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- THE ESTEYS The first Esteys in America was Jeffrey Estey, a Puritan (a member of a16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New Englandopposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of theChurch of England. One who practices or preaches a more rigorous orprofessedly purer moral code than that which prevails. Reference: MeriamWebster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition), who came to Salem in1636. His son, Issac married Mary Towne. They lived in Topsfield, EssexCo., Mass. near Salem, Essex Co., Mass. She was executed as a witch in1692 and the family moved to Rowley, Essex Co., Mass. Richard, grandsonof Isaac, was born in Topsfield but lived in Rowley. He came to the St.John River with the Maugerville settlers in 1763 and is ancestor of theN.B. Esteys.
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d. 1714, , Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA