Notes for John Jester

Notes for John Jester

From History of Virginia Navy in the Revolution:
pg. 189:
Gester (Jester), John. Enlisted Oct. 1777. LBP, 1785.
Pg. 208:
Jester, John (Gester?), of Acomac County. Remained on Diligence Galley till she was laid up. LBP James Walker. N's Accomack, 49. MC III, 322. In 1834, heirs: James and Elizabeth Jester, Rachel Turlington, Kendall, Leah, Amey Jester, Henry and Griffin Winbro.

From Revolutionary War Records of Virginia Volume I:
John Jester, heirs of Seaman (3) 7,651 100 J.G. Mosby Non Comissioned Officer have not received bounty land.

From Revolutionary War Records of Virginia Volume III:
John Jester State Navy

From the notes of Charles Jester:
John, the son of Thomas and Sarah Jester, who had served in the French and Indian war in 1758 in French Battell's Company, was listed as single until 1761 when he was taxed as a married man. This is precisely when he would have been married in order to be the father of Nimrod. This John went on to the delinquency list of 1778 and is removed from the levy list of 1779. According to James Thomas Jester, who is most likey Nimrod's brother, he removed from Kent County, Delaware with his father in 1777. Even though Thomas and Nimrod are extremely close in birth order, such spacing is found on rare occasion. John was the executor of his father Thomas Jester's Will around June 1753.