William Isaac Kester Jr.

• Son of William Kester, Sr. and Elizabeth Lacock
• Birth: 1765 in Allegany County Maryland, USA
• Death: 1815 (50) in Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, United States
• Place of Burial: Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky
• Isaac William Kester, Jr in Find a Grave Memorial

Married

• Married: Eunice Pound in 1784 in Elk Creek, Spencer, Kentucky, USA. Eunice POUND was born about 1765 in to John and Sarah (Martin) Pound. She and two of her siblings, Thomas and Sarah, married Kester siblings Sarah and John. Later, her widowed mother Sarah married the Kesters' widower father William.

History from The Pound and Kester Families: Containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound

William Kester, a son of William and Elizabeth (Lacock) Kester (see page 306), was born probably in New Jersey, about 1765, died about 1815, and is buried at Elk Creek, Kentucky. He moved from Maryland to Nelson County Kentucky, in April of 1786 (see account of trip, Appendix III), and in 1795 to Shelby County, now Spencer County, near Elk Creek, where he resided until his death. He was married about 1784 to Eunice Pound, a daughter of John Pound and Sarah (Martin) Pound, who was born about 1765 and died in 1815, only a few days from the time of death of her husband. They have eleven children, whose family records are given on the subsequent pages are as follows:

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 Kester, 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.

Source from The Pound and Kester Families pages 483-484 - https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/483/mode/1up

Source from the The Story of The Pectol/Carrell Ancestors, Life is Lived Forward, But Understood Backwards Compiled by Don W. Pectol Orem, Utah August 7, 2015Chapter 5 Page 8 - http://www.myfamilyonline.com/histories/The%20Story%20of%20the%20Pe...

History

The Kesters migrated to Kentucky in 1786 along with William's parents, by way of flat boat down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They arrived in April and first settled in Nelson County, southeast of Louisville.

The Kesters moved a little ways north into adjacent Shelby County and settled at Elk Creek in 1795. When Spencer County was formed in 1824, Elk Creek became part of Spencer County. The Kesters remained at Elk Creek the rest of their lives while William's elder brother and sister migrated north to Ohio and west to Indiana in the early 1800s.

Both William and Eunice (Pound) Kester died within days of each other about 1815 and are buried in Elk Creek. The were both about 50 years old.

Sons Nathan and Absalom became members of the Regular Baptists (also known as Primitive Baptists or "Old School Baptists") in 1831. Absalom became a charter member of the Concord Church in Westfield, Clark County, Illinois, in September 1831, and Nathan joined later that year in November. Their first cousins, Jesse and Bonham Kester also became Regular Baptists in Putnam County, Illinois.

Sources

• White's book; THE DESCENDANTS OF PAULUS AND GERTRUDE KUSTERS (The Castor Association Of America, 1991)- A book published by The Castor Association Of America, on Paulus Kuster, his wife Gertrude Doors, who came from Kaldenkirchen, Germany to Germantown, Pennsylvania. It covers their history in Germany and in the United States. It includes their first four generations of descendants.
• Hunt's book; POUND AND KESTER FAMILIES- Hunt, John E. - Compiler; POUND AND KESTER FAMILIES (Chicago, Regan Printing House, 1904).
• Wm. Kester in entry for Frederick Boyers and Noma Kester, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000000689121825?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085632637910&position=0
• William Kester in entry for Frederick Reasor and Sarah Kester, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000007851281311?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085633505928
• William Cestor in entry for Byram Tichenor and Unis Kester, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000049650963843?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085632660960&position=0
• 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hunt, John E., Compiled by; Pound and Kester Families, containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound (Born in 1735) and William Kester (Born in 1733) and a genealogical record of all their descendants and other family historical matter.; Regan Printing House, Chicago, 1904, 628 Pages, Indexed; Pages 12, 79, 308, 483.
• 2.0 2.1 2.2 White, Jean M., Editor; The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania the first four generations; Castor Association of America, 1991; 303 Pages, Indexed; Pages 242-243.
• The Pound and Kester families : containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound -History of William Kester - https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/483/mode/1up
• KESTER Family History, Part IV - http://genealogue.net/kestbk4.html#WmKester2
• Hunt, John Eddy. The Pound and Kester Families. Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1904.