Mary Esther Ambler
Mary Esther Ambler was born around 1842 in Connecticut to Alexander and Jane Ambler. Her father was a carpenter who owned $2,500 of real estate and $775 of personal property by 1860. She grew up and attended school in Danbury, Connecticut. She married Edwin Benedict in the early 1860s, and their son Alfred was born around 1864. Her husband died on October 15, 1869.
 
She lived in Newtown, Connecticut, and by 1870, she owned $1,730 of real estate and $380 of personal property. She married Charles Sherwood around 1872, and the couple had no children. They lived in Danbury, and her husband worked as a peddler. Sherwood died in 1907, and she died in Danbury in 1919.
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(3315)Ambler, Mary Esther ~ Benedict, Mary Esther ~ Sherwood, Mary Esther18421919
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 18

  • (8617) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 19 May 1863
  • (8618) [writer] ~ Mary E. Ambler to Edwin Benedict, 10 June 1863
  • (8619) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 18 June 1863
  • (8620) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler and Harriet C. Benedict, 1863
  • (8621) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 3 July 1863
  • (8623) [recipient] ~ Marion Hurlburt to Mary E. Ambler, 7 July 1863
  • (8625) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Family, 24 July 1863
  • (8626) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 5 August 1863
  • (8627) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 11 April 1863
  • (8628) [associated with] ~ John L. Stilson to Cousin, 7 December 1863
  • (8629) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Family, 29 April 1863
  • (8630) [associated with] ~ John L. Stilson to Cousin, 19 February 1864
  • (8632) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 17 April 1863
  • (8633) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 18 April 1863
  • (8634) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 27 April 1863
  • (8635) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 29 April 1863
  • (8636) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 6 May 1863
  • (8637) [recipient] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 9 May 1863

People - Records: 10

  • (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther is the [wife of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther is the [sibling of] (3314) Ambler, Katherine J.
  • (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther is the [step-parent of] (3316) Benedict, Harriet C.
  • (3318) Hurlburt, Marion is the [cousin of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3319) Benedict, Emily is the [sibling-in-law of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3320) Benedict, George P. is the [sibling-in-law of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3321) Benedict, Delia H. is the [sibling-in-law of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3322) Benedict, George M. is the [parent-in-law of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3323) Benedict, Harriet is the [parent-in-law of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther
  • (3324) Stilson, John L. is the [cousin of] (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther

Places - Records: 3

  • (294) [birth] ~ Connecticut
  • (2355) [death, residence in 1860] ~ Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  • (2353) [residence in 1870] ~ Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, available from Ancestry.com