Penelope Catts1

#17477, (circa 1804 - )

Family

James W Jester b. c 1801, d. 1862
Children 1.Elizabeth A Jester+3 (1821 - 1884)
 2.Matilda Jester4 (c 1834 - )
 3.Joseph Jester4 (c 1836 - )
Her married name was Jester.1 
Birth*circa 1804She was born circa 1804.1 
Marriage*March 1824She married James W Jester, son of Levi Jester and Mary _____, in March 1824 at DelawareG.1 
1840She and James W Jester appeared on the census of 1840 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; neis. Levi Jester (60-69), line 2; Stephen Catts (30-40), line 7; Wm Creadick (40-50), sh. 82.2 

Citations

  1. [S1567] Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912, 1820-1829>1824>March>img. 34/66, Marr. Records vol. 21, p. 236. Surety bond of £500 by James W Jester and Levi Jester to Samuel Paynter, Governor of Delaware, for the marriage of James W Jester and Penelope Catts, made 2 Mar 1824; witn. Jacob Boone and Lowden Carter, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [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].
  3. [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.
  4. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.