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Joseph KESTER

Joseph KESTER

Male 1752 - 1839  (87 years)

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  • Name Joseph KESTER 
    Born 14 Mar 1752  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth year also reported as 1751, and Findagrave has 14 Mar 1750. But age 87y 3m 18d on his headstone calculates to a birth date of 14 Mar 1752
    Gender Male 
    Military Revolutionary War 
    Died 2 Jul 1839  Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Death location has been reported as Delaware County and Morrow County.
    Buried Shawtown Cemetery, Westfield, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I46433  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2021 

    Father Conrad KESTER,   b. 1695, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1771, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth MORRIS,   b. 1695, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1772, Philadelphia, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F42130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary MORRISON,   b. Jan 1771, Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1847, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1788  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Joseph KESTER,   b. 1788, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835  (Age 47 years)
    +2. Conrad KESTER,   b. 1803, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892  (Age 89 years)
    +3. Phoebe KESTER,   b. 1808, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1831  (Age 23 years)
    +4. Sarah "Sally" KESTER,   b. 20 Oct 1810, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1893, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F18980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    46433_KESTER_Joseph_Page_9_Revolutionary_War_Pension_and_BountyLand_Warrant_Application_File.jpg    		46433_KESTER_Joseph_Page_9_Revolutionary_War_Pension_and_BountyLand_Warrant_Application_File.jpg
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 87y 3m 18d.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).
      Identified as Joseph Kester and Mary Morrison. Married Feb 26 1788. Don Norman, in "Descendants of Robert Lowther," identifies Mary Morrison's husband as Joseph Lowther, an apparent error.

    5. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 400.