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Peter (Thomas) Lester 1797–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Sep 1797

Birth Location: Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 21 Jun 1857

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Thomas Lester

Mother: Mary Stokes

Spouse(s): Margaret Foulke

Children(s): Anna Lester, Mary Lester

Peter (Thomas) Lester was born in 1797 in Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas John Lester And Mary Stokes. Peter (Thomas) Lester married Margaret Foulke, and had children including Anna F Peter Lester, Mary S Peter Lester. Peter (Thomas) Lester passed away in 1857 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Peter (Thomas) Lester was born in 1797 in Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas John Lester And Mary Stokes.
  • Peter (Thomas) Lester married Margaret Foulke, and had children including Anna F Peter Lester, Mary S Peter Lester.
  • Peter (Thomas) Lester passed away in 1857 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Lester
1769–1828
Birth Location: Quakertown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
TL
Mary Stokes
1770–1803
Birth Location: Middlestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Foulke
1796–
Birth Location: Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
MF

Children(s)

Anna Lester
1821–1919
Birth Location: Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
AL
Mary Lester
1823–1863
Birth Location: –
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Peter Lester's Ancestors

Self
Peter Lester
1797–1857
Birth Place: Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Thomas (John) Lester
1769–1828
Quakertown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Stokes
1770–1803
Middlestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John ((John)) Lester
1738–1801
Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Jane ((Isaac)) Antrim
1739–1805
Springfield, Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Lester
1689–1771
Dorothy Greasley
1710–
Isaac Antrim
1693–1744
Jane Ridgway
1700–1743
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Antrim
1646–1719
Francis Butcher
1658–1718

Peter Lester's Descendants

1.
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Peter ((Thomas)) Lester (17 Sep 1797–21 Jun 1857) m. Margaret Foulke (24 Feb 1796–)
  1. 1. Anna (F. (Peter)) Lester 1821–1919 m. Aaron (B.) Ivins 1819–1903
    1. 1. Emma ((Aaron)) Ivins 1849– m. George (Lewis (Harrison) Gower) Lawyer 1849–1930
    2. 2. Louisa ((Aaron)) Ivins 1860–1865
  2. 2. Mary (S. (Peter)) Lester 1823–1863

Peter Lester's Timeline

2 Records

1797
17 Sep 1797
Birth of Peter (Thomas) Lester in Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
1857
21 Jun 1857
Age 60
Death of Peter (Thomas) Lester in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Sep 1797
    Event Place: Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1857
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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