Esther Ryder

1735 - 1819  (83 years)

• Name	Esther Ryder  [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Mar 1735	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Feb 1819	Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I20427	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	John Ryder,   b. 28 May 1692, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 11 Jan 1766, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mehitable Crowell,   b. 3 Sep 1691, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 26 Mar 1766, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1713	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F12171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joshua Nickerson,   b. 27 May 1733, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 16 Apr 1821, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1754	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3, 5, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Levi Nickerson,   b. 10 Dec 1759, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 10 Oct 1835, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 75 years) + 2. Joshua Nickerson,   b. 1763, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. 1800, Oak Park, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 37 years) + 3. Zenas Nickerson,   b. 15 Jan 1767, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. 28 Jun 1845, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F12162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

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