Elisha
Lester
Born in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Timothy Lester I
and Mehitable (Belcher) Lester
Brother of
Mary Lester, Mehitable (Lester) Coit, Timothy Lester II, Elijah Lester, Lydia (Lester) Paine, Rebecca (Lester) Brewster [half] and Hart (Lester) Pomeroy [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Freeman) Lester
— married
3 Jan 1783 in Preston, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Daniel Mason Lester, Lydia B (Lester) Starkweather, John Lester, Esther Lester, Elizabeth (Lester) Fish, Polly Lester, Elisha Lester, Mehetable Lester, George Lester, Alexander Lester and Rebecca Lester
Died about
at about age 86
in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Mar 2016
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Biography
Elisha was born November 19, 1739 in Preston, New London, CT, USA. He was the son of Timothy Lester and Mehitable Belcher.[1]
He married his wife Elizabeth Freeman on January 3, 1783 in Preston.[2]
He passed away about 1826 in New London, New London, CT, USA.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, FHL film number 3236
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Preston, Page 128.
- He was b. 19 Nov 1739 in Preston, son of TImothy & Mehetabel.
- He m. 3 Jan 1783 to Bitsey Freeman in Preston
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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 Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha 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 Elisha:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
R Johnson 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A429501 [compare], Ancestry member rockbobster
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~0.39%
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