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Surname/tag: Jester
02/10/2001 10:35:01
[Jester] Pat/Ray versions Here is what I have for Thomas s/o Richard. This is generation 2.
1. Thomas1 Jester,1 son of Richard Jester and Frances Church, was born in Accomack Co., VA c1672. Thomas died circa 1753 Kent Co., DE.
He married twice. He married Mary [-?-] Jester Kent Co., DE, 9 Aug 1690. He married Sarah Miskell Kent Co., DE, 1710. Sarah was born in Somerset Co., MD 5 Sep 1686.3 Sarah was the daughter of Teague Miskell and Margaret [-?-] Miskell. Sarah died before 1753. not mentioned in Thomas' will of 1753
He went to Kent Co., DE c1712 when he purchased Manlove's Platt.
Thomas's will was probated Kent Co., DE, 2 Feb 1753. Thomas' will mentions daus: Barbara, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann Mann, Esther Winsmore, heirs of dau Mary; sons: Thomas, Joshua, Daniel, Joseph, Jonathon, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Richard, John.
Thomas Jester and Mary [-?-] Jester had the following child:
2 i. Mary Jester was born VA c1695. Mary died before 1753.
Thomas Jester and Sarah Miskell had the following children:
3 ii. Barbara Jester was born circa 1712.
4 iii. Ann Jester Mann was born circa 1713.
5 iv. Thomas Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1714. Thomas
died 1758 Kent Co., DE. He married Catherine [-?-] Jester c1738.
He made a will Kent Co., DE, 5 Feb 1758. Thomas's will was
probated Kent Co., DE, 15 Nov 1758.
6 v. Esther Jester Winsmore was born circa 1716. She may have
married either Thomas or William Winsmore? per Jester-Spencer book.
7 vi. Maskell Jester. Maskell died bef 1753 Kent Co., DE.
According to CP Jester, this Maskell was living in DE near the sons of Thomas
and Sarah in 1748 paying public and poor taxes. He believes Maskell to be a
son of Thomas and Sarah but died before the parents and therefore not named
in the will.
8 vii. Samuel Jester. Samuel died bef 1753 Kent Co., DE. Samuel
was mentioned in the gift of love from father, Thomas but not mentioned in
Thomas's will.
9 viii. Daniel Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1722. Daniel
died circa 1759 Kent Co., DE. He married Elizabeth [-?-] Jester Kent Co.,
DE, c1751.
Conflicting evidence states that Daniel was born Kent Co.,
DE, circa 1728. Daniel's will was probated Kent Co., DE, 19 Jun 1759.
10 ix. Joshua Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1723. Joshua
died circa 1782 Kent Co., DE. He married Sarah Primrose. Sarah died Jan 1791
Kent Co., DE. Her will was probated 27 Jan 1791, adm. to Thomas Primrose.
Reg. of Wills, Liber M, folio 263
Conflicting evidence states that Joshua was born Kent Co.,
DE, circa 1716. Joshua's will was probated Kent Co., DE, 20 Aug 1782.
11 x. Jonathon Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1727. Jonathon
died 1764 Kent Co., DE. He married Mary [-?-] Jester. She married Robert
Maxwell.
Jonathon's will was probated Kent Co., DE, 15 Feb 1764.
12 xi. Joseph Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1729. Joseph
died circa 1781 Kent Co., DE. He married Esther [-?-] Jester.
Joseph's will was probated Kent Co., DE, 6 Nov 1781. There is
a widow, Esther Jester, in Kent Co., MD who had children: Jonathan, David,
Hetty and Nancy. This Esther later married a Featherstone. This is from
land records in Kent Co., MD, copy in Jonathan file. Could these 2 Esther
Jesters be the same?
13 xii. Jacob Jester was born in Scotland? 19 May 1732. Jacob
died 9 Feb 1819 in Morgan Co., GA. He married Sidney Susannah Spence
Guilford Co., NC, 17 Mar 1798. Sidda was born 17 Sep 1768. Sidda was the
daughter of Nathan Spencer and Elizabeth Quindly. Sidda died 4 Jan 1837.
Sidda was Jacob's 2nd wife. Who was his first?
He resided in Rowan Co., NC 1761. A census listed Jacob as
head of household Guilford Co., NC, 1790. A census listed Jacob as head of
household Guilford Co., NC, 1800. A census listed Jacob as head of household
in Surry Co., NC, 1810. This Jacob was thought to be one of the three
brothers: Jacob, William and Maxwell. I frankly do not think Maxwell ever
existed. I'm putting this Jacob as the son of Thomas at the urging of all
the NC researchers including Ray Parker.
14 xiii. Abraham Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1733.
15 xiv. Richard Jester was born circa 1734.
16 xv. John Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1736. John died
circa 1788 Guilford Co., NC. He married an unknown person Kent Co., DE,
circa 1761.
He moved 1777 to NC.
17 xvi. Isaac Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1738. Isaac
died 14 Sep 1795 Kent Co., DE. He married Elizabeth Gullett. Elizabeth was
the daughter of George Gullet. Elizabeth died bef 1796 Guilford Co., NC. 14
May 1796. Will of George Gullet mentions Isaac Jester, grandson. Elizabeth is
not mentioned so I am assuming she died before this will was written.
Isaac's occupation: Blacksmith. Isaac's will was probated
Kent Co., DE, 1796. Handwritten on outside of folded document: Bond.
Administration Isaac Jester decd 14 Sept. 1795, Recorded in Book (?), folio
52(?) William Clark George Truett(?) app(?)
Inside: KNOW all Men by these Presents, That We Charles Jester and George Beswick of the County of Kent, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Delaware in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, current Money of the said State; unto which payment well and truly to be made unto the said State; We do bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals, and dated at Dover in Kent aforesaid, this fourteenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety five. The CONDITION of this Obligation is such, That if the above-bounden Charles Jester Administrator of all and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of Isaac Jester deceased, do make, or cause to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the Hands, Possession or Knowledge of the said Charles Jester or unto the Hands or Possession of any Person or Persons, for him and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, unto the Register's Office, of the County of Kent, aforesaid, at or before the fourteenth Day of March next ensuing the Date hereof, and the same Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, of the said deceased, at the Time of his Death, or which at any Time after shall come to the Hands or Possession of the aforesaid Charles Jester or into the Hands or the Possession of any other Person or Persons for him do well and truly Administer according to Law; and further do make, or cause to be made, a true and just Account of his Administration, at or before the fourteenth Day of September which shall fall in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six and all the Rest and Residue of the siad Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Account, the same being first examined and allowed of by the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration of Kent County aforesaid, shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons, respectively, as the said Register by his Decree or Sentence, pursuant to the true Intent and Meaning of the Laws of said State, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named, do exhibit the same in the Register's Office, making Request to have it allowed and approved accordingly; if the said within bounden, Charles Jester being thereunto required, do surrender and deliver up the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the Register's Office) then this Obligation to be void, and of none Effect; or else to remain in full Force and Virtue. Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Charles Jester (his seal) George Beswick (his seal) John Laws
18 xvii. Elizabeth Jester Mann was born c1742.
19 xviii. Sarah Jester was born Kent Co., DE circa 1744.
Here is what Ray shows for the family of Thomas. 2. Thomas Jester B. 1672 Accomac County,, died in Kent County, Delaware in 1753 Mary ? wife 1. Sara Miskell wife 2. B. 1686 Somerset, Maryland, married 1710, Kent County Delaware. : Jacob Jester B. abt 1730 : Barbara Jester : Elizabeth Jester Elizabeth Jester Elizabeth Jester Sarah Jester Ann Jester Esther Jester Thomas Jester Joshua Jester Joseph Jester Jonathan Jester Abraham Jester Isaac Jester Richard Jester Mary Jester Daniel Jester John Jester B. abt 1736 in Kent County, Delaware. Samuel Jester dies before 1753 not in will. Maskell Jester dies before 1753 not in will.
Ray and I agree on the children of Thomas although they are not in the same order of birth. Next will be generation 3 which is Jacob Jester s/o Thomas and Sarah Miskell.
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