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Eunice Kester (Pound)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
Death: 1815 (49-50)
Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Stout Family Cemetery Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Pound and Sarah Kester
Wife of William Isaac Kester, II
Mother of Sarah Reasor; John Kester; Nathan Kester; William Kester, III; Ephraim P. Kester and 8 others
Sister of Thomas Pound, II; Joseph Pound; Sarah Elgan; Rebecca Stark and Elizabeth Pound
Half sister of Hezekiah Pound

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About Eunice Kester

Eunice Pound

  • Daughter of John Pound and Sarah Martin
  • Indiana Genealogy, Family Histories, Journals & Biographies, page 309
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Harrison Chapter, lineage records of members.
  • Birth: 1765 in Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States
  • Death: 1815 (42-58) in Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, United States
  • Place of Burial: Stout Family Cemetery Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, USA.
  • Eunice Pound,13 a daughter of John and Sarah (Martin) Pound, was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey; about 1765, died about 1815, and is buried at Elk Creek, Kentucky. She went with her parents to Maryland and moved from there to Nelson County, Kentucky, in April, 1786, and to Shelby County, now Spencer County, near Elk Creek, in 1795, where she resided until her death. She was married about 1784 to William Kester son of William and Elizabeth (Lacock) Kester, who was born about 1765 and died about 1815, only a few days from the time of the death of his wife. They had eleven children.
  • Eunice Pound Find A Grave Memorial

Source: from The Pound and Kester Families pages 483-484

Married

  • Married: Isaac William Kester Jr. in 1784 in Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, USA

Children

  • 1- Sarah Kester, born July 2, 1785, died abut 1812 married Frederick Reasor.
  • 2- John Kester, born June 15, 1788, died about 1854, married Mary Stark and Harriet Pigg.
  • 3- Nathan Kester, born February 2, 1790, died November 8, 1865, married Elizabeth Shaw.
  • 4- William Kester, born January 1, 1792, died about 1820, married Maragret Hill.
  • 5- Ephraim Kester, born September 16, 1795 died May 1850, married Margaret Stark.
  • 6- Eunice Kester, born September 14, 1797, died September 6, 1864, married Byram Tichenor.
  • 7- Joseph Kester, born October 19,1799, died August 1870, married Nancy Elliott.
  • 8- Absalom Lester, born March 4,1802 died November6,1868, married Fannie White Hurley.
  • 9- Naomi Kester, born April 25, 1804, died September 10, 1836, married Frederick Boyer.
  • 10- Jonathan Kester, born October 31, 1805, died about 1860, married Mary Stout.
  • 11- Elizabeth Kester, born March 11, 1808, died in 1862, married Joseph Stout.

History from The Pound and Kester Families: Containing an Account of the Ancestry of John Pound - Eunice Pound pages 79-80

Eunice Pound, a daughter of John and Sarah (Martin) Pound (see page 11), was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, about 1765, died about 1815,and is buried in Elk Creek, Kentucky. She went with her parents to Maryland and moved from there to Nelson County, Kentucky, in April 1786 (see account of trip, Appendix III), and to Shelby County, now Spencer County, near Elk Creek, in 1795, where she resided until her death. She was married about 1784, to William Kester Jr, son of William and Elizabeth (Lacock) Kester, who was born about 1765, and died about 1815, only a few days from the time of the death of his wife. Her Eleven children, whose family records are given in full in part IV, of the Kester Family, are as follows.

Source: The Story of The Pectol/Carrell Ancestors, Life is Lived Forward, But Understood Backwards Compiled by Don W. Pectol Orem, Utah August 7, 2015, Chapter 5 Page 8

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Eunice Kester's Timeline

1765
1765
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
1765
Middlesex, New Jersey
1785
July 2, 1785
Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States
1788
June 15, 1788
Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States
June 15, 1788
1790
February 2, 1790
Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, United States
1792
January 1, 1792
Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky
1795
September 16, 1795
Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky, United States
1797
September 14, 1797
Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States