Drake of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, widow, dated 11 July 1738 and proved 29 July 1738, named her daughters Deziah Arnold, Fear Smith and Elizabeth Drake (under 18), and son Francis Drake.

Children by John Joyce born Yarmouth:#[[Joyce-1379|John Joyce]], d. 27 Dec 1710 at Yarmouth.[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9F6F?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MD%3A353349701%2C353437801%2C353437802 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,"] database with images, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Barnstable > Yarmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823 > image 140 of 538; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Yarmouth Town Records Vol. 3:26, (from back) #[[Joyce-138|Desire Joyce]], b. 17 Jan 1709;[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-96LY?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MD%3A353349701%2C353437801%2C353437802 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,"] database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Yarmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823 > image 21 of 538; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Yarmouth Town Records Vol. 3:29.Bowman, [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv7mass/page/499/mode/2up "Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records," ''MD'' Vol. 7:248.] m. John Arnold 1733.#[[Joyce-1381|Fear Joyce]], b. 15 Feb 1712/3; m. Christopher Smith 1732 Greenwich, RI.
Children by John Drake born E. Greenwich, Rhode Island:Arnold, James N., ''Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : first series...'' (Providence, RI : Narragansett Historila Publishing Co., 1891) [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037798458&view=2up&seq=382&size=125 Vol. 1:2:113-4] Kent County (at "Deake")#[[Drake-799|Elizabeth Drake]], b. 01 Mar 1724/5; m.(1) William Corey 1743 E. Greenwich, RI.#[[Drake-3869|Francis Drake]], b. 29 May 1727; d. 09 Apr 1748 E. Greenwich

== Sources ==

See also:* White Annex: [http://e-familyhistory.com/content/WHITE_ANNEX-Judith.htm Judith (White) Andrews Pedigree]* ''[[Space:The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record|The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record]]'' (The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company. 1890-91)[https://archive.org/stream/salempresshistor00sale#page/n182/mode/1up Vol. 1, No. 2, Oct. 1890, Page 74]: Tombstone at Cavesit, Warwick, R.I.

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