It's a cold rainy day in
Virginia, but the bluebirds and hummingbirds still come for some refreshment, entertaining
us as we sit at our computers researching our family lines.
In 1685 Esther Agard (founding member of the
Agards in America), married Samuel
Storrs of Barnstable, MA. In 1698, Samuel, Esther and her son, John Agard,
along with Samuel’s six children moved to Mansfield, Connecticut. It was there
that Samuel and Esther had three more children, Thomas, Esther and Cordial, and
those are the ones I have been working on today – especially Esther.
I had written down that
she married William Hall. To verify
that has been a challenge. I find birth and baptismal records for the children
of William and Esther, but none of the records I came across said it was Esther
Storrs. Until I found a USGenWeb Project document of Tolland County,
Connecticut, Family Outlines, Hall Family of Tolland, Connecticut that lists
the Hall family with a William Hall marrying Esther Storrs. The list of children
in this document matches other lists I have seen.
In the meantime, I sent a
note off to the Tolland County Historical Society to see if there might be
other resources that confirms the union of William and Esther. And I, too, will
keep searching.
