John LESTER

John LESTER

Male 1689 - 1771  (82 years)

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  1. 1.  John LESTERJohn LESTER was born in 1689; died on 27 Jan 1771 in Quakertown, Richland M.M., Pennsylvania, USA.

    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 a petition 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.

    John married Catherine GRIFFITH in Jan 1715 in Gwynedd M.M., Richland, PA. Catherine (daughter of Howell GRIFFITH) died in 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Dorothy UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]