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Gov. John WEST

Male 1590 - 1659  (68 years)


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  • Name John WEST  [1, 2, 3] 
    • 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". [1]
    Prefix Gov. 
    Fact 2 1631-59  member of the Governor's Council Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Birth 14 Dec 1590  Wherwell, co. Hamps Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Christening Y  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1618  Came to Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fact 1 1628-1630  Member of the House of Burgesses Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fact 1635-1637  Governor of Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 1659  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID I80577  Main Tree
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2020 

    Father Sir Thomas WEST,   b. Abt 1556, Wherwell, co. Hamps Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1601/2, Salisbury, co. Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Lady Anne KNOLLYS,   b. 19 Jul 1555, Rotherfield Greys, co. Oxon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1608, Salisbury, co. Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1571  [2, 3] 
    Family ID F29520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann ?,   b. 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1667, West Point Plantation Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Col. John WEST,   b. 6 Oct 1632, Chiskack Bellfield Plantation, New Kent, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 15 Nov 1689 (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F32459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsFact - 1618 - Came to Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - 1635-1637 - Governor of Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.

    2. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    3. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).


  

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