Cause of death "accidental wound" as noted in Topsfield VR
Excerpt from the "Studholme Report -1783" by George H. Studholme
"Isreal Esty has a wife and 3 children, been on anout 5 years. Built a log house and has about 15 acres of cleared. Claims by possession and a quit claim of the improvements of his grandfather, who had possessed it 15 years before he came on."