Peter LESTER

Aft 1693 - Aft 1741  (> 47 years)

• Name	Peter LESTER  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Aft 1693
  Gender	Male
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Death	Aft 13 Mar 1741
  Person ID	I15968	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter LESTER,   b. Abt 1660, , Leicestershire, ENG d. Abt 1742, Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary DUNCALF,   b. Abt 1664   d. Abt 1739, Richland, Bucks, PA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Aft 6 Aug 1685	, Chester, PA, USA
  Family ID	F5416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joyce UNKNOWN   d. Aft 1740
  Marriage	Bef Oct 1716
  Children	1. James LESTER,   b. 1714   d. 1803 (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Martha LESTER,   b. Bef 1721, , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. Abt Feb 1797, , Newberry, SC, USA (Age > 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Peter and Joyce did not have any children listed in "The Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" by Clarence V. Roberts, c. 1925. However, a recent copy of the marriage record for Moses Coppock and Martha Lester found by Patti Sue McCrarys that Martha Lester is the d. of Peter Lester, yeoman (farmer), of Richland Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Since this is where Peter lived during his adulthood, it makes perfect sense that this is the Peter who is Martha's father by timing and place. His own father, Peter, would have been near 80, and probably not listed as a farmer -- even if he was still living at the time. Peter was deeded 200 acres of his father's land in Richland on May 15, 1721, in the area known as the great swamp. It is highly likely that his father was living with him for over a 20 year period since the elder Peter had deeded away all of his 600 acres to his son-in-laws and son a good twenty years before his death. Land records need checked for Peter Jr. as the "Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" states that he sells this land at 2 different times - in 1724 and 1741. He had purchased 204 additional acres in 1739 on Cooks Creek near Durham, Springfield Twp., Pennsylvania. That land was sold in 1742 suggesting to me that he had possibly died at this time.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2224] New Jersey Archives, Mariage Licenses 1711-1797, Vol. 1727-1734, Cenerous to Bourne, page 57 1/2. [S1077] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,7836::0. [S43] Clarence Roberts, Early Friends of Upper Bucks, Pennsylvania (1925).