Born about in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Edwards
and Hannah (Brown) Edwards
Sister of
David Edwards Sr.
Wife of
John Lester
— married
1780 in South Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
John Edwards Lester, Dennis Lester, David Rodolphus Lester and Elizabeth (Lester) Snelling
Died
at about age 60
in Haddock, Jones, Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2016
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1760 in Newberry, South Carolina. She passed away in 1820 in Haddock, Jones, Georgia.
Family
Parents: Samuel Edwards Hannah Brown
Spouse: John Lester
Children:
- Isabelle Lester (1779-1823)
- Moses Lester (b. 1780)
- Sarah Lester (b. 1781)
- Martha Lester (b. 1783)
- Galliah Lester (b. 1783)
- Joseph Lester (b. 1785)
- Mary Lester Sawyer (1785-1860)
- John Edwards Lester (1787-1853)
- Samuel Lester (1789-1839)
- George Lester (b. 1791)
- Benjamin Lester (b. 1793)
- Dennis Lester (1794-1870)
- David Lester (1796-1874)
- Rachel E. Lester Blow (b. 1805)
- Elizabeth (Lester) Snelling (1809-1854)
Sources
- FamilySearch Family Tree - URL: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-663708663/sarah-lester-born-edwards-in-familysearch-family-tree
- Hocker Web Site - https://www.myheritage.com/FP/sourceItem.php?s=540378551&sourceID=1500036
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Patti (Patten) Carlen 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch XL4358720 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pacarlen1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #287042
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~0.78%
Carol (Jennings) Thoma :
23andMe, GEDmatch NK8382759 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NK8382759 [compare], Ancestry member thoma999
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Debra (Adams) Akin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PP5831476 [compare], yourDNAportal DEBb1354d20, Ancestry member akin_debral
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #797745
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~0.78%
Walter Wichard :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H044189 [compare]
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~0.39%
Matthew Adams :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member yuminatorx82
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Debra (Adams) Akin
Debra (Adams) Akin
Edwards-14676 and Edwards-22512 appear to represent the same person because: All information is the same except for year of birth which is different by 5 years.
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