Martha "Patsy" Lester

Abner Lester married Martha Arthur. Abner was not Abner Alexander Lester. Alexander was another man who died in TN.

Family

From http://fourbaileys1.tripod.com/id23.htm

Abner married Martha ARTHUR,daughter of Gabriel ARTHUR and Hannah Rebecca UNKNOWN about 1770 in Montgomery Co, VA.

Martha was born in 1753 in Montgomery Co, VA and died about 1810 in VA

Abner and Martha had the following children:

• +13 M i James Harvey LESTER was born in 1767 and died 11-1843.
• 14 M ii William Calvin Gilford LESTER was born 10-3-1771 in Mongomery Co, VA.
• 15 F iii Hannah LESTER was born 11-1-1772.
• 16 F iv Martha LESTER was born 5-28-1777.
• 17 F v Rebecca Arthur LESTER was born 2-9-1780 in Mongomerty Co, VA and died 6-28-1854 in Carter, KY.
• 18 F vi Sarah LESTER was born in 1799 in VA.

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Was said to be the daughter of, Gabriel Arthur & Hannah Rebecca "Nikitie " a Cherokee woman. Martha may be a descendant but a daughter is impossible. This particular Gabriel Arthur is documented as the first white explorer of the State of KY in 1673. Thus Gabriel would have been born about 100 years before Martha. Descendants of Abner & Martha filed for Indian funds.

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/arthur/1439/
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/...

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