Susannah (Gillam) Lester (abt. 1790 - bef. 1860)

Born about 1790 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Buckner — married before 1810 in North Carolina, United States

Wife of Peter Ruble Lester — married 31 Jan 1836 in Greene, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died before 1860 before about age 70 in Greene, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Susannah was born about 1790. She is mentioned in the will of her father, William, 1821.^[1] Married Richard Buckner in North Carolina, around 1815. They migrated to Indiana prior to Richard's death in 1829.

Susannah remarried Peter Lester in 1836.^[2]

Timeline

Birth
abt 1790 • Chatham County, NC

Marriage
abt 1815 • North Carolina
Richard "Riche" BUCKNER
(1780–1833)
Daughter Margaret was born in North Carolina

Will of William Gilliam
9 May 1821 • Chatham County, NC
Item 6th I give and bequeath to each of my following daughters, to wit Mary Stephens, Elizabeth Lee, Sarah Green, Marjory Lewis, and Susannah Buckner the sum of five shillings to be paid them by my executor

Marriage
31 Jan 1836 • Greene County, IN
Peter Ruble LESTER
(1790–1887)

Residence
1850 • Cass, Greene, Indiana

Death
bef 1860 • Greene County, IN She is not enumerated in the 1860 census with husband Peter

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-VN9P-Q2?cc=1867501&wc=32LV-YW5%3A169766301%2C169943501 : 21 May 2014), Chatham > Wills, 1798-1833, Vol. B > image 48 of 438; county courthouses, North Carolina.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCZJ-W6MM : 3 August 2022), Peter R. Lester, 1836.