Esther Kellogg Mayo

Female, #527, (10 March 1814 - 19 August 1895)
Esther Kellogg Mayo|b. 10 Mar 1814\nd. 19 Aug 1895|p527.htm|Stephen Mayo|b. 2 Feb 1783\nd. 5 Jan 1871|p526.htm|Mary Cheney|b. 29 Jul 1784\nd. 3 Jun 1870|p156.htm|Benjamin Mayo|b. 11 Dec 1750\nd. 2 May 1797|p525.htm|Dorothy Goddard|b. 29 Jan 1758\nd. 7 Jun 1845|p351.htm|Levi Cheney|b. 23 Nov 1756\nd. 18 Apr 1847|p153.htm|Mary Hill|b. 18 Jan 1756\nd. 12 May 1819|p155.htm|
Esther (Mayo) Ward
     Esther Kellogg Mayo was born on 10 March 1814 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Mayo (1965) gives her birth date as 11 March 1814 and the transcribed Orange Vital records gives her birth date as 20 March 1814.2,3,4,5,6,1 She was the daughter of Stephen Mayo and Mary Cheney.1 On 27 October 1835 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Esther married Deacon Thomas Harris Ward, son of Deacon Daniel Ward and Sarah Jones. They were married by the Rev. Mr. Shaw.7,2,8,3,9,10,6,11 There is a family tradition, which says that she went to Washington, D.C., to visit her dying son, Marcus.6 Esther Kellogg Mayo died on Monday, 19 August 1895 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, at age 81 years, 5 months and 9 days. Her obituary in the Athol Transcript reads, "Mrs. Esther Mayo Ward, one of our aged and respected residents passed away last week Monday morning at three o'clock. She had long been ill, partly from fracturing her hip by a fall. She was born here March 10, 1814 and spent most of her eighty-one years of her life in this place. She was a member of the Congregational church here. She leaves six children, four of whom live in Orange and North Orange; Mr. Wales Ward in Saratoga, N.Y. and Mrs. Eddy Brooks at Grand Rapids, Michigan. All were present at the funeral as was her brother, Mr. William Mayo and his wife from Leominster."

Her obituary in the Orange Enterprise reads, "Mrs. Esther R, widow of the late Thomas Ward, passed away Monday morning, after a long and painful illness. She fell more then four months ago and has been a constant sufferer since. She was born March 10, 1814"

She died at 10 minutes of three in the morning.4,5,6,3,8,2 She was buried in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.4
Charts
Ancestry of Robert Roy

Children of Esther Kellogg Mayo and Deacon Thomas Harris Ward

Citations

  1. Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts , Volume 1. Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001.
  2. Miner, Beatrice M.. History of Orange 1753-1976. Orange, Massachusetts: Orange Historical Society, 1976.
  3. Mayo, Chester Garst. John Mayo of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1688 A Genealogical and Biographical Record of His Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965.
  4. Athol Transcript, Athol, Massachusetts, 27 August 1895.
  5. Orange Enterprise, Orange, Massachusetts, Tuesday, 20 August 1895.
  6. Crosby, Barbara. The Ward Family of 11 Children. Orange, Massachusetts: manuscript, circa 1950.
  7. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
  8. Roy, Robert Alan. Extracts from the Genealogical Files of Barbara Crosby. Orange, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1980.
  9. Athol Transcript, Athol, Massachusetts, Tuesday, 14 July 1891.
  10. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1910.
  11. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
  12. Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts , Volume 2. Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001.
  13. Stone, Margaret, letter. 1980, from Orange, Massachusetts, to Roy, Robert A.. Personal Genealogical Collection; RR1, Box 308, Paw Paw, West Virginia.