37. ESTHER 4 DUNHAM (Isaac 3 Nathaniel 2 Thomas 1), born in Hebron, CT 24 March 1750; [1] died in Bentleyville, Solon Township, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio 16 September 1835. [2] She married in Hebron, CT 28 May 1772 JACOB RUSSELL, son of Samuel and Mary (Hof) Russell. [3] He was born in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY 15 April 1746; died in Warrensville, Ohio 29 August 1821. [4] He is buried in Shaker Heights, now a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.
Jacob Russell served as Private in a Continental Regiment from Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. [5] After the war the family lived in Windsor Locks, CT. Jacob and Esther (Dunham) Russell moved to Warrensville Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1812. In 1822 Ralph Russell, son of Jacob Russell, established a Shaker colony on the Russell property. This colony became known as the North Union Shaker Community.
Children of Jacob and Esther 4 (Dunham) Russell born in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT: [6]
94. i. ELIJAH 5 RUSSELL, b. 1773
95. ii. ESTHER5 RUSSELL, b. 1774
96. iii. JERUSHA 5 RUSSELL, b. 7 July 1776
97. iv. RETURN 5 RUSSELL, b. 1 March 1778
98. v. ELISHA 5 RUSSELL, b. 14 Nov. 1779
vi. SAMUEL 5 RUSSELL, b. 14 Jan. 1781; d.y.
99. vii. SAMUEL 5 RUSSELL (again), b. 15 Jan. 1783
100.viii. JERUSHA 5 RUSSELL (again), b. 18 Feb. 1785
101. ix. CONTENT 5 RUSSELL, b. 7 May 1787
102. x. RALPH 5 RUSSELL, b. 3 Aug. 1789
103. xi. HOSEA 5 RUSSELL, b. 1791
104. xii. ROSANNA 5 RUSSELL, b. 10 March 1792
105.xiii. OBEDIENCE D. 5 RUSSELL, b. 23 May 1794
106. iv. EBENEZER RODNEY 5 RUSSELL, b. 15 May 1796
References:
1. Barbour Collection-Vital Records-Hebron, CT, p. 39.
2. NEHGR Samuel Russell (1716-1780) of Kingston, NY, 118:176.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Washington DC, 1990, Part III:2539.
6. Russell, George Ely, Descendents of William Russell of Salem, Mass., Catoctin Press, 1989.
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