John WEST

1590 - 1651  (60 years)

• Name	John WEST
  Birth	14 Dec 1590	Testwood, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1651	West Point, New Kent, Virginia
  Notes	He came to Virginia in 1618 and joined the military life of the colony. After the massacre of 1622 he commanded a company of men against the Indians. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1629-30 and a Justice of the Peace in York County in 1634. Member of Colonial Council of Virginia 29 years 1630-1659. When Goernor Sir John Harvey returned to England, Colonel West was elected Gorvernor and Captain General of Virgina and served until 1636/37. Shortly after he was appointed to the office of Muster Master General of Virginia by King Chares I of England. In 1631 the council resolved to plant a settlement on the York River, and Colonel West was one of the first settlers to patent lands on King's Creek, and his plantation was known as Bellfield. In 1632 his son, John West Jr. was born, being the first child of English parents born on the York River. Governor West sold this plantation in 1650 to Edward Digges, Esquire (Governor of Virginia 1655-56) and moved to his plantation known to this day as West Point in the fok of the York River.
  Person ID	I4745	Main
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2003

  
  

  Father	Thomas WEST,   b. 9 Jul 1557, Wherwell, Hampshire, England d. 24 Mar 1602, Wherwell, Hampshire, England (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Anne KNOLLYS,   b. 1556, Stanford, Berkshire, England d. Aft 30 Aug 1608 (Age > 52 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1571	Wherwell, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne CLAIBORNE,   b. Abt 1600, of Westover, Charles City, Virginia
  Marriage	1625	Hampshire, England
  Children	1. John WEST,   b. 6 Jun 1632, Chiskack/Bellfield Plantatioin, York River, New Kent, Virginia d. 1689, West Point, New Kent, Virginia (Age 56 years)   2. Unity WEST,   b. Abt 1634
  Family ID	F1861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2024