John HESTER

1760 - 1819  (~ 69 years)

• Name	John HESTER
  Born	Between 1750 and 1760	Granville Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	92F523BEADEB5241A6267BC988D132AAD867
  Died	Mar 1819	Stokes Co., North Carolina
  Person ID	I77386	Branch 099 William Stafford 1784
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	William HESTER,   b. Abt 1716, Virginia ,   d. 1774, Granville Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Mary WICKER,   b. Abt 1722, New Kent Co., Virginia ,   d. 1808, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	Abt 1743	Hanover Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F26038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha FRAZIER,   b. 1765, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. 20 Jul 1842, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age 77 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1783	Granville Co., North Carolina
  Children	1. William HESTER,   b. Abt 1784, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1841, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 57 years)   2. Robert HESTER,   b. 1785, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. Dec 1843, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age 58 years)   3. Lucy HESTER,   b. 1786, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Nancy HESTER,   b. 1788, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary "Polly" HESTER,   b. 1789, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1836, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age 47 years)   6. Jeremiah HESTER,   b. 1792, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. Apr 1821  (Age 29 years)   7. Elijah HESTER,   b. Abt 1794, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. Aft 4 Jun 1880, Forsyth Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 86 years)   8. Faitha (Ruth) HESTER,   b. Abt 1798, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. Bef 1880, probably Forsyth Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 81 years)   9. Benjamin (Capt.) HESTER,   b. Abt 1800, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. 11 Nov 1877, Forsyth Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 77 years)   10. Martha HESTER,   b. 1804, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Elizabeth "Betsy" (Eliza?) HESTER,   b. 1808, Stokes Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F26032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Stokes County, North Carolina Wills, Volumes I - IV 1790-1864" y Mr s. W. O. Absher: Will Book 3 (1816 - 1837), page 30. 7 January 1819. Will of John HESTER. March Term 1819. Wife Martha, lifet ime estate. Seven children (not named), all have received dowry except Po lly WICKER, children that are married. My children not married: Fathy, Be njamin, Martha and Betsy. Executors: William HESTER and Robert HESTER, so ns. Witnesses: Lathan FOLGER, Jurat and C. WATSON. Signed: John (X) HES TER. "John fought in the Revolutionary War in NC against the infamous 'at lea st to Americans', Colonel Tarleton. He was portrayed in the recent mov ie "the Patriot"...the calvary officer who killed the hero's son". Sourc e: Carl Hester; gggg-grandfather of Carl Roderick Hester Soldiers of the N. C. Continental Line John Hester, Pvt. Donoho's Co., June 14 1779, 12 mos, Pvt. Jany, Left Serv ice June 16, 1782.