Esther Alden was born July 12th, 1774 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Barnabas and Elizabeth Patterson Alden. She was baptised there on September 16, 1781. Esther married Nathan Gould in Ashfield on May 7th, 1801. They were the parents of eight children:
Martha Gilbert Gould b. 24 Jul 1803
Elizabeth Patterson Gould b. 10 Dec 1804
Joel Gould b. 17 Nov 1806
Julia Gould b. 13 Dec 1808
Freeman Gould b. 7 Apr 1810
Lydia Young Gould b. 14 Dec 1811
Nathan Gould b. 25 Aug 1813
Gilbert Gould b. 20 Oct 1815
Esther and Nathan settled in Charlemont, Massachusetts directly after their marriage where all their children were born. When the youngest was just a year old, in 1816, the family moved to French Creek in Lewis Co, VA (now Upshur Co, WV). They were among the original members of the French Creek Presbyterian Church. Esther died here on July 16th, 1826 (according to church records).
Her husband Nathan remarried in 1828 to Cemantha/Samantha Phillips, the young widow of Martin Cudworth Burr. She had 2 children, Elbridge and Martin Burr with her first husband. She and Nathan Gould had eight more children: Esther, Marshall, Joseph Samuel, Cynthia Ann, Jonathan, Roxanne, Cecilia Jane, and Watson Gould.
Martha Gilbert Gould b. 24 Jul 1803
Elizabeth Patterson Gould b. 10 Dec 1804
Joel Gould b. 17 Nov 1806
Julia Gould b. 13 Dec 1808
Freeman Gould b. 7 Apr 1810
Lydia Young Gould b. 14 Dec 1811
Nathan Gould b. 25 Aug 1813
Gilbert Gould b. 20 Oct 1815
Esther and Nathan settled in Charlemont, Massachusetts directly after their marriage where all their children were born. When the youngest was just a year old, in 1816, the family moved to French Creek in Lewis Co, VA (now Upshur Co, WV). They were among the original members of the French Creek Presbyterian Church. Esther died here on July 16th, 1826 (according to church records).
Her husband Nathan remarried in 1828 to Cemantha/Samantha Phillips, the young widow of Martin Cudworth Burr. She had 2 children, Elbridge and Martin Burr with her first husband. She and Nathan Gould had eight more children: Esther, Marshall, Joseph Samuel, Cynthia Ann, Jonathan, Roxanne, Cecilia Jane, and Watson Gould.
Esther Alden was born July 12th, 1774 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Barnabas and Elizabeth Patterson Alden. She was baptised there on September 16, 1781. Esther married Nathan Gould in Ashfield on May 7th, 1801. They were the parents of eight children:
Martha Gilbert Gould b. 24 Jul 1803
Elizabeth Patterson Gould b. 10 Dec 1804
Joel Gould b. 17 Nov 1806
Julia Gould b. 13 Dec 1808
Freeman Gould b. 7 Apr 1810
Lydia Young Gould b. 14 Dec 1811
Nathan Gould b. 25 Aug 1813
Gilbert Gould b. 20 Oct 1815
Esther and Nathan settled in Charlemont, Massachusetts directly after their marriage where all their children were born. When the youngest was just a year old, in 1816, the family moved to French Creek in Lewis Co, VA (now Upshur Co, WV). They were among the original members of the French Creek Presbyterian Church. Esther died here on July 16th, 1826 (according to church records).
Her husband Nathan remarried in 1828 to Cemantha/Samantha Phillips, the young widow of Martin Cudworth Burr. She had 2 children, Elbridge and Martin Burr with her first husband. She and Nathan Gould had eight more children: Esther, Marshall, Joseph Samuel, Cynthia Ann, Jonathan, Roxanne, Cecilia Jane, and Watson Gould.
Martha Gilbert Gould b. 24 Jul 1803
Elizabeth Patterson Gould b. 10 Dec 1804
Joel Gould b. 17 Nov 1806
Julia Gould b. 13 Dec 1808
Freeman Gould b. 7 Apr 1810
Lydia Young Gould b. 14 Dec 1811
Nathan Gould b. 25 Aug 1813
Gilbert Gould b. 20 Oct 1815
Esther and Nathan settled in Charlemont, Massachusetts directly after their marriage where all their children were born. When the youngest was just a year old, in 1816, the family moved to French Creek in Lewis Co, VA (now Upshur Co, WV). They were among the original members of the French Creek Presbyterian Church. Esther died here on July 16th, 1826 (according to church records).
Her husband Nathan remarried in 1828 to Cemantha/Samantha Phillips, the young widow of Martin Cudworth Burr. She had 2 children, Elbridge and Martin Burr with her first husband. She and Nathan Gould had eight more children: Esther, Marshall, Joseph Samuel, Cynthia Ann, Jonathan, Roxanne, Cecilia Jane, and Watson Gould.
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