Hannah (Webster) Kester (1747 - 1821)

Born 19 Mar 1747 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of John Kester Sr. — married 11 Sep 1766 (to 1821) in Kingwood, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1821 at about age 73 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Hannah Webster, was born 19 May 1747, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, which at the time was British America. She is the daughter of Benjamin Webster and Rachel Skinner. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Hannah married John Kester, 11 Sep 1766 at the Kingwood Monthly Meeting, Kingwood, New Jersey. ^{[5] [2] [3] [4]}

Hannah Webster Kester died 1811-1821 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. ^[3] She is buried at the Millville Monthly Meeting, now named Millville Friends Cemetery, Millville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. ^{[3] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Hunt, John E., Compiled by; “Pound and Kester Families”; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 305-306, 587; Page 305, near bottom: the marriage of "Paul Kester" and "Ruth Kitchen" on the 17th day of the 9th month, 1730. He is known to have had three children — William Kester, probably the oldest, born about 1733; Rebecca Kester, born the 12th day of the 12th month, 1738; and John Kester, born the 31st day of 7th month, 1744; and he is believed to have had a son, Samuel Kester, the date of whose birth is unknown. It is said he died when his children were yet young, and this would indicate that his death occurred about 1745 to 1750. His daughter Rebecca, married Joseph Webster in 1768, his son John (see Appendix 306                    THE KESTER FAMILY — PART I. K) married Hannah Webster in 1766, his son Samuel married Leah Vickers in 1759 (Buckingham m. m. records), and the record of his son William is as given below. Page 587: KESTER - Hermanus Kester (born 1703), son of Jo- hannes Kuster, was a member of the Kingwood, New Jersey, Monthly Metting of Friends.  Much information about this family may be obtained from the minutes of that meeting and also in a history of the "Hambleton Family," by Chalkey J. Hambleton, and in the "Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors," by Ambrose M. Shotwell, of Concord, Michigan.  In the last named work is also some information concerning the family of John Kester and Rebecca Kester (children of Paul Kester, son of Johannes Kuster), though the names of three of John's children, Rachel, Anna and Hannah, are omitted.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} White, Jean M., Editor; The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations; Castor Association of America, Mennonite Press, Newton, Kansas, 1991; 303 Pages, Indexed; Pages 242-243; page 244:  "2.6.3 JOHN KESTER, the son of Paul and Ruth (Kitchen) Kester, was born 31, 7th month 1744 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  He married Hannah Webster 11 September 1766 at Kingwood Monthly Meeting, New Jersey.  Hannah was born 19, 3rd month 1747 at Woodbridge, New Jersey, the daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Skinner) Webster and sister of Anne Webster (wife of Paul Kester 2.5.8) and Joseph Webster (husband of Rebecca Kester 2.6.2).  In 1780 the family transferred thier membership in the Quaker Church from Kingwood, New Jersey to Bradford Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania.  In 1787 the family transferred to Concord Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and about 1792 to Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks County, Pennsylvania.  They located in Mount Pleasant Township, Northumberland County (now Columbia County), Pennsylvania.  They belong to the Catawissa Monthly Meeting which was established in 1796 and the Millville Monthly Meeting which formed in 1799 from Catawissa."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940", Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records; Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com [database on-line], Provo, Utah, USA, 2012; Hannah Webster, b: 19 Mar 1747, d: 18__, bur: Millville MM, dau of Benjamin Webster and Rachel Skinner, Married 1766 John Kester, b: 31 Jul 1744, d: Jul 1825, bur: Millville MM, son of Paul Kester and Ruth Kitchin.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Eshelman, John E., Complied by; “Genealogy of Berks County Friends in Pennsylvania”, Book IV, Department of Friends Records, 302 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Exeter Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania; 1930, R.D. #1, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania; U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935, Pennsylvania, Berks, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Genealogy of Berks; Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Quaker Meeting Records Collection, Genealogy of Berks, Call Number: MR-PH 170; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, Utah, USA, 2014.
5. ↑ 11 Sep 1766 Marriage of John Kester and Hannah Webster: "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-XVL : 23 February 2021), John Kesster and Hannah Webster, 11 Sep 1766; citing Burlington, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,466.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104806209, database and images (accessed 20 May 2018), memorial page for Hannah Webster Kester (19 May 1747–1811), citing Millville Friends Cemetery, Millville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293); Has Death Date: 1811, No Photo of Grave.

• Wesley, Rusha - Author; “Our Quaker ancestry: Adams, Cowperthwaite, Maris, Paxson, Pownal, Shotwell, Simcock, Waln, Webster”; 84 pages, portraits; 1945. (2018: Not found online, is located at New York Public Library in offsite storage, they request advance notice to view the book, only can be viewed at the Schwarzman Building, Milstein Division Room 121.)
• "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Genealogy of Berks; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 170; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA, 2014.
• Birth of child Samuel Kester on 18 Aug 1771: "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-WG4C : 11 January 2021), Hannah W Kester in entry for Samuel Kester, 1771.
• Birth of child Benjamin Kester on 25 Mar 1781: "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTT-R2G7 : 11 January 2021), Hannah W Kester in entry for Benjamin Kester, 1781.
• Birth of child Joseph Kester in 1785: "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTB-9FMW : 11 January 2021), Hannah Kester in entry for Joseph K Kester, 1785.
• Birth of child Aaron Kester on 25 Aug 1787: "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTB-7PF9 : 11 January 2021), Hannah W Kester in entry for Aaron Kester, 1787.