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Dorcas Lester (Gildersleeve)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hempstead, Queens County, New York Colony, British Colonial America
Death: circa 1726 (54-71)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Gildersleeve, II and Dorcas Gildersleeve
Wife of Thomas Lester
Mother of Damarus Lester; Mordecai Lester; Dorcas Lester; Mary Lester; John Lester and 2 others
Sister of Richard Gildersleeve, III; Phebe Thickstone; Ens. Thomas Gildersleeve; Elizabeth Woods; Moses Gildersleeve and 2 others

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About Dorcas Lester


Biography

Dorcas Gildersleeve (135) was born in 1663 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.

She was married to Thomas Lester in 1683 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.

Thomas Lester(135) was born about 1663 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.

Dorcas Gildersleeve and Thomas Lester had the following children:

  • 2250 i. Damaris Lester(135) was born in 1684 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.
  • 2251 ii. Mehitable Lester(135) was born in 1685 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.
  • +2252 iii. Mordecai Lester.
  • 2253 iv. Dorcus Lester(135) was born in 1689 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York.
  • +2254 v. John Lester.
  • +2255 vi. Mary Lester.

References

  1. Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith ...Volume three. Gildersleeve. First and second lines. Page 1,133 - 1,135. < AncestryImage >. < PDF > attached.
  2. Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Mordecai Lester by SmartCopy: Oct 27 2014, 19:13:44 UTC
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Dorcas Lester's Timeline

1663
1663
Hempstead, Queens County, New York Colony, British Colonial America
1683
1683
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1687
1687
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1687
Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, New York, United States
1691
1691
1694
1694
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1697
1697
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1700
1700
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1726
1726
Age 63