| . Frederick Nester, 1739 - 1836, s/o Frederick Nester . (INDEX) . author: Michael D. Nestor, email: mdn3557@yahoo.com 1 Frederick Nester,2 (Frederick,1) . . b 24 Apr 1739 Germany; apparently died in 1836 in Campbell Co, Tenn when he was removed from the RW pension rolls. . Frederick was apparently living in Berks Co, Pa in 1766, when his son Jacob was born there He was Johann Frederich Nester, acc . to Jacob's baptismal record. . m(1) Maria Barbara ____, the mother of Jacob, proven by his baptismal record. Her last name has been listed by some as Parbakes/ . Parbares, but there is no evidence given for this, and unfortunately this last name has been spread around on many internet . sites. I have found no one by that last name in any of the millions of names on many genealogy sites, and there is no one by . that last name in the present national US phone index. "Parbares" is probably a misreading of the name Barbara. The only . document containing her name is son Johann Jacob's baptismal record which only gave "Maria Barbara". . m(2) Nancy (Ann) ____. She was "Nancy" in an 1810 deed in Montgomery Co, Va. She was "Ann" in an 1813 Pulaski Co, Ky . deed. . m(3) 14 Jun 1814 Pulaski Co, Ky to Nancy Reynolds, Henry L. Mills surety. It is conceivable that this Nancy was the same per- . son as the Nancy/Ann in the 1810 and 1813 deeds, and perhaps she was his common law wife whom he married. There is . insufficient evidence to prove this either way. I recently visited the Pulaski Co courthouse (Mar 2010) and observed that . the only current reference to this marriage is a typed version, listing "Francis" Nester, instead of Frederick Nester, the latter . being reported in the past. . Frederick moved to the Tryon/Rutherford Co area of NC in 1770's, where he entered service in the RW war. He moved to Mont- . gomery Co, Va in the 1780's, and about 1810-11 moved to Pulaski Co, Ky. He later was in Pike Co, Ky, and then went to Camp- . bell Co, Tenn in the early 1830's, where he filed a RW pension application, which outlined some details of his life. . In summary, in his old age, Frederick lived in Pulaski Co, Ky, Pike Co, Ky, and Campbell Co, Tenn, the exact 3 counties where his . daughters lived. . 1775, Apr: Tryon Co, NC Court minutes, p 179, 13 Feb 1775: Robert Johnson deeded 50 acres to Frederick Neister. Deed Bk 2, p . 162: Robert Johnson to Frederic Nester. (This tract would be in present Lincoln or Gaston Co) . 1778, 15 Oct: Burke Co, NC land entry, #873, p 289: Frederick Reaster transferred 150 acres on N side of Gunpowder Creek to . John Spencer. . 1778, 30 Nov: Burke Co land entry #1089, p 358: Fredeick Neuster transferred 100 acres on Gunpowder Creek to John Spencer. . 1783, 7 Oct: Burke Co land entry Bk 85, #1849, p 104: 300 acres on Gunpowder Creek for John Spencer, originally entered by . Frederik Nester. . 1782 Montgomery Co, Va tax list, Frederick Nester, 1 poll, no slaves. . 1783, 10 May: Montgomery Co Plott Bk B, p 175: 150 acres on ridge dividing Underwood fork and Greasy Creek surveyed for . Frederick Nestor. . 1786, 22 Jun: Montgomery Co Plott Bk F, p 43: 200 acres on Pine branch surveyed for Frederick Nestor. . 1787 Montgomery Co personal property tax list C: Frederick Nestor, no WM 16-21, no blacks < 16, 1 horse, 5 cattle. . 1788, 11 Feb: Montgomery Co personal propert tax list C: Fredrick Nestor, no WM 16-21, no slaves, 1 horse. . 1789, 27 Mar: Montgomery Co tax list: Frederick Nestor, living on ridge dividing Underwood Fork and Greasy Creek of New . (River), no WM 16-21, no slaves, 2 horses. . 1797, 29 May: Montgomery Co Deed Bk C, p 34-35 (rec May 1797): Roley and Milly Ann Jacobs sold 100 acres on Little River . to Frederick Nester for 60 pounds. . 1798, 28 Jun: Montgomery Co: Land Grant: Israel Lorton Grantee. 85 acres on the Pilot Mountain on the waters of Little River ad- . joining Nathan Ratcliff, Elizabeth Dobbins, Frederick Nester, &c. . 1800-06 Montgomery Co Land Bk: Frederick/Frederic Nester/-or, 100 acres 1800-04; 148 acres in 1805, and 169 acres in 1806. . 1805, March Court: Montgomery Co Chancery Cause: Frederick Nester plaintiff vs Jonathan Elswick defendant. This involved a . note for $20 to Solomon Acres (Akers) for 2 buschels of salt and 17 gallons of whiskey. This note was later transferred to . Frederick Nester, who brought suit. Elswick asked that Acres and Nester be made defendants. This case began in Mar 1805 . and was settled in Sept 1805. Frederick's signature appears almost identical to the one in the 1810 deed, see image below. . 1801, 6 Mar: Montgomery Co Plott Bk E, p 479: 69 acres on Little River surveyed for Frederick Nester. . 1810 Montgomery Co, Va census, p 10, Frederick Nester, 00001-00001-00. . 1810, 15 Sep: Montgomery Co, Va Deed Bk E, p 49-50: Frederic and Nancy Nester sold 100 acres on Little River to John Carmikle . for $500. Frederick affixed a very detailed signature in German, but in a dialect that the Univ of Louisville German dept was . unable to decipher, other than to say the name did not read "Nester" and that the middle part of the signature can be inter- . preted as "von". See image below. A more recent interpretation (see below) is that this reads "Fiedrich ??? est....". . 1810, 24 Dec: Pulaski Co, Ky Deed Bk 2, p 203-04: Thomas Richardson and wife Nancy deeded 100 acres on Flat Lick Creek of . Buck Creek to Frederick Nester for $300. Both parties of Pulaski Co. . 1806-14: Pulaski Co, Ky Deed Bk 2: Indentures #375, #245, involving Frederick Nester. . 1811 Pulaski Co tax list, Frederick Nester, 100 acres and 50 acres on Flat Lick, 1 WM > 21, 2 horses. . 1812 Pulaski Co tax list, Frederic Nester, 100 acres and 50 acres on Flat Lick, 1 WM > 21, 2 horses. . 1813, 30 Jan: Pulaski Co Deed Bk 2, p 285-86: Frederick Nester and wife Ann deeded 100 acres on Flat Lick Creek of Buck Creek to . Larking Phelps for $400. Both parties of Pulaski Co. Ann relinquished her right of dower to the land. . 1820 census, Frederick not located. . 1822 Pulaski Co tax list, Nancy Nester. . 1830 Pike Co, Ky census, Pike City, p 377, Frederick Nester, 00000000001-011001. (male age 80-90) . 1832, 11 Dec: James Chitwood filed for RW pension in Campbell Co, Tenn. Frederick Nester Esq was listed as one of his neigh- . bors "who can testify to his character for vearcity and their belief of his services as a soldier". This application was sworn to . and subscribed in open court by Frederick Nester. James Chitwood's land patent was in Pulaski Co, Ky (the part that later . became Whitley Co, Ky. This was in a portion that became part of Campbell Co, Tenn (the part that became Scott Co when . Campbell Co was subdivided), when the state line was resurveyed. . 1833, 10 Sep: Campbell Co, Tenn: Frederick Nester applied for a pension (#S1572) for his service in the RW War. . See next page for copy of his pension: nester11a1 . He entered Capt Johnson's company of drafted militia men from Rutherford Co, NC. He later served under various Captains, . including Capt Connally (prob Capt Henry Connelly (#D), who was an ancestor of this author's mother). . His service was described as: "Drafted May 1781 until Dec 81, private for 3 mos, 15 days, teamster for 2 mos, 2 mos, and 3 . mos, totalling 10 mos 15 days. Served under Capt Clark, Col Grimes, Genrl Edmonson, waggonmaster Genrl Green; age at . present 93 years, abode was Burke Co, N.Carolina when he entered service; Proof by which the declaration is supported: The . Judge certifies to the medsbility of evidence but the names of the evidence is not in his certificate." . See next page: nester11a1. . 1835: Frederick Nester was on a Campbell Co, Tenn list of pensioners, private, $35/yr, NC militia, placed on roll 17 Oct 1833, age . 94. . issue: (mother of the dau's not proven) 11 1. Jacob Nester, b 14 Mar 1766 Berks Co, Pa, m(b) 2 Jun 1789 Montgomery Co, Va to Catherine Goad. . Acc to Daniel Schumacher's Baptismal Records published in "Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society", Vol 1, 1968, . p 318: "Johann Jacob Nester, b 14 Mar 1766, bapt 28 Mar 1766, Good Friday in Allemangel, s/o Johann Frederich and Maria . Barbara Nester, sponsors Jacob and Regina Frey". This was also recorded in the records of the Gettysburg Theological Seminary, . Gettysburg, Adams Co, as s/o Johann Friderich and Maria Barbara Nester, sponsors Jacob and Regina Catharina Frey. . Jacob lived out his life in Montgomery Co, Va. 1a 2. Mary Nester, prob b ca 1770, m(b) 24 Aug 1789 Montgomery Co, Va to Jonathan Richardson, prob b ca 1770 Montgomery Co, . d 15 Aug 1816 Pulaski Co, Ky. . They moved to Pulaski Co, Ky. 1b 3. Sarah Nester (Sally), b ca 1770 Va, m(b) 6 Sep 1803 Montgomery Co, Va to Jeremiah Ratliff, b ca 1780 Va, s/o Nathan Ratliff . and Polly Farmer. . Moved to Pike/Floyd Co, Ky, and later to Wayne Co, Va (now WVa). 1c 4. Charity Nester, b 1770's, m(b) 2 Jun 1795 Montgomery Co, Va to Stephen Elswick, prob s/o Jonathan Elswick, whose will . was probated 1828 Montgomery Co. . They moved to Anderson Co, Tenn, then Campbell Co, Tenn. . Unidentified Nesters mentioned in documents in Pulaski and Pike Co's, Ky, who are likely related to Frederick Nester, either issue . of his 3rd wife or of an unidentified daughter or unidentified son. Three young females were living with Frederick in 1830, but they . weren't with him in 1810. There was an "Israel" Nester in Capt William Love's Co of Montgomery Co militia, on an undated list, . but between 1777-90. Either this is another s/o Frederick or a misreading of the name Jacob. Also the mother of Daniel Nester . (#J), b ca 1831 Va, of Logan Co, Va (WVa), was supposedly an orphaned Nester girl, who could be related to this family. All . together, all of these unidentified Nesters in the area were Frederick Nester or his daughters lived indicate that he had one or more . currently unidentified sons or daughters. . 1. John Nester, b ca 1815. John may have been a gs/o Frederick Nester, by an unidentified daughter. . 1820, Mar: Pulaski Co Deed Bk 4, p 235-36: Apprenticeship indenture (#232) between William Fox, county clerk, on behalf of . John Nester, orphan of ____ Nester, and Coventon Lewis. John Nester, age 5 yrs, was bound to Lewis until age 21. . John not located in any census. . 1820 Pulaski Co census, p 194, Covington Lewis, 111101-01001. . 1830-50 census', family not located. . 2. Sarah Nester. Poss the female, age 30-40, listed with Frederick Nester in 1830. Not a dau of Frederick, since his dau Sarah . was married to Jeremiah Ratliff. This female could be Sarah, or Frederick's 3rd wife Nancy. Sarah could be the widow of an . unidentified son of Frederick. . 1835, Mar: Pike Co Order Bk B, p 181: Sarah Nester vs John Sword. . 1835, 6 Jun: Pike Co Order Bk B, p 237: Subpoena issued for Sally Nester to appear at next term to show cause why her child . Polly should not be bound out. (Like the orphan John Nester, mentioned in the 1820 Pulaski Co document above, I don't . know who Sally and Polly were, but there is a high probability that they were related to Frederick Nester, as there were 2 . young females listed in his 1830 Pike Co census entry, in addition to a female age 30-40.) . No further record. . issue: . a. Polly Nester. Possibly the female, age 5-10, living with Frederick Nester in 1830. K2 ? b. Catherine Nester, b ca 1815 Tenn, m Arnold Perry. . Possibly the female, age 10-15, living with Frederick Nester in 1830. . Lived in Logan and Wayne Cos, Va (WVa). The 1880 census stated that both of Catherine's parents were born in NC. . No evidence linking Catherine to Frederick Nester, but Frederick's dau Sally Nester Ratliff was living in Wayne Co, WVa in . 1850, as was Catherine Nester Perry. . Other early unidentified Nesters in Va, NC area: . 1. Sophie Nester, b ca 1774 Rowan Co, NC, d 28 Mar 1847 Rowan Co, m 20 Apr 1794 Rowan Co to George Whicker. . (IGI record) . ? 2. Savaney Nester, b ca 1764, of Pa, m 18 Jan 1785 Greenbrier Co, Va to Andrew Kissinger, b 1766 Pa, s/o Mathias Kissinger . and Judith Tassena. (IGI record) Another record says Andrew Kessinger, b 25 Dec 1756 Lancaster Co, Pa, m 18 Jan 1785 . Greenbrier Co to Sovena Nossman. Yet another record says this was Sivenoy (or Sophia) Nosler, d/o Sebastian or Boston Nos- . ler. . 1810 Giles Co, Va census, p 15, Andrew Kessinger, 30201-11101-00. . Note: 1. Frederick's pension application is online at: www.usgennet.org/usa/tn/county/campbell/_sgt/mbmd__1.htm . Also at: http://southerncampaign.org/pen/s1572.pdf . 2. Some internet sites still list Frederick Nester (#B) as a s/o the above Frederick. This bogus claim comes from a list of . children for Frederick that was speculatively created over 25 years ago, with absolutely no evidence. This appears to . have been a confusion of the parentage of Frederick's grandson Frederick Nester, s/o Johann Jacob Nester. . 3. "Frederick Nester (ca 1709 - 1782) Of Berks County, Pennsylvania, And Descendants", May 2003, Michael D. Nestor, . p 1-2. To order a copy of this: Book Order. . |
| A more recent interpretation of the above signature of Frederick Nester by Karen Higgins, a genealogist in Chester Co, Pa, is that his signature in old German script can be read as "Fiedrich ? ? ? est...." He omitted the 1st "r" in his first name. The capital beginning his last name does not look like a Gernan N, but closer to a sloppy V or W. The last "er" may have been lost as he scribbled out the end of his last name. |