Levi Jester1

#17480, (between 1770 and 1780 - )

Family

Mary _____ b. bt 1770 - 1780
Children 1.James W Jester+12 (c 1801 - 1862)
 2.William M Jester+13 (c 1803 - )
Levi Jester was named in an 1805 land deed as administrator of the estate of James Jester, poss. his father.
List of persons assessed in Mispillion Hundred in 1785, which now includes Milford and Mispillion Hundreds: Wm Jester, Isaac Jester, Francis Jester, Elias Jester, Thomas Jester, Absalom Jester, Emanuel Jester, John Jester, Francis Jester, Jr.2 
Birth*between 1770 and 1780He was born between 1770 and 1780.3 
Marriage*say 1798He married Mary _____ say 1798.4 
18 February 1805Levi Jester and Robert Hilford acquired real estate from Robert Hilford at Mispillion Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG, on 18 February 1805.5 
1810He and Mary _____ appeared on the census of 1810 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG.6 
25 September 1810Levi Jester and John Jordan acquired real estate from John Jordan at Murderkill and Mispillion Hundreds, Kent Co., DelawareG, on 25 September 1810.7 
1820He and Mary _____ appeared on the census of 1820 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; nei. John Killen (26-44), img. 20/30.8 
MarriageMarch 1824He signed the surety bond for the marriage of James W Jester and Penelope Catts in March 1824 at DelawareG.9 
1840He and Mary _____ appeared on the census of 1840 at Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., DelawareG; neis. James W Jester (60-69), line 3; Stephen Catts (30-40), line 7; Wm Creadick (40-50), sh. 82.10 
Probate*1 April 1846Letters of Administration for the estate of Levi Jester were granted 1 April 1846 in Kent Co., DelawareG.11 

Citations

  1. [S1568] Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933, Kent Co., 1862, Letter J, Jester. Death Return. James W Lester, res. Murderkill Hundred, farmer and miller, b. U.S., father Levi V [or F or J]; d. 29 Jan 1862, age about 61, intemperance. Certified 31 Mar 1862 by Thomas Cahall, M.D., res. Frederica P.O., with note "I will supply the deficiency at some future day.", Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1589] Delaware American History and Genealogy Project, online http://deahgp.genealogyvillage.com/
  3. [S54] 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Levi (60-69); F (60-69) [____]; F (20-29) [____, prob. dau.]; m (5-9) [____, prob. grandson].
  4. [S1580] Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974, online FamilySearch.com, Death Records> Death and Burial Index, c 1700-1960, Homas - Kyne, img. 1751/3755. Index card, Kent. Co., referencing Vol. 87A, #282, Year 1862, F#2A. James W Jester, son of Levi and Mary Levi, d. Murderkill Hnd., DE, 29 Jan 1862, age 61.
  5. [S1584] Delaware Land Records, 1677-1947, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com, Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, RG 3555, Subgroup 000, Series 021, roll 789, imgs. 240-241/607. Robert Hilford and his wife Nancy to Levi Jester, all of Mispillion Hundred, 160 acres in said Hundred, lands late of Thomas Hilford (Robert's father), for the sum of £360. Indenture dated 18 Feb 1805, recorded at the Court of Common Pleas 25 Feb 1805.
  6. [S238] 1810 U.S. Federal Census. Levi (26-44); F (26-44) [Mary]; m (10-15) [____], 2 m (<10) [James W, ____]; f (16-25), f (10-15), 2 f (<10).
  7. [S1584] Delaware Land Records, 1677-1947, online Ancestry.com, Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, RG 3555, Subgroup 000, Series 011, roll 790, imgs. 626-627/636. John and Isabella Jordan of New Castle Co. to Levi Jester of Murderkill Hundred, Kent Co., all those mill lands, part of the parcel called Fromerelsworth in Murderkill Hundred, 44+ acres including a water grist mill, a saw mill, a dwelling house, kitchen, barn and sundry other buildings; also 2 acrers of ground at the south end of the mill dam, for the sum of $4000. Indenture dated 25 Sep 1810, recorded by Richard Cooper, judge of the Delaware State Supreme Court, Dover, Kent Co.
  8. [S115] 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Levi (45+); F (26-44) [prob. Mary]; M (18-25) [poss. James W), m (16-17) [poss. James W], m (10-15).
  9. [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.
  10. [S54] 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Levi (60-69); F (60-69) [Mary]; F (20-29) [____, prob. dau.]; m (5-9) [____, prob. grandson].
  11. [S1588] Delaware Wills and Administrations 1683-1947, Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware, online Ancestry.com, Kent Co. Vol. R1, p. 385, img. 198. Letters of Adminsitration for the estate of Levi Jester granted to James W Jester and William M Jester, security bond of $1200 by them with Caleb H Sipple.
  12. [S1580] Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974, online FamilySearch.com, Death Records> Death and Burial Index, c 1700-1960, Homas - Kyne, img. 1751/3755. Index card, Kent. Co., referencing Vol. 87A, #282, Year 1862, F#2A. James W Jester, son of Levi and Mary Jester, d. Murderkill Hnd., DE, 29 Jan 1862, age 61.
  13. [S1588] Delaware Wills and Administrations 1683-1947, online Ancestry.com, Kent Co. Vol. R1, p. 385, img. 198.