Esther Burney

Esther or Hetty, whose responsible character matched her position as eldest of the family, was born a month before her parents married. Her illegitimate birth was a never-mentioned family secret. She married her cousin Charles Rousseau Burney

This marriage gave little Elizabeth Allen four stepsisters: Esther , Frances , Susan , and Charlotte Ann Burney . She later acquired a half-sister, Sarah Harriet Burney .