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Peter Lester

Peter Lester[1]

Male Aft 1693 - Aft 1741  (47 years)    Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Peter Lester 
    Birth Aft 1693 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 13 Mar 1741 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I205604  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2001 

    Father Peter Lester,   b. Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1741-1742, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Duncalf   d. Abt 1739 
    Marriage Aft 6 Aug 1685  Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joyce   d. Aft 1740 
    Marriage Bef Oct 1716 
    Children 
    +1. Martha Lester,   b. Bef 1721, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jan 1797, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F84451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2001 

  • Notes 
    • Peter and Joyce did not have any children listed in "The Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" by Clarenc V. Roberts, c. 1925. However, a recent copy of the marriage record for Moses Coppock and Martha Lester found by Patti Sue McCrary states that Martha Lester is the d. of Peter Lester, yeoman (farmer), of Richland Twp., Bucks Co., PA. Since this is where Peter lived during his adulthood, it makes perfect sense that this is the Peter who is Martha's father timing and place wise. 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 sons 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., PA. That land was sold in 1742 suggesting to me that he had possibly died at this time.

  • Sources 
    1. [S824] Clarence Roberts, Roberts, Clarence, Friends of Bucks, PA, (1925).



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