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John Best 1735–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1735

Birth Location: Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 7 Aug 1778

Death Location: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: William Best

Mother: Alice Downs

Spouse(s): Catherine Auther

Children(s): Mary Best

In 1735, John Best entered the world in Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England, born to William Best And Alice Dexter Downs. In 1773, John Best established residence. John Best married Catherine Auther, and had children including Mary Amy Best. John Best passed away in 1778 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1735, John Best entered the world in Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England, born to William Best And Alice Dexter Downs.
  • In 1773, John Best established residence.
  • John Best married Catherine Auther, and had children including Mary Amy Best.
  • John Best passed away in 1778 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Best
1707–1782
Birth Location: Cowes, Hampshire, , England
WB
Alice Downs
1713–1799
Birth Location: Rothley, Leicestershire, England
AD

Spouses(s)

Catherine Auther
1744–1773
Birth Location: Botetourt, Virginia, United States
CA

Children(s)

Mary Best
1773–1826
Birth Location: Duplin, North Carolina, United States
MB

John Best's Ancestors

Self
John Best
1735–1778
Birth Place: Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England
Parents
William Best
1707–1782
Cowes, Hampshire, , England
Alice (Dexter \) Downs
1713–1799
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
John Vesty
1675–1719
Mt Sorrell, Leicestershire, England
Elizabeth Wheatley
1679–1787
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Robert Dexter
1668–1722
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Anne (Swan) **
1674–1722
Rothley, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
John VESTY
1659–
Richard Wheatley
1635–1680
Elizabetha Bradforde
1636–1690
Robert DEXTER
1639–
Elizabeth Pemberton
1643–
Thomas Swane
1650–
Janet Gray
1652–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John VESTY
1633–
Ann (Vesty)
1639–
William Wheatley
1604–
Alice Martin
1608–1680
Gulielmi Bradforde
1600–1636

John Best's Descendants

1.
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John Best (1735–7 Aug 1778) m. Catherine Auther (1744–Aft. 1773)
  1. 1. Mary (Amy) Best 1773–1826 m. Ezekiel Ward 1773–1847
    1. 1. Penelope Ward 1793–1865 m. Henry (John Ward) Jr 1792–1863
      1. 1. James (Jordan) Ward 1825–1898 m. Almeda (Temperance) Hatcher 1825–1910
        1. 1. J (W) Ward 1848–1929 m. Sarah (P) Lett 1848–1916 m. Margaret Rankin 1870–1961
        2. 2. Martha (Jane) Ward 1853–1930 m. George Keathley 1846–1953 m. William (Martin VanBuren) Winston 1852–1875
        3. 3. James (M.) Ward 1848–1924 m. Mattie Lett 1852–1921 m. Frances (Newell) Whitworth 1864–1945
        4. 4. Eli (Clifton) Ward 1869–1947 m. Sue Stewart 1869–1947
        5. 5. Mary (Tennessee (Tennie)) Ward 1855–1923 m. George (Samuel) Jeter 1847–1923
        6. 6. Gustavus (D.) Ward 1865–1920 m. Elmina (Annie) Ward 1865–1933
        7. 7. E (J) Ward 1867–1954 m. Lena Douglas 1870–1945
        8. 8. William (H) Ward 1846–1872 m. Arrilla (Virginia) Wingo 1849–1909
        9. 9. George (R) Ward 1851–1935 m. Eudora Young 1854–1943
        10. 10. Ellen Ward 1861–1947 m. William (H) Jones 1851–1917
      2. 2. Joseph (Henry) Ward 1835–1897 m. Frances (Caroline) Ward 1836–1895
        1. 1. James Ward 1858–1860
        2. 2. Martha (Penelope) Ward 1859–1935 m. Andrew (Johnson) Barton 1856–1932
        3. 3. John (E.) Ward 1861–1927 m. Eva Forbis 1867–1941
        4. 4. George (Almus) Ward 1863–1900 m. Ada Forbis 1861–1894
        5. 5. James (Brown) Ward 1865–1940 m. Sallie Baker 1868–1957
        6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Neely 1870–1931 m. Henry (Clay) Neely 1868–1947
        7. 7. Nannie (C.) Ward 1875–1914 m. L. (Coke) Brasfield 1869–1949
        8. 8. Hattie Ward 1862–1934
      3. 3. Nancy Ward 1813–1890
        1. 1. Edward Ward 1831–
        2. 2. Elmira (or Elmina Jones Edwards) Hatcher 1832–1915 m. Hiram Hatcher 1823–1888
        3. 3. Sarah (Ann) Ward 1835–1883 m. Caswell (T.) Brock 1831–1872
        4. 4. John (Edwards) Ward 1837–1910 m. Virginia (C.) Edwards 1841–1902
        5. 5. Mary Akin 1847–
      4. 4. Mary (Frances) Jones 1816–1897 m. Abel Jones 1813–1881
      5. 5. Delaney (H) Ward 1810–1880 m. Lemuel Vaden 1802–1880
        1. 1. Nancy (A) Vaden 1839–1907 m. Bluford (Jordan) Overton 1842–1929
        2. 2. Martha Vaden 1853–1925 m. Philip (Rayford) Robinson 1842–1912
        3. 3. Adeline Vaden 1834–1880
        4. 4. Elizabeth Vaden 1832–1880
        5. 5. William Vaden 1829–1880 m. Cecelia (Jane) Vaden 1840–1880
        6. 6. Penelope (Victoria) Vaden 1846–1908
        7. 7. Robert Vaden 1844–
        8. 8. James Vaden 1831–1896
        9. 9. Mary (E.) Vaden 1836–
        10. 10. Colista (Frances) Vaden 1849–
        11. 11. Iserbeler Vaden 1858–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Ward 1828–1866 m. Francis (Asbury Kemp) Jr 1813–1861
        1. 1. Francis (Marion) Kemp 1848–1923
        2. 2. Ellen (Amanda) Kemp 1853–1938 m. Sebrum ((Sebe) Jasper) Hillis 1843–1920
        3. 3. Mary (Caroline (Mollie)) Kemp 1851–1938 m. Malachi (Wilson (Wilse)) Capps 1837–1923
      7. 7. Mildred Ward 1823–1907 m. Spencer (Glascock) Barton 1820–1908
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Ann) Ward 1815–1863 m. James (Jimmy) Angel 1814–1862
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Angel 1836–1901
        2. 2. David (Nathaniel) Angel 1858–1886
        3. 3. Sarah (Adaline) Angel 1854–1919
        4. 4. William (Gilbert) Angel 1835–1862
        5. 5. John Angel 1841–1901
        6. 6. Lucinda (Frances) Angel 1848–1915
        7. 7. Martha (Ann) Angel 1833–1917
        8. 8. Eli (Ward) Angel 1836–1930
        9. 9. Nancy Angel 1856–1878
        10. 10. Kizzie Angel 1862–1902
        11. 11. Elizabeth (Ann) Angel 1842–1932
        12. 12. James (Knox) Angel 1844–1863
        13. 13. Levi Angel 1849–1919
        14. 14. George (Washington) Angel 1846–1851
        15. 15. Temple (Belfield) Angel 1851–1887
      9. 9. Daniel (W.) Ward 1810–1860 m. Eliza (Jane) Ward 1825–1880
        1. 1. Ethelbert (Jackson) Ward 1853–1884 m. Susan (J) Williams 1860–1941
        2. 2. Ellen (M.) Ward 1859–
        3. 3. Henry Ward 1845–
        4. 4. Moses (Bartlett) Ward 1845–1904 m. Sue Ward 1860–1919
        5. 5. George Ward 1847–
        6. 6. Sarah Ward 1855–
        7. 7. Mary Ward 1838–
      10. 10. William (James) Ward 1820–1900 m. Francisca ((Frances) Anne) Bruner 1827–1880 m. Angeline (Mary) Johnston 1850–1918
        1. 1. George Ward 1849–1910
        2. 2. Anna (Magdeleine) Ward 1857–1921
        3. 3. Victoria Ward 1869–
        4. 4. Alice Ward 1857–1910
        5. 5. William (Frederick) Ward 1847–1923
        6. 6. Isaac (John) Ward 1852–1940 m. Laura (Belle) Price 1861–1946
        7. 7. Luella Ward 1858–1932
        8. 8. Mary (Cecilia) Ward 1859–1880
        9. 9. William (H) Ward 1893–1974
        10. 10. Theophyle (Joseph) Ward 1884–1972
        11. 11. Jules (Albert) Ward 1886–1965 m. Emma (J) Ward 1895–
        12. 12. James Ward 1888–1975 m. Hattie (E) Whitfield 1893–1975
      11. 11. George (Wesley) Ward 1817–1876
    2. 2. Burrell Ward 1794–1856 m. Mary (Bradley) McClanahan 1802–1873
      1. 1. Robert (McQuilkin) Ward 1834–1920 m. Ann (W.) Howard 1844–1939
        1. 1. Portia (T.) Ward 1869–1938
        2. 2. Robert (McQuilkin) Ward 1874–1963
        3. 3. Fannie Wilburn 1888–1971
        4. 4. Harrison Wood 1868–
        5. 5. Jane (P.) Ward 1878–
        6. 6. Posie (L) Ward 1870–
        7. 7. Benjamin (A) Ward 1880–
        8. 8. May (Bradley) Ward 1883–
      2. 2. Tennessee (Texana) Ward 1846–1848
      3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth II) Ward 1844–1910
      4. 4. Rayford Ward 1832–1904
      5. 5. Matilda (Jane) Ward 1827–1912
      6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Ward 1825–1898
      7. 7. Nancy (E. 'Nannie') Ward 1822–1896
      8. 8. William (Daniel) Ward 1824–1910
      9. 9. James (Raulston) Ward 1830–1901
      10. 10. Benjamin Ward 1836–
    3. 3. Ezekiel Ward 1795–1841 m. Louisa Ferguson 1819–1849
      1. 1. Martha (Ann) Ward 1840–1923
      2. 2. Mary Ward 1838–1917
      3. 3. Burrell (V) Ward 1837–1839

John Best's Timeline

3 Records

1735
1735
Birth of John Best in Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England
Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England
1773
1773
Age 38
John Best resided here
None
1778
7 Aug 1778
Age 43
Death of John Best in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Cowes Lowe, Hampshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1773
    Record Source: Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1778
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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