Robert Hester

Abt 1730 - 1803  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Robert Hester
  Born	Abt 1730	Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Census	1786	Goshen Dist., Granville, North Carolina   [1]
  Residence	1786	Goshen Dist., Granville, North Carolina   [1]
  	With two white males under age 21 or over age 60, one white female, three "blacks" age 12 to 50 and two blacks under age 12 or over age 50
  Census	1800	Hillsborough Twp., Person, North Carolina   [2]
  Residence	1800	Hillsborough Twp., Person, North Carolina   [2]
  	With a boy and girl under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, three men and a woman age 16 to 25, a woman age 26 to 44, a woman over age 44 and thirteen slaves
  Will	18 Oct 1802	Stokes Co., North Carolina   [3]
  	Robert Hester, 1802. what little estate it has please God to lend me I bequeath and give in manner and form following to Witt: to Francis Hester what I have already given him supposing ten pounds... to my son James Hester out of my estate ten pounds... to my son Henry Hester an equal part with all my children of all my movable property and at the death of my wife the land whereon I now live... to my daughter Ann Hester ten pounds which she already has received... to my son Stephen Hester ten pounds which he has already received, to my daughter Elizabeth ten pounds which she has already received, to my son John ten pounds besides an equal division of my moveable property, to son Robert Hester ten pounds and an equal division of my moveable property, to son William White ten pounds and an equal division of my moveable property, to my son Thomas Goodrick ten pounds and an equal division of my moveable property, to my daughter Polly Hester ten pounds and an equal division of my moveable property, I appoint my dear wife Elizabeth and my son Henry Hester Exrs. 18 day of October Wit, John H. Pryor, Jurat, Will. W. Hester, Elizabeth Pryor, Pvd by oath of John H. Pryor
  Died	Dec 1802 - Feb 1803	Stokes Co., North Carolina   [4]
  Person ID	I306	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Francis Hester,   b. 1712, Saint Peter Parish, New Kent, Virginia
  Mother	Agnes Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1715
  Family ID	F052	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. Bef 1730,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Children	1. John Hester,   b. Bef 1774,   d. 1819, Stokes Co., North Carolina  (Age ~ 45 years)   2. James Hester,   b. 1726 - 1765,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802  (Age 37 years)   3. Henry Hester,   b. 1726 - 1765,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802  (Age 37 years)   4. Ann Hester,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802   5. Stephen Hester,   b. 1756 - 1774,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802  (Age 28 years)   6. Elizabeth Hester,   d. Aft 18 Oct 1802   7. Polly Hester   8. William White Hester   9. Thomas Goodrick Hester   10. Robert Hester,   b. 20 Nov 1758, Granville Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1827, Person Co., North Carolina  (Age 68 years)   11. Francis Hester,   b. 13 Feb 1767, Milford Co., Virginia ,   d. 30 Jan 1848, North Carolina  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F044	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S12592] State census of North Carolina, 1784-1787, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), 51 (Reliability: 2), 22 Sep 2010. [S40183] 1800 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), p. 213, Hillsborough Twp., Person, North Carolina (Reliability: 2), 12 Sep 2010. [S83] North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Stokes Co.; Original Wills, Helsabeck, Isaac Edwin - Reich, Matthew; imgs 52-3 (Reliability: 3), 22 Oct 2015. [S01881] Stokes Co., North Carolina Wills Vol. I - IV 1790 - 1864, Mrs. W. O. Absher, p. 28.