Esther was born on circa 1828 in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont.
1 She married
Eleazer Renslow on 7 September 1844 in Monkton, Addison County, Vermont.
1 Esther died on 2 July 1897, in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, at age ~69.
1 Esther R. Renslow and
Eleazer Renslow appeared on the census of 1850 in Middlebury Township, Addison County, Vermont.
2 Esther R. Renslow and Eleazer Renslow appeared on the census of 1860 in Hinesburgh, Chittenden County, Vermont, which lists Eleazer [mis-indexed as "Eleanor] Renslow, 38, born in Vermont; his wife Esther, 32, born in Vermont; and their children, Viola, 14, Mary, 12, Sidney, 8, Emma, 7, Edgar [mis-indexed as Edson, 5, and Martha, 1, all born in Vermont.
Note: Mary Ellen, born 12 April 1859, not present to be counted in census.
Esther R. Renslow and Eleazer Renslow appeared on the census of 1870 in Huntington, Chittenden County, Vermont, >
Huntington, Chittenden Co., VT 1870, pg 16 [handwritten # in upper left corner] family #131/123
>RENSLOW, Alazar [sic; should be Eleazer]; 48y; White; male; works in shoe shop; b VT
>RENSLOW, Esther; 41y; white; female; keeping house; b VT
>RENSLOW, Edgar; 15y; white; male; farm laborer; b VT
>RENSLOW, Martha; 12y; white; female; Works at house; b VT; attending school
>RENSLOW, Flora; 8y; white; female; no occ; b VT; attending school
>RENSLOW, Gertrude; 5y; white; female; b VT; attending school
>RENSLOW, Elazur; 3y; white; male; b VT
>CLARK, Viola; 23y white; female; domestic servant; b VT
>CLARK, Minnora; 3y; white; female; b VT.
3 Eleazer and Esther (Potter) Renslow apparently separated sometime between 1870 and 1880, because in the 1880 census Eleazer is living with their daughter Viola and her husband Silas K. Kent in Bristol, VT, and Esther and their son Lucius are servants in New Haven, VT.
Esther R. Renslow and
Lucius Earl Renslow appeared on the census of 1880 in New Haven, Addison County, Vermont.
4 She was a house servant in 1880.
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