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JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation 1590–1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 December 1590

Birth Location: Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England

Death Date: 10 Apr 1659

Death Location: West Point, King William, Virginia, USA

Father: Knight West

Mother: Baroness Warr

Spouse(s):

Children(s): John II

In 1590, JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation entered the world in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England, born to Knight Lord Thomas Leighton 2Nd Lord De La Warr West And Baroness Cecilia Ann Knollys West De La Warr. JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation had children including John West Ii. JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation passed away in 1659 in West Point, King William, Virginia, USA.

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  • In 1590, JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation entered the world in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England, born to Knight Lord Thomas Leighton 2Nd Lord De La Warr West And Baroness Cecilia Ann Knollys West De La Warr.
  • JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation had children including John West Ii.
  • JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation passed away in 1659 in West Point, King William, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Knight West
1555–1602
Birth Location: Halnaker, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
KW
Baroness Warr
1555–1632
Birth Location: Rotherford Greys Castle, Oxfordshire or Stanford, Berkshire, England
BW

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John II
1632–1691
Birth Location: New Kent County, Virginia, United States of America
JI

JOHN Plantation's Ancestors

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JOHN Plantation
1590–1659
Birth Place: Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England
Parents
Knight Lord Thomas Leighton (2nd Lord DE LA Warr) West
1555–1602
Halnaker, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Baroness (Cecilia Ann Knollys* West de la) Warr
1555–1632
Rotherford Greys Castle, Oxfordshire or Stanford, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight William West, 1st Lord Baron De La Warre) West
1519–1595
adopted by uncle in Warbleton, Sussex, England
Lady (Elizabeth De La Warr, Baroness, Le) Strange
1534–1611
Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England
Sir (Lord Francis I The Elder Knollys, Knight of The Garter, Sheriff O KG) MP
1514–1596
Rotherfield Greys, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Lady (Mary Catherine "Kate" ("The Illegitimate Tudor") Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy) Chamber,
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Warr\Ware)
1490–1538
Lady Hunstanton
1513–1569
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JOHN Plantation's Descendants

1.
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JOHN (Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West) Plantation (14 December 1590–10 Apr 1659)
  1. 1. John (West) II 1632–1691 m. Cockacoeske ('Queen of the Weroansqua Pamunkey') Powhatan 1632–1686
    1. 1. Jane (Totopotomoi) Harrison 1650–
    2. 2. John West 1657–1716

JOHN Plantation's Timeline

2 Records

1590
14 December 1590
Birth of JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England
Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England
1659
10 Apr 1659
Age 69
Death of JOHN Shelton Col. Capt. Gov of VA Crown Governor of Virginia 1635-1637 mem. House of Burgesses (1628–30). WEST (immi-Eng-VA) what is now BELFIELD PLANTATION , 1655, Port Richmond West Plantation in West Point, King William, Virginia, USA
West Point, King William, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 December 1590
    Event Place: Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Apr 1659
    Event Place: West Point, King William, Virginia, USA
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