Ester Fowler Dickinson 1740 - 1803

[ndhubbard]

Anyone know about the parentage of Ester Fowler, great-grandmother of Emily Dickinson?  Looking to trace Ester's ancestors back a few generations.

[*Sandra*]

Ester Fowler Dickinson 1904 - 1803  something wrong with these dates.  Which state ?

Sandra

[Erato]

A little Googling identifies her as:

Esther Fowler, born about 1740 in Westchester, Windham County, Connecticut, died  March 15, 1803 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

She was the wife of Nathan Dickinson [great grandfather of Emily Dickinson] of Amherst, Massachusetts.

I haven't tried to delve any farther back yet.

[Erato]

This item is available to read online but does not include the Fowler family.  If there ever was a volume that covers the letter 'F,' I can't find it online.  Possibly it exists in a library.

History of ancient Windham, Ct. Genealogy. Containing a genealogical record of all the early families of ancient Windham, embracing the present towns of Windham, Mansfield, Hampton, Chaplin and Scotland. Part I. A-Bil

https://archive.org/details/historyofancient64weav

[ndhubbard]

Thank you for the resource, I'm based in NYC so I should be able to track down a copy at one of our libraries.

I updated the dates, it was a typo, 1740-1803 is correct.

Is anyone aware of a Fowler family organization?  I can't find reference to one online.

[Erato]

As regards the above mentioned "History of ancient Windham," it says that "Most of the genealogies herewith published appeared in the Williamantic journal in 1862 and 1863. They have been re-arranged, carefully revised and corrected, and contain much additional matter."  So it might be worth trying to locate the relevant issues of that publication.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016399/

[*Sandra*]

Couple appear on  FIND A GRAVE but no further information on parents

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13978950

Sandra