Col. John WEST

1632 - Aft 1689  (57 years)

• Name	John WEST  [1, 2]
  	Col. John West, served as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of militia, 1652-73, loyal to Governor Berkeley during Bacon's rebellion; member House of Burgesses, died testate (will dated 15 Nov 1689). [1] He is purported to be the first white child born on the York River, and in consideration of this fact, was granted land at West Point which was entailed for several generations. (Note: His will of 15 Nov. 1689 was probated about 1691/2. it was destroyed along with the other County records in a fire in 1787.) Colonel John West acquired land in the seventeenth century, where he built a fine, small brick Jacobean lodge before 1690, the East dependency of the manor house. It became known as the Elsing Green plantation. Colonel West's son, Captain Nathaniel West, inherited Elsing Green upon his father's death in 1692. [2]
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	6 Oct 1632	Chiskack Bellfield Plantation, New Kent, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	15 Nov 1689	Date of Will   [1]
  Death	Aft 15 Nov 1689  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I90210	Main Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Gov. John WEST,   b. 14 Dec 1590, Wherwell, co. Hamps d. 1659 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ann ?,   b. 1600, England d. 10 Apr 1667, West Point Plantation (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F32459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unity CROSHAW,   b. 8 Feb 1635/6, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia d. 20 Apr 1669, New Kent, Virginia (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Bef 4 Nov 1664  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Ann WEST,   b. 1655, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia d. 1708, Jamestown, Jamestown City, Virginia (Age 53 years)  [Birth]   2. Unity Susanna WEST,   b. 24 Dec 1658, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia d. 12 May 1708 (Age 49 years)  [Birth] + 3. Colonel John WEST,   b. Abt 1663, Jamestown, James City, Virginia d. 1734, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia (Age 71 years)  [Birth] + 4. Capt. Nathaniel WEST,   b. 1665, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia d. 1723, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia (Age 58 years)  [Birth] + 5. Colonel Thomas WEST,   b. 1669, West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Fact - 15 Nov 1689 - Date of Will  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.