Paul Kester/Kuster

• Son of Johannes Kuster and Elizabeth Cassell
• Birth: 1706 in Germantown, Phiadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Death: May 14, 1759 (53) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Place of Burial: Germantown Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Two of Paul's children (Rebecca, and John) and at least four of brother Hermanus' children (Susannah, Samuel, John, and Hermanus (Jr.) married spouses from among two sets of Webster siblings, those of brothers Benjamin and Joseph Webster, sons of William H. and Mary (Williams) Webster.

Married

• Married: Ruth Kitchin on November 17, 1720 in the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Children

• Samuel, born about 1731, married Leah Vickers;
• Margaret was born about 1732
• William Kester; b 1733, m Elizabeth Kester; Elizabeth Lacock and Sarah Martin
• Rebecca Kester; b 12 Dec 1738, m Joseph Webster
• Mary Kester, born on November 16, 1741, married Jonas Paxson
• John Kester, born on September 31, 1744, married first Hannah Webster, and then Anne Parker.

The children were raised in Solesbury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

History

Paul Kester, a son of Johannes and Elizabeth (Cassell), Kuster or Koster, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, probably about the year 1706. His parents were Quakers, and he had a birthright membership with the same society, but whether he retained this membership is not certain, as his name has not been found on the rolls or in the minutes of any of the monthly meetings of friends who have preserved their records thought it is a tradition among some of this descendants that he was a Quaker. His father's name was spelled Kuster and Koster, and other similar ways but the only records of his own name which we found is given as Kester. This is shown in the record of the of his marriage, which is given in the Pennsylvania Archives- New Series, Volume Nine, page 40, which contains a copy of the records of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, wherein is recorded the marriage of Paul Kester and Ruth Kitchen on the 17th day of the 9th month, 1730. He is known to have had 3 children; William Kester, probably the oldest, born about 1733; Rebecca Kester born the 12th day of the 12th month, 1738 and John Kester, born on the 31st day of 7th month, 1744; and he is believed to have had a son, Samuel Kester, the date of whose birth is unknown. It is said he died when his children were yet young, and this would indicate that his death occurred about 1745 to 1750. His daughter Rebecca, married Joseph Webster in 1768, his son John (see Appendix K) married Hannah Webster in 1766, his son Samuel married Leah Vickers in 1759 (Buckingham m. m. records) and the record of his son William is given below.

• Taken from The Pound and Kester Families: containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound, page 305-306 -https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/305/mode/1up
• The Settlement of Germantown - https://archive.org/stream/settlementofgerm01penn#page/n7/mode/1up/...

Sources

• Paul Kester, "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976"- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001727537494?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085942819830&position=0
• Doors (Thiessen, Tyson) Family of Krefeld - http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~villandra/genealogy/OldGeocities/Web...
• The Pound and Kester families : containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound - https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/309/mode/1up
• KESTER (KÜSTER) Family History, Part I - http://genealogue.net/kestbk2.html