Daily AncestorEsth.
Esth. in old records is an abbreviation of the first name Esther.
Esth. is a clerk's shortening of Esther, listed among the standard abbreviations of English given names. It turns up in parish registers and in wills that list daughters.
Indexes sometimes read Esth. as a surname or skip it. Compare with other records of the family, where the name may be written in full.
As seen in a recordEntry in a church baptism register
Esth., dau. of Saml. and Han. Barlow, bapt.
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