Richard ESTEY, Sr.

Abt 1706 - 1791  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Richard ESTEY  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1706	, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Baptism	7 Apr 1706	, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Richard ESTEY was born about 1706 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA. He was baptized on 7 Apr 1706 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. He signed a will on 20 Apr 1787 in Sheffield Sunbury Co., NB. Proven 17 Mar1791. He died on 26 Mar 1791 in Sheffield, Sunbury Co., NB. Lived in Rowley, MA until 1764. Emigrated to Maugerville Township on Saint John River sometime on or after the summer of 1761 from MA with others under Colonel Alexander McNutt. They meant to replace the French Acadians who had been removed. The first ship arrived in 1763 and they immediately began to till the soil. The first crop was frost bitten however and they had a tough winter. Joshua Mauger, the Province Agent in London, took up their cause and their settlement was confirmed on 20 Dec 1763. They named the town after him. Richard Estey took up residence on Lot 24, in what was later called Sheffield. He built a log house from the virgin trees there. He was of puritan background. The original church covenant still existed in 1992, which he had signed, written in 1763: The church covenant of the Maugerville Congregational Church, which adheres to the Standing Order Congregational Cambridge Platform and was signed by seven men. . He signed as witness to a wedding without a minister in Feb 1766 in Maugerville along with Daniel Palmer, Francis Peabody, Samuel Whitney, George Hayward, David Palmer and Edward Coye. He also signed the church covenant. His name is engraved on a stone cairn erected on the N side of the Trans Canada Highway at Sheffield, near the United Church and cemetery, Sunbury Co., now NB. They belonged to a Congregational Church in Rowley MA and in 1764 they applied for a membership in a new church on the bank of the Saint John River at Sheffield, after they were probably well settled there. 273. Ruth FISKE died on 29 Jun. She was born on 20 Aug 1707 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. May have been the daughter of William of Wenham MA or Joseph Fiske of Ipswich MA, both sons of Deacon Wm Fiske b 1642/1643, d 5 Feb 1728, and Sarah Kilham, b 7 Nov 1640, d 26 Jan 1739. Children were: i. Richard, Jr. ESTEY was baptized on 9 Feb 1728/29. He died about 1785 in Sheffield, Sunbury Co., NB. ii. Zebulon ESTEY was baptized on 5 Jul 1730 in Rowley, MA. He died on 20 Nov 1736 in Rowley, MA. iii. Susannah ESTEY was born about 1732 in Rowley, MA?. She died on 10 Nov 1736 in Rowley, MA. iv. Sarah ESTEY was born on 12 Oct 1734 in Rowley, MA. She died on 10 Nov 1736 in Rowley, MA. v. Sarah ESTEY was born on 12 Oct 1736 in Rowley, MA. vi. Zebulon ESTEY. vii. John ESTEY was born on 14 Dec 1742 in Rowley, MA. He signed a will on 22 Feb 1821 in Kingsclear, York Co., NB. Proven 17 Nov 1824. He died on 6 Oct 1824 in Kingsclear, York Co., NB. viii. Ruth ESTEY was born on 10 May 1746 in Rowley, MA. Richard, grandson of Isaac, was born in Topsfield but lived in Rowley. He came to the Saint John River with the Maugerville settlers in 1763 and is the ancestor of the N.B. Esteys. (the last statement is from page195, in the book - 'Genealogy of the Anglo-Dutch Estabrooks of the Saint John River, New Brunswick, (revised 1958). Compiled by Florence Cecelia Estabrooks, Saint John, N.B. 1935.
  Name	Richard Estey
  Will	20 Apr 1787	, Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Death	26 Mar 1791	, Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I32428	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac ESTEY,   b. Abt 1656, , Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1714, , Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Abigail KIMBALL,   b. 22 Mar 1666/67, , Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Feb 1760, , Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F13141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth FISKE,   b. 20 Aug 1707, , Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Susannah ESTEY,   b. Abt 1732, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1736, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 4 years)   2. Sarah ESTEY,   b. 12 Oct 1734, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1736, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 2 years)   3. John ESTEY,   b. 14 Dec 1742, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Oct 1824, , Kingsclear, York County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 81 years)   4. Zebulon ESTEY, Sr.,   b. 14 Dec 1742, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 10 Oct 1806, , Canning (then Waterborough), Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 63 years)   5. Zebulon ESTEY,   c. 5 Jul 1730, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 20 Nov 1736, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 6 years)   6. Richard ESTEY, Jr.,   c. 9 Aug 1728, , Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada d. Abt 1785, , Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 56 years)   7. Ruth ESTEY,   b. 10 May 1746, , Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F11871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1008] Ralph James Turner, family records, 1008.