William Lester (abt. 1707)

Born about 1707 in Somerset England

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Unsure of parents but!!! Maybe??Right place,right time,names follow parents/siblings. County Somerset Place Pilton Church name St John the Baptist Register type PR Marriage date 17 May 1703 Groom forename William Groom surname LESTER Bride forename Martha Bride surname GLAUKINGS

Siblings LESTER Christian William LESTERMartha LESTER St Andrew09 Apr 1704 LESTER ChristopherWilliam LESTERMartha LESTER St Andrew05 Aug 1705 LESTER John William LESTERMartha LESTER St Andrew26 Jan 1707 LESTER William William LESTERMartha LESTER St Andrew25 Nov 1708 LESTER Isaack William LESTERMartha LESTER St Andrew10 Sep 1713

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• County Somerset

Place West Bradley Church name St Andrew Register type Baptism date 20 Dec 1730 Person forename William Person sex M Father forename William Father surname LESTER Mother forename Margett

The three Lester families listed here are all related – the common ancestor seems to be John Lester of West Bradley b.c. 1570/80 and the family remained in West Bradley until Richard Lester married Ann Marsh in St. John's, Glastonbury on 1 Nov 1782 and they had 10 children there. The family lived in the Old Wells Road cum Above Town until the late Victorian period when Jesse Lester Chr. 2 Aug 1863, married Elizabeth Ann Patch in 1891. They lived in Glastonbury but at variious addresses and in 1939 Jessie's son Reginald moved to Butleigh. Thus 12/14 generations of Lesters were all born within a few miles radius of Butleigh.

1) John Lester [Chr. 31 Mar 1796 St. John Glastonbury, s.o. Richard and Ann (nee Marsh) Lester]

Married: 30 Apr 1820 at Mudford Hannah Deudney Chr. 21 May 1797 Chilton Cantelo, d.o. Thomas and Batty Deudney, labourer, bur. 21 Apr 1877 (Jun Q 5c/389 Wells) Butleigh 51-37, 61W-64, 71-78

Children:

1) Mark b. 1848 Bradley 51-37

2) Lott b. 1840 Bradley 51-37

Hannah arrived in Butleigh from Baltonsborough (1841 census), the widow of John Lester, stonemason, with two children, Mark and Lott. Hannah lodged with her children at Black Down House, the home of Frederick Craft, above Butleigh Hill in 1851. Hannah became a servant in Butleigh Wootton for Stephen Pollett before moving to Sealy's Row by 1871 where she lived alone until she died in 1877 aged 81. Her son Mark died in 1875 (Jun Q 5c/424 Wells). John Lester was the great uncle of the next.

2) Joseph Lester Chr. 14 Apr 1850 (Jun Q 10/513 Wells) St. Johns, Glastonbury/Butleigh, labourer, s.o. John and Elizabeth (nee Marshall) Lester

Married: Eliza [Blacker Chr. 22 Feb 1846 (Mar 10/330 Wells) Butleigh?], bur. 3 Sep 1875 (Sep Q 5c/342 Wells) Butleigh #

Children:

1) Alice b. May 1870 (Sep Q 5c/713 Bedminster) Bedminster

2) Frederick Charles b. 1874, bur. 4 Apr 1877 (Mar Q 5c/414 Wells) Butleigh

Joseph was born in Bove Town, Glastonbury, the elder brother of Jesse whose son Reginald (next) came to live in Butleigh later. In 1871 this young family lived in part of 1, Cherbury Place, Bedminster. Eliza died in 1875 aged 28. In earlier censuses Joseph's pob is given as Glastonbury. The marriage not traced - unless Eliza Blacker = Louisa Blake! [A Frank Joseph Lester married Louisa Blake in Portsea Island 1869 DecQ 2B/837). In 1891, as a widower, Joseph lived at 12, Old Wells Rd., Glastonbury with two of his brothers (including Jesse next) and his daughter Alice plus her illegitimate daughter Eliza b. 1888 (Jun Q 5c/476 Wells). By 1901 Alice had married John Davis, a mason's labourer, in Glastonbury. By then she had two more illegitimate children, Walter (9) and Amy (6).