Born about in New York Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Roome
and Susannah Ann (Le Chevalier) Roome
Wife of
John Gilliland
— married
3 Aug 1742 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Peter Gilleylen, William Gilleylen, Susanna (Gilleylen) McKune, Esther (Gilleylen) Robison, Maria Gilliland, Jacob Gilliland, Rachel (Gilleylen) Clingan, John Gilleylen and Jane (Gilliland) Shields
Died after
after about age 68
in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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MG Pitts 
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Biography
Hester was born about 1722. A likely birth record says parents are Johannes Rome and Susanna Sualji.[1]
Hester married at the First Presybterian Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania - Esther Rome and John Gillelan, Aug 3, 1742[2]
She was enumerated in the 1790 Census in Frederick Maryland[3].
She may have died in 1800.[4].
Sources
- ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-LBW : 14 February 2020), Hester Rome, 1722.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6
- ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKY-8R5 : accessed 29 March 2022), Hester Gilleland, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing p. 193, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181288986/hestor-gilliland : accessed 29 March 2022), memorial page for Hestor Romar Gilliland (1721–1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 181288986, ; Maintained by SRobinson (contributor 48686874) Burial Details Unknown.
- Husband's DAR record[1]
- We're Related website
- Charles Renfro
- Notes by MG Pitts, 9/6/2013
Acknowledgements
- This person was created on 22 September 2010 through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester 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 Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester 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 Hester:
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~0.78%
Gill Gay
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T221385 [compare], FTDNA kit #147956
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~0.78%
Bob Warner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #327148
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~0.39%
Mike Edwards :
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~0.39%
Donna Duncan :
23andMe
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~0.39%
JK Graham :
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Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Robin Lee
Roome-140 and Rome-15 appear to represent the same person because: sources have her name as Rome, and Roome-140 has her marriage date incorrectly shown as her birth year. Same husband
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by Robin Lee
Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
Rome-552 and Rome-15 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date,death date and spouse
posted
by Vicki Ann Norman (1948-2020)
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