John WEST

1632 - 1689  (56 years)

• Name	John WEST
  Birth	6 Jun 1632	Chiskack/Bellfield Plantatioin, York River, New Kent, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	John West II
  Death	1689	West Point, New Kent, Virginia
  Notes	New Kent is now King William County He was the first English child born on the York River. On June 6, 1632 the Council of Virginia took recognition of the first Christian child born on the York River and granted his father 2000 acres of land for this honor. It is likely that he was sent to England for his education, and returned to Virginai about 1651. At that time his father Governor John West made a claim for land for the entry of his wife and his only son into the coloy. Mentioned in various records as Captian in 1662, Major in 1667 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1673. He figured prominently in Bacon's Reblliion in 1676. Senior presiding justice of County Court of Kent County in 1680, and Colonel commanding the militia of the county. He was taken prisoner during Bacon' Rebellion. As to what Bacon's men did to him is not recorded but as he later sat on the court-martial that tried the rebels he more than evened with them. In the 1659-60 session of the House of Burgesses, an act was passed exempting him from taxes for life in consideration of the important favors and services rendered to the county of Virginia by the noble family of the Wests, predecessors of John West and their now only survior. Member of House of Burgesses, 1685 - 88. He inherited 3/4 of the "Popular Neck Plantation" from his father-in-law Major Joseph Crowshaw due to his brother-in-law's death prior to rreaching majority. His will was dated November 15, 1689. The Wests were Tories.
  Person ID	I4720	Main
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2003

  
  

  Father	John WEST,   b. 14 Dec 1590, Testwood, Hampshire, England d. 1651, West Point, New Kent, Virginia (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Anne CLAIBORNE,   b. Abt 1600, of Westover, Charles City, Virginia
  Marriage	1625	Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F1861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unity CROSHAW,   b. 1632, Bruton Parish, Willimasburg, James City, Virginia d. 1695, New Kent County, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1667	Accomack County, Virginia
  Children	1. John WEST,   b. Abt 1676, West Point, New Kent Co., Virginia d. 1734, West Point, New Kent Co., Virginia (Age ~ 58 years)   2. Captian Thomas WEST,   b. Abt 1670, West Point, New Kent, Virginia d. 1715 (Age ~ 45 years)   3. Nathaniel WEST,   b. Abt 1672, West Point, New Kent, Virginia   4. Anne WEST,   b. Abt 1674, West Point, New Kent, Virginia
  Family ID	F1852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2024