The Thelen and Margraf Family Tree - Individuals born before 1920

John JESTER & ?

Husband: John JESTER (1)
   Born: about 1736                in Kent Co., Delaware (2)
Married: about 1761                in Kent Co., Delaware (24)
   Died: about 1788                in Guilford Co., North Carolina (3 4)
 Father: Thomas JESTER
 Mother: Sarah MISKELL
Spouses: 
   Wife: ?
   Born: before 1749
   Died: after 1776
 Father: 
 Mother: 
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): Nimrod JESTER (5 6 7 8)
   Born: 15 OCT 1762               in Kent Co., Delaware (9 10 11)
   Died: 08 OCT 1854               in Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Indiana (12 13 14)
Spouses: Tryphenia NICHOLSON; Mary BISHOP
02  (M): James Thomas JESTER (15 16)
   Born: 29 JUL 1763               in Kent Co., Delaware (17)
   Died:
Spouses: 
03  (F): Phillis JESTER (18 19)
   Born: 30 JUN 1765               in Talbot Co., Maryland (20)
   Died:
Spouses: 
04  (M): Miskell JESTER (21)
   Born: about 1776                in Guilford Co., North Carolina (23)
   Died:
Spouses:

Additional Information

John JESTER:

Notes:
From History of Virginia Navy in the Revolution:
pg. 189: Gester (Jester), John. Enlisted Oct. 1777. LBP, 1785.
Pg. 208: Jester, John (Gester?), of Acomac County. Remained on Diligence Galley till she was laid up. LBP James Walker. N's Accomack, 49. MC III, 322. In 1834, heirs: James and Elizabeth Jester, Rachel Turlington, Kendall, Leah, Amey Jester, Henry and Griffin Winbro.

From Revolutionary War Records of Virginia Volume I:
John Jester, heirs of Seaman (3) 7,651 100 J.G. Mosby Non Comissioned Officer have not received bounty land.

From Revolutionary War Records of Virginia Volume III:
John Jester State Navy

From the notes of Charles Jester:
John, the son of Thomas and Sarah Jester, who had served in the French and Indian war in 1758 in French Battell's Company, was listed as single until 1761 when he was taxed as a married man. This is precisely when he would have been married in order to be the father of Nimrod. This John went on to the delinquency list of 1778 and is removed from the levy list of 1779. According to James Thomas Jester, who is most likey Nimrod's brother, he removed from Kent County, Delaware with his father in 1777. Even though Thomas and Nimrod are extremely close in birth order, such spacing is found on rare occasion. John was the executor of his father Thomas Jester's Will around June 1753.

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From the notes of Ray Parker at rayparker22@yadtel.net:

The records available from Guilford Co. At Guilford College, the Guilford
County Genealogy Society, and the Census records for 1790, 1800, 1810 and
1820 are sketchy when it comes to the Jesters who lived there at the time.

However, I have questioned the accuracy of the information listed for John
Jester b. 1736, there is an 11 year gap in births between Maskell Jester
and the three other children listed, There most likely were more
undocumented children for John and his unknown wife.

When I looked at Nimrod's children the census reports don't support the
family listed and Charles Jester says that John Jester Nickelson was
mostly likely the nephew of Nimrod's wife Typrenia Nickelson and not a
Jester at all.

Y-DNA testing for Nimrod Jester's Great-Great Grandson confirms that all the Guilford Co. Jesters were descended from Richard Jester b. 1632.

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(02) James Thomas JESTER:

Notes:
In the book, "Accomac County Wills", pg. 275, a James Jester is listed as a witness in the will of Southy Warrinton. Dates listed on document include 21 Apr 1784 and 25 Oct 1785.

In the book, " Daughters of the Revolution, Roster of Soldiers" pg. 579 there is a listing for a James T. Jester:
The State Records of North Carolina (Clark) Vol. XXII Miscellaneous
North Carolina Revolutionary pensioners under the Acts of 1818 and 1832, as reported by Secretary of State to Congress in 1835:
#794 James T. Jester, Private

(04) Miskell JESTER:
Name: Maskell JESTER 22

Footnotes

  1. Calendar of Kent County Delaware Probate Records 1680-1800 [124], pg. 154.
  2. Research of Jennifer Friel [706].
  3. Research of Charles Jester [646].
  4. Research of Jennifer Friel [706].
  5. From the Book "Indiana Patriots" (collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, IN) [269].
  6. Soldiers of the Revolution Buried in Indiana, Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Surnames, I-J, pg. 207 (genealogy.com library) [853].
  7. An 1840 Census of The Revolutionary War, State of Indiana, Page 186 [76].
  8. Pension Roll of 1835, Volume IV, Indiana, Page 98 [588].
  9. From the Book "Indiana Patriots" (collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, IN) [269].
  10. Nimrod Jester's Family Bible [498].
  11. Soldiers of the Revolution Buried in Indiana, Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Surnames, I-J, pg. 207 (genealogy.com library) [853].
  12. From the Book "Indiana Patriots" (collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, IN) [269].
  13. Nimrod Jester's Family Bible [498].
  14. Soldiers of the Revolution Buried in Indiana, Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Surnames, I-J, pg. 207 (genealogy.com library) [853].
  15. Research of Charles Jester [646].
  16. Research of Jennifer Friel [706].
  17. Ibid.
  18. Research of Charles Jester [646].
  19. Research of Jennifer Friel [706].
  20. Ibid.
  21. Unknown [990].
  22. Research of Jennifer Friel [706].
  23. Ibid.
  24. Ibid.

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