"George Frederick Rester came to America from Durloch, Germany sometime prior to December 7, 1755, the date of his marriage, which is the first record located of him in this country. As no records of other family members have been found, it is believed that he came alone.

He settled in Purysburg, South Carolina, which is just northeast of Savannah, Georgia, on the east side of the Savannah River. He married Mary Margaret Mengersdorf on December 7, 1755 in the Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ebenezer, Georgia, just across the river from Purysburg.

He was a plantation owner, owning approximately 900 acres of land and 15 slaves.

Lieutenant George Rester Sr. served with Effingham County Militia, Georgia Militia during the American Revolution

There are several families who descend from George SR., that moved westward into the Mississippi Territory which later became the State of Mississippi. Jackson and Perry are two of the Counties in that state.

George Rester Sr. was born about 1730 in Baden Durlach, Germany and died after 1 August, 1755 GA. George was the son of Johannes Adam Rester born about 1705 and wife Elizabeth Bouch.

He married 7 December, 1755 in Effingham Co. GA., to Mary Margaretha Mengersdorff, daughter of John Sorg Mengersdorff and wife Anna Sibilla. She was born 1736 in Orangeburg District, SC.

Family records state that the children of George and Mary were born in South Carolina. George Jr., was christened in the Jerusalem Lutheran Church, July 22, 1765, just two months after his birth. If this is correct then this pin points the time George moved his family to Bulloch Co. GA.

Frederick Rester Jr. received his discharge from the armies of the United States of America, signed on Dec. 10, 1783 at Savannah, Georgia by Major John Habersham, Commander of the Georgia Battalion, after having served two years as a Private Soldier during the Revolutionary War.

George died 3 August, 1795 in Bulloch Co. GA., and Maria died two years later in 1797.

Four children are known born to George and Maria, there may have been more. Two of their children married Denmarks. Children of William B. and the oldest Christina married Isaac Carter who went to Perry Co. MS.

1. Christina Rester, born 1758 SC., married Isaac Carter
2. Elizabeth Rester, born about 1760 married Steven Denmark, born 14 October, 1763, and son of William B. and wife Mary Moye Denmark.
3. George Frederick Rester Jr. born 16 May, 1765 SC. He traveled westward into the Mississippi Territory, October, 1807. 
4. David Rester, born 16 July, 1766 SC., died 24 February, 1781.