John
Lester
Born about in Meath, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Duke
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Bryant William Lester Sr and Frances (Lester) Bush
Died
at about age 77
in York, Virginia,
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2014
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Biography
Sources
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/STZH-DRP : accessed 2014-07-05), entry for John /LESTER/.
Saved to Lester, John* in tree "Gallimore /Adams/Cocke/McGee/Hawkins" Remove Record Image Index-only record Add alternate information Report issue Name: John Lester Arrival Year: 1699 Arrival Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 6223 Primary Immigrant: Lester, John Annotation: Abstracts of Virginia Land Office patent books 9 through 14, covering the early decades of the eighteenth century. Includes numerous references to land patented by "French refugees," the Protestants (Huguenots) who fled France after Louis XIV revoked the Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION, abstractor. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3: 1695-1732. Richmond [VA]: Virginia State Library, 1979. 578p. Indexed. Page: 30
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Linda Hope
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YW8193161 [compare], Ancestry member LindaHope12
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~0.39%
Betty (Littleton) Waugh :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Cleveland Lester :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A779356 [compare], Ancestry member cwl2323
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