James Bestwick and Hester [Unk]

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Husband James Bestwick ¹

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           Born: Abt 1783 - ? England
     Christened: 
           Died: 1882 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Hester [Unk] ¹

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           Born:  - ? England
     Christened: 
           Died: 1855 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M James Bestwick ¹

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           Born: 1 Jan 1807 - Staffordshire, England 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Huey (      -1887) 2
           Marr: 1839 1

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2 F Jane Bestwick ^{1 3}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George W. Brigham (1825-1885) 1 4

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3 F Esther Bestwick ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hiram Clawson (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Bestwick

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In 1834 he and his wife immigrated to America and located on a farm in what is now Worth Township, Mercer County, PA; their farm adjoined that of their son James who had come to America in 1833.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1072.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1072, 1078.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 480.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 762.