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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): Lt. 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 was born in 1590 in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of 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 Lt Col John R 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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  • 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 born in 1590 in Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England, the child of 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 Lt Col John R 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
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)

Children(s)

Lt. II
1632–1689
Birth Location: Chiskack Bellfield Plantation, York River New Kent Co, VA, Virginia, USA
LI

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
Lady (Elizabeth De La Warr, Baroness, L’) 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,' 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
Sir LeStrange
1494–1579
Baroness 12ggm
1488–1569
Sir Aldenham
1500–1528
*Lady Stafford
1499–1543
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. Lt. (Col. John R West) II 1632–1689 m. Ursula (Unity) Croshaw 1636–1669
    1. 1. Martha* (Susannah (a Quaker)) West 1658–1723 m. John (Thomas [Arrival 1688 Maryland](a Quaker) Lankford) \Langford 1663–1741
      1. 1. Thomas (Langford) Sr. 1675–1764 m. Martha Langford 1675–1714
        1. 1. James Lankford 1714–1778 m. Sarah Brown 1718–1782
        2. 2. Edward Langford 1701–1788
        3. 3. Thomas (Lankford) III 1710–1783
        4. 4. Thomas Langford 1695–1778
        5. 5. William Lankford 1703–1778
      2. 2. James Langford 1714–1778
      3. 3. Mary Langford 1685–1685
      4. 4. Anne Lankford 1709–1711
      5. 5. Cordelia Lankford 1682–1769
      6. 6. Edward Lankford 1701–
      7. 7. Nicholas (Stephen) Lankford 1680–1747
      8. 8. Thomas Lankford 1700–1713
      9. 9. William Lankford 1704–
      10. 10. John (Lankford) II 1685–1772
      11. 11. Cordelia Lankford 1682–1769
      12. 12. Martha Lankford 1688–1716
      13. 13. Elizabeth Langford 1881–
    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

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    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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