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Annie Lash Jester
A careful Virginia genealogist and historian, she helped bring the lives of early English settlers into sharper focus through clear, deeply researched work. Her books remain useful to readers interested in colonial Virginia, family history, and everyday life in the seventeenth century.
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Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century
by Annie Lash Jester
About the author
Best known as a genealogist and historical writer, Annie Lash Jester wrote about early Virginia with an eye for both family records and the details of ordinary life. She is credited with works including Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century and the influential reference Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1625, compiled with Martha Woodroof Hiden.
Her work is closely tied to the study of colonial Virginia families and the documentary record of the Jamestown era. She was also recognized by the American Society of Genealogists as a Fellow, a sign of the respect her research earned among specialists.
Public records and genealogy references place her life from 1890 to 1978, with roots in Virginia. A great deal of her writing still circulates through library, archive, and public-domain collections, where it continues to help readers trace people, places, and daily life in early America.