Esther "Hetty" Saunders (c. 1793–1862) was a poet in New Jersey, USA.
[1] Her father escaped with her and her brother to freedom in Elsinboro Township, Salem County in 1800 by crossing the Delaware River.
[2] Saunders then lived in Salem County, New Jersey for much of her life.
She was taken in, reared and educated by a Quaker family, Joseph and Ann Brick Hall.
[2] She died on 15 December 1862[1] and is buried at Salem Friends Burial Ground.