When Rachel Kester was born on 16 June 1774, in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Paul Kester, was 25 and her mother, Ann Webster, was 23. She married Chandlee Eves on 5 January 1797, in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 22 May 1835, in Millville, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Millville MM, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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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