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Robert Hester (1686 - 1748)

Robert Hester
Born in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 61 in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa, Virginiamap
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Biography

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Robert Hester was a Virginia colonist.

Robert was born about October 1686 and was baptised 10 October 1686 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Francis Hester and Elizabeth Garland.[1]

Marriage & Children

Robert married Rachel McAllister-[9472] [MRIN:3362], daughter of Andrew McAllister-[275279] and Hannah __________-[275280], in 1706 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.(Rachel McAllister-[9472] was born Cir 1686 in Virginia and died after 1748 in Louisa, Virginia.)

Children from this marriage were:
+ 4 M i. Robert Hester-[184325] was born about 1712 in New Kent County, Virginia and died about 1769 in Louisa County, Virginia
+ 5 M ii. Francis Hester-[9473] was born in 1712 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia and died after 26 Jul 1748
6 M iii. Zachariah Hester-[9474] was born about 1728 in New Kent County, Virginia and died after 1769.
+ 7 M iv. William Hester Sr.-[9460] was born about 1716 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia and died on 18 Jul 1774 in Grandville County, North Carolina
+ 8 M v. David Hester-[9475] was born in 1718 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia and died in South Carolina
+ 9 M vi. Robert H. Hester Jr.-[12479] was born in 1720 in New Kent County, Virginia and died on 12 Mar 1770 in Louisa County, Virginia
+ 10 F vii. Mary Hester-[9476] was born about 1726 in New Kent County, Virginia and died about 1784 in Hillsboro District, Chatham County, North Carolina
+ 11 M viii. Henry Hester-[9477] was born about 1725 in New Kent County, Virginia and died on 23 Feb 1747 in Louisa County, Virginia
+ 12 M ix. Hugh Hester-[9478] was born about 1722 in New Kent County, Virginia and died before 23 Feb 1747 in Louisa County, Virginia
+ 13 M x. John Hester-[9479] was born about 1724 in New Kent County, Virginia and died in 1819 in Hanover County, Virginia
14 F xi. Elizabeth Hester-[185087] was born about 1730 in New Kent County, Virginia.

Sources

  1. Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. From 1680 to 1787. Published by The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. Parish Record Series, No. 2. Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer. 1904. Page 14
1686 Birth
Name Robert Hester - Gender Male
Birth Date 10 Oct 1686
Birthplace ST PETER'S PARISH, NEW KENT, VIRGINIA
Father's Name Frances Hester
CITING THIS RECORD: "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917,"
database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRH-JZ1 :
accessed 4 January 2016), FHL microfilm 6,048,679.
  • Source: S-1426365167 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo,UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;; Note: Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Source Medium: (null) Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).


Acknowledgements

  • Entered by Travis Wagner, Oct 4, 2011
  • WikiTree profile Hester-234 created through the import of Ronny _ Marilyn_s Family Histo.ged on Mar 26, 2012 by Ronald Johnston.




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Comparing Kit QQ3569767 (Angela Hockenberry) [FTDNA] and T826135 (John Hester) [Migration - F2 - T]

Segment threshold size will be adjusted dynamically between 200 and 400 SNPs Minimum segment cM to be included in total = 5.0 cM Mismatch-bunching Limit will be adjusted dynamically to one-half the segment threshold size for any given segment.


Chr B37 Start Pos'n B37 End Pos'n Centimorgans (cM) SNPs 17 54,938,015 59,494,574 5.8 810

Largest segment = 5.8 cM

Total Half-Match segments (HIR) = 5.8 cM (0.161 Pct) Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.6

1 shared segments found for this comparison.

615316 SNPs used for this comparison.

55.960 Pct SNPs are full identical

Comparison took 0.386 seconds. CPU time used: 0.028 cpu seconds.

posted by Angela Hockenberry

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