Sarah Kester Martin

• Daughter of Peter Martin and Sarah Kester Hull
• Birth: March 04, 1738 in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, Province of New Jersey, Colonial America.
• Died 1825 in Elk Creek, Spencer Co, KY, USA
• 1820 United States Federal Census for Sarah Martin Kentucky Shelby, United States.
• Indiana Genealogy, Family Histories, Journals & Biographies, page 309
• Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Harrison Chapter, lineage records of members.
• The Will of Sarah’s father Peter Martin, Source: New Jersey Abstract of Wills, Proved on March 17, 1756.
• * Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Harrison Chapter, lineage records of members John Pond.

Married

• Married ( 1) John POUND (s/o Thomas POUND & Audry) They married in 1764. John Pound (Thomas3, John2, John1) was born Abt. 1735 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, and died Abt. 1790. He married (1) Rhoda Cox Abt. 1759, (2) Sarah Martin Abt. 1764.
• Married (2) Samuel Stigler on 14 Apr 1789 in Nelson, Kentucky, USA.
• Married: ( 3) William KESTER in 1813.

Children of John Pound and Sarah Martin

• Eunice Pound, born Abt. 1765 in Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died 1815 in Shelby Co., Kentucky. She married William Kester 1784; born 1765 in New Jersey; died 1815 in Elk Creek, Spencer Co., Kentucky.
• Thomas Pound, born July 28, 1767 in Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died February 02, 1848 in Vigo Co., Indiana. He married Sarah Kester 1786 in Maryland; born January 04, 1767; died February 02, 1848 in Vigo Co., Indiana.
• Joseph Pound, born November 23, 1770 in New Jersey; died April 02, 1850 in Orange Co., Indiana. He married Elizabeth Stark December 19, 1792 in Foreman's Creek, Nelson Co., Kentucky; born January 16, 1775; died March 07, 1845 in Orange Co., Indiana.
• Sarah Pound, born October 04, 1773 in Maryland; died October 14, 1849 in Spencer Co., Kentucky. She married John Kester October 15, 1791 in Nelson Co., Kentucky; born March 23, 1770 in Virginia; died September 14, 1839.
• Rebecca Pound, born Abt. 1776 in Maryland; died 1820 in Vienna, Scott Co., Indiana. She married James Stark September 22, 1800 in Elks Creek, Shelby Co., Kentucky; born May 10, 1773 in Amwell, Washington Co., Pennsylvania; died October 19, 1853 in Nebo, Pike Co., Illinois.
• Elizabeth Pound, born September 08, 1780 in Maryland; died January 15, 1856 in Trenton, Butler Co., Ohio. She married Moses Drake September 11, 1800 in Shelby Co., Kentucky; born September 09, 1765 in New Jersey; died November 29, 1834.

Proofs of parents

• # "Calendar of NJ Wills, Vol III 1751-1760, A. V. D. Honeyman, 2008: 217;

1. First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway/ Woodbridge Olde East New Jersey, Part Two, O. E. Monnette: 229, 239 "Sarah Martin's family was in America by 1647."

History of John Pound, a son of Thomas Pound and Audrey, his Wife

THE POUND AND KESTER FAMILIES, John E Hunt, Chicago, Regan Printing House, 1904 page 11- 12:

John Pound, a son of Thomas Pound and Audrey, his wife, was born at Piscataway, Middlesex County, N. J., about 1735. He was married about 1759 to Rhoda Cox, by whom he had one son, and was married again about 1764 to Sarah Martin, by whom he had six children, two sons and four daughters. In 1758 his father died, leaving him the home plantation (sub- ject to a life estate in the mother and legacies to the sisters, as mentioned in the will), and on July 12, 1770, John and his wife, Sarah, conveyed this plantation by a deed to Andrew Smalley, wherein it is recited that the grantor, John Pound, received the land by will from his father, Thomas Pound, who in turn re- the land by deed, dated March 24, 1736-37, from the grandfather, John Pound, who came by it as sole son and heir of his mother, Winnifred, wife of the great-grandfather, John Pound, the original Pound and early settler in Piscataway.

It is not known whether John Pound moved from Piscata- way immediately after making this conveyance in 1770. Possibly he may have located for a while in the adjoining county of Somerset, as others of the Pound family are known to have been living there about that time, and the records show that his son, Hezekiah, served from that county in the Revolution during the years 1776 and 1777. He later migrated to Mary- land, at what date is not known, but probably about the time of the Revolution, as some of his younger children are said to have been born in that State. Nor is it definitely known in what part of Maryland he resided, though subsequent to the Revolution part of his family is known to have been living near Cumberland, as his son, Hezekiah, took a grant of land there as a settler in 1788, and his son, Thomas, and daughter, Eunice, moved from that locality to Kentucky in 1786. The date of his death is unknown, but he probably died prior to 1800, perhaps as early as 1790. His second wiie, Sarah, survived him and married a man named Stiglar, and later, about the year 1813, married William"Kester, the common ancestor of the Kester family, found in this volume.

History of William Kester Sr., by The Pound and Kester Families: Containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound, Page 306-308.

William Kester, a son of Paul and Ruth (Kitchen) Kester, was born in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about the year 1733. His first name was probably given him from his mother's family, as William was a common name among the Kitchens of that period. It is said that Williams's father died when he was quite young; and that "some kind-hearted Quakers took him away; presumably to live with them and it is probable that he was living during his minority with these Quaker people in Chester County, Pennsyvania, for it is know that his brothers, Samuel and John and sister, Rebecca, were all residing in that county at a later date, and that he himself was identified , or at least acquainted with the members of the Sadsbury Monthly meeting as a member, but the minutes of the Kingwood, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting show that he came there on the 11th day, the 3rd month 1756, by a letter of recommendation from the Sadsbury Meeting. His reasons for thus moving from the vicinity of Sadsbury, Pennsylvania, to Kingwood, New Jersey, are indicated by the fact that he had shortly before that time become of age and that his uncle Hermanus Kester, and family and his brother John and sister Rebecca (both minors who had evidently taken up their abode with their uncle Hermanus after the death of their father) were all members of the Kingwood Monthly Meeting. William's uncle, Hermanus Kester, had a daughter, Elizabeth born on the 25th day, the 6th month, 1735, and to her was doubtless married, as the Kingwood records show that on the 14th day of the 10th month, 1756 "William Kester and Elizabeth Kester, first cousins," were brought before the meeting for marrying, and as no further mention is made of them in the minutes of that meeting, it is supposed they were "cut off" and dropped from the membership as it was against the rules of the Friends for first cousins to marry. Some years later William Kester moved to Virginia or Maryland. It is not known for certain in which state he located, but probably,he first settled in Virginia and afterwards moved to Maryland. The boundary line between these two States in those times was in dispute, and this may account for the fact that some of his descendants say he resided in Virginia, and others say he lived in Maryland. However, this may be it is known that between 1781 and 1786, he was living near Cumberland, Maryland, as the family of his daughter Elizabeth have preserved the history that she married Edmund Liston there in 1781 and located under the Laurel Hills on George's Creek, southwest of Cumberland and that William and his whole family immigrated from that vicinity to Kentucky in the year 1786. The account of that trip given on another page ( see appendix III) of this volume shows that they went from Maryland overland to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and thence by the Ohio river on a flat boat, landing where Louisville, Kentucky now stands, in the month of April 1786. From that date he and his children lived in Nelson County until 1795, when they moved to near Elk Creek in Shelby, now Spencer County Kentucky, where he remained until his death. William was married a second time, probably in New Jersey, about 1762, to a widow, Ferguson, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Lacock (see Appendix I and L), who died in Spencer County Kentucky, about 1805-10, and he was married again about 1813, (see Appendix IV), to a widow, Stiglar, whose maiden name was Sarah Martin, and who had been married twice before, her first husband being John Pound, the common ancestor of the Pound Family found in this volume. At the time of this last marriage, William was Eighty and his wife Seventy-five year of age, and they were then living with their children, John and Sarah (Pound) Kester, and remained there until they died. He and his third wife both died at the age of eighty-seven years and are buried at the Elk Creek, Spencer County, Kentucky USA. His five children on by his first wife and four by the second wife.

Sources

• The Pound and Kester families : containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound -https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/11/mode/1up
• Sarah Martin in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000- Name: Sarah Martin, Gender: Female, First Marriage Date: 1764, Spouse: John Pound, Child: Joseph Pound- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001727537364?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085632274824
• Sarah Martin in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900- Name: Sarah Martin, Gender: Female, Spouse Name: John Pound, Spouse Birth Place: NJ, Spouse Birth Year: 1735, Marriage Year: 1764, Number Pages: 1- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001727537364?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085631995959
• Sarah Martin in the 1820 United States Federal Census- Name: Sarah Martin, Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Shelby, Kentucky, Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820, Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1, Slaves - Males - Under 14: 2, Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1, Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1, Number of Persons Engaged in Agriculture: 2, Free White Persons - Over 25: 1, Total Free White Persons: 1, Total Slaves: 4, Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001727537364?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000085632243891
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Sarah Martin, D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 162 : 1920.
• The Pound and Kester Families: Containing an account of the ancestry of John Pound, Page 306-308- https://archive.org/stream/poundkesterfamil1904hunt#page/306/mode/1up