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Peter Lester 1669–1742 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1669

Birth Location: Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

Death Date: 7 JUN 1742

Death Location: Bucks Co, PA, USA

Father: Samuel Lester

Mother: Elizabeth Burcott

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Hannah Lester

Peter Lester was born in 1669 in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND, the child of Samuel Lester And Elizabeth Burcott. Peter Lester married Mary Duncalf, and had children including Hannah Lester. Peter Lester passed away in 1742 in Bucks Co, PA, USA.

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Biography

  • Peter Lester was born in 1669 in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND, the child of Samuel Lester And Elizabeth Burcott.
  • Peter Lester married Mary Duncalf, and had children including Hannah Lester.
  • Peter Lester passed away in 1742 in Bucks Co, PA, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Peter Lester's Ancestors

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Peter Lester
1669–1742
Birth Place: Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
Parents
Samuel Lester
1635–1695
Nether Tabley Cheshire, ENGLAND
Elizabeth Burcott
1635–
Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
Grandparents
Peter Leycester
1614–1684
Tabley Old Hall, Nether Tabley, Cheshire, ENGLAND
Elizabeth Gerard
1620–1679
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ENGLAND
John Burcott
1606–1679
Somerset Co., ENGLAND
Elizabeth Underwood
1608–1692
Culmstock, Devon, ENGLAND
Great-Grandparents
Peter Leycester
1588–1649
Elizabeth Mainwaring
1587–1641
Gilbert Gerard
1592–1623
Eleanor Dutton
1595–1666
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Leycester
1565–1591
Dorothy Shakerley
1570–1630
Randle Mainwaring
1549–1612
Mary Fitton
1555–1615
Thomas Gerard
1560–1621
Alice Rivett
1559–
Thomas Dutton
1568–1614
Thomasin Anderton
1567–1614

Peter Lester's Descendants

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Peter Lester (1669–7 JUN 1742)
  1. 1. Hannah Lester 1686– m. Abraham Griffith 1680–1760
    1. 1. Abraham Griffith 1713–1742 m. Elizabeth Lynn 1720–1786
      1. 1. Thomas Griffith 1737–1780 m. Mary Littlejohn 1739–
        1. 1. Rachel Griffith 1756–1856 m. Wikson (Basil) Lewis 1755–1808
        2. 2. Margaret Griffith 1778–1852

Peter Lester's Timeline

4 Records

1660
1 MAY 1660
Peter Lester was christened in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
1669
1669
Birth of Peter Lester in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
1742
6 JUN 1742
Age 73
Death of Peter Lester in Richlandtown, Bucks Co., PA, USA
Richlandtown, Bucks Co., PA, USA
1742
7 JUN 1742
Age 73
Burial of Peter Lester in Bucks Co, PA, USA
Bucks Co, PA, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1660
    Event Place: Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1669
    Event Place: Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 JUN 1742
    Event Place: Richlandtown, Bucks Co., PA, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 7 JUN 1742
    Event Place: Bucks Co, PA, USA

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