Saylor · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Hester M. Saylor

Born 1796, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. Died 1873, Mount Carmel, Wabash, Illinois, United States (unconfirmed).

Hester M. Saylor (c. 1796 – 7 March 1873) was a Pennsylvania-born settler of Mount Carmel, Illinois, and the wife of Beauchamp Harvey (1788–1859). Less than two years after her wedding she and her husband sued a Jacob Saylor in an Ohio court on a promissory note, in a record that names her “Hester his wife late Hester Saylor”. She was the third great-grandmother of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through her son James Harvey (1821–1896).

Her parents were probably Jacob Sayler (died 1800) and Mary Elizabeth Steele (died 1823). No record of the time names her as their daughter.

Marriage and the Ohio lawsuit

She married Beauchamp Harvey on 1 January 1816 in Pickaway County, Ohio; the county marriage register enters the couple as “Beachem Harvey” and “Esther Saylor”. At the February term of 1818 the Pickaway County court of common pleas entered a suit brought by “Beauchamp Harvey and Hester his wife late Hester Saylor” against Jacob Saylor, on a promissory note he had signed on which $118 was due. The writ had been issued on 30 December 1817, and on 4 February 1818 the suit was discontinued at the plaintiffs’ costs. “Late Hester Saylor” means her former name: the note was owed to her as a single woman, and as a married woman she sued for it jointly with her husband.

The dealings did not end there. On 23 December 1817 a justice of the peace of Salt Creek township had given judgment against Jacob Saylor for a debt of $106 in Beauchamp Harvey’s favor, and on the same day for the same sum in favor of an Elizabeth Saylor. Jacob Saylor filed bills in chancery against both judgments on 8 January 1818; the bill against Harvey was dismissed at the May term. None of these papers says how Jacob Saylor was related to Hester.

Mount Carmel

A county history published in 1883 records that the family moved to Illinois in 1819 and settled at Mount Carmel, when it consisted of two daughters, Jane and Sally. Five more children were born afterwards, James, Mary, Judith, William P. and David, making seven in all.

In the census of 1850 she appears as Ester Harvey, 55, in her husband’s household in Wabash County, with their son William. Beauchamp Harvey died in February 1859. In the census of 1860 she was living at Mount Carmel in the household of her son James, a physician, aged 66, with personal property of $40. By 1870 she was keeping house on her own at the age of 75, in the dwelling next to her son’s.

Death

She died on 7 March 1873. The date comes from her gravestone as recorded on a memorial website, which gives her age as 76 years, 8 months and 18 days; the 1883 county history also records that she survived her husband until 1873. The same website shows a marker on her grave reading “Daughter of a Revolutionary Soldier”.

Notes

Her date of birth has several answers. The family’s date, 14 June 1796, is also the one given in a lineage application made by her great-great-granddaughter Mary Esther Schneck (1900–1968). The age on her gravestone works out to 19 June 1796. The censuses of 1860 and 1870 point to about 1794, and one compiled family history gives 1798. None of these rests on a record of the birth.

That compiled family history records that “Hester Sayler the youngest of 11 children b. 1798 married Mr. Beauchamp”, taking her husband’s given name for a surname.

Origins

The censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870 all give her birthplace as Pennsylvania. Family records give her birth as 14 June 1796 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, but no record of the birth has been found.

No record of the time names her parents. The Jacob Sayler Bible transcript, printed in the DAR Magazine in March 1984, names Hester, born 14 June 1796 in Bedford County, as a daughter of Jacob Sayler and Mary Elizabeth Steele (the transcript spells the names Saylor and Steel), and DNA matches among descendants of six of Jacob’s other children agree with her belonging to this family, though at this distance they cannot tell a daughter from a granddaughter. Two compiled family histories and several applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution name her as the youngest child of Jacob Sayler, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Ross County, Ohio, in 1800, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Steele, but no record confirms it. That Jacob Sayler’s will, made on 14 September 1800, shows that he owned a grist mill and a sawmill in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It names his wife Elizabeth and a son Jacob, and leaves the rest of his estate to “my children” without naming them. His estate papers hold only the will, the witnesses’ oath and a wrapper, and the sale of his Bedford County land by his widow and son in 1805 names no other heirs. The Pickaway County court papers of 1817 and 1818 spell the defendant’s name Jacob Saylor, and they do not say how he was related to her.

Family time line

◉ Hester M. Saylor 1796–1873

◉ Beauchamp Harvey 1788–1859 ⚔

Married 1 Jan 1816, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, Pickaway, Ohio

○ Jane Harvey 1817–1874

◉ James Harvey 1821–1896

○ David Harvey 1828–1910

○ William Harvey abt 1831–1879

○ Judith Harvey 1832–1911

○ Sally Harvey

○ Mary Harvey

Recorded events

Event	When	Where	Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth	14 Jun 1796	Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States	from a compiled source
Death	7 Mar 1873	Mount Carmel, Wabash, Illinois, United States	not yet documented

17961873 181018201830184018501860

Sources

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine vol. 118 no. 3 (March 1984) p.168, 'Sayler Bible Records - Jacob Sayler Bible' (a printed transcript of a family Bible) — Birth, about this person
1860 U.S. census, Mt Carmel Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois, p.61 - Hester Harvey, 66, last member of her son James Harvey's household — about this person
1870 U.S. census, Mt Carmel Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois, p.7 - Hester Harvey, 75, dwelling 52, next door to her son at dwelling 51 — about this person
Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois (Philadelphia: J. L. McDonough & Co., 1883) — about this person
Pickaway County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, Court records 1810-1854 - Beauchamp Harvey and Hester his wife late Hester Saylor v. Jacob Saylor, February Term 1818, pp.449-451 — about this person
Dietle, 'Jacob Sayler, Bedford County, Pennsylvania gunsmith', korns.org/gunsmiths (quoting the 'Jacob Sayler Bible' and 'Henry Saylor Bible' transcripts, DAR Magazine, March 1984) — about this person
AncestryDNA, kit of Carolanne Curtis (test 02DA6258): ThruLines descent trees, harvested 2026-10-28; analysis Findings ACTIVE_DNA-mother-kit_THRULINES-FIRST-PASS-* — about this person
Pickaway County, Ohio marriage register, p.32 - Beachem Harvey to Esther Saylor, 1 Jan 1816 — Marriage (Beauchamp Harvey)

Borders as they stood about 1800 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Jacob Sayler –1800 ⚔
Mary Elizabeth Steele –1823

Descendants

Jane Harvey 1817–1874
1. George M Keneipp 1838–1889
  1. Edgar Percy Keneipp 1865–1955
    1. Percy Hartman Keneipp 1896–1950
    2. Rosalind Keneipp 1899–1901 ✧
    3. Dorothy Allen Keneipp 1903–1973
    4. Edith Keneipp abt 1909–
    5. Mary Belle Keneipp 1917–2004
  2. Hugh Keneipp 1870–1955
  3. Rolla Keneipp 1872–1954
  4. Rosalind Keneipp 1874–1962
  5. Mary Ethel Keneipp 1880–1947
2. Edward B. Keneipp 1839–1926 ⚭
  1. Jessie Keneipp 1868–1954
    1. Ruth Risley 1891–1982
    2. Fred Risley 1893–1895 ✧
    3. Donald R Risley 1896–1911 ✧
    4. Florence Risley 1898–
    5. Ralph Risley 1901–1936
    6. Helen Lois Risley 1909–1998
  2. Charles Keneipp 1870–
  3. Harvey Keneipp 1872–1954
  4. David Keneipp 1876–1876 ✧
  5. Anna Laura Keneipp 1878–1976
3. Mary Ellen Keneipp abt 1842–1880
  1. William Chapman 1872–1944
  2. Charles Fredrick Chapman 1875–1957
    1. Charles Edward Chapman 1899–1990
    2. Mary Ella Chapman 1904–
    3. Myrtle Jane Chapman 1905–1970
    4. Bernard Glen Chapman 1907–1986
    5. Madorah Chapman 1910–1998
  3. Infant Chapman 1880–1882 ✧
4. Cyrus Harvey Keneipp 1844–1917
  1. Stuart Keneipp 1871–1948
    1. Helen Mabel Keneipp 1896–1980
    2. Wilhelm Keneipp 1897–1907 ✧
    3. Richard Leon Keneipp 1902–1978
5. Maria Jane Keneipp 1849–1944
  1. Martha J Calverley 1874–1962
    1. Mildred Calverley Standring 1899–1995
    2. Harry A Standring 1901–1965
    3. William Standring 1904–1995
    4. Frances Jane Standring 1906–1989
    5. Edgar Standring 1909–1965
    6. John Standring 1913–1973
    7. Charles Calverley Standring 1919–2002
  2. Maud Rachel Calverley 1875–1877 ✧
  3. Mary B. Calverley 1879–
  4. Lora M. Calverley 1882–1967
  5. Charles Calverley 1885–1977
    1. Iris Calverley 1928–2020
  6. Edgar Percy Calverley 1888–1965
    1. Don D Calverley 1912–1990
    2. children who may still be living
  7. James Earl Calverley 1889–1972
    1. Caroline Mariah Calverley 1915–1999
    2. children who may still be living
  8. Harvey Raymond Calverley 1892–
6. Alexander P Keneipp 1852–1936
  1. Mary Elizabeth Keneipp 1886–1964
    1. Frances G Friedman 1916–2009
  2. Laura Gertrude Keneipp 1888–1915
    1. Juanita C Kolb 1911–2004
    2. Dorothy Louise Kolb 1912–1999
  3. Catherine J Keneipp 1889–1968
    1. Donald Alexander Eberle 1912–1979
    2. Bernardine Lois Eberle 1913–1957
    3. Mary Esther Eberle 1916–1999
    4. Gordon Edward Eberle 1918–2000
    5. Gerald William Eberle 1921–2002
    6. Charles Joseph Eberle 1925–1972
  4. Judith Esther Keneipp 1891–1892 ✧
  5. Silas Keneipp 1893–1894 ✧
  6. Helen Margaret Keneipp 1895–1983
  7. Albion William Keneipp 1897–1977
  8. Frances Wilhelmina Keneipp 1900–1991
7. Judith Hester Keneipp 1857–1936
  1. Andrew Frank Orr 1885–1943
    1. Robert Habberton Orr 1909–1988
    2. Andrew Frank Orr 1912–2004
    3. Helen Judith Orr 1916–1936
    4. Marguerite Orr 1919–1983
  2. Ernest Keneipp Orr 1890–1955
    1. Frances Louise Orr 1915–2000
    2. Marion Elizabeth Orr 1918–2004
    3. Julia Katherine Orr 1919–1988
    4. Earnest McAdam Orr 1923–1952
    5. Roberta Jean Orr 1927–2010
    6. children who may still be living
  3. Eleanor Keneipp Orr 1892–1922
    1. Esther Margaret Bruce abt 1917–2007
    2. Harriet Bruce 1918–1997
    3. Barbara Eleanor Bruce 1920–1949
  4. Nellie Margaret Orr 1894–1982
  5. Esther Jane Orr 1895–1950
    1. Judith Lelia Elkins 1919–1991
James Harvey 1821–1896
1. Beauchamp Augustus Harvey 1850–1927
2. Mary Alice Harvey 1854–1941
  1. Clarence F. Stein 1875–1953
    1. Richard Clarence Stein 1900–1956 ⚔⚭
    2. Mary Henrietta Stein 1907–1913 ✧
    3. Robert Frederick Stein 1918–1998 ⚔
    4. Frances Louise Stein 1920–2008
  2. Claude Harvey Stein 1880–1953
    1. Harvey Lester Stein 1905–1993
    2. Gretchen Virginia Stein 1908–1981
    3. Benjamin Frederick Stein 1915–1979
    4. Mary Stein
  3. Roy Harold Stein 1884–1904
  4. Mabel Alice Stein 1888–1972
    1. Mary Alice Wood 1916–2018
    2. John Frederick Wood 1925–2017
3. Julia Esther Harvey 1857–1951
  1. Mabel Wilkinson 1875–1954
    1. Mary Esther Schneck 1900–1968
    2. Robert Jacob Schneck 1901–1978
  2. Robert Clyde Wilkinson 1878–1951
    1. Julia Claude Wilkinson 1905–1983
    2. Robert Thomas Wilkinson 1908–1981
    3. John Marshall Wilkinson 1922–2012
  3. James Harvey Wilkinson 1882–1924
    1. William Merrill Wilkinson 1908–1983
    2. James Harvey Wilkinson Jr 1914–1996
    3. Thomas C. Wilkinson 1920–1945 ⚔
  4. Ross Wilkinson ✧
4. James William Harvey 1859–abt 1920
  1. Esther Ross Harvey 1910–2006
    1. children who may still be living
5. Ella May Harvey 1862–1939
  1. Robert White 1892–1956
  2. Beauchamp Augustus White 1894–1948
  3. Joseph White 1898–1982
6. Laura Eva Harvey 1869–1951
7. Orian Ross Harvey 1870–1908 ☘
  1. James Orian Harvey 1895–1988 ⚔
    1. children who may still be living
  2. Morris Beauchamp Harvey 1896–1993 ⚔☘⚭
    1. Ross Elmore Harvey 1929–2017
    2. children who may still be living
  3. Anne Eleanore Harvey 1898–
David Harvey 1828–1910
1. George Clarence Harvey 1856–1942
  1. Winona Ethel Harvey 1884–1946
    1. John Wayne Courter 1906–1967
  2. Mary A Harvey 1886–1984
    1. Margaret A Moore 1907–1984
  3. Beulah Harvey 1888–1973
  4. Gladys L Harvey 1894–1993
2. Mary Elizabeth Harvey 1859–1928
  1. Arthur Harvey Phillips 1896–1985
3. Edwin B Harvey 1861–1861 ✧
William Harvey abt 1831–1879
1. Zana Aurora Harvey 1878–1940
  1. Inez Pauline Mieure 1898–1989
    1. Georgina Robb 1925–2000
    2. Vera Inez Robb 1927–2000
    3. Louise Robb 1928–1939 ✧
    4. Patricia Anne Robb 1930–2018
    5. Jean Gwendolyn Robb 1931–1985
    6. David George Robb 1933–1963
  2. Ellen Frances Mieure 1901–1985
    1. James John Andrews 1923–1989
    2. Mary Lou Andrews 1925–2014
    3. George Franklin Andrews 1926–2012
  3. Hazel Mary Mieure 1903–1970
    1. Clifford Edward Lindsey 1925–2002
    2. Spencer Mieure Lindsey 1926–2008
    3. Betty Jane Lindsey 1928–2007
2. Alice Harvey 1879–
Judith Harvey 1832–1911
1. Frances Jane Titus 1863–1930
  1. Ruth Taylor 1882–1971
  2. Mattie P. Taylor 1885–
  3. Stanley Taylor 1888–
  4. Hattie Taylor 1890–1923
  5. Lloyd Taylor 1893–
    1. Marilyn Kathleen Taylor 1922–2013
    2. Lloyd Gregory Taylor 1930–2012
    3. children who may still be living
  6. Helen Taylor 1896–1982
  7. Geneva E. Taylor 1899–2000
  8. Eugene F. Taylor 1903–
2. Mary F. Titus 1865–1958
3. William S. Titus 1869–1941
4. Cora Lee Titus 1874–1953
Sally Harvey
Mary Harvey