Nicholas
Custer
Born in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Paul Custer
and Sarah Martha (Ball) Custer
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Polly Custer
Died
at age 21
in Robeson Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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Biography
Birth
- Nicholas Custer was born 12 Feb 1753 in Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Colony of Pennsylvania to parents Paul Custer, b. c 1720 d. 10 Nov 1783, and Sarah Martha (Ball) Custer, b. c1722, d. 10 Dec. 1779; Paul & Sarah married about 1739.[1]
Baptism
- NICHOLAS CUSTER, (2A.), son of Paul, (1A) & Sarah (Ball) Custer, b. abt. 1740?, (Baptised at St. Gabriel’s Lutheran — now Episcopal, - Church, Douglassville, Berks Co., Pa., May 5th, 1745[1]
Marriage
- NICHOLAS CUSTER, m. Catharine Schracken, at Trappe, Montgomery Co. Pa. Dec. 1, 1767.[1]
Children
- Mary (Custer) Swartz, b. 1768, (m. Peter Swartz, Sr. & d. 1847.);
- Sarah (Custer) Haffer;
- Paul Custer, (4A.);
- John Custer, (8A.)[1]
Death
- Nicholas Custer died 16 Dec 1774 in Robeson Township, Berks County, Colony of Pennsylvania.[1]
Will
- NICHOLAS CUSTER, Will dated Nov. 30. 1774, probated Dec. 16, 1774; Mentions children but not by names.[2]
Research Notes
- The Sutton Source listed, below, for this profile was not accessible as of 20 Jan 2022. Bechman-4 05:49, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sutton, J.E. The Custer Family: The History from Paul Custer to the Living Generation. Logansport, IN (May 1886). (Online summary)
- ↑ Berks County, Pennsylvania Will Book 2, Page 180, Reading, Pa.
https://archive.org/details/custerfamilies00cust/page/2/mode/2up]
The Custer families by Custer, Milo, 1880-
- Custer Genealogies, on-line PDF compiled & printed by Milo Custer, 1944; New Edition edited by John M. Carroll & W. Donald Horn, Guidon Press, Bryan, Texas. 164pp.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Virgil Kester
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #246501 - Virgil Kester :
Y-Chromosome Test 45 markers, haplogroup I-M223
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Ron Rasmussen :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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