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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 DEC 1590

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

Death Date: 1 MAR 1659

Death Location: West Point, King William County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Knight West

Mother: Baroness Warr

Spouse(s): Lady Percy

Children(s): Lt. II, Capt. Jr., Anne Fox

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 married Lady Ann Anne Percy Clairborne West Immigrant To Jamestown Daughter Of George Tenuous Percy, and had children including Anne Ann Sarah Unity West Fox Link To 14 Royal And Notable Ancestor Dynasties Spouse Of Henry Fox, Capt Thomas West Child Of Lt Col John West Ii Jr, Lt Colonel John West Of Poplar Neck Commander Of The New Kent Militia 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 County, Virginia, United States of America.

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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 married Lady Ann Anne Percy Clairborne West Immigrant To Jamestown Daughter Of George Tenuous Percy, and had children including Anne Ann Sarah Unity West Fox Link To 14 Royal And Notable Ancestor Dynasties Spouse Of Henry Fox, Capt Thomas West Child Of Lt Col John West Ii Jr, Lt Colonel John West Of Poplar Neck Commander Of The New Kent Militia 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 County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Knight West
1557–1602
Birth Location: Halnaker, Sussex, England
KW
Baroness Warr
1555–1632
Birth Location: Rotherford Greys Castle, Oxfordshire or Stanford, Berkshire, England
BW

Spouses(s)

Lady Percy
1600–1707
Birth Location: West Point Estate, Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America
LP

Children(s)

Lt. II
1632–1689
Birth Location: Chiskack Bellfield Plantation, York River, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
LI
Capt. Jr.
1655–1713
Birth Location: West Point, King and Queen, Virginia, British Colonial America
CJ
Anne Fox
1655–1708
Birth Location: West Point, King William, Virginia, British Colonial America (prev. New Kent Co.)
AF

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
1557–1602
Halnaker, Sussex, England
Baroness (Cecilia Ann Knollys* West de la) Warr
1555–1632
Rotherford Greys Castle, Oxfordshire or Stanford, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
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' Knollys Carey (Cary), Lady of The Queen's Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth) I
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
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 DEC 1590–1 MAR 1659) m. Lady (Ann (Anne) Percy Clairborne West - Immigrant to Jamestown Daughter of George Tenuous) Percy (OCT 1600–20 JUN 1707)
  1. 1. Lt. (Colonel John West of "Poplar Neck", Commander of the New Kent Militia) II 1632–1689 m. Tottopottomoy (Cockacoeske of Pamunkey Powhatan (Queen of Pamunkey) niece of) Pocahontas 1634–1686 m. Elizabeth West –1663 m. Mary Croshaw 1632–1687 m. Ursula (Unity CROSHAW (Blackwell) ("Queen Anne of the Pamunkey) )" 1636–1669
    1. 1. Capt. (Thomas Oliphant) West 1655–1713
    2. 2. Lt. (Col. John "Indian John" Croshaw West III (Justice and Sheriff of King & Queen County, inherited West Point from) grandfather) 1657–1713
    3. 3. Col. (Robert "King" Carter of) Corotoman 1663–1732
    4. 4. Susanah (West) West 1658–1703
    5. 5. Cockacoeske (West Weroansqua 0f Pamunkey) Tribe 1640–1686
    6. 6. Susannah"Unity" (West) (Darby) 1657–1708
    7. 7. Sarah (Anne West) Fox 1655–1708
    8. 8. Charity (Webster) (Powahatan) 1644–1700
    9. 9. Joseph (P) West 1662–1731
    10. 10. Male ((Totopotomoi)) West 1640–1724
    11. 11. Ester West 1670–
    12. 12. John (Nathaniel "Knollys" West Lieutenant) Colonel 1655–1723 m. Martha (Woodward, dau of Wm, married Gideon Macon and Nathaniel West GGM of First Lady Martha Dandridge Washington) 8GG 1661–1723
      1. 1. Martha (West POLLARD) 1721 1682–1785
      2. 2. Unity (Susannah) West 1703–1753
      3. 3. John (William) West 1702–1796
      4. 4. Francis West 1705–1718
      5. 5. John (William) West 1695–1752
      6. 6. Unity (Susannah) West 1703–1753
      7. 7. Francis West 1704–1796
      8. 8. Thomas (Solomon West) Senior 1704–1743
      9. 9. Alice West 1703–
    13. 13. Col (Cpt Nathaniel) West 1665–1723
    14. 14. Captain (Thomas) West 1670–1723
    15. 15. Nathaniel West 1665–1723
    16. 16. Major (John "Indian John" West (illegitimate son of John R West) II) 1657–1734
    17. 17. Jane (Totopotomoi) West 1661–1697
    18. 18. Martha (Susannah WEST) 9GG* 1658–1708
    19. 19. Sarah (Anne "Anne") West 1658–1714
  2. 2. Capt. (Thomas West - Child of Lt Col. John West, II) Jr. 1655–1713
  3. 3. Anne ((Ann) Sarah Unity West Fox - Link to 14 Royal and Notable Ancestor Dynasties Spouse of Henry) Fox 1655–1708

JOHN Plantation's Timeline

5 Records

1590
14 DEC 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
1639
1639
Age 49
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 was married in Hants, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Hants, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
1642
1642
Age 52
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 was married in West Point, Gloucester, VA
West Point, Gloucester, VA
1659
1 MAR 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 County, Virginia, United States of America
West Point, King William County, Virginia, United States of America
1664
4 NOV 1664
Age 74
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 was married in Port Richmond, West Plantation, King William County, Virginia, USA
Port Richmond, West Plantation, King William County, Virginia, USA

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1639
    Event Place: Hants, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1642
    Event Place: West Point, Gloucester, VA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 NOV 1664
    Event Place: Port Richmond, West Plantation, King William County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 MAR 1659
    Event Place: West Point, King William County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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