Born in Spencer, Kentucky, United States
Daughter of John Shaw
and Fanny (Unknown) Shaw
Wife of
Nathan Kester
— married
1811 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Kester, Fanny Ann (Kester) Boyer, Byron T. Kester, Eunice (Kester) Dickens, Joseph Shaw Kester, Angeline (Kester) Cary, Queen Elizabeth (Kester) Barricklow, Nathan Riley Kester and John Shaw Kester
Died
at age 53
in Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2016
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Biography
Elizabeth Shaw was born 03 May 1793, in Spencer County, Kentucky. [1]
She married Nathan Kester. They had nine children. [1]
Elizabeth Shaw Kester passed away 14 Jan 1847, in Illinois. [1] She is buried in the Richwoods Cemetery, Westfield, Clark County, Illinois. [2]
Research Notes
- RE: Cemetery; Find A Grave has "Richwoods Cemetery" in Westfield, Clark County, Illinois. They have it also as AKA: Conrad Baptist Cemetery. BillionGraves has it as "Conrad Baptist Cemetery" in Kansas, Clark County, Illinois.
Sources
- John Shaw, Will. 26 Jul 1808. Settlements in estates of deceased persons, 1802-1933; Greene County, Tennessee. Page 230. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P9-LSKH?i=125&cat=301923
- Fanny Shaw Affidavit. Nov 1820. Order Book: 1818-1821; County Court Clerk's Office; Shelby County, Kentucky. Page 376. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-D8ZJ?i=504&cat=190039
-Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data:Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt, John E., Compiled by; Pound and Kester Families, containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound (Born in 1735) and William Kester (Born in 1733) and a genealogical record of all their descendants and other family historical matter.; Regan Printing House, Chicago, 1904, 628 Pages, Indexed; Pages 483.
- ↑ Find A Grave memorial for Elizabeth Shaw Kester, database and images (accessed 28 December 2017), memorial page for Elizabeth Shaw Kester (3 May 1793–14 Jan 1847), Memorial no. 53810628, citing Richwoods Cemetery, Westfield, Clark County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Cindy Cornwell McCachern (contributor 46810811) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Sandy (Sands) Peachey 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Kristin (Peachey) Robinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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