Re: Nancy J. Piester, Newberry, SC 1814
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Nancy J. Piester, Newberry, SC 1814
1/05/00
Gasper Peaster (De Peyster) German married EVE MARGARET EDGEMONT OF SWITZERLAND. Gasper, Sr., apparently died enroute to America.
Their issue were Adam and Gasper.Widowed, she married George Gray.
Gasper Piester, Jr.lived in Newberry, SC near Mother and step-father George Gray
abstract Old will:pages 30-32 John Gallman, decd, Court held 9-3-1788, letters adm. granted to Gasper Piester, bond: 1,200 pounds sterling. Warrant of appraisment, directed to Frederick Gray, Jeremiah, Williams, George Ruff, Esq and James Sheppard
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Gaspar PEASTER Jr. born circa 1750 - ____
Family 1 : UNNAMED
Michael PEASTER
Adam PEASTER
Caspar PEASTER Jr.
Family 2 : Rachel WEYMAN
Notes
Aka: or Caspar De Peyster/Pfister, Piester Unknown (Wife).
According to the Newberry Co., SC by George Leland Summer, pgs. 232-238, on the Gray/De Grau & De Walt Families History: When Frederick De Grau came, with his family, to America, he first went to London where many of the German colonists had assembled preparatory to sailing. He appeared at the Court of King George III, in behalf of the colonists and himself to get good passage over and to secure Land Grants in America. It so happened that the Queen of England was Charlotte Mecklenburg, daughter of the German Emporer, and she recognized Frederick De Grau as one of the German officers in her father's guards. Through her influence, therefore, he and some of the colonists were given Land Grants in South Carolina. When they sailed, each lady of the colony was given a calico dress by the Queen. Among the colonists was a
(Gaspar) De Peyster, (Sr.)and his wife, Eve Margaret Egmont, and a small sons,Adam and Gaspar De Peyster. The dress given Mrs. De Peyster by the Queen was preserved in the family of Mrs. Rebecca Gray De Walt for many years. Mr. Gaspar De Peyster, Sr.died on
his way over to America and later the widow married George Gray, Sr., son of Frederick Gray (named changed from De Grau to Gray). She had, also, in her possession silver knee buckles and silver buttons that were worn by Frederick Gray on the occasion of his appearance at the Court of King George III. After the Civil War , during a time of extreme need in the South, the buckles and buttons were converted into silver tea spoons to preserve the metals, as well as to serve a need.
I suppose Gaspar, Jr.was born sometime in 1750, as he was only 2 yrs of age when he came from Germany, with his parents, Gaspar (deceased enroute to America)and Eve Margaret (Edgemont/Egmont) De Peyster/Pfister, in Sept., 1752 on the ship, Upton. (widowed she married George Gray (de Grau))
I desend from George and Eve Margaret Egmont (Piester) Gray
Children of son of Eve, Gaspar:
John Peaster b. About 1772 in SC m. Sarah Soloma Ruff (Wife) b. 1780 Marriage: 1799 in ?SC?
Michael Peaster b. 1776 in SC
Adam Peaster b. in SC
Gasper Peaster Jr. b. 24 Apr 1790 in SC
Mary Peaster b. 1792/1793 in SC
Margaret Peaster b. 1792 in SC
Sarah Peaster b. About 1796 in ?Ireland?
George Peaster b. Unknown in ?SC?
Daughter Unknown Peaster b. 1796 in SC
Gasper apparently had descendants in the Newberry area:
Pomaria Frances Piester Suber, 94, widow of J.C. Suber, formerly of 59 Frances St., died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, at J.F. Hawkins Health Care.
Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Bond Piester and Elma Halfacre Piester Suber.
Survivors: Daughters, Margaret DeHart and Elma R. Harley, both of Pomaria.
Visitation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Service: 3 p.m. Thursday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Burial: Church cemetery.
Memorials: St. Matthews Lutheran Church Organ Fund, c/o Tommy Kinard, 2208 New Hope Road, Pomaria, SC 29126.
Published in The Greenville News: 08-08-2001
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Laurens
Descendants of Alexander Andrew Bauer
Page 6. Administration Bond. State of South Carolina. Newberry District ...... daughter of NATHANIEL GALLMAN and ELIZABETH PIESTER.
Eliz died circa 1919
There is a Piester Road in Newberry