Dear cousins:
Following are my Sweet Sixteen (I like this concept!). The numbers in front
are their Ahnentaftel numbers.
16 Raphael KOSSOWER
b. unknown d. bef1914 prob. Ukraine
17 Sophie [UNKNOWN]
b. unknown d. bef1914 prob. Ukraine
18 Shmuel BEITCHMAN
b. unknown d. Jun 1916 Ukraine
19 Sarah Rifka "Reba" [UNKNOWN]
(dates unknown, prob. Ukraine)
20 Charles John MOORE, Sr.
b. date unknown New York, NY
d. Feb 1916 prob. NY
21 Anna WHITE
b. date unknown New York, NY
d. aft1916, prob. NY
22 Newton Howard MOULTON
b. 1861 Hebron, Tolland Co., CT
d. 1941 Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
23 Clara Roena STOWELL
b. 1867 Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
d. 1955 New York, NY
24 [UNKNOWN]
25 Anna S. WHITMAN
b. 1869 Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co., PA
d. 1931 Bridgeton Twp., Bucks Co., PA
26 Jeremiah Mathews BURROUGHS
b. 1861 Pennington, Mercer Co., NJ
d. 1935 Tinicum Twp., Bucks Co., PA
27 Anna Rebecca HAMPTON
b. 1863 Franklin Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ
d. 1920 Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ
28 John Cummins REID
b. 1853 Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
d. 1901 Lambertville, Hunterdon Co., NJ
29 Catherine B. DAVIDSON
b. 1856 Old Machar (Woodside), Aberdeenshire, Scotland
d. 1928 Lambertville, Hunterdon Co., NJ
30 John Michael MASTERSON, Sr.
b. 1854 Andover, Essex Co., MA
d. 1924 Lambertville, Hunterdon Co., NJ
31 Katharine Agusta DEVER
b. 1858 Mauch Chunk (Jim Thorpe), Carbon Co., PA
d. 1922 Trenton, Mercer Co., NJ
My KESTER line comes from Anna Rebecca HAMPTON, whose great-grandmother was
Hannah Kester MORRIS. The ancestors of Hannah and her husband have been
very elusive. I cannot get her back to Paulus KESTER, despite their
families' being in the same places at the same time. I'd love to hear from
anyone who can help me on this.
A one-generation Genealogy Report on her family is below my signature. Note
that dates have been converted from Quaker-style, but the Quaker date is
given in parentheses.
Anyone who wishes to know sources is welcome to write to me. Everything
presented below is sourced.
Best wishes, and happy hunting.
Mary Jo C. Martin
Melbourne, Australia
Descendants of Hannah Kester MORRIS
Hannah KESTER was born Abt. 1740 in Pennsylvania, USA, and died 10 Mar 1811
in Wrightstown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She married Isachar MORRIS 5
Feb 1773 in (5, 12, 1773) Monthly Meeting, Buckingham Twp., Bucks Co.,
Pennsylvania, USA, son of [Unknown] MORRIS and Lydia [UNKNOWN]. He was born
in Pennsylvania, USA, and died 24 Mar 1812.
More About Hannah KESTER:
Religion: 10 May 1773, Certificate from Buckingham Monthly Meeting
Residence: 16 Jul 1798, Wrightstown, Bucks Co., Pennsyvania, USA
More About Isachar MORRIS:
Census: 1790, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Military service: 10 Mar 1780, Spoken with concerning paying military
(militia) fines
Probate: 24 Mar 1812, Made
Religion: 9 Jan 1772, Requests to be joined in membership with Friends
Residence: 1790, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Will: 24 Aug 1810, Made
Witness: 6 Nov 1807, to Will of friend Benjamin Hamton
More About Isachar MORRIS and Hannah KESTER:
Marriage: 5 Feb 1773, (5, 12, 1773) Monthly Meeting, Buckingham Twp., Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Children of Hannah KESTER and Isachar MORRIS are:
i. Lydia MORRIS, b. 7 Apr 1774, (7th day of 2nd month) Wrightstown, Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. 9 Nov 1801, (9th day of 9th month); m. Samuel
DAVIS, 20 Jul 1795, (20th day of 5th month) Wrightstown Meeting,
Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, USA; d. 6 Apr 1825, (6th day of 2nd month).
ii. Elizabeth MORRIS, b. 28 Apr 1776, (28th day of 2nd month) Wrightstown,
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; m. William WHARTON, 16 Jul 1798, (16th day of
5th month) Wrightstown Meeting, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, USA.
iii. Isachar MORRIS, b. 10 Oct 1778, (10th day of 8th month) Wrightstown,
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; m. Elizabeth CORSEN; b. 23 Mar 1778, Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. 24 Jan 1853, Muncy, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania,
USA.
iv. Mary MORRIS, b. 20 Jul 1781, (20th day of 5th month) Wrightstown, Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. 10 Mar 1830, (10th day of 1st month); m. John
TREGO; b. 20 Feb 1776, (20th day of 12th month); d. 16 Dec 1832, (16th day
of 10th month).
v. Joseph MORRIS, b. 15 Nov 1784, (15th day of 9th month) Wrightstown, Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
vi. Sarah MORRIS, b. 13 Sep 1788, (13th day of 7th month) Wrightstown, Bucks
Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. Bef. 24 Aug 1810.
vii. Hannah MORRIS, b. 30 Jun 1791, (30th day of 4th month) Wrightstown,
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. 16 Mar 1844, (16 of the first month); m.
Benjamin HAMPTON, 10 Jul 1815, (5, 10, 1815) Monthly Meeting, Wrightstown,
Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; b. 20 Nov 1790, (20th day of 9th month)
Wrightstown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; d. 31 Oct 1869, Franklin Twp.,
Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, USA.