Elizabeth A Jester1

#17326, (6 December 1821 - 16 February 1884)
Father*James W Jester2 (c 1801 - 1862)
Mother*Penelope Catts2 (c 1804 - )

Family

Levin Wright b. bt 1813 - 1824, d. 1883
Children 1.Elizabeth Wright4 (c 1846 - 1928)
 2.Silas Wright10 (c 1850 - b 1860)
 3.Mary E Wright4 (c 1852 - )
 4.Andrew J Wright+11 (1853 - 1897)
 5.William C Wright4 (1855 - 1920)
 6.Sarah Wright12 (c 1860 - 1929)
Her married name was Wright.1 
Birth*6 December 1821She was born on 6 December 1821 at DelawareG.3,4 
1840She appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of James W Jester and Penelope Catts at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; neis. Levi Jester (60-69), line 2; Stephen Catts (30-40), line 7; Wm Creadick (40-50), sh. 82.5 
Marriage*circa 25 February 1845She married Levin Wright circa 25 February 1845 at Kent Co., DelawareG.1 
24 August 1850She and Levin Wright appeared on the census of 24 August 1850 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; neis. James and Elizabeth Jester, fam. 626; James and Mary Cahall, fam. 626; Wm and Susan Hilson, fam. 627.6 
10 July 1860She and Levin Wright appeared on the census of 10 July 1860 at Frederica P.O., Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; nei. James W (61) and Mary (46) Jester, fam. 1612.7 
3 June 1870She and Levin Wright appeared on the census of 3 June 1870 at Milford Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG.8 
1 June 1880She and Levin Wright appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at Milford Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG.9 
Death*16 February 1884She died on 16 February 1884 at Harrington, South Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG, at age 62.3 

Citations

  1. [S1567] Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912, Marriage Surety Bond, Marriage Records vol. 23, p. 154, img. 18/94. Surety of $200 by Levin Wright and Solomon Berwick on 25 Feb 1845 for marriage of Levin Wright and Elizabeth Jester, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S520] VWH, Elizabeth, wife of Levin Wright, is known t have the family name Jester from death records of her children. In Murderkill Hundred, the 1850 census reports Levin and Elizabeth as family 609, James W Jester family 626; in the 1860 census they are families 1603 and 1612 respectively. Also, the 1840 census for James W Jester has an unidentified female, age 15 to 19.
  3. [S1578] Walter G. Tatnall Tombstone Collection, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online in Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974 Cemetery Records, FamilySearch.com, FamilySearch.com, Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974. Elizabeth Wright, wife of Levin, d. 16 Feb 1884, age 62y 2m 10d, bur. Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington.
  4. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census.
  5. [S54] 1840 U.S. Federal Census. James W (30-39); F (30-39) [Penelope]; 2 M (20-29) [____, ____]; m (<5) [Joseph]; f (15-19) [prob. Elizabeth], f (10-14) [____], f (5-9) [Matilda].
  6. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Levin "White" (33), b. DE, carpenter; Elizabeth (28), b. DE.
  7. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Levin (36), b. DE, laborer; Elizabeth (35), b. DE.
  8. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Levin (53), b. DE, mechanic; Elizabeth (48), b. DE, keeping house.
  9. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Levin (67), b. and parents b. DE, sawyer; Elizabeth A (53), b. and parents b. DE, keeping house.
  10. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  11. [S1568] Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933, Cert. of Death, Sussex Co., 1897, img. 8/10. Andrew J Wright, age 43, b. America, farmer, res. Felten, Kent Co. DE, parents Levin and Elizabeth Wright; d. 30 Jan 1897, pneumonia.
    Also Sussex Co. 1897 Register of death 1897, sh. 169, no. 5184. Andrew J Wright, same data, adds. b. DE, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com.
  12. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.