Hester was born in 1736. Hester LaPlante ... She passed away after 1827.[1]
It is not known when or from what part of Germany that William and his wife Hester came to America. There are a few clues that indicated they were living in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1779.
The Hampshire County records record a William Linegar purchased 200 acres on Gibbons Run from Reason Howard on 8 November 1779. This location is present day Slainsville, West Virginia.[2]
There is also, in the Hampshire County records, a William Linegar and wife Hester selling 223 acres to Alexander Brown on 14 September 1791.[3]
It is possible that William served in the French and Indian War but this is spectative, at best. There is a William Linegar, age 23, on the roster under Captain John Wright's Company.[4]
There is no further information about William or Hester.
↑ Sage, Clara McCormack, and Laura Elizabeth (Sage) 1880- Jones. Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia: Now West Virginia, Including At the Start Most of Known Va. Aside From Augusta District. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. citing Page 27
↑ Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, 1862-1929, and Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania Archives, th ser. Volume 1. Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisburg Pub. Co., State printer, 1906.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michael Barber for creating WikiTree profile LaPlante-99 through the import of Barber Family Tree.ged on Nov 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester: