Gov. John WEST

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 2: 1631-59, member of the Governor's Council
• Fact: 1618, Came to Virginia
• Fact 1: 1628-1630, Member of the House of Burgesses
• Fact: 1635-1637, Governor of Virginia

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John received a B.A. degree from Magdalen College, Oxford on 1 Dec 1613. he was a member of the House of Burgesses in Virginia from 1628-1630, a member of the Government Council from 1631-1659 and Governor of Virginia from 1635-1637.n The Virginia House of Burgesses passed a resolution of good will in Mar 1659/6 in recognition of the....many favors and services rendered to the country of Virginia by the noble family of West, predecessors to Mr. John West, the now only survivor...It is ordered that the levies of the said Master West and His Family be remitted, and that he be exempted from payment thereof during life. He immigrated in 1618 to Jamestown on the ship "Bonny Bess".

Family/Spouse: Ann ?. Ann was born in 1600 in England; died on 10 Apr 1667 in West Point Plantation. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 15 Nov 1689, Date of Will

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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).

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.

John married Unity CROSHAW before 4 Nov 1664. Unity was born on 8 Feb 1635/6 in West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia; died on 20 Apr 1669 in New Kent, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]