Rachel Adams (1799 - 1853)

Born 7 Apr 1799 in Deep Creek, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Jester — married 1 Jan 1822 in Surry County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1853 at age 54 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Rachel was the daughter of Jonathan and Ann Brown Adams, born 7 April 1799. Her birth and death dates are recorded in the minutes of the Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends in Deep Creek, North Carolina as transcribed by William Wade Hinshaw. She was dismissed from the Friends Society on 1 Feb 1823 for her marriage "out of unity" to John Jester (1799-1875).

"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," John Jester and Rachael Adams, 01 Jan 1822; Surry, North Carolina^[1] ​​ Their children were:

Anna Jester, 1823

William M Jester, 1825-1864

May Jester, 1826

Isaac Jester, 1829

Margaret Jester, 1829

John Jester, 1831

Thomas E Jester, 1838

Jonathan Jester, 1840

"United States Census, 1850," Surry, North Carolina^[2]

John Jester Male 51 North Carolina

Rachel Jester Female 51 North Carolina

Anna Jester Female 27 North Carolina

Mary Jester Female 24 North Carolina

Isaac Jester Male 21 North Carolina

John Jester Male 19 North Carolina

Thomas E Jester Male 12 North Carolina

Jonathan Jester Male 10 North Carolina

Margaret Jester Female 21 North Carolina

She is supposed to be buried at Deep Creek Friends Church Cemetery, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States. Ray Parker, a Jester descendant, and researcher of the North Carolina Jesters says she is bured at Deep Creek Friends Row T Pos 7. There is no a FAG memorial for her.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF92-YJR : 9 March 2021), John Jester and Rachael Adams, 01 Jan 1822; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,467.
2. ↑ FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BK-8X8 : 24 December 2020), Rachel Jester in household of John Jester, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edward Brothers, 1936), pages 345, 973, 977.

See Also:

• https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LQ8W-CYX

Research Notes

And why I changed her death date.

This particular Jester group had a spate of Rachels. Rachel Pierce, Rachel Jester, Rachel Adams, and Rachel Stoneman. Rachel Stoneman Jester is the Rachel who died 28 Apr 1848, probably in Indiana, after the birth of her son John. Rachael Stoneman Jester has 2 memorials at Deep Creek Cemetery.