Esther Edwards Burr

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Esther Edwards Burr was an 18th-century American diarist and the daughter of theologian Jonathan Edwards, best known today as the mother of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr.

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Esther Edwards Burr canonical 1
Esther Edwards Burr (grandmother) 1

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instanceOf American
diarist
person
birthName Esther Edwards
burialPlace Princeton, New Jersey
causeOfDeath smallpox
child Aaron Burr
Sarah Burr
correspondent Sarah Prince
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1732-02-13
dateOfDeath 1758-04-07
educatedAt home education
ethnicGroup New England colonist
familyName Burr
father Jonathan Edwards
gender female
genre diary
letter
givenName Esther
hasSubject friendship and piety in 18th-century New England
women’s religious experience in colonial America
languageOfWorkOrName English
literarySignificance important source on colonial American women’s lives
marriageDate 1752-06-29
memberOf Edwards family
mother Sarah Pierpont Edwards
movement First Great Awakening
linked to: Great Awakening
notability early American woman diarist
mother of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr
notableRelative Aaron Burr
Jonathan Edwards
notableWork Esther Edwards Burr’s Journal
Letters to Sarah Prince
occupation diarist
letter writer
partOf Edwards family correspondence and journals
placeOfBirth Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
placeOfDeath Princeton, Province of New Jersey
religion Congregationalism
residence Newark, Province of New Jersey
Princeton, Province of New Jersey
spouse Aaron Burr Sr.
linked to: Aaron Burr
spouseEmployer College of New Jersey (Princeton University)
spouseOccupation college president
writingPeriod 18th century

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Aaron Burr mother Esther Edwards Burr
Theodosia Burr Alston relative Esther Edwards Burr (grandmother)
linked to: Esther Edwards Burr