John LESTER

1689 - 1771  (82 years)

• Name	John LESTER  [1, 2]
  Birth	1689
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1771	Quakertown, Richland M.M., Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I16047	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 1	Catherine GRIFFITH   d. 1731
  Marriage	Jan 1715	Gwynedd M.M., Richland, PA
  Family ID	F5587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy UNKNOWN
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F5588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Photos

  John Lester's Signature.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  The Gwynedd Monthly Meeting named John overseer for the "Great Swamp" (the area they resided in) in 1725. He worked at this position with diligence for many years taking care of what became the Richland Meeting. He and John Ball are on aion signed in 1730. He and Peter Lester (Jr.) have signatures on a petition filed in court on Sep 15, 1743 to request organization of Springfield Township. He died at age 82 leaving a will in Philadelphia dated Mar 2, 1764 written almost 7 years before his death. It named sons John, Peter, Joseph and deceased son Isaac's children and daughters Catherine Roberts and Priscilla Foulke.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Howard G. Griffith, Griffith Genealogy in Wales and North America (Odom Library, Moultrie, GA). [S43] Clarence Roberts, Early Friends of Upper Bucks, Pennsylvania (1925).