When Rebecca Kester was born on 16 April 1742, in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Hermanus Kester Sr., was 39 and her mother, Anne Mary Ann Large, was 29. She married Joseph Webster on 12 January 1769, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1792, in Chesterfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 50.
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Historical Boundaries: 1749: Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Dutch (also Van Kester) and German: habitational name from any of the places with a name formed with kester, from Latin castra ‘army camp’, like Kester in Belgian Brabant or Kesteren in the Betuwe.
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