Generation No. 3
6.
JURIAEN WESTFALL
(JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. April 27, 1684 in Kingston, New York, and died
Bef. December 1731 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married
(1) STYNTUN VAN KUYKENDAAL
Abt. 1710, daughter of LEU VAN KUYKENDAAL
and GRIETJE TACK. She was
born Bef. April 2, 1682 in Kingston, New York, and died Bef.
August 1716. He married (2) MARITJE
KODDEBECK August 20, 1716 in Minisink, New York,
daughter of JACOB KUDDEBECK and
MARGARETTA PROVOOST. She
was born August 2, 1686 in Kingston, New York.
Baptisms
of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS: Johannes Westphael, Marritie Cool
CHILD: Juriaen, 27 April 1684
WITNESSES: Jacob Cool, Jacob Stoutenburg, Maritie Simons
Records of
Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York; Jurian Westvall,
widower of Styntum van Kuykendaal, and Marytjen Koddebek,
maiden, both parties born in Kingston, and now residing
in Mesissing. Banns registered 29 July 1716. Marriage
at Menissing.
"Juriaen
was among the first settlers of Minisink. He died prior
to December 1731; his widow (his second wife) remarried
to William Cole." Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983
Old Susses
County Families, THE MINISINK EARLY SETTLERS, pg. 134
(Stickney)
The next settlement in historic order was the one at Minisink
proper. It was essentially a foundation for a village
adjacent to the Minsi tribe headquarters. No positive
knowledge of its status is left us until the year 1725,
although good reason is given from the tenor of early
documents for believing that a few settlers grouped in
the vicinity some years previously. The Westfall's in
particular were undoubtedly there previous to that year.
On the 7th of April, 1725, Cornelius Low, Jr., made a
survey and map of six plots of land adjoining each other
there. There were five acres each in the area upon the
New Jersey shore east of the Delaware River, and six tracts
of land were at the same time located upon Big Minisink
Island, of 55, 25 and 30 acres each respectively. Each
owner of one of six small lots owned one of the larger
lots on the Island. The owners' names were: Matthew VanKuykendall,
Jurian Westphael, and Jan Cortright. A store, blacksmith
shop and hotel were kept there for some time and the village,
named Minisink from its Indian surroundings, the old Indian
castle being just northeast, their burial ground bounding
it on the West, and their council chamber or place where
their tribal fires being just across the main stream of
the river on what is now Powwow Hill, as a place of considerable
importance. The six persons named above are known to have
been in possession or to have taken possession of their
lands shortly after the before mentioned survey was completed.
Juriaen was
involved in the land disputes between the Westfalls and
Swartwoots concerning the bondary between New York and
New Jersey. The Swartwoots were north of the line in New
York and Westfalls south of the line in New Jersey. Juriaen
was among the first settlers of Minisink. He died prior
to December 1731; his widow (his second wife) remarried
to William Cole.
Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL
and STYNTUN VAN KUYKENDAAL are:
27. JOHANNES
WESTFALL, Baptised June 24, 1711, Kingston,
New York.
Baptism, Records of Dutch
Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaan Westfael, Christina Van Kuykendaal
Child: Johannes, 24 June 1711
Wit: Allert Roos, Neeletjen van Etten
28. JACOBUS
WESTFALL, Baptised February 8, 1712/13, Kingston,
New York.
Baptism, Records of Dutch
Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Jurinan Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal
Child: Jacobus, 5 Feb. 1713
Wit: Eyert Roos, Annatjen Roos
29. JACOB WESTFALL,
Baptised June 8, 1715, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Ohio.
Baptism, Records of Dutch
Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaan Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal
Child: Jacob, 8 June 1715 (bap. in Menissing)
Wit: Jacob Westvaal, Rachel Van Aaken
Children
of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARITJE KODDEBECK are:
30.
BENJAMIN WESTFALL,
Baptised January 29, 1717/18, Kingston, New York.
Baptism, Minisink Valley
Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Juriaen Westfael, Maritje Koddebeck
Child: Benjamin, 21 Jan. 1718
Wit: Hendrick Decker, Seeyntje Swartwout
MARRETJEN
WESTFALL, b. January 31, 1719/20, Kingston, New
York; m. (1) JAN VAN ETTEN,
April 13, 1738; m. (2) ABRAM
VAN AKEN, May 29, 1747.
Baptisms, Dutch Reformed
Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaen Westvaal, Marytjen Koddebek
Child: Marretjen, 31 Jan. 1720
Wit: Jacobus Swartwoud, Klaartjen Westvaal
31
. DANIEL
WESTFALL, Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston,
New York; d. Bef. July 29, 1800.
Baptisms, Dutch Reformed
Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Jurrean Westvaal, Maria Koddebek
Child: Daniel, 1 Sept. 1723
Wit; Hendrick Vroen, Elsjen Koddebak
MARGRIETJE
WESTFALL, b. January 16, 1725/26, Rochester, New
York; m. ABRAHAM VAN AKEN,
March 1, 1746/47, Minisink, New York.
Baptisms,
Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaen Westvaal, Marytjen Koddebek
Child: Margrietjen, 16 Jan 1726; baptised in Raysester
(Rochester}
Wit: Thomas Dekker, Martyjen Goma
New
Jersey Newspaper Extracts, Perth-Amboy, August 19,
1756: We have a certain account from the Northern
Frontiers of this Province, that on Thursday last
Abraham Vanaken, Esq;
a Justice of Peace in the County of Sussex was shot
through the left arm, and had one of the fingers
of his hand shot off by an Indian who had concealed
himself in the cellar of an old house in one of
Vanaken's fields, and as he was driving his team
loaded with grain, his daughter who had been helping
him being upon the top of the load, and run for
her life. The girl in leaping down happened to fall
and the Indian was going to dispatch her with his
tomahawk which the father perceiving, wounded as
he was, made toward the Indian with his pitch-fork
and saved his daughter from the stroke; and Vanaken's
son coming up with his gun at the same time, the
Indian fled and when he was got to the end of the
field they saw two other indians join him but they
all run away. This was done within a mile of Cole's
Fort, upon Mahakamack River near Delaware. Justice
Vanaken lay so ill of his wounds, that his life
was in great danger. We have a further account
from the same place that on Friday last, three men,
to wit, Gerardus Swartwout,
eldest son of Major Swartwout,
Samuel Finch and Peter
Westphalen were found merdered and stript
quit naked, and Swartwout and Finch scalped by the
Indians, some miles highter up the River Mahakamack
and with the Province of New York.
7. MARETJE
WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. August 1685 in Kingston, New York. She
married CORNELIS KUYKENDAAL
in Kingston, New York.
Children
of MARETJE WESTFALL and CORNELIS KUYKENDAAL are:
LEUR
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 27, 1706, Kingston,
New York.
MARGRETT
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised May 7, 1710, Kingston, New
York.
MARRETJEN
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised June 22, 1712, Kingston, New
York.
NELLETJEN
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised. June 8, 1715, Minisink, New
Jersey.
ABRAHAM
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 18, 1719, Kingston,
New York.
PETRUS
KUYKENDAAL, Baptised July 4, 1733, Minisink, New
Jersey.
8. REBECKA
WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. April 29, 1687 in Kingston, New York. She married
MANUEL GONSALES in Kingston,
New York.
Children
of REBECKA WESTFALL and MANUEL GONSALES are:
JOHANNES
GONSALES, Baptised May 7, 1710, Kingston, New York.
SARAH
GONSALES, Baptised July 18, 1711, Kingston, New
York.
HELENA
GONSALES, Baptised October 25, 1713, Kingston, New
York.
JOSEPH
GONSALES, Baptised December 4, 1715, Kingston, New
York.
LEA
GONSALES, Baptised January 19, 1717/18, Kingston,
New York.
CATRINA
GONSALES, Baptised July 1, 1722, Kingston, New York.
CATRINA
GONSALES, Baptised April 9, 1727.
Usually when two children
have the same name it indicates that the first has
died the second one is named for the first.
JACOBUS
GONSALES, Baptised June 1, 1729.
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9.
JANNETJE WESTFALL
(JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. March 17, 1688/89 in Kingston, New York. She
married MATHEUS KUYKENDAAL
March 21, 1714/15 in Kingston, New York.
Children of JANNETJE WESTFALL
and MATHEUS KUYKENDAAL are:
SIMON KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised June 24, 1716, Kingston, New York.
JACOBUS KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised October 22, 1721, Kingston, New York.
The baptismal
register of the Dutch church in Kingston lists cousins
Jacobus Kuykendaal, Marretjen
Kuykendaal and Eleanor
Westfall with the same date (Oct. 22, 1721).
This date is probably the date the baptisms were entered
in the register and not the date of the baptism. Or,
it may indicate that three families made the trip
from the Minisink to Kingston at the same time for
the purpose of baptising the infants. In either case
I believe that they were living in the Minisink area
of New Jersey or New York by this time.
ELISABETH KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised. January 26, 1725/26, Rochester, New York.
ELISABETH KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised October 6, 1728.
10.
SARA WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. May 26, 1690 in Kingston, New York. She
married JACOB VAN KUYKENDAAL
March 21, 1714/15 in Kingston, New York.
Children of SARA WESTFALL
and JACOB VAN KUYKENDAAL are:
JOHANNES KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised January 19, 1713/14, Minisink, New Jersey.
MARRETJEN KUYKENDAAL,
b. Bef. October 22, 1721, Kingston, New York.
The baptismal register
of the Dutch church in Kingston lists cousins
Jacobus Kuykendaal, Marretjen
Kuykendaal and Eleanor
Westfall with the same date (Oct. 22, 1721).
This date is probably the date the baptisms were entered
in the register and not the date of the baptism. Or,
it may indicate that three families made the trip
from the Minisink to Kingston at the same time for
the purpose of baptising the infants. In either case
I believe that they were living in the Minisink area
of New Jersey or New York by this time.
BENJAMIN KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston, New York.
CHRISTINA KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised February 12, 1726/27.
NATHANIEL KUYKENDAAL,
Baptised October 6, 1728.
11. JACOB
WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. April 23, 1693 in Kingston, New York; he died
about 1784 in New Jersey. He married MARGARET
DUYTSCHER November 19, 1717 in Kingston, New York.
She was born in Hurley, New York.
Children
of JACOB WESTFALL and MARGARET DUYTSCHER are:
MARIA
WESTFALL, b. January 28, 1718/19; m. THOMAS
SCHOONHOVEN
ELEANOR
MAGDALENE WESTFALL, b. before October 22, 1721,
probably Minisink, New Jersey; d. Virginia; m. (1) DAVID
COLE, Bef. 1740, Minisink, New York (estimated
date); m. (2) JOHN DAVETS,
July 21, 1759; m. (3) CORNELIUS
WESTFALL, Aft. 1770, Possibly Hampshire Co.,
Virginia; b. Bef. October 15, 1721, Machackemeck, Deer
Park Township, Orange County, New York; d. Bef. March
11, 1783, Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia.
The baptismal
register of the Dutch church in Kingston lists cousins
Jacobus Kuykendaal, Marretjen
Kuykendaal and Eleanor
Westfall with the same date (Oct. 22, 1721).
This date is probably the date the baptisms were entered
in the register and not the date of the baptism. Or,
it may indicate that three families made the trip
from the Minisink to Kingston at the same time for
the purpose of baptising the infants. In either case
I believe that they were living in the Minisink area
of New Jersey or New York by this time.
32.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston, NY; d. Abt. 1755,
Minisink, NY.
33.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
Baptised January 16, 1725/26, Sineaquan, New York.
ZARA
WESTFALL, b. October 6, 1728, Rochester, New York;
m. JORIS KIMBER, October
5, 1749, Minisink, New York.
SOPHIA
WESTFALL, Baptised June 19, 1734, Minisink, New
Jersey.
MARGRIET
WESTFALL, Baptised August 26, 1736, Minisink, New
Jersey; m. JACOBUS DAVENPORT.
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12. ABEL
WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. February 9, 1695/96 in Kingston, New York, and
died 1755 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia. He married ANNE
BOGARD February 25, 1716/17 in Kingston, New York,
daughter of CORNELIUS BOGARD
and EVA HOERNBECK. She was born
May 9, 1697 in Kingston, New York.
Abel
seems to appear in various records under the aliases of
Abram and Abraham. In the baptismal records for his children,
his given name is listed as Abel except for his daughter
Elizabeth when it is Abraham. Abel was granted 400 acres
in the Northern Neck of Virginia on the Great South Branch
of the Potomac on Oct 6, 1748. The estate was located
about five miles south of Moorefield in Hardy County,
West Virginia. He purchased adjoining property in 1755.
Abel and John were added to the Augusta County tax lists
on August 28, 1750. The will of John Bogard was recorded
in Augusta County on September 4, 1746; the executor was
Abel Westfall and Laya (Lea) Westfall served as a witness.
On August 26, 1766 in Augusta County, Jacob and Hannah
Conrad requested that an account of the administration
of John Bogard be made by John Westfall, the administrator
of Abraham Westfall who was administrator of John Bogard.
The inventory of Abram Westfall was recorded February
14, 1758 and the sale bill of Abel Westfall was recorded
November 15, 1759. The Augusta County records could refer
to two different Abel's and an Abraham Westfall. The sale
bill of Abel's estate in 1759 could be for the son of
Jacob Westfall. According to court testimony, Abel died
in 1755 making a deathbed oral will leaving a portion
of the estate to his son John who had helped him secure
the settlement; Cornelius was still living in New Jersey
at that time. Cornelius leased the 400 acre Northern Neck
grant in 1761. He took possession in 1774 of another tract
after John had already transferred at least a protion
of it to a Singleton family. Litigation ending in 1793
dismissed the title claims of Cornelius' heirs and their
assignee, Jacob Westfall, son of John.
EXTRACT
OF DEED TO ABEL WESTFALL FROM LORD THOMAS FAIRFAX, OCT.
6, 1748: The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax ... proprietor
of the Northern Neck of Virginia ... in consideration
of [compensation] to me paid and for the annual rent hereafter
reserved I have given, granted ... unto Abel Westfall
- of the County of Augusta - [a tract of land] upon the
South Fork of the Wapacome or Great South Branch of Potomach
River and bounded by a survey made by Mr. James Genn as
follows ... [description of survey] containing four hundred
acres together with all rights ... to him the said Abel
Westfall - his heirs and assigns forever ... paying to
me, my heirs or assigns ... Proprietors of the said Northern
Neck yearly and every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael
the Archangel the Fee Rent of one shilling Sterling Money
for every fifty acres of land hereby granted ... Provided
that if the said Abel Westfall ... [does not pay the annual
rent for two whole years, it will be lawfull for me or
my heirs, etc.] to re-enter and hold the [land] as if
this grant had never passed. Given in my office in the
County of Fairfax within my said Proprietary under my
hand and seal, dated this the sixth day of October ...
A.D. One thousand seven hundred and forty eight. [This
deed was copied by Mr. Ralph Durrett, Belington, W.Va.
probably in the 1970's as part of his research of the
Westfall family history. The location of this document
was not noted by Mr. Durrett].
Note
of Sandra Newman Sanchez: George Washington recorded
in his diary (his tent had blown down during the night
and he was in bad humor) perhaps on the day while surveying
ABEL WESTFALL's lot # 9 that the locals behaved worse
than a pack of wild Indians, they could not speak English,
and the men, women and children crowded around him laughing
giggling getting in his line of sight, etc.
Part of 12CC270-271,
page 227: Jacob Westfall vs. John Singleton, Appeal from
the High Court of Chancery.
"Sometime in the year of 1749, Lord Fairfax by a
public advertisement invited settlers to that part of
the northern neck where the land in question was, promising
to make rights to such as would settle there. A man of
the name of Vanderpool, having previously made a settlement
upon the tract in dispute, he about this time sold the
same to Abel Westfall who took possession and continued
to hold it until the year of 1755 when he died intestate,
leaving two sons, Cornelius, his eldest, and John. Lord
Fairfax having granted a very large tract of country (including
within it the land in question) to Bryant Martin, received
a reconveyance of it and laid off the whole as a Manor.
"In the year of 1770 upon the application of the
settlers, he, by a writing under his hand, agreed to convey
to them their respective settlements for their lives,
renewable forever, reserving an annual rent, which agreement
was proved and recorded. Cornelius Westfall who at the
time of his father's death and long after lived in the
state of New Jersey, removed to this Commonwealth and
took possession of the land in question about the year
of 1773, and continued to hold it until his death in 1782,
having by his will devised it to his two sons, Isaac and
Zachariah, who afterwards conveyed the same to Jacob Westfall,
the Plaintiff. Cornelius paid rent for this land for some
years, though Lord Fairfax had refused to convey it to
him.
"The defendant who claimed under a purchase from
John Westfall, the younger son of Abel Westfall, by the
defendant's father, and a deed in consequence thereof
from Lord Fairfax in the year of 1773 and the defendant
states in his answer that it was customary in that part
of the country, for persons having made settlement rights
to transfer the same by deathbed donation which were always
considered valid. That Abel Westfall made such a disposition
of this land in question to his son, John, who had shared
with him his toil and danger of making this settlement;
that the defendant and his father held possession until
1774 when Cornelius Westfall took possession. There is
some evidence proving a custom similar to that mentioned
in the answer. The defendant having recovered the land
in ejectment, this bill was filed, praying for an injunction
and conveyance. This Chancellor dismissed the bill being
of the opinion that the equity therein stated was neither
admitted by the answer nor established by the evidence.
If Lord Fairfax had not originally invited settlement
on his lands on the South Branch by a promise of making
them titles, he was nevertheless bound by his advertisement
of the 5th of August 1749 to grant title to all persons
settled thereon. That Abel Westfall being at that time
settled on the land in disputation, was a purchaser from
Vanderpool, the original settler, was entitled to a grant
thereof from Lord Fairfax in the usual terms of granting
his lands; and Abel Westfall dying as untitled in the
year of 1755 without making a will or other disposition
of it, his equitable interest therein descended to Cornelius
Westfall, his eldest son and heir at law (in possession
of the land).
Fall Term, 1793
Children
of ABEL WESTFAL and ANNE BOGARD are:
SARAH
WESTFALL, Baptised January 28, 1718/19, Minisink,
New Jersey.
34. CORNELIUS
WESTFALL, Baptised October 15, 1721, Machackemeck,
Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York; d. Bef.
March 11, 1783, Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia.
35.
JOHN WESTFALL,
Baptised. October 25, 1724, Minisink, New Jersey; d.
Abt. April 1789, Hardy County, Virginia.
LEA
WESTFALL, Baptised July 3, 1726, Minisink, New
Jersey.
ANNAETJEN
WESTFALL, Baptised February 2, 1728/29.
ELISABETH WESTFALL, Baptised July 4, 1733, Minisink,
New Jersey.
CATHERINA
WESTFALL, Baptised May 19, 1736, Minisink, New
Jersey.
LYDIA
WESTFALL, Baptised May 29, 1739
13. NICLAES
WESTFALL (JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. May 1, 1698 in Kingston, New York. He married
BREGJEN MIDDAG.
Children
of NICLAES WESTFALL and BREGJEN MIDDAG are:
LIDIA
WESTFALL, b. September 11, 1726, Kingston, New York.
36.
NATHANIEL WESTFALL,
b. October 6, 1728, Rochester, New York; d. Aft. April
1782, New Jersey.
ZACHARIAS
WESTFALL, b. July 4, 1733, Minisink, New York.
14.
CLAERTJE WESTFALL
(JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was baptised on October 31, 1700 in Kingston, New York. She
married SOLOMON FREER
September 22, 1721 in Kingston, New York.
Children
of CLAERTJE WESTFALL and SOLOMON FREER are:
AAGIEN
FREER, Baptised July 29, 1722, Kingston, New York.
JOHANNES
FREER, Baptised January 26, 1723/24, Kingston, New
York.
MARIA
FREER, Baptised October 10, 1725, Kingston, New
York.
PETRUS
FREER, Baptised August 20, 1727, Kingston, New York.
ANNE
FREER, Baptised October 5, 1729, Kingston, New York.
ANTHONY
FREER, Baptised. November 3, 1734, Kingston, New
York.
RACHEL
FREER, Baptised December 19, 1736, Kingston, New
York.
ABRAHAM
FREER, Baptised December 24, 1738, Kingston, New
York.
JACOB
FREER, Baptised December 24, 1738, Kingston, New
York.
SAMUEL
FREER, Baptised January 24, 1741/42, Kingston, New
York.
SARAH
FREER, Baptised November 6, 1743, Kingston, New
York.
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15.
LENA WESTFALL
(JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 22, 1705 in Kingston, New York. She
married (1) CORNELIS BOGAART
in Kingston, New York. She married (2) CORNELIS
DEVOOR March 14, 1722/23.
Child
of LENA WESTFALL and CORNELIS BOGAART is:
DANIEL
BOGAART, Baptised July 3, 1726, Kingston, New York.
Child
of LENA WESTFALL and CORNELIS DEVOOR is:
RACHEL
DEVOOR, Baptised October 6, 1728.
16.
RACHEL WESTFALL
(JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 11, 1709 in Kingston, New York.
She married JOHANNES MIDDAG
in Kingston, New York.
Child
of RACHEL WESTFALL and JOHANNES MIDDAG is:
SARA
MIDDAG, Baptised March 26, 1735, Minisink, New Jersey
17.
WYNTIE QUICK
(RYMERICK WESTFALL2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 29, 1692 in Kingston, New York.
She married NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN
Bef. August 1714 in Probably Kingston, New York.
Child
of WYNTIE QUICK and NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN is:
THOMAS
SCHOONHOVEN, Baptised August 8, 1714, Kingston,
New York
18.
MARRETJE WESTFALL
(SIMON2, JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. November 18, 1694 in Kingston, New York.
She married JACOB VAN KAMPEN
October 25, 1716 in Kingston, New York.
Children
of MARRETJE WESTFALL and JACOB VAN KAMPEN are:
JAN
VAN KAMPEN, Baptised February 9, 1717/18, Kingston,
New York.
SIMON
VAN KAMPEN, Baptised April 2, 1721, Kingston, New
York.
PETRUS
VAN KAMPEN, Baptised. April 2, 1721, Kingston, New
York.
HEYLTJEN
VAN KAMPEN, Baptised July 7, 1723, Kingston, New
York.
NELLETJEN
VAN KAMPEN, Baptised June 4, 1727.
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19.
JURIAEN WESTFALL
(SIMON2, JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 27, 1696 in Kingston, New York, and
died 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married BLANDINA
DE WITT October 24, 1719 in Kingston, New York,
daughter of JAN DE WITT and WYNTJE
KIERSTEDE. She was born 1696 in Rochester, New
York, and died 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia
Son-in-law
Michael Harness was the administrator of the estates of
Euric and Blandana Westfall in March and November, 1753,
in Augusta County, Virginia. Juriaen and Blandina purchased
a farm in Upper Smithfield (now Westfall Township, Pike
County), Pennsylvania in 1735. They may have migrated
to Virginia with a daughter and son-in-law Michael Harness
leaving the Pennsylvania farm to their son Symen. Apparently
no male issue moved to Virginia.
Children
of JURIAEN WESTFALL and BLANDINA DE WITT are:
SYMEN
WESTFALL, b. Bef. July 30, 1721, Kingston, New York.
LIDIA
WESTFALL, b. Bef. March 15, 1723/24, Kingston, New
York; m. JACOB WESTBROEK,
April 11, 1740, Minisink, New York.
JAN
DE WITT WESTFALL, b. Bef. April 3, 1726, Kingston,
New York.
CATRINA
WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 17, 1728, Minisink, New
Jersey.
MARIA
WESTFALL, b. Bef. July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.
ANNATJE
WESTFALL, b. Bef. May 3, 1737, Minisink, New Jersey
20.
GYSBERT WESTFALL (SIMON2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. October 16, 1698 in Kingston, New York, and
died Bef. June 30, 1759. He married ANNAETJEN
VAN ETTEN.
Child
of GYSBERT WESTFALL and ANNAETJEN VAN ETTEN is:
37. SIMON
WESTFALL, b. December 2, 1733, Kingston, New York
21.
NEELTJE WESTFALL (SIMON2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. December 25, 1700 in Kingston, New York.
She married YSAAK BORHANS
July 29, 1722 in Kingston, New York.
Children
of NEELTJE WESTFALL and YSAAK BORHANS are:
NELLY
BORHANS, Baptised November 1, 1724, Kingston, New
York.
HELENA BORHANS, Baptised
March 12, 1726/27.
SIMON BORHANS, Baptised
June 8, 1729, Kingston, New York
22.
ANTJE WESTFALL (SIMON2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. August 11, 1706 in Kingston, New York.
She married JAN LOURENS OOSTERHOUT.
Children
of ANTJE WESTFALL and JAN OOSTERHOUT are:
REBBECA
OOSTERHOUT, Baptised September 21, 1729, Kingston,
New York.
NELLETJEN OOSTERHOUT,
Baptised January 28, 1732/33, Kingston, New York.
SIMON OOSTERHOUT, Baptised
February 2, 1734/35, Kingston, New York.
JACOB OOSTERHOUT, Baptised
January 30, 1736/37, Kingston, New York.
ISAAC OOSTERHOUT, Baptised
February 4, 1738/39, Kingston, New York
23.
WOUTER WESTFALL (SIMON2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. 1710 in Kingston, New York. He married
JANNETJEN PIER.
Children
of WOUTER WESTFALL and JANNETJEN PIER are:
MARGRIETJEN
WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 28, 1726, Kingston, New
York.
NELLETJEN WESTFALL,
b. Bef. November 17, 1728, Kingston, New York.
LEA WESTFALL, b. Bef.
November 4, 1733, Kingston, New York.
MARRIETJEN WESTFALL,
b. Bef. June 12, 1737, Kingston, New York.
ANNETJE WESTFALL, b.
Bef. January 25, 1746/47, Kingston, New York.
24.
RACHEL WESTFALL (SIMON2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. July 22, 1711 in Kingston, New York. She married
JAN VAN ETTEN.
Children
of RACHEL WESTFALL and JAN VAN ETTEN are:
JACOBUS
VAN ETTEN, b. Bef. May 11, 1735, Kingston, New York.
NELLETJEN
VAN ETTEN, b. Bef. January 9, 1736/37, Kingston,
New York
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25.
JURIAEN WESTFALL (NICOLAUS2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 23, 1716 in Minisink, New York. He
married CATHRINA TERWILIGEN
October 25, 1754 in Minisink, New York.
October,
1743 (not verbatim): To the Governor and Council
of New Jersey, Petition of Abraham
Vanaken and Jurian Westphale
in behalf of themselves and many other of the Inhabitants
of the province of New Jersey living in and near to Minisinks
Island in Delaware River: New Jersey which was to be bounded
on the North by a straight line between it and New York
extending from 41degs north latitude on the Hudson River
to 41 degs 40 minutes on the Delaware. The petitioners
and their neighbors hold lands in and about Minisinks
Island by titles under New Jersey and many of them have
been possessed upwards of twenty years and some of them
near forty years.
Letter from
Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey, to the Lords
of Trade, giving an account of his arrival in his Government:
June 20, 1758: "To
the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade
& Plantations. "I
have the honour to acquaint your Lordships that I arrived
at Perth-Amboy on the 14th day of June at noon after a
much longer passage than was expected. I immediately issued
orders for a Council to meet on Fryday following at which
time appeared seven gentlemen of the council there being
but 10 now within the Province. I first took and administred
the oaths according to my instructions; I then laid before
them Advices I had received of an irruption of the Indians
on the Frontiers next Delaware. The particulars of which
that have come to my knowledge are as follows:
"On the 7th of June advice being brought that a party
of Indians had crossed the Delaware at Nomanack a Party
of Frontier Soldiers & Inhabitants went out against
them & not finding them five of the company separated
from the rest & fell into an ambuscade of 17 Indians
& both parties firing at once two of our party were
killed & another wounded. But the rest of the party
being alarmed came to the place where they found one Indian
killed & could perceive by blood & other signs
that 3 others were wounded. On the 12th Near 20 Indians
attacked the house of Abraham Contrack
& killed two persons. On the 13th about 30 Indians
attacked the house of Uryon [Juriaen]
Westfall & killed seven persons & carried
off four children. It seems there were in the house 15
men most of them New York soldiers. But upon the Indians
making the attack they chose to fortify themselves in
the cellar & chamber from whenc e they drove the Indians
off so as to save one scalp of the seven killed..."
Children
of JURIAEN WESTFALL and CATHRINA TERWILIGEN are:
PETER
WESTFALL, b. March 2, 1755, Minisink, New York.
Petrus
was captured by the Indians very young and was adopted
by them. Reared as an Indian, he became a chief and
married among them. in manhood, after the Revolution,
he visited his former Orange County home once to claim
an inheritance. He was recognized by his mother, but
he refused to stay with his own blood relatives, and
went back to live with the Indians. [Frank
Hales Allen, 1945].
JOSEPH
WESTFALL, Baptised. February 13, 1758, Minisink,
New York.
SARA WESTFALL, b. April
22, 1760
26.
PETER WESTFALL (NICOLAUS2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1728 in Machackemeck, Port Jervis, New York,
and died August 1756 in Port Jervis, New York. He married
ARRIAENTJE ROSENKRANS
August 25, 1754 in Minisink, New York, daughter of HARMON
ROSENKRANS and ARRIAENTJE OOSTERHOUT.
She was born Bef. May 18, 1736.
Friday, August
16, 1754: implicated in the unlawful arrest of Samuel
Finch, along with Cornelius Westfall,
Solomon Cartwright, Jacobus
Westfall and Urian Westfall.
(New Jersey Archives). Petrus
was killed by Indians a few miles from Machackemeck at
the start of the French and Indian War, probably in 1756;
his widow married John Lyde, on Aug. 19, 1757. [Frank
Hales Allen]
New Jersey
Newspaper Extracts, Perth-Amboy, August 19, 1756: "We
have a further account from the same place that on Friday
last, three men, to wit, Gerardus
Swartwout, eldest son of Major
Swartwout, Samuel Finch
and Peter Westphalen were
found merdered and stript quit naked, and Swartwout and
Finch scalped by the Indians, some miles highter up the
River Mahakamack and with the Province of New York."
(New Jersey Archives)
Child of
PETER WESTFALL and ARRIAENTJE ROSENKRANS is:
38. ABRAHAM
WESTFALL, b. November 18, 1755, Machackemeck, Deer
Park Township, Orange County, NewYork.
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27.
JOHANNES WESTFALL
(JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. June 24, 1711 in Kingston, New York. He married
(1) APOLONIS CORTRECHT,
daughter of JAN KORTRECHT and
MARY VREDENBERG. She was born
August 11, 1706. He married (2) MARGRIETA
QUICK September 2, 1757 in Minisink, New York.
Minisink
Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Johannis Westval, widower of Ploni Cortregt, and Marigrita
Quick, widow of Johannis van Garden, both born at Manissink
and dwelling there, married 2 September 1757.
Will book
10, p. 424, Essex Co., N.J. - Dec. 3, 1753. Will of Hendrick
Janse Cortrecht of Manissink in Orange Co., New
York, yeoman; Cousin Hendrick Williamse
Cortrecht, son of William
Cortrecht, dec'd, to have my land on Great and
Little Manissink Island, with my homestead, except to
my wife Gerritje Cortrecht,
the southernmost room of my house. Hendrick
Williamse Cortrecht is to provide for his sister,
Gerritje Cortrecht, Jr., and to allow her the girl
which she brought up, till she is 21. My cousin, Jurrian
Westvael, son of Johannis
Westvall, 1/2 of 64 1/4 acres, which was bought
of Richard Gardiner. Executors
- wife, Gerritje, and Johannis Westvall,
my brother-in-law. Witnesses - Johannis Rosekrans, Benjamin
Westbrook, William Ennes. Proved June 26, 1760, Essex
County, New Jersey. June
9, 1760 Inventory: 177.2.4 pounds; by William Ennes and
Tereck VanKeuren Westbroock.
Children
of JOHANNES WESTFALL and APOLONIS CORTRECHT are:
39. DANIEL
WESTFALL, Baptised. June 18, 1734, Minisink, New
Jersey.
Baptisms,
Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Johannes Westval, Apolonia Kortrecht
Child: Daniel, 18 June 1734 (Menissing)
Wit: Jacobus Westval, Maria Wessebroek
CHRISTINA
WESTFALL, Baptised May 19, 1736, Minisink, NY; m.
ABRAM KITTEL, August 30,
1754. Also named as the daughter of Jacob Westfall,
below; removed to Virginia.
Baptism,
Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Johannes Westphal, Apolonie Kortrecht
Child: Christina, 19 May 1736 (Menissing)
Wit: Johannes Wessebroeck, Antje Roos
40.
JURIAN WESTFALL,
Baptised May 29, 1739, Minisink, NY; d. Bef. May 28, 1776,
Sussex County, NJ.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westval, Apollonia Korrecht
Child: Jurian, 29 May 1758
(This date appears to be incorrect. Apollonia would
have been 50 years old; other sources give the 1739
date which is more likely; RNW)
JOHANNES
WESTFALL, Baptised June 28, 1741, Minisink, New
York; d. Abt. 1742.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonia Kortregt
Child: Johannes, 28 June 1741
Wit:
The fact that Johanes
had a younger brother by the same name indicates that
this John died as a child.
ELISABETH
WESTFALL, Baptised April 23, 1744, Minisink, New
York.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonia Kortrecht
Child: Lisabeth, 23 April 1744
Wit:
JOHANNES
WESTFALL, Baptised July 5, 1747, Minisink, New York.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonea Korrecht
Child: Johannes, 5 July 1747
Wit:
41.
HENRY WESTFALL,
Baptised March 24, 1748/49, Minisink, New Jersey.
Babtism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Aplony Kortrecht
Children: Hendrick, Samuel, 24 March 1749
Wit: Hendrick J. Kortrecht; Gerretje Van Bunschoten,
his wife; Arie Kortrecht; Iisabeth Cole, his wife
42.
SAMUEL WESTFALL,
Baptised March 24, 1748/49, Minisink, New York; d. November
10, 1787.
Babtism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Aplony Kortrecht
Children: Hendrick, Samuel, 24 March 1749
Wit: Hendrick J. Kortrecht; Gerretje Van Bunschoten,
his wife; Arie Kortrecht; Iisabeth Cole, his wife
JOSEPH
WESTFALL, Baptised October 6, 1751, Minisink, New
York.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Appolonia Kortrecht
Child: Joseph, 6 Oct. 1751
Wit: Abram Van Aken, Jr., Elizabeth van Bunschoten
Children
of JOHANNES WESTFALL and MARGRIETA QUICK are:
DAVID
WESTFALL, Baptised January 27, 1759, Minisink, New
York; d. Bef. February 21, 1804; m. (1) PHEBE
MIDDAGH; m. (2) JACAMYNTIE
CUDDEBECK, October 10, 1788, Minisink, New Jersey.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Margriet Quick
Child: David, 27 Jan. 1759
Wit: Jacob Westfael, Leonora Westfael
BENJAMIN
WESTFALL, Baptised March 8, 1760, Minisink, New
York; m. SELETTA MIDDAGH.
Baptism,
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westvaal, Margrita Quik
Child: Benjamin, 8 Mar. 1761
Wit: Benjamin Quick, Hannah Quick
28.
JACOBUS WESTFALL
(JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. February 8, 1712/13 in Kingston, New York. He
married (1) SOFIA VAN AAKEN
May 7, 1738 in Kingston, Ulster Co., N.Y. He married (2) JANNETJEN
DEEKER February 26, 1750/51 in Minisink, New York.
August 16,
1754 named in affidavit of Samuel Finch as one of the
men who arrested him unlawfully (border dispute between
New Jersey and New York); others named are Solomon
Cartwright, Petrus Westfall
and Urian Westfall. (New
Jersey Archives)
Children
of JACOBUS WESTFALL and SOFIA VAN AAKEN are:
CHRISTINA
WESTFALL, Baptised December 10, 1738, Minisink,
New Jersey; m. ABRAHAM KITTEL.
Also named as the
daughter of John Westfall, above; removed to Virginia.
PETRUS
WESTFALL, Baptised June 15, 1740, Minisink, New
Jersey.
Children
of JACOBUS WESTFALL and JANNETJEN DEEKER are:
LEVY
WESTFALL, Baptised July 19, 1752, Minisink, New
York.
ABRAM
WESTFALL, Baptised January 9, 1762, Minisink, New
Jersey.
SARAH
WESTFALL, Baptised January 9, 1762, Minisink, New
Jersey.
ELIZA
WESTFALL, b. October 17, 1773, Minisink, New York.
29.
JACOB
WESTFALL (JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. June 8, 1715 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died
in Ohio. He married JUDITH HORNBECK,
daughter of JOOST HORNBECK and
AAGJE VAN VLIET. She was born
Bef. August 19, 1716 in Minisink, New Jersey.
EXTRACT OF
DEED TO JACOB WESTFALL FROM LORD THOMAS FAIRFAX, OCT.
20, 1748: The Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax ...
proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia ... in consideration
of [compensation] to me paid and for the annual rent hereafter
reserved I have given, granted ... unto Jacob Westfall
- of the County of Augusta - [a tract of land] upon the
South Fork of the Wapacome or Great South Branch of Potomach
River and bounded by a survey made by Mr. James Genn as
follows ... [description of survey] containing four hundred
acres together with all rights ... to him the said Jacob
Westfall - his heirs and assigns forever ... paying to
me, my heirs or assigns ... Proprietors of the said Northern
Neck yearly and every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael
the Archangel the Fee Rent of one shilling Sterling Money
for every fifty acres of land hereby granted ... Provided
that if the said Jacob Westfall ... [does not pay the
annual rent for two whole years, it will be lawfull for
me or my heirs, etc.] to re-enter and hold the [land]
as if this grant had never passed. Given in my office
in the County of Fairfax within my said Proprietary under
my hand and seal, dated this the twentieth day of October
... A.D. One thousand seven hundred and forty eight. [This
deed was copied by Mr. Ralph Durrett, Belington, W.Va.
probably in the 1970's as part of his research of the
Westfall family history. The location of this document
was not noted by Mr. Durrett].
Hampshire
County, Virginia Deed of Release, Westfall to Reeve-Release.
[lots of legalese in this document].
This Indenture made the Fifth Day of December in the Year
of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four
between Jacob Westfall & Judith, his wife of the County
of Hampshire in the Colony of Virginia of the one Part
and Peter Reeve of the City of Philadelphia, merchant,
of the other Part; WITNESSETH that for ... the sum of
twenty pounds current money of Virginia to the said Jacob
Westfall ... paid by ... Peter Reeve at or before the
Sealing and Delivery of these presents the receipt [of
which he acknowledges] ... and doth thereof release ...
Peter Reeve, his executors [etc.] ... by these presents
They the said Jacob Westfall & Judith, his wife ...
do grant ... unto the said Peter Reeve in his actual possession
now, being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him ...
made by the said Jacob Westfall for one whole year by
Indenture bearing date [the day before] the date of these
presents and by force of the statute for transferring
uses into possession ... a certain tract of land on the
Drains of Looneys Creek called Diamond Licks in the said
County of Hampshire, bounded as followeth to Witt: BEGINNING
at a white oak on a flat and running north seventy seven
west one hundred and forty poles to a pine and red oak
sapling on a hillside, thence north thirteen east one
hundred and sixty poles under a mountain to a small white
oak sapling in the angle of two white oaks under the said
mountain, thence south seventy seven degrees east one
hundred and forty poles to a white oak & hickory by
a drain, thence south thirteen degrees west one hundred
sixty poles be the Beginning, containing one hundred and
forty acres which was granted to the said Jacob Westfall
by Deed from the Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia
bearing the date of eighteenth day of April in the Year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty one as
by the said Deed may more fully appear and all houses,
buildings, orchards, ways, water, water courses [etc.]
.. the said Jacob Westfall and Judith his wife ... hereby
granted and released ... unto the said Peter Reeve, his
heirs [etc.] ... The Quit Rents hereafter to grow due
and payable for in respect of the premises only excepted
for eprized [?] ... In witness whereof the said Jacob
Westfall & Judith, his wife have hereunto set their
Names and Seals the day and year first above written.
Sealed and Delivered
Jacob Westfall
in the presence of
Judith Westfall [her mark]
David Scott
William Westfall
Benjamin Scott [his mark]
Mathew Kuykendall [his mark]
At a Court held for
Hampshire County on the 12th Day of March, 1765 This Deed
of Release from Jacob Westfall & Judith, his wife
to Peter Reeve was proved by the oaths of David Scott,
William Westfall & Mathew Kuykendall three of the
witnesses thereunto and ordered to be recorded.
Gabriel Jones Cur
Jacob
apparently accompanied his uncle Abel
Westfall to Virginia about 1747. On Oct. 20, 1748
Jacob was granted 400 acres in the Northern Neck of Virginia
on the Great South Branch of the Potomac. He was added
to the Augusta Co. tax lists on Aug. 28, 1750 along with
Abel Westfall and John
Westfall. In 1764, Jacob
Westfall and Judith Westfall
sold 190 acres on the Diamond Licks of Looney's Creek
in Hampshire County; William Westfall
was a witness. Jacob and Judith probably had other children
in West Virginia. Jacob and Judith's children pioneered
settlement into north central West Virginia and appear
in the records at the same period of time. Jacob,
[or his son] probably with
the assistance of his family, built the Westfall Fort
located near Beverly in Randolph County in the 1770's.
It was the first fort in the Tygart Valley. Jacob Jr.'s
first son [George] is said to have been born at the fort.
[Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983].
The
History of Upshur County, West Virginia says that
Jacob was the first sheriff of Randolph County, the second
county clerk and a lieutenant of the Randolph County militia.
This history also says the Jacob was the son of James
Westfall who settled in Tygarts Valley in 1772. All evidence
argues against this. The Jacob who was the first sherriff
was the Jacob who married Mary King and died in Putnam
County, Indiana. He most likely the son of Jacob
and Judith and James was his brother. The Jacob who was
county clerk was most likely the son of Cornelius and
Elizabeth Westfall who married Judith Booth.
Children
of JACOB WESTFALL and JUDITH HORNBECK are:
ABEL
WESTFALL.
An account
of an Indian raid on Oct. 16, 1759 lists among the
members of a settlement on Decker's Creek three Thorn
brothers, their brother-in-law William
Westfall and his brother Abel
Westfall along with their wives and children.
Abel was captured; his wife and children were killed.
Another source says the massacre occurred in the spring
of 1759.
43. GEORGE
WESTFALL, d. Abt. 1798, Harrison or Wood County,
Virginia.
JUDY
WESTFALL.
44.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Bef. March 26, 1735, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Aft.
1819, prob. Ohio.
45.
JOEL WESTFALL,
b. October 14, 1751, Pendleton County, (West) Virginia;
d. August 22, 1838, Beverly, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
46. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. October 10, 1755, Hampshire Co. (West)
Virginia; d. March 5, 1835, Putnam County, Indiana.
47. JAMES
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1762; d. Abt. 1803, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
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30.
BENJAMIN WESTFALL
(JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. January 29, 1717/18 in Kingston, New York. He
married ANNATJE VAN AAKEN.
Children
of BENJAMIN WESTFALL and ANNATJE VAN AAKEN are:
MARIA
WESTFALL, Baptised February 7, 1741/42, Minisink,
New York.
CORNELIUS
WESTFALL, Baptised October 18, 1743, Minisink, New
York.
SARA
WESTFALL, Baptised. August 4, 1745, Minisink, New
York.
JURY
WESTFALL, Baptised March 29, 1747, Minisink, New
York.
MARYA
WESTFALL, Baptised June 21, 1748, Minisink, New
York.
MARGRIET
WESTFALL, Baptised January 29, 1748/49, Minisink,
New York.
JACOBUS
WESTFALL, Baptised February 24, 1750/51, Minisink,
New York.
CORNELIS
VAN AKEN WESTFALL, Baptised October 7, 1753, Minisink,
New York.
ELISABETH
WESTFALL, Baptised April 14, 1756, Minisink, New
York.
RUSJE
WESTFALL, Baptised January 28, 1759, Minisink, New
York.
DANIEL
WESTFALL, Baptised July 5, 1763, Minisink, New York.
31.
DANIEL WESTFALL
(JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 1, 1723 in Kingston, New York, and
died Bef. July 29, 1800. He married MARYA
WESTBROEK April 8, 1748 in Minisink, New York,
daughter of ANTHONY WESTBROEK
and AELTIE WESTBROEK.
June 26,
1755, Will of Anthony Westbroek,
yoeman, of Manissink, Sussex County, New Jersey: Wife,
Aeltie, Children - Johannis, Jacob, Saloman, Gideon, Anthony,
Jennetie (wife of Simon Westvael),
Magdalin (wife of Abraham Shimer),
and Maria (wife of Daniel Westvael).
Executors - sons Johannes
and Jacob. Witnesses - Jane Keater,
Cornelis Westbroek, William
Ennes. Proved, Feb. 24, 1759.
Children
of DANIEL WESTFALL and MARYA WESTBROEK are:
48.
ABRAHAM WESTFALL,
Baptised January 29, 1748/49, Minisink, New York.
ANTONY
WESTFALL, b. December 2, 1750, Minisink, New York.
MARGRIET
WESTFALL, Baptised March 30, 1752, Minisink, New
York.
AELTJE
WESTFALL, Baptised October 10, 1754, Minisink,
New York.
HANNATJE
WESTFALL, Baptised November 10, 1761, Minisink,
New York.
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32.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL
(JACOB3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. September 1, 1723 in Kingston, New York, and
died Abt. 1755 in Minisink, New York. He married GRIETJE
DECKER April 6, 1753 in Minisink, New York.
August 16,
1754 named in affidavit of Samuel
Finch as one of the men who arrested him unlawfully
(border dispute between New Jersey and New York); others
named are Solomon Cartwright,
Petrus Westfall, Jacobus
Westfall and Urian Westfall.
October 11, 1759 Cornelius Westfall,
deceased, mentioned in the petition of William
Cutteback and Philip Swartwout
for the recovery of land involved in the border dispute
between New York and New Jersey. (New Jersey Archives).
Children
of CORNELIUS WESTFALL and GRIETJE DECKER are:
DIEVERTJE
WESTFALL, Baptised July 7, 1754, Minisink, New York.
MARGRIETJE
WESTFALL, b. February 13, 1755, Minisink, New York.
33.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL
(JACOB3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was
born Bef. January 16, 1725/26 in Sineaquan, New York.
She married CORNELIUS_WESTFALL
November 20, 1747 in Minisink, New York, son of ABEL
WESTFALL and ANNE BOGARD.
He was born Bef. October 15, 1721 in Machackemeck,
Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York, and died Bef.
March 11, 1783 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia.
One source
claims Elizabeth was born in Rochester, New York. Marriage
record says Sineaquan.
Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Oct. 11, 1747 [banns
published]; Cornelis Westfale y.m. born Machackemeck to
Lisabeth Westfael y.d. born Sineaquan, both dwelling there;
married November 20.
Children
are listed below under Cornelius.
34.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL
(ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. October 15, 1721 in Machackemeck, Deer Park
Township, Orange County, New York, and died Bef. March 11,
1783 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia. He married (1)
ELIZABETH WESTFALL November
20, 1747 in Minisink, New York, daughter of JACOB
WESTFALL and MARGARET DUYTSCHER.
She was born Bef. January 16, 1725/26 in Sineaquan, New York.
He married (2) ELEANOR MAGDALENE
WESTFALL Aft. 1770 in Possibly Hampshire Co., Virginia,
daughter of JACOB WESTFALL and
MARGARET DUYTSCHER. She
was born Bef. October 22, 1721 in Prob. Minisink, New Jersey,
and died in Virginia.
Baptised
Oct. 15, 1721; witnesses Zoloman Freer, Claartjen Westvaal.
Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Oct. 11, 1747 [banns
published]; Cornelis Westfale y.m. born Machackemeck to
Lisabeth Westfael y.d. born Sineaquan, both dwelling there;
married November 20.
Cornelius
Westfall did not come to West Virginia until about 1774.
In 1761, he leased his father's estate from his residence
in Essex County, New Jersey. Cornelius first married his
cousin Elizabeth Westfall
on November 20, 1747 in Minisink Valley, New Jersey. Elizabeth
was the daughter of Jacob Westfall,
brother of Abel, father of Cornelius. According to the
marriage record, Cornelius was born in Machackemeck, New
York and Elizabeth in Sineaquan, new York. Cornelius is
said to have remarried to Elizabeth's sister Eleanor the
widow of David Cole. This
is supported by the appearance of Eleanor
Westfall in the 1783 Hamshire County tax lists
after the death of Cornelius and in the recording of the
will. However, Cornelius used the name Magdalene in his
will. [W. Lynn Hutchison]. The probate
lists her as Eleanor, widow of Cornelius - RNW
WILL OF CORNELIUS
WESTFALL, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, VA., Dated Feb. 8, 1781; probated,
Hampshire Co., Va., March 11, 1783 - "In the name
of God Amen, I Cornelius Westfall of the County of Hampshire
and the state of Virginia being very sick and weak but
of perfect mind and memory ... do make and ordain this
my last Will and Testament... The Worldly Estate which
it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, I give
... and dispose of in the following manner... First, I
give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Magdalene Westfall,
the privilege of one third of the benefit of my plantation
I now dwell on as long as she shall bear the name she
is now of. Also, I give and bequeath unto my son, Jacob
Westfall, my smooth gun. Thirdly I give and bequeath unto
my beloved sons, Isaac Westfall and Zachariah Westfall
all my lands and [unreadable] an equal share with the
rest of my children of the movable estate except such
particulars as I shall hereafter mention. I do not mean
for Isaac and Zachariah to hold the land without having
it appraised and paying to such as shall be hereafter
named in particularly such share of land. Fourth, I give
and bequeath unto Jacob Westfall one fifth part of the
value of the lands, and to Cornelius Westfall one fifth
part of the value of the lands, and unto John Westfall
one fifth part of the value of the lands, and my will
is if my two sons, Cornelius and John, should not return
that their part of the Estate shall fall to Isaac and
Zachariah. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary
Westfall, a feather bed and furniture, a cow and a calf,
her choice of my cattle, two ewes, her choice, and an
equal share of the movable estate. Now my desire is to
have the rest of the moveable estate appraised and let
all my children have an equal part. I do constitute and
appoint my friend, Samuel Hornback and my eldest son,
Jacob, as my executros of this my Last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this eighth day of February, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty one.
Witnesses
present:
Stephen Rudelift
Phineas Wells
[Cornelius
signed with his mark]
"At
Court held for Hampshire County on the 11th day of March
1783, This Last Will and Testament of Cornelius Westfall
deceased was presented in Court by Jacob Westfall one
of the Executors herein named and proved by the oaths
of Stephen Rudelift and Phineas Wells, and ordered to
be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executor, who
made it according to law, Certificate is granted him for
obtaining a probate thereof in due form, giving security.
Where upon, he together with his Security entered into
and acknowledged bond in the penalty of .... for his due
and faithful Execution of the said Decedent's Estate and
performance of his Will. Eleanor Westfall, widow of the
said Decedent having declared that she wants naught of
anything by the same given or bequeathed to her Lecen
an need any benefit or advantage she might claim by the
Hereby."
Test. And..wodrow
Co. Cur.
Cornelius
Westfall's Last Will & Testament
Rec'd and Examined 1783
_____________________________________________________
Part of 12CC270-271,
page 227: Jacob Westfall vs. John Singleton, Appeal from
the High Court of Chancery.
"Sometime in the year of 1749, Lord Fairfax by a
public advertisement invited settlers to that part of
the northern neck where the land in question was, promising
to make rights to such as would settle there. A man of
the name of Vanderpool, having previously made a settlement
upon the tract in dispute, he about this time sold the
same to Abel Westfall who took possession and continued
to hold it until the year of 1755 when he died intestate,
leaving two sons, Cornelius, his eldest, and John. Lord
Fairfax having granted a very large tract of country (including
within it the land in question) to Bryant Martin, received
a reconveyance of it and laid off the whole as a Manor.
"In the year of 1770 upon the application of the
settlers, he, by a writing under his hand, agreed to convey
to them their respective settlements for their lives,
renewable forever, reserving an annual rent, which agreement
was proved and recorded. Cornelius Westfall who at the
time of his father's death and long after lived in the
state of New Jersey, removed to this Commonwealth and
took possession of the land in question about the year
of 1773, and continued to hold it until his death in 1782,
having by his will devised it to his two sons, Isaac and
Zachariah, who afterwards conveyed the same to Jacob Westfall,
the Plaintiff. Cornelius paid rent for this land for some
years, though Lord Fairfax had refused to convey it to
him.
"The defendant who claimed under a purchase from
John Westfall, the younger son of Abel Westfall, by the
defendant's father, and a deed in consequence thereof
from Lord Fairfax in the year of 1773 [1775?] and the
defendant states in his answer that it was customary in
that part of the country, for persons having made settlement
rights to transfer the same by deathbed donation which
were always considered valid. That Abel Westfall made
such a disposition of this land in question to his son,
John, who had shared with him his toil and danger of making
this settlement; that the defendant and his father held
possession until 1774 when Cornelius Westfall took possession.
There is some evidence proving a custom similar to that
mentioned in the answer. The defendant having recovered
the land in ejectment, this bill was filed, praying for
an injunction and conveyance. This Chancellor dismissed
the bill being of the opinion that the equity therein
stated was neither admitted by the answer nor established
by the evidence. If Lord Fairfax had not originally invited
settlement on his lands on the South Branch by a promise
of making them titles, he was nevertheless bound by his
advertisement of the 5th of August 1749 to grant title
to all persons settled thereon. That Abel Westfall being
at that time settled on the land in disputation, was a
purchaser from Vanderpool, the original settler, was entitled
to a grant thereof from Lord Fairfax in the usual terms
of granting his lands; and Abel Westfall dying as untitled
in the year of 1755 without making a will or other disposition
of it, his equitable interest therein descended to Cornelius
Westfall, his eldest son and heir at law (in possession
of the land).
Fall Term, 1793
Children
of Cornelius Westfall and Elizabeth Westfall are:
ANNA
WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 17, 1748, Minisink, New
Jersey.
Machackemeck
Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Ab. Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Annatje, Aug. 17, 1748
SPONSORS: Cornelis Westfael, Annatje Westfael
MARGARET
WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 5, 1750, Minisink, New
Jersey; m. HEZEKIAH ROSENCRANSE.
Machackemeck
Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Margriet, Aug. 5, 1750
SPONSORS: David Cole, Eleonora Westfael, wife
On
August 26, 1795, a complaint was recorded in Randolph
County that two orphans, sons of Jacob Westfall
and living with Hezekiah Rosecrance, ought to be
bound. Joseph and Jonathan were bound to Hezekiah
until each reached legal age. At the February 1796
court, Joseph declared he was about 21.
49. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. Bef. March 11, 1753, Minisink,
New Jersey; d. Abt. 1795, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
Machackemeck
Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Jacob, March 11, 1753
SPONSORS: Jacob Westfael, Margriet Westfael
MARY
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1755.
50.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1758; d. December 12, 1824, Harrison County,
Virginia.
51.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
b. Bef. January 27, 1759, Minisink, Orange County, New
York.
Machackemeck
Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Cornelius, Jan 27, 1759
SPONSORS: Cornelius Schoonhoven, Grietie Dekker
52.
ISAAC WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1762; d. Abt. 1803, Pendleton County, Virginia.
53.
ZACHARIAH WESTFALL,
b. Bef. February 18, 1769, Minisink, New Jersey.
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35.
JOHN WESTFALL
(ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was
born Bef. October 25, 1724 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died
Abt. April 1789 in Hardy County, Virginia. He married
SARAH VERNOY Abt. 1758,
daughter of JOHANNES VERNOY and
JANNEKER LOUW. She was
born Bef. February 6, 1731/32 in Maryland, and died Abt. 1791
in Hardy County, Virginia.
On September
4, 1746, John Westfall is
a witness to the will of John Bogard
(in New York?). John Westfall came to Augusta County,
Virginia from New York about 1747. On June 18, 1747, he
qualifies as constable in Hampshire County, Virginia.
On April 13, 1789, his will is probated in Hardy County,
Virginia. John owned land next to his father on South
Branchy of Potomac River. All children except Jacob removed
to Knox Co., Indiana.
The will of Sarah (Vernoy) Westfall
is proven and recorded in January 1792 in Hardy County,
Virginia
The will
of John Westfall states in
part: ...I bequeath unto my beloved wife, Sarah, one third
part of my land during her life - also my negro, Jack,
and my wench Megigen, and one third of my movable property...
I give and bequeath to my sons, Isaac
and Jacob Westfall, my plantation
I now live on ... each of them to have an equal part of
upland and bottom land - my son Isaac to have the upper
part of said plantation... It is my will that my aforesaid
plantation be appraised by two or more creditable men
and that my sons, Isaac and Jacob Westfall pay to my sons
Abell, John, Cornelius and Abraham
Westfall ... one-sixth part of such valuation,
deducting out of such payment what I formerly gave them...
I bequeath to my son Isaac Westfall
my negro, Tom, he paying to each of his Brothers
one sixth part of the valuation of said negro ...
It is my will that the remainder of my property be equally
divided amongst all my children and lastly, I do constitute
and appoint my trusty friends, Jacob
Fisher and Ezaekiel Bogard,
also my sons Abell and Cornelius
Westfall, Executors of this my last will and testament
- Signed with my hand and sealed this 9th Feby., 1789.
This will properly signed, witnessed and admitted to probate
in County the 13th day of April, 1789. Ezekiel
Bogard and Cornelius Westfall
in open Court, refused taking upon themselves the burden
of the Execution which is ordered to be certified.
Children
of JOHN WESTFALL and SARAH VERNOY are:
54. ABEL
WESTFALL, d. 1814, Knox County, Indiana.
55.
JOHN WESTFALL,
d. 1808, Knox County, Indiana.
56.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
b. March 9, 1756; d. Greene County, Indiana.
57. ABRAHAM
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1760, Hampshire Co. (West)
Virginia; d. January 1833, Knox County, Indiana.
58. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1761; d. 1801, Randolph County,
Virginia.
59.
ISAAC WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1762.
36.
NATHANIEL WESTFALL
(NICLAES3,
JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1)
was born October 6, 1728 in Rochester, New York, and died
Aft. April 1782 in New Jersey. He married CATHERINE
WESTFALL.
February,
1761 - Petition of Philip Swartwout
for the recovery of land involved in the border dispute
between New York and New Jersey; mentions Nathaniel
Westfall, Jacob Westfall,
Simon Westfall and Deborah
Davis. (New Jersey Archives).
Children of NATHANIEL WESTFALL
and CATHERINE WESTFALL are:
JOHN WESTFALL.
HANNAH WESTFALL.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL.
MARY WESTFALL.
CHARITY WESTFALL.
CATHERINE WESTFALL.
37.
SIMON WESTFALL
(GYSBERT3,
SIMON2, JURIAEN1)
was born December 2, 1733 in Kingston, New York. He
married JENNETIE WESTBROEK,
daughter of ANTHONY WESTBROEK
and AELTIE WESTBROEK.
June 26,
1755, Will of Anthony Westbroek,
yoeman, of Manissink, Sussex County, New Jersey: Wife,
Aeltie, Children - Johannis, Jacob, Saloman, Gideon, Anthony,
Jennetie (wife of Simon Westvael),
Magdalin (wife of Abraham Shimer), and Maria (wife of
Daniel Westvael). Executors
- sons Johannes and Jacob. Witnesses - Jane Keater, Cornelis
Westbroek, William Ennes. Proved, Feb. 24, 1759.
October 11,
1759, petition of William Cutteback
and Philip Swartwout, for
the recovery of land involved in the border dispute between
the Westfalls and Swartwouts; mentioned as defendants
Abraham Vanaken, Abraham
Westbrook, Solomon Cuykendall,
Cornelius Cole, Bryan Hammel, James
Clark, Jurian Westfall, Jacobus Vanaken, Simon Westfall,
Mathew Terwilliger and Jacob Westfall. (New Jersey
Archives).
Child of
SIMON WESTFALL and JENNETIE WESTBROEK is:
60. SIMON
WESTFALL.
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38.
ABRAHAM WESTFALL
(PETER3, NICOLAUS2,
JURIAEN1)
was born November 18, 1755 in Machackemeck, Deer Park Township,
Orange County, New York. He married BLANDINA
VAN ETTEN February 8, 1781 in Deer Park Township,
Orange County, New York, daughter of ANTHONY
VAN ETTEN and ANNATJE DECKER.
She was born September 4, 1763 in Deer Park Township,
Orange County, New York.
Abraham
Westfall was born at
Machackemeck (Deer Park Township, Orange County, N.Y.)
Nov. 18, 1755. His father, Petrus
Westfall was killed by the Indians sometime in
1756 at the outbreak of the French and Indian War. Abraham's
mother apparently returned with him to live at the home
of her parents at Tysebag, across the Delaware River on
the Pennsylvania side. Here she married (Minisink) Aug.
19, 1757, John Lyde, who
also lived there. Abraham Westfall,
while serving as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, married
in Deer Park Twp., Feb. 8, 1781, Blandina
van Etten, born there, Sept. 4, 1763, daughter
of Anthony van Etten and
Annatje Decker. Abraham and
his wife moved to Washington County, Pa. in May 1797.
[Frank Hales Allen, 1947].
Children
of ABRAHAM WESTFALL and BLANDINA VAN ETTEN are:
JOSEPH
WESTFALL, b. June 14, 1782, Orange County, New York
HANNAH
WESTFALL, b. February 25, 1784, Orange County, New
York; m. JOHN HORLEDGE
ANNE
WESTFALL, b. February 9, 1786, Orange County, New
York; m. JACOB MARSHALL
EUNICE
WESTFALL, b. March 12, 1788, Orange County, New
York; m. UNKOWN GAMBLE
61.
LEVI WESTFALL,
b. Dec. 7, 1790, Deer Park Twp., Orange Co., N. Y.; d.
Feb. 23, 1869, Ohio.
NAOMI
WESTFALL, b. February 2, 1793, Orange County, New
York; m. UNKNOWN SARGENT.
SIMEON
WESTFALL, b. March 4, 1795.
CATHERINE
WESTFALL, b. January 30, 1798, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; m. JAMES PATRICK
JOHN
WESTFALL, b. June 22, 1800, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
THOMAS
WESTFALL, b. September 28, 1802, Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
ABRAHAM
WESTFALL, b. April 13, 1809, Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
JAMES
WESTFALL, b. January 31, 1811, Washington County,
Pennsylvania.
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39. DANIEL
WESTFALL (JOHANNES4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
June 18, 1734 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married ANNE
or HANNAH WESTFALL May 15, 1761. She
was born Bef. August 26, 1744.
Daniel Westfall appears
in Augusta County records sevral times. In 1778 and 1779, Daniel was
the executor for Moses Thompson and Frances
Weir and appraised the estate of J. Springstone.
Also in 1779, Daniel was selected to locate a road in Tygart Valley.
In 1780, 200 acres were surveyed in his name on the east side of the
Tygart Valley River. Daniel was taxed under Hampshire County in 1783,
under Harrison County in 1784 to 1786, and then in Randolph Co. in
1787 and 1788. In 1787, Daniel was charged with an additional white
tithable. Daniel Westfall and wife Hannah
sold property in Randolph County on Dec. 8, 1788, after which
Daniel removed to Bullitt County, Kentucky. From a family Bible, the
birth date of Daniel is given as August 22, 1733. The Bible gives
his wife's name as Anne, who is the mother of his son John. Hannah
may be a second wife or her true name since it appears the Bible information
may have been recorded by a grandson or great-grandson. According
to the record, Anne was born Aug. 26, 1744 and they were married May
15, 1761. Their son John married his cousin Sarah, the daughter of
Henry Westfall. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983].
Children of DANIEL WESTFALL
and ANNE WESTFALL are:
DIANA WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1772; d. Bef. 1824, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; m.
JAMES HOLDER, January 8, 1788, Randolph
County, Virginia.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. December 4, 1772; d. February 3, 1844; m. SARAH
WESTFALL, May 15, 1804, Bullitt County, Kentucky; b. March
20, 1782; d. February 3, 1837.
40. JURIAN
WESTFALL (JOHANNES4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
May 29, 1739 in Minisink, New York, and died Bef. May 28, 1776 in Sussex
County, New Jersey. He married MARGRIET QUICK.
New Jersey Archives,
Vol. XIV, p. 574-575: March 9, 1775. Will of Juyan
Westvael of Hardyston, Sussex Co., cordwainer. To my oldest
and only son, Henry Cortwright Westfall,
my 32 1/4 acres of land, when he is 21; wife Marget, a good support.
The rest to Henry Cortwright Westfall, Jane
Westfall, Aplonia Westfall. Executors
- Josias Cortwright and my brother Henry
Westfall. Witnesses - George Westfall,
James Westfall, Nicholas Christopher. Proved May, 28, 1776;
May 18, 1776, inventory made by Henry William
Cortrecht and Francis McGee.
Will book 10, p. 424, Essex Co., N.J. Dec. 3, 1753. Will of
Hendrick Janse Cortrecht of Manissink
in Orange Co., New York, yeoman; Cousin Hendrick
Williamse Cortrecht, son of William Cortrecht,
dec'd, to have my land on Great and Little Manissink Island, with
my homestead, except to my wife Gerritje Cortrecht,
the southernmost room of my house. Hendrick
Williamse Cortrecht is to provide for his sister, Gerritje
Cortrecht, Jr., and to allow her the girl which she brought
up, till she is 21. My cousin, Jurrian Westvael,
son of Johannis Westvall, 1/2 of 64 1/4
acres, which was bought of Richard Gardiner.
Executors - wife, Gerritje, and Johannis Westvall,
my brother-in-law. Witnesses - Johannis Rosekrans,
Benjamin Westbrook, William Ennes. Proved
June 26, 1760, Essex County, New Jersey. June 9, 1760 Inventory: 177.2.4
pounds; by William Ennes and Tereck
VanKeuren Westbroock.
Child of JURIAN WESTFALL
and MARGRIET QUICK is:
HENRY CORTWRIGHT
WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 11, 1765.
41. HENRY
WESTFALL (JOHANNES4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
March 24, 1748/49 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married SUSANNA
KORTREGT in Minisink, New Jersey. She was born October 23,
1745.
Henry
Westfall paid personal property
tax in Hampshire County in 1782 through 1785. He appears in the tax
list for Jefferson Co., Kentucky on July 7, 1789. In the 1800 tax
list for Bullitt County, Kentucky appear the Westfalls:
Daniel Sr., Daniel Jr., Jacob, John, Samuel, and William. Family
Bible records give Henry's birth date as Aug 24, 1749 which is after
the date in the baptism records of Minisink. Henry's birth date was
probably in 1748. The Bible says his wife Susannah was born Oct. 23,
1745; no marriage record is given. Their daughter Sarah married cousin
John Westfall, son of Daniel. [Hutchison,
W. Lynn, 1983.]
Henry
Westfall married Anny
Riley in Bullitt Co., Kentucky on Nov. 13, 1808. This Henry
Westfall would have been sixty years old.
Children of HENRY WESTFALL
and SUSANNA KORTREGT are:
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Bef. February 10, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey; m. JEMIMA
WESTFALL, September 13, 1791, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
In the 1800 tax
list for Bullitt County, Kentucky appear the Westfalls: Daniel
Sr., Daniel Jr., Jacob, John, Samuel, and William. A William Westfall
married Jemima Westfall in Jefferson Co., which borders Bullitt
Co. There is a high probability that it is this William.
SUSANNAH WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1775,
Minisink, New Jersey; m. WILLIAM CLEAVER,
June 30, 1790, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
DANIEL WESTFALL, b. Bef. June
14, 1775, Minisink, New Jersey.
SARAH WESTFALL, b. March 20,
1782; d. February 3, 1837; m. JOHN WESTFALL,
May 15, 1804, Bullitt County, Kentucky; b. December 4, 1772; d.
February 3, 1844.
ELIZA WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1788;
m. PETER MILLER, March 30, 1804, Jefferson
County, Kentucky.
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42. SAMUEL
WESTFALL (JOHANNES4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
March 24, 1748/49 in Minisink, New York, and died November 10, 1787. He
married MARGARET LICHERT.
Nov. 10, 1787: Will of
Samuel Westfall of Wontage, Sussex County, New Jersey; Administrix,
Margaret Westfall; Bondsman Joseph Van Aken; Witness - David Westfall,
Nov. 10, 1787; Inventory Nov. 15, 1787 by Jacob Dewitt and Benj. Cuykendall.
Samuel was the twin brother of Hendrick Westfall.
Children of SAMUEL
WESTFALL and MARGARET LICHERT are:
ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. Bef.
October 17, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey.
CATRATINA WESTFALL, b. Bef.
November 25, 1776, Minisink, New Jersey.
43. GEORGE
WESTFALL (JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) died Abt. 1798
in Harrison or Wood County, Virginia.
"The Westfall Family.
George, Jacob, Job, William, James and Cornelius
Westfall settled in the Valley as early as 1772. They were,
perhaps, brothers and came to Randolph from Pendleton. Withers says
that one of the Westfalls found and buried the remains of the Files
family who were murdered by the Indians nearly twenty years previous.
This is improbable from the fact that the Westfalls settled near the
mouth of Mill Creek and William Currence first owned and occupied
the land where Beverly now stands and which had been abandoned by
the Files family. Some years later William Currence and the Westfalls
exchanged lands. Jacob Westfall was a
justice of the peace and a member of the court appointed by the Governor
in the organization of the county. In the same year he was elected
sheriff by his associate justices of the peace, and thus became the
first sheriff of Randolph. The residence of James
Westfall in Beverly was designated as the court house of Randolph
County, May 29, 1787, the first session having been held the day previous
at the residence of Benjamin Wilson.
Cornelius Westfall was the second sheriff
of Randolph in 1789. George and James Westfall were captains of the
militia in 1787. Jacob Westfall was one
of the trustees of the town of Beverly in 1790. James
Westfall was major of the militia in 1794. The Westfalls were
of German origin and the name was spelled Westphal in the mother tongue.
The Westfalls settled in Pendleton in 1752. Cornelius Westfall moved
to Hamilton County, Ohio." [A
History of Randolph County West Virginia]
George
Westfall appraised the Augusta County estate of James
Stewart in 1772. George was appointed constable on May 14,
1778 in Augusta County. In an interview recorded in the Kentucky Papers
of the Draper Manuscript Collection, David Crouch stated that George
Westfall's fort and his father's were the first forts in the
Tygart Valley. He owned a mill in then Harrison Co. in the early 1780's
and did surveying for Virginia. George was the original owner of a
400-acre tract by patent granted May 15, 1784.
Jacob
Jr. and George Sr. were joint owners of then Harrison County
land adjoining George Westfall's Mill Run. In Randolph Co. records,
Jacob Jr. and wife Susanna sold land
to Jacob Sr. on Feb. 23, 1795 which was conveyed by George to his
son Jacob Jr. on June 24, 1793. This deed from George to Jacob in
1793 granted only 164 acres. George then purchased 260 acres on the
Little Kanawha River in Harrison Co. (now Wood Co.) on Aug. 17, 1795
from James Neal. On Aug. 29, 1797, George
Westfall of Harrison Co. sold a tract "on George Westfall's
Mill Run adjoining land formerly of said George Westfall." George
obtained another 106 acres on the Little Kanawha on Nov. 22, 1797.
A George
Sr. and George Jr. appear in separate Harrison Co. personal
property tax lists in 1784. The elder was charged with two tithes.
Jacob is listed with George Sr. in the 1788 Randolph Co. personal
property tax list. Another white tithable between 16 and 21 is also
charged to George Sr. in the years 1787 to 1792. This could have been
his son James who was mentioned in the estate settlement of Jacob
Westfall; and who appears on the personal property tax list
in 1793 as James Junior. George Sr. or George Jr. dissappeared from
Randolph County tax lists in 1793 as only one is recorded then; the
other George remained in Randolph Co. tax lists until 1795. George
Westfall appears on the Harrison Co. tax lists again in 1797
with three white tithables; Jacob is also listed. The other two may
be James and Alexander.
The administrator's bond
of Jacob Westfall for George
Westfall, deceased, was recorded during the February 1798 court
in Harrison County. On March 21, 1798, the executors of George's estate
were ordered to submit a plan of division to the heirs. Jacob was
listed as an heir with a line drawn through his name in the court
record. Jacob and Alexander remained in Wood County for awhile; Jacob
left about 1816 to possibly Jackson Co., Ohio and Alexander about
ten years later for Pike Co., Ohio.
A James
Westfall, age 22, was discharged as a scout for Randolph Co.
in April 1790. James and wife Anna sold
Beverly lot 6 to James Jr. on Dec. 24, 1792. James
and wife Ariana then sold this lot to Abraham
Springstone on March 23, 1795; the text also has the spellings
Arana and Anna. The first James appears to the brother of James Jr's
father. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
1772, Appraised the estate
of James Stewart in Augusta Co., Va.
May 14, 1778, Appointed constable in Augusta Co., Va.
May 15, 1784, Original owner of 400 acre tract patent granted, Augusta
Co., Va.
June 24, 1793, Conveyed 164 acres of land to son Jacob in Randolph
Co., Va.
August 17, 1795, Purchased 260 acres on Little Kanawha River Harrison
Co., Va. (Wood Co., W.Va)
February 1798, Harrison Co. Bond of Jacob Westfall for George Westfall,
deceased
Children of GEORGE WESTFALL
are:
HANNAH WESTFALL,
m. JOHN CASEY.
REBECCA WESTFALL,
m. JAMES GIBSON.
SARAH WESTFALL,
m. BENJAMIN BADGLEY, January 3, 1794,
Randolph County, Virginia.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
m. ELI WOODBURY.
JACOB WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1767.
Jacob was listed
as an heir to the estate of his father George. In the court
record a line is drawn through his name. Jacob and brother Alexander
remained in Wood Co. for awhile; Jacob left about 1816 to possibly
Jackson Co., Ohio. A Jacob Westfall, 45 years or older, is listed
on the 1810 census of Wood Co., Virginia. Alexander Westfall
is also listed in Wood Co. About
1816, Jacob removed to Jackson Co., Ohio
MARY WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1768; m. JAMES BODKINS, September
7, 1784, Harrison County, Virginia.
JAMES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1768; m. ARIANA WESTFALL.
A James Westfall,
age 22 was discharged as a scout for Randolph Co. in April 1790.
James and wife Anna sold Beverly lot 6 to James Jr. on Dec.
24, 1792. James and wife Ariana then sold this lot to Abraham
Springstone on March 23, 1795. The first James was probably
James Jr.'s uncle. A James Westfall appears on the 1810 census
of Randolph County, Virginia. In the household there is one
male 45 years or older and one male between 16 and 26 years
old. This James should have been 42 if his age and year of his
discharge are correct. December
24, 1792, Sold lot 6 in Beverly to (cousin) James Westfall.
March 23, 1795, Sold lot 6 in Beverly to Abraham Springstone.
April 1790, Discharged as a scout for Randolph Co., Va. at age
22
ALEXANDER WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1780; d. 1862, Knox County, Illinois; m. PRISCILLA
BARNES, 1805.
Alexander Westfall
appears on the 1810 and 1820 censuses for Wood Co., Virginia.
On the 1810 census the oldest male in the household is between
26 and 45 years of age. Also in Wood Co. is Jacob Westfall.
On the 1820 census the oldes male is again listed as between
26 and 45. This is consistent with his estimated birth date
of 1780. Alexander removed to Pike Co., Ohio about 1826.
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44. WILLIAM
WESTFALL (JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. March 26, 1735 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died Aft. 1819
in prob. Ohio. He married (1) ELIZABETH THORN.
He married (2) MARY.
George,
Jacob, Job, William, James and Cornelius Westfall settled in
the Valley as early as 1772. They were, perhaps, brothers and came
to Randolph from Pendleton. Withers says that one of the Westfalls
found and buried the remains of the Files family who were murdered
by the Indians nearly twenty years previous. This is improbable from
the fact that the Westfalls settled near the mouth of Mill Creek and
William Currence first owned and occupied
the land where Beverly now stands and which had been abandoned by
the Files family. Some years later William Currence
and the Westfalls exchanged lands. [A
History of Randolph County West Virginia]
An account of an Indian
raid on Oct. 16, 1759 lists among the members of a settlement on Decker's
Creek three Thorn brothers, their brother-in-law William
Westfall and his brother Abel
along with their wives and children. Abel was captured; his wife and
children were killed. Another source says the massacre occurred in
the spring of 1759.
William Westfall and wife Elizabeth sold
400 acres on Mill Creek in Hampshire Co. on March 12, 1760. in 1772,
William settled 400 acres on Teters Creek in what is now Barbour County.
William also owned 1000 acres in the Tygart Valley jointly with five
others from which several land grants were made. A survey of the settlement
was recorded in 1784. William and wife Mary (apparently his second
wife) sold property in Randolph Co. in 1791 and then sold a tract
on Teters Creek on Aug. 26, 1793. The new owner Jeremiah
Cooper sued William on Feb 20, 1796 for fraud because the land
was claimed by others as well. William and Mary were living in Clark
County, Kentucky at the time. In 1794 William and Mary sold property
at Painted Camps on Teters Creek, and again in 1795 the couple granted
part of their estate by settlement right to Job
Westfall. William Sr. and Job last appear in the Randolph Co.
personal property tax lists in 1794. in the Randolph Co. deed book,
William Westfall Sr. of Montgomery Co.,
Ohio, via letter of attorney, sold 400 acres of the McDonough tract
on April 22, 1820. In Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, Job,
George, and Andrew Westfall and William
Westfall, who is charged with two sons, appear on the 1798
tax list. Absolom Westfall paid the Montgomery
Co. land tax for William's property in 1810 after which William resumes
payment until 1819. Joel Westfall paid
taxes on property nearby; this land was originally entered by Job
Westfall. [Hutchison, W.
Lynn, 1983]
March 26, 1735, Bapt.
Minisink, New Jersey
March 12, 1760, Sold 400 acres on Mill Creek in Hampshire Co., Va.
1772, Settled 400 acres on Teters Creek, (Barbour County) Va.
1784, Survey of settlement in Tygart Valley on 1000 acres owned jointly
with 5 others
Bet. 1789 - 1790, Tax list Randolph County, Va.
1791, Sold Randolph County property
August 26, 1793, Sold tract on Teters Creek
1798, Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio
February 20, 1796, resided Clark County, Kentucky
April 22, 1820, From Montgomery
County, Ohio by attorney sold land in Randolph Co., Va.
Children of WILLIAM
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH THORN are:
ABSOLOM WESTFALL,
m. MARY KAYLOR, 1807, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
1810, Pays land
tax for father in Montgomery Co., Ohio
ANDREW WESTFALL.
Andrew Westfall
removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio in the 1790's. 1798, Tax list
Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio. 1793, Chain bearer survey
for George Westfall, Randolph Co., Va.
GEORGE WESTFALL.
1782 - Listed in
Monongalia County, Viginia with 2 in household
1783 - On the first tax list of Monongalia County, Virginia
1785 - Hampshire County, Virginia with 2 in household
1798 - Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio
62. JOB
WESTFALL, d. 1822, Darke County, Ohio.
JOEL WESTFALL.
Bet. 1810 - 1819,
Taxed on land in Montgomery Co., Ohio
JUDITH WESTFALL,
m. GEORGE RENNIX, February 25, 1790,
Randolph County, Virginia.
63. WILLIAM
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1768; d. Abt. September 1821, Randolph
County, Virginia.
64. MICHAEL
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1770.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1771; m. WILLIAM LOW, August
23, 1787, Harrison County, Virginia.
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45. JOEL
WESTFALL (JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born
October 14, 1751 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia, and died August
22, 1838 in Beverly, Randolph County, (West) Virginia. He married MARY
HOUSTON May 19, 1776 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter
of JAMES HUSTON and HANNAH.
She was born October 6, 1758, and died January 20, 1795.
Joel Westfall was appointed
constable in Augusta Co. on March 17, 1774. He is said to have been
born Oct. 14, 1751 and married Mary Houston on May 19, 1776. In Augusta
Co. records, the will of Joel Westfall, recorded on Nov. 17, 1778
names William and Jacob Jr. administrators of his estate. Joel did
not die until 1838. He and Mary had only two children. March
17, 1774, Appointed constable in Augusta Co., Va.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL and MARY
HOUSTON are:
HANNAH WESTFALL,
b. March 11, 1777; m. HENRY FRY,
June 9, 1795.
65. JOEL
WESTFALL, b. January 23, 1779, Augusta County, Virginia;
d. August 25, 1858, Kincheloe Creek, Harrison County, (West) Virginia.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1780.
On the 1850 Randolph
Co. census appears Elizabeth Westfall, age 65, pauper, living
with the Isaac Roy family. She could be the widow of one of
the Randolph County Westfalls, or she might be the daughter
of Joel Westfall.
46. JACOB
WESTFALL (JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born October 10, 1755 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia, and died March
5, 1835 in Putnam County, Indiana. He married MARY
KING 1777 in Tygarts Valley, Virginia. She was born 1758, and
died 1841 in Putnam County, Indiana.
Augusta County,
Virginia, Survey Book #3, pg. 64: Jacob Westfall, Jr., 150 acres,
Augusta County, east side of Tygerts Valley River joining James Westfall
and Joel Westfall lands; 23 Oct. 1780, Robert Poage, ast., Jno Poage,
SAC
A History of Randolph
County West Virginia; "The Westfall Family. George, Jacob, Job,
William, James and Cornelius Westfall settled in the Valley as early
as 1772. They were, perhaps, brothers and came to Randolph from Pendleton.
Withers says that one of the Westfalls found and buried the remains
of the Files family who were murdered by the Indians nearly twenty
years previous. This is improbable from the fact that the Westfalls
settled near the mouth of Mill Creek and William Currence first owned
and occupied the land where Beverly now stands and which had been
abandoned by the Files family. Some years later William Currence and
the Westfalls exchanged lands. Jacob Westfall was a justice of the
peace and a member of the court appointed by the Governor in the organization
of the county. In the same year he was elected sheriff by his associate
justices of the peace, and thus became the first sheriff of Randolph.
The residence of James Westfall in Beverly was designated as the court
house of Randolph County, May 29, 1787, the first session having been
held the day previous at the residence of Benjamin Wilson. Cornelius
Westfall was the second sheriff of Randolph in 1789. George and James
Westfall were captains of the militia in 1787. Jacob Westfall was
one of the trustees of the town of Beverly in 1790. James Westfall
was major of the militia in 1794. The Westfalls were of German origin
and the name was spelled Westphal in the mother tongue. The Westfalls
settled in Pendleton in 1752. Cornelius Westfall moved to Hamilton
County, Ohio."
Virginia Service Revolutionary
War - WESTFALL, Jacob, wid. Mary - W.9159:
Monongalia Co., Va. - residing at Tygarts's Valley Va., Vol. June
20, 1781 for six mos. as 1st Lieut. with Capt. Geo. Jackson's Co.,
Col. Zachariah Morgan's Va. Reg. - marched to Morgantown, Va., to
the "New Store," there joined Gen. Geo. R. Clark descended
the River, landed 4 mi. below Ft. Pitt went to Wheeling; to island
at mouth of Little Kanawha; to falls of Ohio; served 6 mos. Moved
in 1792 to Nelson Co., Ky; then to Harden Co., Ky.; in 1808 to Miami
Co., Ohio; 1827 to Clinton twp., Putnam Co., Ind. Applied for Pens.
in Putnam Co., Ind. 3-5-1833. Born Oct. 10, 1755 in Hampshire Co.,
Va.; married Mary King (1758-1841) in
Tygert's Valley, 1777 by Bapt. Min. Redding; he died Mch. 5, 1835
- wid. allowed pens. 11-13-1838 while residing in Boone Co., Ind.
aged 80 years. Their son Cornelius Westfall,
b. 3-7-1778, aged 60 yrs in 1838. Tygert's Valley now Randolph Co.
Cornelius Thwing, of Morgan Co., Ind.
- 78 yrs. knew Jacob Westfall in Tygert's
Valley, then Monongalia Co., Va., in forepart of 1781, as 1st Lieut,
under Capt. Geo. jackson Co. of Volunteer Gen. Clark for 6 mos. Added
to card: ROSTER of Sold. Bur. in Indiana, 1938, p. 378 Children
- Annie, Elizabeth, Levi, John, Janet, Mary, Cornelius (b.
1778).
Jacob served as First
Lieutenant in 1781 in the Augusta Monongahalia militia; he went on
an expedition with George Rogers Clarke against the Indians. Jacob
was pensioned on Sept. 18, 1833. He was appointed County Lieutenant
for Randolph County on Aug. 28, 1787; he also served as the first
sheriff of Randolph County and also as a justice. He organized scouts
to observe Indian travel around the settlement at Beverly in 1790,
but left for Kentucky in October 1792 leaving no one to certify the
claims of his scouts for pay. In 1792 Jacob and Mary sold property
in Randolph Co. and removed to Kentucky. In 1803 from Nelson Co.,
Ky., Jacob and Mary granted land in Randolph
Co. to Cornelius Westfall of Dayton,
Ohio. This evidently is their son as a Montgomery Co., Ohio history
says Cornelius Westfall, a Kentuckian,
opened a school in the fall of 1804. The family lived in Nelson Co.,
Kentucky awhile, then in Hardin County until 1808 when they moved
to Miami Co., Ohio. Jacob left Ohio in 1827 to settle in Putnam Co.,
Indiana where he died on march 5, 1835. his wife Mary was born in
1758 and died in 1841. Jacob was granted a pension for service in
the Revolution in September 1833 in Montgomery County, Indiana but
was living in Putnam County, Indiana by then. He was awared $80.00
a year. After his death in 1835 his wife Mary applied for pension
from Boone County, Indiana in 1838 at age 80. In Nelson Co., Ky records
appear the marriages of Cornelius Westfall
to Elizabeth Bryan on Oct 13,1795 and
Levi Westfall to Temperance
King on Dec. 16, 1802 (the consent for Levi was signed by Jacob
Westfall). Also listed is Reuben Westfall
serving as witness in the marriage of Daniel
King on May 28, 1803. Cornelius Westfall
of Hamilton Co., Ohio sold land on George Westfall's
Mill Run in Randolph Co. on April 8, 1806. Cornelius
Westfall, second school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and later town
director for Troy, Ohio, married Rachel Dye
on April 25, 1809. He must also be the Cornelius who served as Miami
County court clerk starting in 1810. Reuben served as a captain from
Miami County, Ohio in the War of 1812. He and Levi both began paying
taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County in 1813. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
McWhorter's "Border
Settlers of Northwestern Virginia" says that Jacob was the builder
of Westfall's Fort in Randolph County. Corine
Cutright article "The Westfall Family" states that Jacob
and Mary had one son, Cornelius (they had several sons and daughters).
E.K. Westfall
(son of Cornelius), Bushnell, Illinois, letter to cousin Frank Mills
(son of Janet Westfall and Daniel Mills), Oct. 17, 1892. "Dear
Cousin - Your letter received this A.M. I sent it to Mary who may
be able to fill in the blanks better than I can. My information is
only traditional, but what I do know is just as my father told it.
Much, I have no doubt forgotten. I know no other names further back
than Grandfather (Jacob). ... I do not remember of father telling
of his grandfather. Nor do I remember of his speaking of any relatives
of his except his Uncle William. I think he went to where Dayton,
Ohio now is and made a farm in the woods. My father (Cornelius) when
he became of age went there and rented some ground in his clearing
and put in a crop of corn. That winter, I remember he told, while
father was gone to Virginia on a collecting tour for some former residents
of that state, the stock ate up his crop. Father taught the first
school ever taught in Dayton. ... An interesting item connected with
the early history of the Westfalls in the country is the fact of their
living on the extreme edge of civilization, in Tygarts Valley, Randolph
Co., Virginia, now West Virginia. A chain of Forts four or five miles
apart, for the protection of the citizens was built along the valley.
In these Forts the whole population lived during the spring and summer
months. The farms were worked by parties who were constantly guarded
by armed parties. Thus they went from one to another until all was
done. In winter they removed to their farms, the Indians not venturing
to come across the mountains when snow was on the ground as the settlers
could track them back and punish them for their trepidations. Grandfather
was Captain of the Fort where the town of Beverly now stands. I think
father was born in that stockade. Sister Mary has a good memory and
can give you many items...
Your Cousin
E.K. Westfall.
Letter from Jacob
Mills to his brother Frank Mills (sons of Janet Westfall and Daniel
Mills), dated 1909. [copied by Elma Rust, sent to Ralph Durrett, June
1975] "... Grandfather Westfall (Jacob) moved to Kentucky sometime
in the latter end of the 18th century. Came down the Ohio, out of
Monongahela in piroques, with quite a number of followers. They went
up the Kentucky river, then Salt river, where they settled. He was
made a Justice of the Peace there and held the office long enough
to be High Sheriff by virtue of being the oldest justice. He had held
the same office in Virginia for the same reason. Must have lived in
Kentucky about 20 years - perhaps more. Mother was born in Kentucky
(Janet). I think they moved from there to Miami Co., Ohio about 1810.
Uncle Cornelius had preceded them there. I think he went as a surveyor."
1781, First Lieutenent
Augusta Monongalia militia
August 28, 1787, Appointed county Lieutenent for Randolph County;
Randolph Co. Sheriff and Justice
1790, Organized scouts to observe Indian activity around Beverly (West
Virginia).
1792, Sold Randolph County property and removed to Kentucky
1803, Granted Randolph Co. land to Cornelius Westfall of Dayton, Ohio
1808, Removed to Miami County, Ohio
1803 - 1808, In Nelson County, and Hardin Co., Kentucky
1827, Settled in Putnam County, Indiana
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and MARY KING are:
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
b. March 7, 1778, Randolph County, Virginia; d. September 8, 1856,
Macomb, Illinois; m. (1) ELIZABETH BRYAN,
October 13, 1795, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. (2) RACHEL
DYE, April 25, 1809, Miami County, Ohio; m. (3) SARAH
MARY DAVIS, October 28, 1856, Miami County, Ohio.
Jacob
and Mary (King) Westfall
granted land in Randolph Co. to Cornelius
Westfall of Dayton, Ohio. This evidently is their son
as a Montgomery Co., Ohio history says Cornelius
Westfall, a Kentuckian, opened a school in the fall of
1804. In Nelson Co., Ky records appear the marriages of Cornelius
Westfall to Elizabeth Bryan
on Oct 13,1795. Cornelius Westfall of Hamilton Co., Ohio sold
land on George Westfall's Mill
Run in Randolph Co. on April 8, 1806. Cornelius
Westfall, second school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and later
town director for Troy, Ohio, married Rachel
Dye on April 25, 1809. He must also be the Cornelius
who served as Miami County court clerk starting in 1810. Was
only the second teacher in Dayton, Ohio. Town director for Troy,
Ohio; 1810, Miami Co., Ohio county clerk. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
LEVI WESTFALL,
b. 1782, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. November 16, 1848,
Boone County, Indiana; m. (1) TEMPERANCE
KING, December 16, 1802, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. (2)
MARGARET PETTIT, April 4, 1811, Miami
County, Ohio.
In Nelson Co.,
Ky records appear the marriage Levi Westfall
to Temperance King on Dec. 16,
1802 (the consent for Levi was signed by Jacob
Westfall). Reuben and Levi Westfall
both began paying taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County
in 1813. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. 1784, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. October 16, 1851,
Putnam County, Indiana; m. DAVID SWANK,
October 23, 1800, Hardin County, Kentucky.
REUBEN WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1787; m. ELIZABETH TUCKER,
March 2, 1805, Hardin County, Kentucky. See Virginia
Westfall's Family Tree
In Nelson Co.,
Ky records Reuben Westfall served
as witness in the marriage of Daniel King
on May 28, 1803. Reuben served as a captain from Miami County,
Ohio in April of 1812. He and Levi Westfall
both began paying taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County
in 1813.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. 1788, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; m. RACHEL
ANNA WESTFALL,
b. 1790, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. Iowa; m. JOHN
ANDERSON, April 2, 1807, Hardin County, Kentucky.
MARY WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1796; m. (1) ZACHEUS TIBERGHIN;
m. (2) JERAMIAH KING, February 11,
1812, Hardin County, Kentucky.
JANET WESTFALL,
b. August 13, 1799, Bardstown, Kentucky; d. March 28, 1863, Jefferson,
Iowa; m. DANIEL MILLS, December 22,
1821, Miami County, Ohio.
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47. JAMES
WESTFALL (JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1762, and died Abt. 1803 in Hamilton County, Ohio. He married
ANN TRUBY December 29, 1786 in Harrison County, Virginia, daughter
of JONATHAN TRUBY. She died Abt. 1811.
August County,
Virginia Surveys: Survey Book # 3, pg. 64, James Westfall, 193 acres,
Augusta County, on east side of Tygert's Valley River on Files's Creek
joining Jacob Westfall and William Casidy; Robert Poage, ast; Jno
Poage SAC, 23 Oct. 1780
James
Westfall owned land on Files Creek
(Beverly, W.Va.); the survey was recorded on Oct. 23, 1783. The property
adjoined Jacob Westfall and Jacob
Westfall Jr. and was assigned to him by Jacob. This was part
of a certificate of land awarded Jacob Westfall
by right of settlement. Other parts were transferred to Joel
Westfall and Jacob Jr., and were
also surveyed prior to 1784. James first appears in the personal property
tax lists of Harrison Co. in 1786. he married Ann
Truby, daughter of Jonathan Truby
on Jan. 4, 1787 in Harrison County. James Westfall
is mentioned in the act to establish Beverly on Dec. 16, 1790. He
and wife Ann granted 22 lots in Beverly from 1792 to 1795. In 1792,
James and Anna Westfall sold lot 6 in Beverly to James
Westfall, Jr. James no longer appears in Randolph Co. tax lists
in 1795; the family apparently removed to Ohio. The Westfall Family.
George, Jacob, Job, William, James and Cornelius
Westfall settled in the Valley as early as 1772. They were,
perhaps, brothers and came to Randolph from Pendleton. The residence
of James Westfall in Beverly was designated
as the court house of Randolph County, May 29, 1787, the first session
having been held the day previous at the residence of Benjamin
Wilson. George and James Westfall
were captains of the militia in 1787. James
Westfall was major of the militia in 1794. [A History of Randolph
County West Virginia]
James
Westfall appears in Montgomery County, Ohio in 1798 with William,
George, Job and Andrew Westfall. Anne
Westfall is listed as the administratrix of James' estate on
Mar. 29, 1803 in Randolph Co. court minutes. A letter of attorney
was executed by Ann Westfall to Cornelius
Westfall in Hamilton Co., North Western Territory; it was recorded
in Randolph Co. at the September 1802 court. Ann
Westfall married Jeremiah York
on Apr. 7, 1805 in Greene Co., Ohio. She is listed in the Greene Co.
land tax books as the original owner of three tracts; a Christopher
Truby is listed nearby. Ann York
seems to have died about 1820. In 1811 in Greene Co., guardians for
the minors of James Westfall, deceased,
were assigned: Celista,
age 15 to David Huston; Elbert, age 12 to William Van Cleve; Cynthia,
age 10 to William Van Cleve. The
court order for the transfer of a Beverly town lot, dated Nov. 24,
1835, mentioned that the defendants, heirs of James
Westfall, were non-residents of the commonwealth. From the
deed dated June 29, 1836 in Randolph Co., James' heirs included Joel,
Jacob, John and James. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
October 23, 1783, Survey
recorded land of James Westfall on Files Creek.
1786, Listed on personal property tax roll, Harrison Co., Va.
December 16, 1790, Listed in the act to establish Beveryly.
1792, Sold a lot in Beverly to James Westfall, Jr.
March 29, 1803, Wife, Anne administrator to the estate of James
Children of JAMES WESTFALL
and ANN TRUBY are:
JOEL WESTFALL.
JOHN WESTFALL.
JACOB WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1790.
JAMES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1790.
CELISTA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1796.
ELBERT WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1799.
CYNTHIA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1801.
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48. ABRAHAM
WESTFALL (DANIEL4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
January 29, 1748/49 in Minisink, New York. He married ANTJE
WESTBROECK.
Children of ABRAHAM
WESTFALL and ANTJE WESTBROECK are:
MARIE WESTFALL,
b. Bef. September 12, 1770.
66. DANIEL
WESTFALL, b. Bef. October 17, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey.
DERECK WESTFALL,
b. Bef. November 25, 1776.
BENJAMIN WESTFALL,
b. Bef. November 1, 1780.
SOLOMON WESTFALL,
b. Bef. March 5, 1786.
LIDIA WESTFALL,
b. September 18, 1788.
ALLIE WESTFALL,
b. September 13, 1791.
49. JACOB
WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
March 11, 1753 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died Abt. 1795 possible in
Bullit County, Kentucky. He married (1) JUDITH
BOOTH probably d. bef. 1786; (2) Elizabeth.
W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983:
Jacob was one of the executors of the will of his father Cornelius.
He apparently purchased his brothers Isaac and
Zachariah shares of the inherited estate. The land was situated
in that part of Hampshire Co. which later became Hardy Co. and later
became Pendleton County. Jacob remained in Hardy Co. at least until
1786. On Feb. 7, 1786, he sold the rights to his share, including
the share he purchased from Isaac, of 95 acres with the contingency
that his brother Zachariah would sell
his share also. There was no dower interest release following the
entry in the deed book (indicating that Jacob possibly was unmarried
or a widower at the time).
INDENTURE, ZACHARIAH
WESTFALL TO JACOB WESTFALL JR., 28 Oct. 1789: This indenture of agreement
made this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one
thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine, Witnesseth that I, Zachariah
Westfall of the County of Randolph and the State of Virginia for and
in the consideration of the sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia
to me in hand paid by Jacob Westfall, Jr. of the County of Hardy and
the State aforesaid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and
do by these presents bargain and sell all my Right, Title and Claim
by virtue of my Father's last will and testament one half of a tract
of land containing ninety five acres lying in Lord Fairfax Manor on
the South Branch and coursed by John Westfall's land on the one side
and Joseph Petties land on the other side which land is now possessed
by Jacob Westfall Jr. and is in law between the said Jacob Westfall
Jr. and John Singleton unto the above named Jacob Westfall Jr. which
half of ninety five acres the said Jacob Westfall Jr. should recover
the said land by law. The said land is to be his and his heirs and
assigns forever and I do hereby by these presents in open and plain
market sell and make over for myself, and my heirs all my right and
claim of the said land unto the said Jacob Westfall Jr. his heirs
and assigns by virtue of my father's last will and Testament. Now
if the said Jacob Westfall Jr. should recover the said land by law
then I, myself, my heirs or Executors are to make over a deed and
lawful right such as the law requires for the more efficient conveyance
of land to the said Jacob Westfall Jr. his heirs and assigns. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above
be written.
Zachariah Westfall
Signed Sealed and acknowledged
in the presence of
Isaac Westfall
Robr. McCabe
At a court held for Hardy County the 12th day of April 1790
This Indenture and wording was proven by the oaths of the witnesses
and ordered to be recorded
By the Court
Ed Williams
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Part of 12CC270-271,
page 227: Jacob Westfall vs. John Singleton, Appeal from the High
Court of Chancery.
"Sometime in the year of 1749, Lord Fairfax by a public advertisement
invited settlers to that part of the northern neck where the land
in question was, promising to make rights to such as would settle
there. A man of the name of Vanderpool, having previously made a settlement
upon the tract in dispute, he about this time sold the same to Abel
Westfall who took possession and continued to hold it until the year
of 1755 when he died intestate, leaving two sons, Cornelius, his eldest,
and John. Lord Fairfax having granted a very large tract of country
(including within it the land in question) to Bryant Martin, received
a reconveyance of it and laid off the whole as a Manor.
"In the year of 1770 upon the application of the settlers, he,
by a writing under his hand, agreed to convey to them their respective
settlements for their lives, renewable forever, reserving an annual
rent, which agreement was proved and recorded. Cornelius Westfall
who at the time of his father's death and long after lived in the
state of New Jersey, removed to this Commonwealth and took possession
of the land in question about the year of 1773, and continued to hold
it until his death in 1782, having by his will devised it to his two
sons, Isaac and Zachariah, who afterwards conveyed the same to Jacob
Westfall, the Plaintiff. Cornelius paid rent for this land for some
years, though Lord Fairfax had refused to convey it to him.
"The defendant who claimed under a purchase from John Westfall,
the younger son of Abel Westfall, by the defendant's father, and a
deed in consequence thereof from Lord Fairfax in the year of 1773
[1775?] and the defendant states in his answer that it was customary
in that part of the country, for persons having made settlement rights
to transfer the same by deathbed donation which were always considered
valid. That Abel Westfall made such a disposition of this land in
question to his son, John, who had shared with him his toil and danger
of making this settlement; that the defendant and his father held
possession until 1774 when Cornelius Westfall took possession. There
is some evidence proving a custom similar to that mentioned in the
answer. The defendant having recovered the land in ejectment, this
bill was filed, praying for an injunction and conveyance. This Chancellor
dismissed the bill being of the opinion that the equity therein stated
was neither admitted by the answer nor established by the evidence.
If Lord Fairfax had not originally invited settlement on his lands
on the South Branch by a promise of making them titles, he was nevertheless
bound by his advertisement of the 5th of August 1749 to grant title
to all persons settled thereon. That Abel Westfall being at that time
settled on the land in disputation, was a purchaser from Vanderpool,
the original settler, was entitled to a grant thereof from Lord Fairfax
in the usual terms of granting his lands; and Abel Westfall dying
as untitled in the year of 1755 without making a will or other disposition
of it, his equitable interest therein descended to Cornelius Westfall,
his eldest son and heir at law (in possession of the land).
Fall Term, 1793
My
take on this document is as follows: This is a ruling on an
appeal of an earlier ruling by the High Court Chancellor that awarded
the land to John Singleton because of Abel's deathbed donation to
his son John (who sold the land to Singleton's father). The ruling
in this appeal, however, seems to reverse that and states that Cornelius
was the rightful heir because Able died intestate. If someone
thinks I'm way off base here, please let me know and give me your
interpetation. I may be missing some documents that would clear up
this question, as well as the one about which Jacob was clerk of Randolph
County Court - RNW
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CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA
STATE PAPERS, 1652-1781. Eleven volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Commonwealth
of Virginia
Vol. 6, pages 269-270
JACOB WESTFALL'S BOND AS CLERK OF RANDOLPH COUNTY
Know all men by those presents that we, Jacob Westfall of the county
of Hardy, and Hezekiah Rosenkrons & Cornelius Westfall, of the
county of Randolph, and commonwealth of Virginia, are held and firmly
bound unto his Excellency Henry Lee, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, and to his successors, in the just and full sum of one
thousand pounds current money, for which payment well and truly to
be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators
Jointly everally and firmly by these presents.
In witness whereof,
we have herunto set our hands and seals this 28th day of January,
1793.
The condition
of the above obligation is, that whereas the above Bound Jacob Westfall
hath this day by the court of the said county of Randolph, been appointed
clerk of the Court for the said County. If, threfore, the said Jacob
Westfall doth duly and faithfully execute his office, and doth not,
at any time, remove or carry, or suffer to be removed or carried out
of the said county, the Records and papers of the Court whereof he
is clerk, or any part thereof, except in cases allowed by law, then
this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and
virtue in law.
Signed, sealed,
and acknowledged in open Court.
JACOB WESTFALL [seal]
HEZEKIAH ROSEKRONS [seal]
CORN'L WESTFALL [seal]
Teste: ROBERT MAXWELL, Sen'r Magistrate
Ralph Durret and Lynn
Hutchinson believed that this Jacob (in the above bond) was the son
of John and grandson of Abel Westfall and whose wife was Sidney Pugh.
It appears to me that it is more likely he was the son of Cornelius
and grandson of Abel and his wife was Judith Booth. Hezekiah Rosenkrans
was his brother-in-law (husband of Margaret, daughter of Cornelius)
and Cornelius (Jr.) was his brother. However, Jacob, son of John,
was from Hardy County and he apparently moved out of the county about
the time of this bond. However, if Jacob (husband of Judith Booth)
in fact did remove to Kentucky in 1789 then the bond was the Jacob
who married Sidney Pugh - Unless the date in the coument was copied
incorrectly. This bond was a printed copy. We need a copy of
the original document to rule out errors.
On August 26, 1795, a
complaint was recorded in Randolph County that two orphans, sons of
Jacob Westfall and living with Hezekiah
Rosecrance, ought to be bound. Joseph
and Jonathan were bound to Hezekiah until each reaches legal
age. At the February 1796 court, Joseph declared he was about 21.
The will of Josiah Westfall, alias Joseph,
was recorded in Randolph County on July 9, 1802. he mentions his brother
Cornelius of Harrison County, his brother
Jonathan, and Zachariah
Westfall. Among those owing money to Joseph's estate are Zachariah
Westfall for two years labor and Hezekiah
Rosecrance for 17 days of work. Joseph
Westfall appears in the Randolph Co. tax lists with Hezekiah
Rosecrance in 1802, and by himself from 1807 to 1811. Elizabeth
Westfall appears in the personal property tax lists of Randolph
Co. in 1790 through 1793 being charged with a white tithable between
16 and 21 in each of those years. If the tithable was Joseph, then
Elizabeth might be Jacob's widow. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983].
Note for Elizabeth:
Bullitt Co., Kentucky, 19 Mar. 1799 Deed of Gift, Elizabeth Westfall
of Bullitt Co. to Samuel Westfall of the same county, for the natural
love and affection I have for my beloved son, hereunto moving, all
my right to 1/3 part of tract in Hardy Co., Virginia near to Morefield
Town. Signed Elizabeth (X her mar) Westfall. Witness, Geo. W.
Harris, Mary (X her mark) Marshall, Henry Field. Proved 28 May 1799
by George W. Harris & Mary Marshall, Tho. Speed.
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and JUDITH BOOTH are:
JOSEPH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1775; d. Bef. July 9, 1802, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
JONATHAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1786.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL
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50. JOHN
WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1758, and died December 12, 1824 in Harrison County, Virginia. He married
MARGARET WOLFE, daughter of NICHOLAS
WOLFE and CHRISTINA. She was born
Abt. 1766.
John
Westfall was on military duty when his father made his will
in 1781. John Westfall of Harrison Co.
filed a service declaration dated June 15, 1818 in which he states
he enlisted in 1780 from Hampshire Co. in Capt. Wallace's Company
of the Virginia Line 7th Regiment. He gave his age as 60 and his wife's
as 54; his occupation was a laborer at which he could no longer earn
a living. John married Margaret Wolfe,
daughter of Nicholas and Christina Wolfe
and sister to Hannah, wife of Zachariah Westfall.
John Westfall and wife Margaret of Harrison Co. sold a tract in Randolph
Co. formerly belonging to Nicholas Woolf,
deceased, to Hezekiah Rosecrance on Oct.
24, 1803. A John Westfall appears in
the Randolph Co. personal property tax lists for 1787, 1790, 1791
and 1795 through 1801; and in the Harrison Co. lists for 1792 and
1793. A survey for John Westfall, assignee
of William Westfall, was recorded in
Randolph Co. in 1791. He is listed in the 1810 and 1820 censuses for
Harrison County. A request for exemption from county levies was granted
to John on June 15, 1818. John died on Dec. 12, 1824. Jacob
Westfall appeared at the June 20, 1825 Harrison Co. court to
request letters of administration of John's estate. Jacob could very
well be his son as one male is listed with John in the 1820 census.
[W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
1780, Enlisted fm Hampshire Co. in Capt.
Wallace's Company Va. Line, 7th Regiment
1792
- 1793, Personal property tax rolls, Harrison Co., Va.
1787 - 1801, On personal property tax rolls, Randolph Co., Virginia
October 24, 1803, Sold land in Randolph Co. of Nicholas Wolfe, deceased
to Hezekiah Rosecrance
1810, Living in Harrison Co. (W.Va.)
1820, Living in Harrison Co. (W.Va.)
June 15, 1818, Granted exemption from Harrison Co. levies
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and MARGARET WOLFE are:
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
m. GEORGE CASTO, September 29, 1807,
Harrison Co., VA.
67. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1790, Hardy Co., VA; d. 1848, Braxton
County, Virginia.
68. STEPHEN
WESTFALL, b. 1792, Virginia.
51. CORNELIUS
WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was baptised
January 27, 1759, and died Abt. 1844 in Lewis County, Virginia. The name
of his first wife is unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH
HELMICK January 13, 1796 in Randolph Co., (West) Virginia.
She was born Abt. 1775, and died Bef. 1830.
Machackemeck Dutch Reformed
Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Cornelius, Jan 27, 1759
SPONSORS: Cornelius Schoonhoven, Grietie Dekker
Cornelius was
not living in Hardy County (West Virginia) at the time his father
Cornelius made his will dated February 8, 1781. He is said to have
been in military duty at the time (Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983). This
seems strange since his Rev. War pension was denied. He claimed he
thought he was eligible because of his service during the Indian wars
after the Rev. War was over.
Revolutionary War Pension
application R-11333, National Archives, Washington, D.C. Cornelieus
Westfall of Lewis County an applicant for a pension. Declaration made
in the spring of 1834. Jacob J. Jackson of Lewis County a gentleman
of character and substance says that some short time past Westfall
being at his house and having previously heard that he had applied
for a pension and that subject being introduced in conversation, he
Jackson told Westfall, "that in swearing that he had been a soldier
in the Revolutionary War he ad sworn to a lie." Westfall replied,
"You don't know as much as you think you do." Jackson then
read and explained the pension law to Westfall, after which Westfall
said he had been ... upon by "them fellows" that he had
been made to believe that he was entitled to a pension for services
in the Indian wars that were carried on after the War of the Revolution
had terminiated. Westfall then told Jackson that Jonathan Wamsley
"had done him disservice." Respectfully Reported, W G Singleton,
Special Agent, July 1834.
Abstract of the will
of Jacob Helmick: Randolph County Courthouse -- Will Book #2, pg.
2
In the name of God, amen. I, Jacob Helmick of the county of Randolph,
state of Virginia being in perfect memory and knowing [that it is]
ordained for all men once to die, stave thought proper ---- of all
the worldly estate with which it has pleased [God to bless] me with
in the following manner ... I give and devise to my daughters Elizabeth
Westfall, wife of Cornellias Westfall and to Sarah Boser, wife
of Jacob Boser, and to Molly Buffington, wife of Jonathan Buffington,
and to my daughter Barbara Clarke, wife of William Clarke the sum
of $1.00 each ... In the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 13 day of June 1815.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said Jacob Helmick in the presence
of us.
Edwin Duncan, Thomas Scott, Richard Kittle
Jacob [X] Helmick
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HISTORY OF LORENTZ COMMUNITY, By A. J.
Marple 1923 - http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/upshur/history/lorentz.txt
Cornelius Westfall was the first settler on Saul's Run. He was the
grandfather of George W. Allman and the late Jacob M. Allman.
June 23, 1800, Cornelius and wife Elizabeth
sell 97 acres in the Tygart Valley of Randolph Co.
1810, Harrison County, (West) Virginia census
1815, Mentioned in the will of Elizabeth's father Jacob Helmick.
1820 - 1840, Lewis County, (West) Virginia censuses
Children of CORNELIUS
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH HELMICK are:
NANCY WESTFALL,
b. 1799; m. PETER CUTRIGHT, December
9, 1816, Harrison County, Virginia.
BARBARA WESTFALL,
b. 1802; m. GEORGE ALLMAN, December
21, 1820, Lewis County, Virginia. (children George W. Allman and
Jacob M. Allman).
69.
WALTER M. WESTFALL, b.
Abt. 1803, Virginia.
70.
JOHN H. WESTFALL, b. 1806,
Harrison Co., VA; d. May 1, 1870, Upshur Co., WV.
71.
PETER WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1819, Virginia.
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52.
ISAAC WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1762, and died Abt. 1803 in Pendleton County, Virginia.
Isaac
Westfall appears in the Pendleton
and Hardy Co. personal property tax lists from 1790 to 1796, sometimes
as Isaac Senior. An Isaac Westfall appears
in the Randolph Co. personal property tax lists in 1787 and 1789.
This may have been the same Isaac having accompanied his brother Zachariah
to Randolph Co. and acquiring some property. In Randolph Co. on Aug.
20, 1803 the inventory of the sale of Isaac
Westfall's Randolph Co. estate is recorded, and again on Sept.
17, 1803 appears the appraisement of his personal effects in Pendleton
Co. Zachariah Westfall was the administrator.
On June 27, 1803 the minor heirs of Isaac were assigned guardians:
Mary to Jacob Weese
Sr.; Eve to Jacob Weese Jr.; Moses to John Wilson (born about 1794);
Solomon to Moses Wilson (married Mary Moore); Cornelius to Hezekiah
Rosencranse then Henry Harper.
[W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Children of ISAAC WESTFALL
are:
EVE WESTFALL.
As a minor child
of Isaac Westfall, deceased, bound to Jacob Weese, Jr. in Pendleton
County in 1803.
MARY WESTFALL.
As a minor child
of Isaac Westfall, deceased, bound to Jacob Weese, Sr. in Pendleton
County in 1803.
SOLOMON WESTFALL, m. MARY MOORE,
July 27, 1815, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
As a minor child
of Isaac Westfall, deceased, bound to Moses Wilson in Pendleton
County in 1803.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1794; m. EDITH WILSON, April
2, 1815, Harrison County, (West) Virginia.
Cornelius
Westfall as a minor child of
Isaac Westfall, deceased, was bound
to Hezekiah Rosencranse in Pendleton
County in 1803, then to Henry Harper.
This Cornelius Westfall is probably the same who owned land on
Salt Lick Creek in now Braxton Co. from 1817 until he moved to
Randolph Co. about 1827. He did not appear in the 1840 census
for Virginia. Cornelius appears
on the 1820 census for Lewis Co., Virginia in the 26-45 age bracket.
A young female between 16 and 26 years of age and several children
indicate that this Cornelius was probably not much older than
26 in 1820.
MOSES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1794, Virginia.
Moses
Westfall, a minor child of
Isaac Westfall, deceased, was bound
to John Wilson in Pendleton County
in 1803. A Moses Westfall, age 56,
appears on the 1850 census of Hardy Co., Virginia. He is listed
in a household other than his own.
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53.
ZACHARIAH WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Bef.
February 18, 1769 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married HANNAH
WOLFE January 2, 1788 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia,
daughter of NICHOLAS WOLFE and CHRISTINA
WOLFE. She was born Abt. 1770.
INDENTURE, ZACHARIAH
WESTFALL TO JACOB WESTFALL JR., 28 Oct. 1789: This indenture of agreement
made this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one
thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine, Witnesseth that I, Zachariah
Westfall of the County of Randolph and the State of Virginia for and
in the consideration of the sum of forty pounds current money of Virginia
to me in hand paid by Jacob Westfall, Jr. of the County of Hardy and
the State aforesaid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and
do by these presents bargain and sell all my Right, Title and Claim
by virtue of my Father's last will and testament one half of a tract
of land containing ninety five acres lying in Lord Fairfax Manor on
the South Branch and coursed by John Westfall's land on the one side
and Joseph Petties land on the other side which land is now possessed
by Jacob Westfall Jr. and is in law between the said Jacob Westfall
Jr. and John Singleton unto the above named Jacob Westfall Jr. which
half of ninety five acres the said Jacob Westfall Jr. should recover
the said land by law. The said land is to be his and his heirs and
assigns forever and I do hereby by these presents in open and plain
market sell and make over for myself, and my heirs all my right and
claim of the said land unto the said Jacob Westfall Jr. his heirs
and assigns by virtue of my father's last will and Testament. Now
if the said Jacob Westfall Jr. should recover the said land by law
then I, myself, my heirs or Executors are to make over a deed and
lawful right such as the law requires for the more efficient conveyance
of land to the said Jacob Westfall Jr. his heirs and assigns. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above
be written.
Zachariah Westfall
Signed Sealed and acknowledged
in the presence of
Isaac Westfall
Robr. McCabe
At a court held for Hardy County the 12th day of April 1790
This Indenture and wording was proven by the oaths of the witnesses
and ordered to be recorded
By the Court
Ed Williams
Zachariah
Westfall is listed on the 1810 census for Harrison Co., Virginia.
He is listed on the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Lewis Co. There is
some confusion concerning this family's ancestor. The Wilbur C. Morrison
article says that the West Virginia pioneer ancestor (for Upshur Co.
Westfalls) was James. It then gives the line to Opha
M. Westfall: 1. James, 2. Jacob, 3. Zachariah,
4. Martin, 5. Eli, 6. Opha Marshall Westfall. The History of
Upshur County, West Virginia by W. B. Cutright (probably published
about 1910) also states that Zacharias was the son of Jacob, based
on the word of Watson Westfall, grandson
of Zacharias, to his grandson the Rev. G. G.
Westfall. It is likely that the Morrison article was based
on the Upshur County history. The Upshur County history identifies
Zacharias' father as the Jacob who built Westfall's Fort. I'm not
convinced of this (Jacob, Jurien, Johannes, Juriaen). I haven't been
able to sort out all the James Westfalls in early Virginia; however,
I do not believe James Westfall was the father of Zacharias. He does
fit neatly into the lineage I've assigned him (1. Juriaen, 2. John,
3. Abel, 4. Cornelius) Unfortunately, neat does not always mean right.
[R.N. Wall, 1998]
Zachariah married Hannah
Wolfe in Randolph County on Jan 2, 1788. She was the daughter
of Nicholas and Christina Wolfe and the
sister of Margaret who married Zachariah's
brother John. he paid personal property tax in Harrison Co. in 1785
when he became 16. Randolph Co. tax lists show he was taxed as over
21 in 1789. Zachariah purchased 179 acres on hastings Run in Harrison
Co. on April 18, 1791. Zachariah then settled on 47 acres on Stony
Run of Hackers Creek in Lewis County. Andrew
Westfall began paying personal property tax in Harrison Co.
in 1810. He bought 68 acres on Mud Lick Run in now Upshur Co. in 1812
which he and his wife Elizabeth sold
in 1826. He seems to reappear in the Mason Co. census for 1830. Zachariah
and family are said to have removed to present Jackson Co. (then Mason)
about 1827. Tax lists indicate that only Zachariah and Owen may have
moved then. Andrew seems to have joined them in 1830. [Hutchison,
W. Lynn, 1983].
On Feb. 7, 1786, Jacob
Westfall sold the rights to his share of his father's estate,
including the share he purchased from brother Isaac with the contingency
that his brother Zachariah would also sell his share. The will of
Josiah Westfall, alias Joseph, was recorded
in Randolph County on July 9, 1802. he mentions his brother Cornelius
of Harrison County, his brother Jonathan,
and Zachariah Westfall. Among those owing
money to Joseph's estate are Zachariah Westfall
for two years labor and Hezekiah Rosecrance
for 17 days of work.
Zachariah Westfall
is listed on the 1810 census for Harrison Co., Virginia. He is listed
on the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Lewis Co.
Children of ZACHARIAH
WESTFALL and HANNAH WOLFE are:
SUSANNAH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1790, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; m. DAVID
CASTO, April 20, 1807.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. May 1, 1791, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. October 4,
1879; m. JACOB CUTRIGHT, 1813, Harrison
County, (West) Virginia.
72. ANDREW
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1795, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
73. GEORGE
WESTFALL, b. April 12, 1796, Westfall homestead, Randolph
County, Virginia; d. October 11, 1873, Upshur County, (West) Virginia.
74. JACOB
C. WESTFALL, b. 1797, Virginia.
75. JOHN
S. WESTFALL, b. November
1, 1800, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. January 27, 1876,
Meigs County, Ohio.
RUTH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1805, Harrison County, (West) Virginia; m. JOHN
WARNER, April 8, 1822, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
HANNAH WESTFALL,
b. April 16, 1805, Harrison County, Virginia; m. ROBERT
LOVE, February 1, 1823, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
Walter Lynn Hutchison
names Hannah as the daughter of Joel Westfall
(1983). Corrine Cutright names her as the daughter of Zachriah
Westfall.
CLARK WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1807, Harrison County, (West) Virginia; d. 1849, Monroe
County, Iowa; m. MARTHA R. LEAL,
August 1, 1847, Jackson County, (West) Virginia.
76. OWEN
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1813, Harrison County, (West) Virginia.
SARAH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1816, Harrison County, (West) Virginia; d. April 5, 1844;
m. REASON QUEEN, November 1, 1833,
Harrison County, (West) Virginia.
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Abel
Westfall served as a captain in
the 8th Virginia Regiment from 1776 to Nov. 22, 1777. A 30 acre tract
was surveyed in his name on Apr. 26, 1783 along the South Branch.
In 1805 he responded to a Hardy Co. law suit from Ross Co., Ohio.
He tried to establish a town along the Sciota River in present day
Pickaway Co., Ohio on 1000 acres he acquired. The town of Westfall
had a post office in 1805 and competed with Chillicothe for awhile
but eventually went to decay. Abel moved to Indiana where he became
a justice of the peace. Abel's will was probated Aug. 10, 1814
in Knox County, Indiana. He was buried in the Grandview Cemetery,
Bloomfield, Indiana. [W. Lynn Hutchison,
1983]
Virginia Military Records,
Virginia Officers and Men in the Continental Line; Capt. Abell Westfall
(pg. 408); Ensign Cornelius Westfall (pg. 415); Virginia State Troops
in The Revolution (From State Suditor's Papers, now in State Library.
March 1776, paid Able Westfall for hunting Shirts and Necessaries
furnished his company from Hampshire..... 40 8 9 1/2 (pg. 597-598);
March 1776, paid Able Westfall for balance recruiting Expenses .....
18 (pg. 598); April 1776, paid
Able Westfall for Amt. of his pay Roll to 28th February. 203 16 9
(pg. 621).
Children of ABEL WESTFALL
are:
SALLY EDWARDS WESTFALL.
JULIET WESTFALL.
JENNY WESTFALL,
m. DANIEL WHITMORE.
INDIANA WESTFALL,
m. GEORGE RUBLE.
JOHN WESLEY WESTFALL,
m. ELIZA FOSTER.
NEWTON EDWARD WESTFALL,
b. Bef. 1796; m. CHRISTIANA LOVEJOY,
September 4, 1813, Fayette County, Kentucky; b. Bef. 1798.
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55.
JOHN WESTFALL (JOHN4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) died 1808 in
Knox County, Indiana.
John Westfall paid personal
property taxes in Hampshire Co. in 1782 and 1783. he served in the
Hampshire Co. militia during the Revolution in the company under his
brother Capt. Abel Westfall. John died
in Knox Co., Indiana in 1808; his will was probated Oct 1, 1808. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
are:
ABRAM WESTFALL.
JOHN WESTFALL.
SARAH WESTFALL.
KATHERINE WESTFALL
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56. CORNELIUS
WESTFALL (JOHN4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born March 9, 1756, and died in Greene County, Indiana. He married
(1) ELIZABETH SPRINGSTON April 5,
1787 in Harrison County, Virginia. He married (2) SARAH
RUMSONERS January 12, 1804 in Ross County, Ohio. She was
born Abt. 1768.
George,
Jacob, Job, William, James and Cornelius Westfall settled in
the Valley as early as 1772. They were, perhaps, brothers and came
to Randolph from Pendleton. Cornelius Westfall
was the second sheriff of Randolph in 1789.
Cornelius
Westfall enlisted in 1776 as orderly-sergeant in his brother
Abel's company; he was appointed ensign in 1777 and served until 1778.
Cornelius Westfall married Sarah
Rumsoners on Jan. 12, 1804 in Ross Co., Ohio. Cornelius
Westfall of Monongalia Co. and Samuel
Hanaway granted 1000 acres in Randolph Co. on Davis and [Horse]
Runs of Leading Creek on Sept. 29, 1788. Then in 1803, Samuel
Hanaway of Monongalia Co. and Cornelius
Westfall of Ross Co., Ohio also sold property in Randolph Co.
on April 6, 1802. Cornelius appears many times in the Virginia land
grant survey records holding property recorded under Monongalia, Harrison
and Randolph Co. at various times in the 1780's and 1790's. Cornelius
later moved from Ross Co. to Indiana. He died in Greene Co., Indiana.
Cornelius may have first married widow Elizabeth
Springstone in 1787 in Harrison County. The marriage bond was
signed first by Cornelius Westfall Sr.
and second by Cornelius Westfall Esq.
and was dated April 5, 1787. A survey of other marriage bonds of this
period indicated that the groom always signed first and was always
listed first, in this case, Cornelius Senior. Cornelius,
son of John, last paid personal property
tax in Hampshire Co. in 1783. The Cornelii are numerous in the personal
property tax records. One is listed in Harrison Co. for 1785 and 1786;
Cornelius Esq. appears in 1786 also with two tithables. A Cornelius
Westfall paid tax under Randolph Co. in 1787, and then in 1788 with
a tithable between 16 and 21 years old. In 1789, only a Cornelius
between 16 and 21 is listed; then a Cornelius over 21 is listed from
1790 to 1795. From 1797 to 1800, a Cornelius Sr. and Cornelius Jr.
were taxed; neither appears after 1800. I have a problem with the
fact that from 1783 to 1795 only one Cornelius paid personal property
taxes except in 1786 and 1788. One of the Cornelii was appointed Harrison
County Justice of Peace in 1784 and Gentleman Cornelius
Westfall listed tax payers in 1785. Both of these are likely
to be the Cornelius Esq. who also seems to be the son of Cornelius
rather that John. It is difficult to differentiate this Cornelius
from his cousin Cornelius. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Va. Service Rev. War
- WESTFALL, Cornelius - S.6842: Knox County, Indiana, May 30, 1818;
Enl. Spr. 1776 as Ord. Sgt in Capt. Abel Westfall's Co., who was his
brother, in 8th Va. Line., Col. Peter Muhlenberg, later Col. Abraham
Bowman. Spring of 1777, appointed Ensign, remained in Co., till Spr.
1778. Pens. allowed. In 1821 was living in Green Co., Ind.; has wife
Sarah, aged 53 yrs. and upwards, dau. Isephena, 17 yrs.; Susannah,
14; stepson, Isaiah Hale nearly 24 yrs. step dau. Elizabeth, 20 yrs.
Cornelius had a brother, Abraham living in 1818 but bro. Abel was
dead. Green Co., Ind., Feb. 21, 1822 - Cornelius Westfall per app.
aged 66 yrs. 9th day of March. Born March 9, 1756.
1776, Enlisted as orderly-sergeant
in bro. Abel's company, Virginia Militia
1777, Appointed ensign, 8th Virginia Regement
September 29, 1788, Granted land on Davis and Horse Runs of Leading
Creek, Randolph Co., Va.
April 6, 1802, In Ross Co., Ohio; sold land in Randolph Co., Va.
1821, Living in Green Co., Indiana
Children of CORNELIUS
WESTFALL and SARAH RUMSONERS are:
ISEPHENA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1804.
SUSANNA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1807.
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57.
ABRAHAM WESTFALL (JOHN4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1760 in Hampshire Co., Virginia, and died January 1833 in Knox County,
Indiana. He married MASSEY HARBIN
October 11, 1789 in Vincennes, Indiana.
Abraham Westfall served
as a private in the 8th Virginia Regiment under his brother Capt.
Abel Westfall. He was born in 1758 and
died about January 1833. An Abraham paid personal property tax in
Hampshire Co. only in 1783. He married Massey
Harbin on Oct. 11, 1789 in Vincennes, Indiana. Massey was the
daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth
Harbin and was born about 1722. Abraham was appointed a judge
of the Probate Court of Know Co., Indiana in 1801. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Index to Revolutionary
War Pension Applications: Abraham
Westfall, Va., Massey
Westfall, W.9883 (widow pension); Va. Service Rev. War - WESTFALL,
Abraham wid. Massey - W.9883; Know Co., Ind. Apr. 20, 1843. Massey
Westfall, wid. of Abraham, aged
73 yrs. He served under his bro. Capt. Abel
Westfall; was Massey Harbin and married at her father's house
at Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 1789 by Thos. Dalton. There were three brothers
in the War, Abraham, Cornelius and Abel.
Was private in Va. line for 1 or 2 years; married for nearly 50 years;
had 7 children, 4 were dead in 1843; youngest son Abraham
H. about 39 years old, father died soon after his birth. Affadavit
by Michael Thorn age 76 (1843); knew
Westfall 1 year before battle of Mommouth on South Branch of Potomac;
met Cornelius, Abel & Abraham three brothers. Sarah
Harness swears she knew Abraham in Hampshire Co., Va. Abraham
enlisted 28 Feb 1776.
1776 - 1777, Private
under brother Abel, 8th Va. Regiment
1783, On the tax roll of Hampshire Co., Virginia
1801, Judge of Probate Court, Knox County, Indiana.
Children of ABRAHAM
WESTFALL and MASSEY HARBIN are:
THOMAS WESTFALL,
m. POLLY SPRINGER.
SALLY WESTFALL,
m. WILLIAM SCOTT.
ISAAC WESTFALL.
JOSHUA WESTFALL.
JAMES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1790; m. (1) REBECCA FERGUSON;
m. (2) MARY BEDELL; m. (3) PRUDENCE
FLOWERS.
ABRAHAM H. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1804; m. ELIZABETH HARBIN.
Abraham H. Westfall
was the youngest of seven children. Four of them were dead in
1843 when Abraham's mother Massey applied for a Revolutionary
War pension based on Abraham Sr.'s service in Virginia.
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58.
JACOB WESTFALL (JOHN4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1761, and died 1801 in Randolph County, Virginia. He married SIDNEY
PUGH.
Jacob
Westfall settled in Tygarts Valley,
West Augusta District (Randolph County) about 1772. Jacob
was left one-third of his father's estate of 558 acres. He probably
remained in Hardy Co. until 1792 when his name disappears from the
personal property tax lists.
Jacob and his wife Sidney
Pugh along with his brother Isaac
sold the plantation on Feb. 11, 1793 a year after Sarah bequeathed
to them her dower interest. Jacob served as county clerk of Randolph
Co. from Jan 28, 1793 until his death. Jacob was noted as being the
"proprietor of Beverly" in a 1796 grant; he and Sidney granted
a few town lots. His estate in Randolph Co. was appraised on Feb.
16, 1801. According to records of the estate settlement, Jacob was
survived by several young children. Sidney remarried on Mar. 16, 1802
to Christopher Lamberton in Randolph
County. The family eventually moved to Richland Co., Ohio.
[W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Part of 12CC270-271,
page 227: Jacob Westfall vs. John Singleton, Appeal from the High
Court of Chancery.
"Sometime in the year of 1749, Lord Fairfax by a public advertisement
invited settlers to that part of the northern neck where the land
in question was, promising to make rights to such as would settle
there. A man of the name of Vanderpool, having previously made a settlement
upon the tract in dispute, he about this time sold the same to Abel
Westfall who took possession and continued to hold it until the year
of 1755 when he died intestate, leaving two sons, Cornelius, his eldest,
and John. Lord Fairfax having granted a very large tract of country
(including within it the land in question) to Bryant Martin, received
a reconveyance of it and laid off the whole as a Manor.
"In the year of 1770 upon the application of the settlers, he,
by a writing under his hand, agreed to convey to them their respective
settlements for their lives, renewable forever, reserving an annual
rent, which agreement was proved and recorded. Cornelius Westfall
who at the time of his father's death and long after lived in the
state of New Jersey, removed to this Commonwealth and took possession
of the land in question about the year of 1773, and continued to hold
it until his death in 1782, having by his will devised it to his two
sons, Isaac and Zachariah, who afterwards conveyed the same to Jacob
Westfall, the Plaintiff. Cornelius paid rent for this land for some
years, though Lord Fairfax had refused to convey it to him.
"The defendant who claimed under a purchase from John Westfall,
the younger son of Abel Westfall, by the defendant's father, and a
deed in consequence thereof from Lord Fairfax in the year of 1773
[1775?] and the defendant states in his answer that it was customary
in that part of the country, for persons having made settlement rights
to transfer the same by deathbed donation which were always considered
valid. That Abel Westfall made such a disposition of this land in
question to his son, John, who had shared with him his toil and danger
of making this settlement; that the defendant and his father held
possession until 1774 when Cornelius Westfall took possession. There
is some evidence proving a custom similar to that mentioned in the
answer. The defendant having recovered the land in ejectment, this
bill was filed, praying for an injunction and conveyance. This Chancellor
dismissed the bill being of the opinion that the equity therein stated
was neither admitted by the answer nor established by the evidence.
If Lord Fairfax had not originally invited settlement on his lands
on the South Branch by a promise of making them titles, he was nevertheless
bound by his advertisement of the 5th of August 1749 to grant title
to all persons settled thereon. That Abel Westfall being at that time
settled on the land in disputation, was a purchaser from Vanderpool,
the original settler, was entitled to a grant thereof from Lord Fairfax
in the usual terms of granting his lands; and Abel Westfall dying
as untitled in the year of 1755 without making a will or other disposition
of it, his equitable interest therein descended to Cornelius Westfall,
his eldest son and heir at law (in possession of the land).
Fall Term, 1793
My
take on this document is as follows: This is a ruling on an
appeal of an earlier ruling by the High Court Chancellor that awarded
the land to John Singleton because of Abel's deathbed donation to
his son John (who sold the land to Singleton's father). The ruling
in this appeal, however, seems to reverse that and states that Cornelius
was the rightful heir because Able died intestate. If someone
thinks I'm way off base here, please let me know and give me your
interpetation. I may be missing some documents that would clear up
this question, as well as the one about which Jacob was clerk of Randolph
County Court - RNW
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CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA
STATE PAPERS, 1652-1781. Eleven volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Commonwealth
of Virginia (1875-1893)
Vol. 6, pages 269-270
JACOB WESTFALL'S BOND AS CLERK OF RANDOLPH COUNTY
Know all men by those presents that we, Jacob Westfall of the county
of Hardy, and Hezekiah Rosenkrons & Cornelius Westfall, of the
county of Randolph, and commonwealth of Virginia, are held and firmly
bound unto his Excellency Henry Lee, Esq., Governor of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, and to his successors, in the just and full sum of one
thousand pounds current money, for which payment well and truly to
be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators
Jointly everally and firmly by these presents.
In witness whereof, we have herunto set our hands and seals this 28th
day of January, 1793.
The condition
of the above obligation is, that whereas the above Bound Jacob Westfall
hath this day by the court of the said county of Randolph, been appointed
clerk of the Court for the said County. If, threfore, the said Jacob
Westfall doth duly and faithfully execute his office, and doth not,
at any time, remove or carry, or suffer to be removed or carried out
of the said county, the Records and papers of the Court whereof he
is clerk, or any part threof, except in cases allowed by law, then
this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and
virtue in law.
Signed, sealed,
and acknowledged in open Court.
JACOB WESTFALL [seal]
HEZEKIAH ROSEKRONS [seal]
CORN'L WESTFALL [seal]
Teste: ROBERT MAXWELL, Sen'r Magistrate
Ralph
Durret and Lynn Hutchinson believed that this Jacob was the son of
John and grandson of Abel Westfall and whose wife was Sidney Pugh.
It appears to me that it is more likely he was the son of Cornelius
and grandson of Abel (see 49. JACOB WESTFALL). Hezekiah Rosenkrans
was his brother-in-law (husband of Margaret, daughter of Cornelius)
and Cornelius (Jr.) was his brother. However, Jacob, son of John,
was from Hardy County and he apparently moved out of the county about
the time of this bond.
There is considerable
confusion among various researchers about the identities of the several
Jacob Westfall's in that area of (West) Virginia in the period during
and after the Revolution. RNW
February 11, 1793, Sold
plantation in Randolph Co.
1793 - 1801, Served as County Clerk Randolph Co., Va.
February 16, 1801, Estate in Randolph Co. appraised as part of the
settlement of his estate
Children
of JACOB WESTFALL and SIDNEY PUGH are:
SARAH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1790; m. ASA MURPHY.
MARGARET WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1792; m. THOMAS PHILLIPS, March
12, 1815, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
ISAAC WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1794.
An Isaac
Westfall is listed on the 1810 census of Randolph Co.,
Virginia. There are two males between the ages of 16 and 26 in
the household and one female of about the same age.
HARVEY WESTFALL,
b. May 27, 1796, Beverly, (West) Virginia; d. August 25, 1869, Richland
County, Ohio; m. HANNAH CONCKLIN.
MARY WESTFALL,
b. October 31, 1797, Beverly, (West) Virginia; m. WILLIAM
CRALL, 1817, Richland County, Ohio.
SIDNEY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1800, Beverly, (West) Virginia; m. FRANKLIN
CARMICHAEL, Richland County, Ohio.
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ISAAC WESTFALL (JOHN4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1762. He married ELIZABETH.
Isaac
Westfall, born in 1762, was the
yougest son of John Westfall and did not serve in the Revolutionary
War. He was also the last son to move to Indiana. Isaac begins
appearing in the Hardy Co. personal property tax lists in 1789. His
wife's name was Elizabeth according to
the record of the sale of his father's estate in 1793. Isaac seems
to have purchased two tracts from the Poage family in Pendleton Co.
on Aug. 5, 1793. Out of one of the tracts, Isaac
Westfall Esq. and wife Elizabeth sold an acre to the elders
of the Lutheran and Presbyterian churches on Mar. 6, 1797. The rest
of the land was sold to James Dyer Jr.
and his brother John, also on Mar. 6, 1797. A commission was ordered
to visit Elizabeth, for whom it was inconvenient to travel, to obtain
her dower release; her acknowledgement was recorded on Mar. 14, 1797.
Recorded in Randolph Co. land grants on Oct. 22, 1798: Jacob
Westfall acting with power of attorney for Isaac
Westfall, formerly of Pendleton Co., sold a tract to James
Dyer. The letter of attorney was proven in Pendleton Co. on
Apr. 4, 1797. He appears in the Pendleton Co. tax lists as the younger
Isaac until 1797. [W. Lynn Hutchison,
1983]
I believe Isaac is the
grandfather of Edward Dixon Westfall
profiled in A. J. Sowell's "Early Settlers and Indian Fighters
of Southwest Texas. Isaac was a
surveyor and followed that profession in Indiana.
Child of ISAAC WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH is:
77. ABRAHAM
WESTFALL, b. Virginia.
60. SIMON WESTFALL (SIMON4,
GYSBERT3, SIMON2,
JURIAEN1) He married
SARAH COLL.
Witnesses to the baptisms
of Simon and Sarah
Cool Westfall children where Simon
and Jannetje Westfall. They were more
than likely the grandparents of the child being baptised.
Children of SIMON WESTFALL
and SARAH COLL are:
SIMON WESTFALL,
b. Bef. February 19, 1766, Minisink, New Jersey.
JURRY WESTFALL,
b. Bef. June 1, 1777, Minisink, New Jersey.
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61.
LEVI WESTFALL (ABRAHAM4,
PETRUS3, NICOLAUS2,
JURIAEN1) was born December
7, 1790 in Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York, and died February
23, 1869 in Ohio. He married (1) ELIZA MAXWELL.
He married (2) SARAH CAMERON. He married
(3) ELIZABETH HALES April 15, 1851
in Ohio. She was born March 22, 1815 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died
July 11, 1896 in Ohio.
In 1810, Levi and his
family settled in Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio from Washington
County, Pennsylvania.
Children of LEVI WESTFALL
and SARAH CAMERON are:
DIANAH WESTFALL,
b. March 20, 1824; m. REV. SAMUEL DAY.
NANCY JANE WESTFALL,
b. April 1824; m. DR. ARMSTRONG.
MARY WESTFALL,
b. July 1826.
NOAH WESTFALL,
b. November 3, 1827; m. MARGARET EBERSOLE.
ELIZA WESTFALL,
b. June 2, 1829; m. ANDREW FIGLEY.
THOMAS WESTFALL,
b. December 14, 1832.
LEVI WESTFALL,
b. July 15, 1836; m. ELIZABETH BAXTER.
JAMES WESTFALL,
b. January 26, 1838.
MATILDA WESTFALL,
b. July 5, 1840.
MARY ELIZABETH
WESTFALL, b. May 27, 1842.
HARRIET WESTFALL,
b. December 10, 1845; m. ENOS DUNLAVY.
Children of LEVI WESTFALL and ELIZABETH HALES are:
SAMUEL WESLEY WESTFALL,
b. April 7, 1852, Ohio; m. MARY RUTH BEAMER.
ANNA MANDA WESTFALL,
b. May 28, 1853, Ohio; m. HENRY HANSEN.
MARGARET FRANCES
WESTFALL, b. September 13, 1855.
GEORGE FRANKLIN
WESTFALL, b. January 5, 1857; m. ELLA
WOODBURY.
78. EUNICE
MALINDA WESTFALL, b. January 23, 1860.
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62. JOB
WESTFALL (WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
died 1822 in Darke County, Ohio. He married (1) HANNAH.
He married (2) MARGARET.
"The Westfall Family.
George, Jacob, Job, William, James and Cornelius
Westfall settled in the Valley as early as 1772. They were,
perhaps, brothers and came to Randolph from Pendleton. [A
History of Randolph County West Virginia]
Job
Westfall owned land adjacent to his father's in then Randolph
County. William Westfall sold Job his
estate in 1795 which Job and wife Hannah resold on Oct. 26, 1795 to
William Stalnaker. In the Randolph Co.
deed book, Job Westfall of Hamilton Co.
of North Western Territory granted his homestead on Teters Creek on
Aug. 27, 1798 via letter of attorney dated May 15, 1798. Job was also
delinquent of taxes; the land was sold in 1814 to pay Randolph Co.
taxes. Job owned 140 acres near William, Joel and Absolom in Montgomery
County, Ohio. In 1814 Job Sr. and Job Jr. began paying land taxes
in Miami Co., Ohio. The administrator bond of George
Adams for Job Westfall was dated
Jan. 4, 1823 in Darke Co., Ohio. George Adams
was to reconvey the tract, which Job originally entered in Miami Co.,
to Job's children after the principal and interest were paid; Job
apparently borrowed from Adams to purchase the land. The west half
was to go to his son William and the east half to his children by
his second wife. his heirs involved in this transaction in 1827 were
William, Diana, Job, Deborah, Levi, Eli, Margaret
and Elizabeth. A Margaret Westfall
appears in the census of 1830 in place of Job; she could be his widow.
[W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
1789 - 1794, Personal
property taxes for Randolph Co., paid by father
Recorded land in Montgomery Co., Ohio where Job's father and brothers
lived
1795, Granted part of the estate of his father, Randolph Co., Va.
1798, Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio
Children of JOB WESTFALL
and HANNAH are:
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
d. 1852, Darke County, Ohio; m. REBECCA SLADE,
1813, Montgomery County, Ohio.
DIANA WESTFALL.
JOB WESTFALL.
DEBORAH WESTFALL.
LEVI WESTFALL.
MARGARET WESTFALL.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL.
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WILLIAM WESTFALL (WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1768, and died Abt. September 1821 in Randolph County, Virginia.
He married ELIZABETH. She was born
Abt. 1785 in Virginia.
William
Westfall is on the Randolph Co.
tax lists until 1806. A William appearing in the 1810 Harrison Co.
census and the 1820 Randolph Co. census is consistent with the age
of William Junior. The personal property tax lists show William moved
(or, perhaps county lines moved) from Harrison Co. back to Randolph
Co. about 1814. William Jr. married an Elizabeth
as indicated by a Randolph Co. grant dated July 28, 1794. The appraisement
of the estate of William Jr. was recorded in Randolph Co. in Sept.
1821; Elizabeth Westfall and Adam
Westfall were administrators. Among the buyers at the estate
were the widow Elizabeth, Adam Westfall, John
Westfall, Job Westfall and Jacob Westfall.
According to the 1820 Census, William Jr. was possibly survived by
five sons and three daughters still living at home. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983].
Personal property taxes
of William Westfall for Randolph Co., paid by father, William sr.
in 1789. Some of these Westfalls may be the Gilmer County, West Virginia
clan. It is fairly certain that Jacob remained in Randolph County.
Job was living in Randolph Co. when the 1820 census was taken.
Elizabeth
Westfall, age 65, appears on the
1850 census of Randolph Co. She is in the Isaac Roy household and
the remark "pauper" is by her name. Also, Elizabeth
Westfall, age 70, appears on the 1850 census of Gilmer County
in the John Westfall household (some
of the Randolph Co. Westfalls appear to have removed to Gilmer Co.
before 1840). I suspect the Randolph Co. Elizabeth is the widow of
William Westfall of Randolph Co.
1850, Randolph Co.,
pg. 57, dwelling 475
Isaac Roy, age 38
Emily, age 34
William Nelson, age 13
Mary Roy, age 7
Elizabeth Westfall, age 65 pauper
Children of WILLIAM
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH are:
79. JOB
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1790, Virginia.
80. JOHN
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1799, Virginia.
ADAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1802; m. SARAH MCCLEAN, September
14, 1824, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
81. WILLIAM
L. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1805, Virginia.
82. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1810, Virginia.
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64.
MICHAEL WESTFALL (WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1770. He married (1) MARY HELMICK
November 3, 1803 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. He married (2) ELIZABETH
KIRKENDALL April 25, 1825 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia.
Michael
Westfall is listed on the 1810
census for Pendleton Co., Virginia. He is also on the 1820, 1830 and
1840 censuses for Randolph Co. On the 1820 census he is on the same
page as William and Job
Westfall. On the 1830 census he is listed on the same page
as Cornelius Westfall, Jacob
Westfall (son of William) and Walter
Westfall. Michael may have been the eldest son of William.
However, there is no direct evidence of this relationship. I've attached
Jacob and Michael
Westfall of Pendleton Co. (1850 Census) to Michael senior,
but I have no firm evidence to support this relationship.
Elizabeth
Kirkendall may not have been Michael's
first wife. If the probable age of Jacob (possibly his son) is correct
then Elizabeth could not have been his mother. The fact that Michael
would have been about 55 years of age also support this assumption.
Children of MICHAEL
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH KIRKENDALL are:
83. JACOB
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1815,
Virginia.
84. MICHAEL
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1824, Virginia.
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65.
JOEL WESTFALL (JOEL5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born January 23, 1779 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died August
25, 1858 in Kincheloe Creek, Harrison County, (West) Virginia. He married
(1) ELIZABETH WHITE January 4, 1798
in Randolph County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM
WHITE and MARY WALLACE. She was born
Abt. 1779, and died Aft. 1861 in Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia.
He married (2) PRISCILLA ROLLINS September
23, 1821 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1796 in Virginia.
Joel
Westfall is listed on the 1810,
1840 and 1850 censuses for Harrison Co. and the 1820 and 1830 censuses
for Lewis Co. This probably reflects changes in county boundries rather
than migration by the family.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH WHITE are:
85. JOHN
WESLEY WESTFALL, b. November 3, 1798, Randolph County, Virginia;
d. Ritchie County, West Virginia.
86. HENRY
FRY WESTFALL, b. December 1, 1799, Randolph County, Virginia;
d. 1884, Upshur County, West Virginia.
WILSON WESTFALL,
b. October 31, 1801, Randolph County, Virginia; m. CATHERINE
MARVIN, November 12, 1826, Mason County, Virginia.
Wilson Westfall
is listed on the 1830 census of Lewis Co., Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. August 31, 1803, Randolph County, Virginia.
MARY WESTFALL,
b. December 6, 1807, Harrison County, Virginia; d. August 30,
1894; m. STEVEN JESSE HUGHES, September
5, 1833, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
ISAAC W. WESTFALL,
b. April 16, 1810, Harrison County, Virginia; m. (1) ELIZABETH
REEDER, April 25, 1832, Harrison County, Virginia; d. Bef.
1834; m. (2) MARY WOLF, November
29, 1834, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
ELIZA WESTFALL,
b. May 14, 1812, Harrison County, Virginia.
HOUSTON SIMON
WESTFALL, b. August 14, 1814, Harrison County, Virginia; m.
SARAH C. LANDRUM, January 5, 1861,
Pike County, Ohio.
Twin with Allen
Westfall.
ALLEN JACKSON
WESTFALL, b. August 14, 1814, Harrison County, Virginia; m.
BETSEY SHOEMAKER.
Twin with Huston
Westfall.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL
and PRISCILLA ROLLINS are:
ZELIA FRANCIS
WESTFALL, b. December 15, 1824, Lewis County, (West) Virginia;
m. WILLIAM H. BROWN, June 29, 1856,
Harrison County, Virginia.
87. ETHELBERT
DRAKE WESTFALL, b. August 6, 1826, Lewis County, (West)
Virginia; d. November 20, 1893, Harrison County, West Virginia.
LOLIA WESTFALL,
b. 1827, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
CAROLINA CECILIA
WESTFALL, b. November 5, 1828, Lewis County, (West) Virginia;
m. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ASH, September
30, 1852, Harrison County, (West) Virginia.
ALVIN M. WESTFALL,
b. June 15, 1832, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
88. JOEL
LAFAYETTE WESTFALL, b. August 29, 1840, Lewis County, (West)
Virginia; d. August 20, 1917.
ANGELINA
LAURENTINA WESTFALL, b. March 21, 1823, Lewis County, (West)
Virginia; d. 1866; m. ANDERSON H. DAVIS,
November 17, 1842, Harrison County, Virginia.
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66.
DANIEL WESTFALL (ABRAHAM5,
DANIEL4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Bef. October 17, 1773 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married MARY
MCCABE.
Children of DANIEL
WESTFALL and MARY MCCABE are:
MATTHEW WESTFALL,
b. Bef. April 21, 1803, Minisink, New Jersey.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Bef. October 14, 1807, Minisink, New Jersey.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. Bef. February 4, 1809, Minisink, New Jersey.
ALTIE WESTFALL,
b. Bef. July 26, 1812, Minisink, New Jersey.
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67.
JACOB WESTFALL (JOHN5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1790 in Hardy Co., Virginia, and died 1848 in Braxton County,
(West) Virginia. He married DOLLY WILSON
September 21, 1807 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1790 in Virginia, and died 1850 in Braxton County, (West) Virginia.
A Jacob Westfall of about
the right age appears on the Virginia censuses for 1810 Harrison Co.,
1820 and 1830 Lewis Co. and the 1840 Braxton Co. census. His wife
Dolly and children appear on the 1850 Braxton Co. census. John
Westfall died on Dec. 12, 1824. Jacob Westfall appeared at the June
20, 1825 Harrison Co. court to request letters of administration of
John's estate. Jacob could very well be his son as one male is listed
with John in the 1820 census. [W.
Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Mr. Hutchison wrote to
me in 1983 and stated that he had heard of a family Bible that says
Jacob's father was Isaac Westfall. If
so, John Westfall may have been a relative.
Isaac Westfall, son of Cornelius
and brother of John Westfall, was born
in 1762 and died in 1803. Jacob would have been six. Five of Isaac's
minor children were bound to people other than close relatives. Was
Jacob not bound (adopted) because he was in the care of his uncle?
The makeup of this family is largely based on the proximity of the
families listed on the 1850 Braxton Co. census. Therefore, more research
needs to be done to determine the accuracy of this family group.
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and DOLLY WILSON are:
SUSAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1810, Virginia.
89. JACOB
WILSON WESTFALL, b.
Abt. 1815, Virginia; d. September 24, 1874, Braxton County, West Virginia.
90. WILSON
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1815, Virginia; d. Bef. 1860.
91. ALFRED
C. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1821, Virginia.
ASA F. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1824, Virginia; m. (1) SARAH M. WESTFALL;
b. Abt. 1830, Virginia; m. (2) MARGARET F.
GILLESPIE, October 20, 1848, Braxton County, (West) Virginia;
b. Abt. 1828, Virginia.
1860 Census, Braxton
Co., Virginia., pg. 377, dwelling 228
Asa Westfall, age 37
Sarah M. " age 30
Martha Gillaspie, age 27
James F. " age 8
Clark " age 5
Savena C. " age 10/12 (female)
92. JOHN
H. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1826, Virginia.
JULIA ANN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1828.
JANE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1833.
93. WILLIAM
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1836,
Virginia.
ANGELINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1837.
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68.
STEPHEN WESTFALL (JOHN5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born 1792 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH MORRISON July 18, 1818
in Mason County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1802 in Pennsylvania.
Stephen
Westfall is listed on the 1830
Census, Mason Co., Virginia on the same page as his first cousin Andrew
Westfall. Stephen Westfall is
listed on the 1840 and 1850 censuses, Jackson Co., Virginia. The make
up of this family is derived mainly from census records which do not
give relationships. There were two main family groups in Jackson Co.
They were the children and grandchildren of Stephen
Westfall and Andrew Westfall.
Andrew, sr. was the son of Zachariah and Hannah
Wolf. Stephen was the son of John and
Margaret Wolf. Zachariah and John were brothers.
Children of STEPHEN
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH MORRISON are:
94. JOHN
H. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1819, Virginia.
95. ANDREW
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1824, Virginia.
JACOB WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1832.
JACKSON WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1834, Virginia; m. MARY K.
Jackson and Mary
Westfall had children: William M., b. 1864; Martha, b. 1871;
Jasper S., b. 1872; Alice, b. 1874; Albert, b. 1874; Henry,
b. 1877; John, b. 1878. This family appears on the 1850-1880
censuses of Jackson County, W.Va. Son Jasper was the marshall
of Westfall, Oregon killed in a shoot-out with Asa Carey.
See
Westfalls In The Old West Part IV.
JEMINIA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1836.
MANDA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838.
ISAAC WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
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69.
WALTER M. WESTFALL (CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1803 in Virginia. He married MARGARET.
Walter
Westfall appears on the 1830 census
of Randolph Co. On the same page of the census is Michael
Westfall, Jacob Westfall and Cornelius
Westfall. Walter M. Westfall is
listed on the same page as Cornelius
and John H. Westfall on the 1840 Lewis
Co. census, and very near to the page listing John
H. Westfall on the 1850 Lewis Co. census. I've
assigned Levi Westfall (b. 1827) and
James Westfall (b. 1830) as sons of Walter
based on their approximate dates of birth and their proximity to each
other on the 1850 Lewis County census.
Children of WALTER
WESTFALL and MARGARET are:
96. LEVI
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1827,
Virginia.
97. JAMES
M. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1830, Virginia.
NANCY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1833, Virginia.
BARBARA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838, Virginia.
SUSANNA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
DANIEL WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
LUCINDA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849.
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70.
JOHN H. WESTFALL (CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born 1806 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia, and died May 1, 1870
in Upshur Co., West Virginia. He married (1) ELIZABETH
ALLMAN Abt. 1830, daughter of GEORGE
ALLMAN. She was born Abt. 1809 in Virginia, and died Bef. August
1847 in Lewis Co., (West) Virginia. He married (2) LYDIA
(WILSON) SMITH April 19, 1851 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
She was born June 1820 in (West) Virginia, and died 1907 in Lewis Co.,
West Virginia. Lydia was married first to Solomon T. Smith about 1837.
John
H. Westfall jointly paid taxes
with father Cornelius Westfall on 100
acres of land on Sand Run, in Lewis Co.
1850 Census, Lewis
County, Virginia, page 39, Dist. 30
Joel Goodwin, age 38
Mary A. age 38
(six children oldest 13yrs)
Lydia Smith age 27
David M. age 3
Solomon E. age 1
Elias Smith age 64 M
W. R. age 64 F (difficult to read)
David C. age 26 M
Mary E. age 7 F
Marriage record, 19 April
1851, John H. Westfall and Lydia
Smith. Lydia, age 50, appears in the household of her son Nathaniel
Westfall on the 1880 census in the Hackers Creek Dist. of Lewis
County, West Virginia. She appears on the 1900 census of Lewis Co.
in the household of Henry McCall. Her
age is 79 and her relationship to the head of household is listed
as grandmother. Henry McCall was born
April 1877, his wife Matilda was born in August 1879, Their son Frank
was born in December 1898. Also in the household is Henry's brother,
age 17 (born August 1883). My grandmother (Osa
Westfall Corbett) remembered her grandmother Lydia
Wilson Westfall because she lived off and on with the family.
She also remembered her Smith uncles and her uncle Peter
Westfall. Most of the Westfall family stories were given
to my grandmother by her grandmother, Lydia
Westfall. Lydia died when my grandmother was ten (1907) and
is buried in the old Harrison
Grove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek, Lewis Co., W.Va.
Marriage Certificate
from Lewis Co. WV Courthouse
Lewis Co. Marriage Records
Upshur Co. WV Death Records LDS Microfilm #0250184
Mr. R. Wilmore of Winchester, Indiana
to D. Jeanne Russell, Nov. 20, 1983: "... A.G. Smith stepson
of John H. [Westfall] filled out his death certificate. Lydia was
listed as the wife of John H. - Cornelius and Elizabeth as his parents.
I can't send you a photocopy as I got this from a list "Records
of Upshur Co., W.Va."
I am attempting to obtain
a photo copy of this death record - RNW
Children of JOHN WESTFALL and ELIZABETH ALLMAN are:
MARY ELIZABETH
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1824; d. September 4, 1885, Randolph County,
(West) Virginia; m. ABSOLEM SHIFLETT,
August 5, 1848, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
98. SAMUEL
WESTFALL, b. February 18, 1832, Virginia.
LORENZO DOW WESTFALL,
b. 1834, Virginia.
GEORGE WESTFALL,
b. 1836.
RHUHAMA WESTFALL,
b. 1838, Virginia; m. DANIEL BEACHLER,
March 31, 1857, Upshur County, (West) Virginia.
99. PETER
WESTFALL, b. December 6, 1840, Lewis County, Virginia; d.
February 27, 1913, Lewis County, West Virginia.
THOMAS HARRISON
WESTFALL, b. 1842, Virginia.
Harrison
Westfall, age 8, appears
on the 1850 census of Lewis County in the household of John
H. and Elizabeth Westfall.
Thomas, age 18, appears on the
1860 census of Randolph County in the household of John
H. and Lydia Westfall, but
Harrison does not. John Westfall
and Lydia Smith were married in
Lewis County in 1851. The 1850 census of Lewis County shows
Lydia Smith, age 27, and two Smith
children (neither of them Thomas) in the household of Joel
and Mary Goodwin. I believe Lydia was widowed, probably
about 1848 or 1849, and was probably living with a brother-in-law
and sister before she remarried to John Westfall. It is possible
that Thomas was Thomas Harrison Westfall,
but my Grandmother remembered him as Thomas
Smith but I believe that was simply a mistake in her
memory.
ALBERT WESTFALL,
b. 1846, Virginia; m. LUCY ZINE,
July 27, 1883, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
VIRGINIA WESTFALL,
b. 1849, Virginia.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL and LYDIA WILSON are:
100. JANE
WESTFALL, b. 1843, Virginia.
101. NATHANIEL
JONATHAN WESTFALL, b. December 25, 1851, West Virginia;
d. September 29, 1915, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio.
102. LYDIA
ANN WESTFALL, b. February 1854, Virginia.
JAMES E. WESTFALL,
b. 1857.
NANCY E. WESTFALL,
b. 1859.
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71.
PETER WESTFALL (CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1819 in Virginia. He married BARBARA.
She was born Abt. 1820 in Virginia.
Peter Westfall appears
on the 1840 census of Lewis Co., Virginia. He was born between 1810
and 1820. John H. Westfall, son of Cornelius Jr.and brother of Peter,
also named one of his children Peter.
Children of PETER WESTFALL
and BARBARA are:
ISAAC M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
LOUISA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1843, Virginia (?).
LOUISA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia (?).
EPHRAIM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
BARBARA E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1850, Virginia.
COLUMBUS WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852, Virginia.
RUA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1855, Virginia.
MARY O. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1857, Virginia.
MILDRED J. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1859, Virginia.
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72.
ANDREW WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1795 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. He married (1)
REBECCA. He married (2) ELIZABETH
HYRE November 11, 1809.
Andrew
Westfall began paying personal
property tax in Harrison Co. in 1810. He bought 68 acres on Mud Lick
Run in now Upshur Co. in 1812 which he and his wife Elizabeth sold
in 1826. He seems to reappear in the Mason Co. census for 1830. Adrew's
father Zachariah and family are said
to have removed to present Jackson Co. (then Mason) about 1827. Tax
lists indicate that only Zachariah and Owen may have moved then. Andrew
seems to have joined them in 1830. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]
Andrew
Westfall is listed on the 1810-1840 censuses in Virginia. In
1810 he appears in Harrison Co. In 1820 he is in Lewis Co., in 1830
he is in Mason Co. and in 1840, Jackson Co. This probably reflects
changes in those county boundries as much as migration by this family.
On the 1830 census for Mason Co., Virginia he is listed on the same
page as Stephen Westfall, Andrew's first
cousin. In the household are a male and female both between the ages
of 60 and 70. I believe they are probably the parents of Andrew's
wife Elizabeth since an elderly Cornelius Westfall
is listed on the same census in Lewis Co. The make up of this family
is derived mainly from census records which do not give relationships.
There were two main family groups in Jackson Co. They were the children
and grandchildren of Stephen Westfall
and Andrew Westfall. Andrew, sr. was
the son of Zachariah and Hannah Wolf.
Stephen was the son of John and Margaret Wolf.
Zachariah and John were brothers.
1810, Personal property
tax roll, Harrison Co., (W.Va.)
1812, Purchased 68 acres on Mud Lick Run, Upshur Co. (W.Va.)
1826, Sold the property on Mud Lick Run
1827, Removed to Mason Co. (now Jackson Co., W.Va.)
Child of ANDREW WESTFALL
and REBECCA is:
JEMIMA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1835, Virginia.
Children of ANDREW
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH HYRE are:
103. JOHN
D. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1818, Virginia.
104. NOAH
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1820, Virginia.
105. JAMES
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1821, Virginia.
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73.
GEORGE WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born April 12, 1796 in Westfall homestead, Randolph County, Virginia,
and died October 11, 1873 in Upshur County, (West) Virginia. He married
(1) LYDIA CUTRIGHT October 21, 1816
in Harrison County, (West) Virginia, daughter of ABRAM
CUTRIGHT and SUSAN BUSH. She was born
Abt. 1800. He married (2) RUHAMA CUTRIGHT
November 4, 1844 in Lewis County, Virginia, daughter of ISAAC
CUTRIGHT.
George
Westfall is listed on the 1820,
1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses of Lewis Co., Virginia. George and Ruhama
appear on the 1860 Upshur Co. census along with Perry
Westfall, age 12. There is some confusion among the sources
about Lydia and Ruhama Cutwright. It appears clear to me that Lydia
Cutwright was George's first wife and the mother of most of his children.
They were married in 1816. George married Ruhama in 1844 and was the
mother of youngest child Perry Westfall.
I'm not sure if Lydia and Ruhama were sisters or cousins. [R.
Wall, 1998}
Children of GEORGE
WESTFALL and LYDIA CUTRIGHT are:
106. WATSON WESTFALL,
b. 1818, Lewis County, Virginia.
107. MARTIN
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1820, Virginia.
108.
ELI F. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1823, Upshur County, Virginia;
d. December 19, 1895, Rockford, West Virginia.
REBECCA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1826, Virginia; m. JAMES M. WILSON,
January 23, 1847, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.West)
Virginia
ENOCH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1827, Virginia; m. (1) EMMA V.;
m. (2) CECELIA CUTRIGHT, November
21, 1850, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
OLIVER WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1829, Virginia.
FANNY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1830; m. THEODORE CUTRIGHT,
March 11, 1850, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.
GEORGE G. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1831, Virginia.
LYDIA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1831, Virginia.
CELIA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
Child of GEORGE WESTFALL
and RUHAMA CUTRIGHT is:
PERRY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848, Virginia.
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74.
JACOB C. WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born 1797 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH
SMITH August 8, 1818 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She
was born Abt. 1799 in Virginia.
Jacob
C. Westfall is listed on the 1820,
1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses of Lewis Co., Virginia. He is listed
on the same page as Cornelius Westfall
on the 1820 census, and close to Cornelius
and John H. Westfall on the 1840 census.
On the 1850 census Jacob and his family are listed in the same household
as John C. Westfall, age 31, and his
family. One of the sons of Jacob was Granville
Westfall. One of the sons of Watson Westfall
was also named Granville. This unusual name in the two familes leads
me to believe that Jacob C. was related to Watson more closely than
indicated by the line which I orginially assigned to him:
Elizabeth, age 81, appears in the 1880
census of Roane Co. in the household of her son, Asby
(or Asbury) Westfall.
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH SMITH are:
109. JOHN
C. WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1819, Virginia.
EMANUEL WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1828, Virginia.
110. ASBY
P. WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1830, Virginia.
GRANVILLE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1835, Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1837.
PERRY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840; m. ELIZABETH.
MARINDA J. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842.
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75.
JOHN S. WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born November 1, 1800 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia, and died
January 27, 1876 in Meigs County, Ohio. He married ELIZABETH
QUEEN June 28, 1825 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. She
was born Abt. 1805 in Virginia.
John S. Westfall
is listed on the 1830 census of Lewis Co. and the 1840 and 1850 censuses
of Harrison Co., Virginia.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL and ELIZABETH
QUEEN are:
SARAH WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1829,
Virginia.
ZACHARIAH WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1831, Virginia.
MARY WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1833,
Virginia.
JAMES WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1835,
Virginia.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1838, Virginia.
JANE WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1842,
Virginia.
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76.
OWEN WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1813 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia. He married (1)
ELIZABETH WATSON March 25, 1835 in
Harrison County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1820. He married (2)
AVA ANN FORINASH September 6, 1839
in Barbour County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1823 in Virginia.
Owen Westfall appears
on the 1840 census of Lewis Co., Virginia and the 1850 census of Barbour
Co.
Child of OWEN WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH WATSON is:
HARVEY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1836.
Children of OWEN WESTFALL
and AVA FORINASH are:
MARYANN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
The given name
of this daughter of Owen Westfall is very difficult to decipher
on the 1850 census of Barbour Co.
HENDERSON WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
AMANDA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
MARTHA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847.
HARRIET WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
This child's
name appears to be Harriet on the 1850 census and Marietta
on the 1860 census.
MARGARET WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852.
ELMAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1854, Virginia.
The name for this
individual is probably incorrect. The census microfilm I used
was very difficult to read.
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77.
ABRAHAM WESTFALL (ISAAC5,
JOHN4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born in Virginia.
Moved to Jasper County, Illinois in 1841.
Children of ABRAHAM WESTFALL are:
ABEL WESTFALL.
ISAAC WESTFALL, d. Grayson
County, Texas.
HENRY WESTFALL, d. Abt. 1864,
Mumfordville, Kentucky (Died
during the Civil War).
EDWARD DIXON WESTFALL, b. December
22, 1820, Knox County, Indiana; d. June 12, 1897, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas; m. JOSEPHINE SUSAN DILLON,
June 5, 1881, Bexar County, Texas.
Came to Texas in
1845 and to San Antonio in 1846. Sowell, A. J., Early Settlers
and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, (Argosy-Antiquarian
Ltd., New York, N.Y., pub. around 1897), pg. 353-367.The lengthy
story of Indian Fighter E. D. Westfall, companion of Big Foot
Wallace and other Texas legends. Edward Westfall was buried in
the Aransas Pass road cemetery, Elmendorf, Texas. His will stated
that after the death of his wife the remainder of his estate was
to go for a free public library to which whites and blacks have
access on equal terms but separate reading rooms. E.D. Westfall
had no children. (see my web page "Westfalls
In The Old West."
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78.
EUNICE MALINDA WESTFALL (LEVI5,
ABRAHAM4, PETRUS3,
NICOLAUS2, JURIAEN1)
was born January 23, 1860. She married JOHN CUSTER
ALLEN February 23, 1881 in Carrellton, Carroll County, Ohio,
son of SAMUEL ALLEN and MARY
STRAYER. He was born December 29, 1856 in DelRoy, Carroll County,
Ohio.
Child of EUNICE WESTFALL
and JOHN ALLEN is:
FRANK HALES ALLEN.
Frank was the author of
WESTFALL FAMILY LINEAGE, Descendants of Juriaen van Westphalen,
Lakewood, Ohio, (1945). I corressponded with him several times when
I first began my research more than twenty years ago. He is now
deceased.
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No. 7
79. JOB
WESTFALL (WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1790 in Virginia. He married (1) SARAH HINCKLE
June 3, 1813 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. He married (2) ELIZABETH
PICKENS August 17, 1825 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia.
She was born Abt. 1801 in Virginia.
Job Westfall appears
on the 1820 census of Randolph Co., Virginia and the1840 census of
Lewis Co. Listed on the 1840 census on the same page are William and
John Westfall households.
Children of JOB WESTFALL
and SARAH HINCKLE are:
111. A.
B. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1818, Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1823, Virginia.
Children of JOB WESTFALL and ELIZABETH PICKENS are:
JOHN M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1825, Virginia.
112. GEORGE
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1827, Virginia.
ADELINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1830, Virginia.
ELLEN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1832, Virginia.
POLLY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1839, Virginia.
113. ADAM
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1843, Virginia.
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80.
JOHN WESTFALL (WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1799 in Virginia. He married ELLENDER CLARK
March 18, 1823 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1806 in Virginia.
John
Westfall appears on the 1830 and
1840 censuses of Lewis Co., Virginia. Listed on the same page of the
1840 census are William and Job
Westfall. John and wife Ellen appear on the 1850 census of
Gilmer Co., Virginia. In the same household is Elizabeth
Westfall, age 70.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and ELLENDER CLARK are:
114. J.
C. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1824, Virginia.
EFFA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1836, Virginia.
EMELINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838, Virginia.
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WILLIAM L. WESTFALL (WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1805 in Virginia. He married (1) ELIZABETH WARE
December 23, 1836 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. She died Abt. 1838.
He married (2) MATILDA HACKER December
19, 1839 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1815 in Virginia.
William
Westfall appears on the 1830 census
of Lewis Co., Virginia apparently as a single male of about 20 years
of age. He also appears on the 1840 census of Lewis Co. Listed on
the same page are Job and John
Westfall households. A William L. Westfall
is on the 1850 census of Gilmer Co.
Children of WILLIAM
WESTFALL and ELIZABETH WARE are:
115. ADAM
SIMPSON WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1834, Virginia.
NANCY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838, Virginia.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838, Virginia.
Children of WILLIAM WESTFALL and MATILDA HACKER are:
MARY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1846.
SUSAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848.
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JACOB WESTFALL (WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1810 in Virginia. He married IVIA RYAN
January 13, 1828 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1806 in Virginia.
A Jacob Westfall appears
on the 1830, 1840 and 1850 censuses of Randolph Co., Virginia. On
the 1830 census he appears on the same page of the census as Cornelius
Westfall, Michael Westfall and Walter Westfall. In
1850 the following Westfall households were enumerated in Randolph
County:
Jacob Westfall, age
40
George S. Westfall, age 30
Catherine Westfall, age 50
Elizabeth Westfall, age 65, pauper (in the Isaac Roy household)
Edward Westfall, age 17 (in the Daniels household)
Children of JACOB WESTFALL and IVIA RYAN are:
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1828, Virginia.
ABSALOM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1829, Virginia.
EDWARD WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1833, Virginia.
Edward is not listed
with the Jacob Westfall family on the 1850 census of Randolph
Co. He does fill a gap in the ages of the children on the census.
It is likely that he was working for and living with the Daniels
family when the census was taken.
CATHERINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1837, Virginia.
EUNICE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
MADISON WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
JOB WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia; m. VIGINIA; b. Abt. 1843, Virginia.
SOLOMON WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
MARTHA J. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
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JACOB WESTFALL (MICHAEL6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1815 in Virginia. He married SUSANNAH WESTFALL
November 4, 1841 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1824 in Virginia.
The households of Jacob
Westfall, age 35, and Michael Westfall,
age 26, appear on the 1850 census of Pendleton Co., Virginia. I've
attached Jacob and Michael Westfall as children of Michael
Westfall senior, of Pendleton Co. but I have no firm evidence
to support this relationship. More
than likely Susannah was a first cousin to her husband Jacob.
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and SUSANNAH WESTFALL are:
WILLIAM S. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1843.
JOHN C. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845.
John
Westfall enlisted in the Union
army on May 1863. He enlisted at Greenland Gap in Grant County
in May of 1863 and joined Company D, 1st West Virginia Infantry.
In June 1864 he was wounded in the thigh at Piedmont, West Virginia
and spent some time in the hospital in Stauton, Virginia. In September
1864 he was captured by the Confederates and on October 27, 1864
he was taken to the infamous prisoner of war camp at Andersonville,
Georgia. In November 1864 he was exchanged as a prisoner of war
at Savannah, Georgia. He was mustered out of the army on November
26, 1864.
JAMES W. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848.
SOPHINA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858.
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MICHAEL WESTFALL (MICHAEL6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1824 in Virginia. He married SARAH A. MIDDLETON
March 10, 1842 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1825 in Virginia.
The households of Jacob
Westfall, age 35, and Michael Westfall, age 26, appear on the 1850
census of Pendleton Co., Virginia. I've
attached Jacob and Michael Westfall as children of Michael Westfall
senior, of Pendleton Co. but I have no firm evidence to support this
relationship.
Children of MICHAEL
WESTFALL and SARAH MIDDLETON are:
WILSON WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
HENRY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH.
Henry Westfall,
age 34, appears in the soundex to the 1880 West Virginia census
in Grant County. The soundex indicates the Henry and Elizabeth
had six children in 1880.
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1846, Virginia.
JANE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
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JOHN WESLEY WESTFALL (JOEL6,
JOEL5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born November
3, 1798 in Randolph County, Virginia, and died in Ritchie County, West
Virginia. He married ELIZABETH SIMONS
February 7, 1819 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1798
in Pennsylvania.
John
Westfall of about the right age
is listed on the 1830 census of Lewis Co., Virginia. John
W. Westfall is listed on the 1840 Lewis Co. census and the
1850 Ritchie Co. census. The Walter Lynn Hutchison
work indicates that John Wesley Westfall,
son of Joel Westfall, died in Ritchie
Co. John
Wesley Westfall came to Ritchie
County from Buchannon, (West) Virginia about 1845. He bought the Fredericks
Mill and W.E. Hill farm his son Joel J. Westfall
was renting. He spent the rest of his days on the farm but sold the
mill in 1857.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH SIMONS are:
116. JOEL
J. WESTFALL, b. August 24, 1819, Buckhannon, Upshur County,
(West) Virginia; d. October 30, 1910, Smithville, Ritchie County,
West Virginia.
JACOB WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1822, Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia.
MARGARET WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1824; m. JOHN CORE.
MARY E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1828, Virginia; m. ROBERT STUART.
JAMES D. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1830, Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia; m. MARTHA
J. ZICKEFOOSE, December 5, 1850, Ritchie County, (West)
Virginia.
James D. Westfall,
age 20, appears on the 1850 census of Ritchie Co., Virginia
in the household of John W. Westfall. The marriage index for
Ritchie Co. shows James B. Westfall
and Martha J. Zickefoose.
JASPER N. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1836, Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia; d. Aft.
1850, Ritchie County, (West) Virginia.
The "History
of Ritchie County" states that Jasper
Newton died as a youth. A Newton
Westfall, age 14, appears on the 1850 Census of Ritchie
County in the household of John W. Westfall.
WILLIAM C. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
The "History
of Ritchie County" states that John
and Elizabeth Simon Westfall had six children. The 1850
census seems to indicate there were seven children. Of the seven,
only William is not mentioned in the history.
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HENRY FRY WESTFALL (JOEL6,
JOEL5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born December
1, 1799 in Randolph County, Virginia, and died 1884 in Upshur County,
West Virginia. He married MARY SIMON
January 21, 1820 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1800
in Virginia, and died Bef. 1860.
Henry F. Westfall, age
60, is the single occupant of his dwelling on the 1860 census of Upshur
County, Virginia.
Child of HENRY WESTFALL
and MARY SIMON is:
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1826, Virginia.
Elizabeth
Mooney, age 24, and Victoria
Mooney (no age given, but probably an infant) appear
on the 1850 Lewis Co. census in the household of Henry
F. and Mary Westfall. This usually means a young married,
perhaps widowed, living with her parents.
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ETHELBERT DRAKE WESTFALL
(JOEL6, JOEL5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born August 6, 1826 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia, and died
November 20, 1893 in Harrison County, West Virginia. He married
ELIZA ANN YERKEY 1846. She was born Abt. 1823 in Virginia.
Children of ETHELBERT
WESTFALL and ELIZA YERKEY are:
FRANCES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847.
PRISSILLA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
ENOCH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1850, Virginia.
MINNIE R. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1860; m. EDWARD C. ROLLINS,
May 3, 1885, Lewis County, West Virginia; b. 1865, Dodderidge
Co., West Virginia.
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JOEL LAFAYETTE WESTFALL (JOEL6,
JOEL5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born August
29, 1840 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia, and died August 20, 1917. He
married (1) JULIA ANN BURNSIDES April
25, 1861, daughter of JOSEPH BURNSIDES and
SUSAN SWIGER. She was born July 24, 1839,
and died May 27, 1873. He married (2) MARY JANE
THOMPSON December 18, 1873 in Harrison County, West Virginia,
daughter of WILLIAM THOMPSON and NANCY
GARRETT. She was born October 25, 1850, and died May 2, 1918.
Joel
Westfall appears on the 1850 census
of Harrison Co., Virginia. Joel Westfall
drew bounties in Upshur County as a Union volunteer during the Civil
War. Joel is buried in the Masonic Cemetery at Good Hope, West Virginia.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL
and JULIA BURNSIDES are:
117. ANDERSON
MARION WESTFALL, b. April 4, 1862, West Virginia; d. June
8, 1909, West Virginia.
CAROLINE MANDENA
WESTFALL, b. August 16, 1864; d. April 4, 1927; m. ABRAM
B. WILCOX; b. July 25, 1854.
MARY SUSAN WESTFALL,
b. January 30, 1866; m. SAMUEL S. SHEETS,
November 20, 1887; b. February 20, 1852; d. April 12, 1915, Milton,
Cabell County, West Virginia.
ARAMETTA LAURENTINA
WESTFALL, b. December 26, 1869.
MAGGIE VIRGINIA
WESTFALL, b. March 20, 1871.
LENA WESTFALL,
b. May 27, 1873; d. May 27, 1873.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL and MARY THOMPSON are:
CORA MAY WESTFALL,
b. December 10, 1875.
118. WORTHY
LAFAYETTE WESTFALL, b. September 24, 1881.
119. HARRISON
THOMPSON WESTFALL, b. October 8, 1888.
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JACOB WILSON WESTFALL (JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1815 in Virginia, and died September 24, 1874 in Braxton County, West
Virginia. He married MARGARET BROWN
November 8, 1838 in Braxton County, (West) Virginia. She was born December
24, 1816 in Virginia, and died February 28, 1895 in Braxton County, West
Virginia.
Jacob
Westfall appears on the 1840 and
1860 censuses of Braxton Co., Virginia. He is not listed in the index
to the 1850 Virginia census. In March, 1869 Jacob
W. Westfall was assessed on 100 acres of land on the waters
of Cedar Creek, Lincoln Township.
Children of JACOB WESTFALL
and MARGARET BROWN are:
JAMES H. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1839, Virginia.
James
H. Westfall appears on the
1860 Braxton Co., Virginia census in the household of William
Heater, an apparent neighbor of Jacob
Westfall. It is likely James is living with and working
for Heater. During the Civil War James
Westfall of Braxton County and his cousins Hiram,
George and Jacob enlisted in Company B, 19th Virginia
Cavalry of the Confederate Army.
120. JOSEPH B. WESTFALL,
b. August 2, 1841.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1843, Virginia.
John
W. Westfall appears on the
soundex to the 1880 census of Braxton Co., West Virginia. Also
listed is wife Mary, age 31.
THOMAS WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
Thomas
Westfall appears on the 1860
Braxton Co. census in the household of James
McCoy. The McCoy household is enumerated on the same
page as the Jacob and Margaret Westfall
household. Thomas' age is such that it fills a four year gap
in the ages of the Westfall children. It is likely Thomas is
living with and working for McCoy, or perhaps McCoy is a relative.
LOUISA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
121. CORNELIUS
C. WESTFALL, b. December 6, 1849, Braxton County, Virginia;
d. July 11, 1896, Braxton County, West Virginia.
ELI M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1851, Virginia.
Eli appears on
the 1860 census in the household of John
P. Brown, who is probably Eli's grandfather.
EMILY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852, Virginia.
ELIZA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
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WILSON WESTFALL (JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1815 in Virginia, and died Bef. 1860. He married ELIZABETH.
She was born Abt. 1816 in Virginia.
Wilson Westfall appears
on the 1850 census of Braxton Co., Virginia. His wife and children
appear on the 1860 census. The youngest child is three years old.
It would seem that Wilson died between 1857-1860.
Children of WILSON WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH are:
HIRAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1838, Virginia.
During the Civil
War Hiram Westfall of Braxton
County and his brothers George and Jacob, and their cousin
James H. Westfall enlisted in
Company B, 19th Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate Army.
GEORGE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia; m. MELVINA.
I believe that
George's age (45) is incorrect on the 1880 soundex for Braxton
Co., West Virginia. Information on George's children was not
extracted from the soundex. During the Civil War George
Westfall of Braxton County and his brothers Jacob
and Hiram enlisted in Company B, 19th Virginia Cavalry
of the Confederate Army.
JACOB A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
The soundex to
the 1880 West Virginia census indicates there were several
children in Jacob's household. Jacob's wife's name is very
difficult to read on the soundex card. During the Civil War
Jacob Westfall of Braxton County
and his brothers George and Hiram
enlisted in Company B, 19th Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate
Army.
MARY VIRGINIA
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
The name "Mary"
appears on the 1850 census. The name "Virginia"
appears on the 1860 census. There are discrepancies in the
ages of the children from Mary/Virginia down to Zachary
Taylor Westfall.
RICHARD WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1846, Virginia.
ZACHARY TAYLOR
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
The name
Zachariah T. Westfall appears on the 1850 census. The
name Taylor Westfall appears
on the 1860 census.
ROSANNA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
MARGARET WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1857, Virginia.
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ALFRED C. WESTFALL (JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1821 in Virginia. He married ANNA RIFFLE
November 18, 1843 in Braxton County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1823 in Virginia.
Alford
and Ann Westfall are listed on
the 1850 census of Braxton Co., Virginia. On July 2, 1862 Alfred
Westfall and several other men were ordered to survey and maintain
a road from three forks of Cedar Creek, up the middle fork to the
head and then down the Rush Fork of Granny's Creek to its mouth.
Children of ALFRED
WESTFALL and ANNA RIFFLE are:
MATILDA JANE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
MARY ELIZABETH
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1846, Virginia.
SARAH ANN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852, Virginia.
GEORGE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1853, Virginia.
JULIAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1855.
ELIZA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858, Virginia.
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JOHN H. WESTFALL (JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1826 in Virginia. He married LYDIA MARGARET CLIFTON
August 9, 1847 in Braxton County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1830
in Virginia.
John and Lydia Margaret
Westfall appear on the 1850 census of Braxton Co., Virginia. No children
are listed on the return.
Child of JOHN WESTFALL
and LYDIA CLIFTON is:
SAMUEL S. WESTFALL,
b. November 10, 1853, Braxton County, (West) Virginia.
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WILLIAM WESTFALL (JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1836 in Virginia. He married HARRIET. She was born Abt. 1833 in Virginia.
Children of WILLIAM
WESTFALL and HARRIET are:
ELIZABETH WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852, Virginia.
122. ALEXANDER
H. WESTFALL, b.
Abt. 1854, Virginia.
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JOHN H. WESTFALL (STEPHEN6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1819 in Virginia. He married MIRANDA GREEN
May 31, 1840 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1820
in Virginia.
John H. Westfall and
family appear on the 1850 census of Jackson Co., Virginia.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and MIRANDA GREEN are:
EPISON WESTFALL.
WILLIAM H. WESTFALL.
DORCAS WESTFALL,
m. THOMAS ALLEN.
LOUISETT WESTFALL,
m. I. S. REED.
JANE WESTFALL,
m. G. R. REED.
123. ANDERSON
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1840, Virginia.
124. CLARK
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
NATHAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia; m. SARAH J.
MINERVA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia; m. <UNKNOWN> RATCLIFF.
125. COLUMBUS
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
SARAH ELIZABETH
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1849, Virginia; m. RANSOM
WHITED.
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ANDREW WESTFALL (STEPHEN6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1824 in Virginia. He married (1) MARY BAKER
August 27, 1835 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. He married (2) MARY
PHILIPS January 31, 1839 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia.
She was born Abt. 1825 in Kentucky.
I orignally copied this
name as Abram Westfall due to the poor
quality of the 1850 census sheet. The Jackson County marriage index
and other sources make me confident that this individual is Andrew
Westfall, jr. of Jackson Co.
Children of ANDREW
WESTFALL and MARY PHILIPS are:
126. ANDREW
J. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
MARY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1846, Virginia.
CATHERINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
A Catherine Westfall
of about the right age appears on the 1860 Braxton Co. census
in the household of Edward Robison.
Perhaps Robison is a relative.
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LEVI WESTFALL (WALTER
M.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1827 in Virginia. He married DRUZILLA
CASTO November 19, 1847 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She
was born Abt. 1829 in Virginia.
The households of Levi
Westfall, age 23, and James Westfall,
age 29, appear on the 1850 Lewis Co., Virginia census. They are probably
brothers and sons of either Walter Westfall
or John H. Westfall of Lewis County.
A Levi Westfall married Pathena
Rhodes in Jackson Co. on Dec. 24, 1846. It is possible that
Levi of Lewis Co. and Levi of Jackson Co. are one and the same. Druzilla
was also known as Duncey. Casto may not have been her maiden name.
Child of LEVI WESTFALL
and DRUZILLA CASTO is:
SARAH G. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849.
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JAMES M. WESTFALL (WALTER
M.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia. He married LUCINDA
WILSON March 18, 1847 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She
was born Abt. 1822 in Virginia.
The households of Levi
Westfall, age 23, and James Westfall,
age 29, appear on the 1850 Lewis Co., Virginia census. They are probably
brothers and sons of either Walter Westfall
or John H. Westfall of Lewis County.
The 1850 census return
for James Westfall household:
James Westfall age 20 Virginia
Lucinda age 28 Virginia
Mary A. Wilt age 10 Virginia
Rebecca E. Westfall age 2 Virginia
Eli M. age 11/12 Virginia
Lucinda
Westfall, age 57, appears on the
1880 census, in the Hackers Creek District of Lewis Co., West Virginia
in the Jacob J. Smith household. Her occupation is given as housekeeper.
There is a marriage in Lewis County between William Welt and Lucinda
Wilson on September 25, 1838. Mary A. Wilt is in the James Westfall
household on the 1850 census. Obviously, James was Lucinda's second
marriage.
Children of JAMES WESTFALL and LUCINDA WILSON are:
MARY A. WILT,
b. Abt. 1840, Virginia (stepdaughter to James).
REBECCA E.
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1848, Virginia.
ELI M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
HEZEKIAH W.
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1851, Virginia.
WILLIAM N.
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1853, Virginia.
(ANN) WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
The name of this
child of James and Lucinda Westfall is very difficult to decipher
on the 1860 census. It appears to start with "Ant"
and is much longer than simply "Ann."
SAMUEL CORNELIUS
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1858, Virginia; m. (1) MARY
SUSAN ABELS, March 6, 1880, Lewis County, West Virginia;
b. Abt. 1859, Upshur County, (West) Virginia; d. Bef. July 1886;
m. (2) ELLA VIRGINIA SMITH, July
25, 1886, Lewis County, West Virginia; b. Abt. 1863; d. Bef.
August 1887; m. (3) SARAH ELIZABETH WHITE,
August 27, 1887, Lewis County, West Virginia; b. Abt. 1867.
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SAMUEL WESTFALL (JOHN
H.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born February 18, 1832 in Virginia. He married ALMIRA
CASTO 1855. She was born Abt. 1838 in Virginia.
Children of SAMUEL
WESTFALL and ALMIRA CASTO are:
MINERVA WESTFALL.
AUSTIN C. WESTFALL.
MILLARD FILLMORE
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
DAVID M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858.
WARREN D. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1860.
JULIA FRANCES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1862.
SAMUEL S. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1868.
COLUMBUS A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1872.
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PETER WESTFALL (JOHN
H.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born December 6, 1840 in Lewis County, Virginia, and died February
27, 1913 in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married (1)
BARBARA REGER December 4, 1865 in Upshur County, West Virginia,
daughter of ANTHONY REGER and MARY
OURS. She was born October 1, 1843 in Upshur County, Virginia,
and died December 15, 1877 in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married
(2) MARY JANE REGER August 25, 1878
in Upshur County, West Virginia, daughter of ANTHONY
REGER and MARY OURS. She was born
February 7, 1849 in Upshur County, Virginia, and died December 19, 1887
in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married (3) PEGGY
TAYLOR May 6, 1890 in Lewis County, West Virginia, daughter
of WILLIAM TAYLOR. She was born 1837, and
died October 10, 1897 in Lewis County, West Virginia.
Peter is listed as a
widower on the 1900 census of Lewis Co., West Virginia. During the
Civil War Peter served with in the Union Army in Company C 10th West
Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He and his wives are buried in
the Harrison Grove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek, Lewis Co., W.Va.
Children of PETER WESTFALL
and BARBARA REGER are:
CAROLINE BELLE
WESTFALL, b. August 26, 1866, Lewis County, West Virginia;
d. July 19, 1898, Lewis County, West Virginia; m. FRANCIS
LAWRENCE HENRY, November 25, 1886, Lewis County, West Virginia.
LUTHORIUM WESTFALL,
b. January 16, 1868, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. January 10,
1877, Lewis County, West Virginia.
127. WILLIAM
HENRY WESTFALL, b. January 15, 1870, Lewis County, West
Virginia; d. June 19, 1946, Lewis County, West Virginia.
ANTHONY E. WESTFALL,
b. June 4, 1873, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. January 13, 1963,
Lewis County, West Virginia; m. ANNA P., Abt. 1884; b. April 1876,
West Virginia.
One of the people
in the Anthony Westfall household during the 1900 census of
Lewis Co., West Virginia was his uncle, Gary Turner, age 10.
I suspect that he is a blood relative of Anthony's wife, Anna.
He is Buried in the Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co., West
Virginia
128. SEYMOUR
WEESE WESTFALL, b. April 12, 1875, Lewis County, West Virginia;
d. October 26, 1956, Lewis County, West Virginia.
MINTER J. WESTFALL,
b. June 13, 1877, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. September 15,
1966, Florida.
Children of PETER WESTFALL
and MARY REGER are:
ISAAC SIMPSON
WESTFALL, b. July 16, 1879, Lewis County, West Virginia; d.
Bet. 1960 - 1970, Florida.
IDA E. WESTFALL,
b. July 4, 1882, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. April 9, 1948,
Kent, Portage County, Ohio. Burial:
Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Ohio
ADA WESTFALL,
b. February 6, 1884, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. July 12,
1896, Lewis County, West Virginia.
Shot and killed
by accident by Harrison Beeghler
at her home near Edmiston, Lewis Co. Burial: Harrison
Grove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek, Lewis Co., W.Va.
EVA WESTFALL,
b. September 28, 1886, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. Abt. 1888.
Burial: Reger Chapel Cemetery,
Brushy Fork Rd., Upshur Co., W.Va.
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100.
JANE WESTFALL (JOHN
H.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born 1843 in Virginia. She married PETER
LORENTZ. He was born 1843 in Virginia.
Children of JANE WESTFALL
and PETER LORENTZ are:
WILLIAM LORENTZ,
b. Abt. 1869.
PRESLEY LORENTZ,
b. Abt. 1871.
EVELENA C. LORENTZ,
b. Abt. 1873.
101. NATHANIEL JONATHAN
WESTFALL (JOHN H.6,
CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born December
25, 1851 in West Virginia, and died September 29, 1915 in Akron, Summit
Co., Ohio. He married LUVENIA MARGARET TROWBRIDGE
June 20, 1880 in Lewis Co., West Virginia, daughter of JAMES
TROWBRIDGE and SARAH SNIDER. She was
born November 3, 1863 in West Virginia, and died November 8, 1940 in Wadsworth,
Medina Co., Ohio.
Nathaniel and Luvenia
were married by D. G. Helmick. He was
probably related to Nathaniel Westfall whose great-grandmother was
Elizabeth Helmick. Nathaniel
appears on the 1880 census in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co., West
Virginia. Living with him is his mother, Lydia, age 50. There are
no other persons listed in the household.
Westfall, Nathaniel
M age 26 (self and parents born in W.Va.)
Lidda F age 50 mother (self and parents born in W.Va.)
Nathaniel and his family
appear on the 1900 census, Lewis Co., West Virginia. Next door is
the William M. Smith family. Nathaniel is buried in the Harrison Grove
Cemetery, Murphy's Creek, Lewis Co., W.Va.
Children of NATHANIEL
WESTFALL and LUVENIA TROWBRIDGE are:
ALBERT A. WESTFALL,
b. March 1882, d. 12 Sept. 1942, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio; m. DOROTHY.
129. FAYHMA
IRIS WESTFALL, b. 13 September 1890, West Virginia; d. 2
Sept. 1960, Salem, Oregon.
NINA J. WESTFALL,
b. August 19, 1893, Lewis County, West.Virginia; d. 2 Jan. 1988,
Lorain, Lorain Co., Ohio. Never married.
130. OSA
B. WESTFALL, b. March 13, 1897, Lewis Co., West Virginia;
d. July 15, 1992, Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas.
131. LOY
W. WESTFALL, b. November 24, 1898, West Virginia; d. 4 Feb.
1960, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio
THURMAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1901, Lewis Co., West Virginia; probably died before 1910,
Lewis County, West Virginia
132. THEODORE
ROOSEVELT WESTFALL,
b. April 24, 1907, West Virginia; d. 4 Nov. 1995, Multnomah County,
(Portland) Oregon; resided in Dallas, Oregon
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102.
LYDIA ANN WESTFALL (JOHN
H.6, CORNELIUS5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born February 1854 in Virginia. She married FRANK
MARKLEY Abt. 1871. He was born January 1850 in Virginia.
Children of LYDIA WESTFALL
and FRANK MARKLEY are:
ALLEN MARKLEY,
b. January 1876.
IDA MARKLEY,
b. October 1882.
MARTHA MARKLEY,
b. October 1883.
CINDA A. MARKLEY,
b. March 1886.
JOHN MARKLEY,
b. August 1887.
ADA MARKLEY,
b. June 1891.
LEE MARKLEY,
b. August 1894.
EMMA MARKLEY,
b. April 1898.
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103.
JOHN D. WESTFALL (ANDREW6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1818 in Virginia. He married MINERVA GREEN
November 8, 1838 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt.
1823 in Virginia.
John D. Westfall is listed
on the 1840 census for Jackson Co., Virginia on the same page as other
Westfalls. It is likely, but not certain, that he is part of the same
family.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and MINERVA GREEN are:
ELIZABETH J.
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1839.
JAMES WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
MARY A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
WILLIAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848, Virginia.
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104.
NOAH WESTFALL (ANDREW6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1820 in Virginia. He married (1) AGNES.
He married (2) MATILDA A. She was
born Abt. 1840 in Virginia. He married (3) SUSANNAH
LITTON July 20, 1840 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. He
married (4) SAMANTHA CHANCY August
31, 1845 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1823 in
Virginia.
I originally coped the
name "Martha" from the 1850 census. After discovering the
marriage record for Noah and Samantha I believe I copied the name
from the census record incorrectly. The make up of this family is
derived mainly from census records which do not give relationships.
There were two main family groups in Jackson Co. They were the children
and grandchildren of Stephen Westfall
and Andrew Westfall. Andrew, sr. was
the son of Zachariah Westfall and
Hannah Wolf. Stephen was the son of John
Westfall and Margaret Wolf. Zachariah
and John were brothers.
Children of NOAH WESTFALL
and SAMANTHA CHANCY are:
HIRAM WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1846, Virginia; m. MARGARET.
The soundex to
the 1880 West Virginia census indicates that Hiram and Margaret
had three children in 1880.
WILLIAM R. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848, Virginia.
JOHN H. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
REBECCA A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858, Virginia.
SARAH J. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1860, Virginia.
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105.
JAMES WESTFALL (ANDREW6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1821 in Virginia. He married LUCINDA JONES
March 29, 1845 in Jackson County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1828
in Virginia.
James Westfall and wife
Lucinda appear on the 1850 census of Jackson Co., Virginia.
Children of JAMES WESTFALL
and LUCINDA JONES are:
HENRY J. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
JOHN D. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
LENORA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1854.
JAMES L. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858.
CHARLES C. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1861.
ISAAC C. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1863.
LUVERNA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1865.
CLARA E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1870.
CAROLINE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1874. (Caroline may
be James' grand daughter)
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106.
WATSON WESTFALL (GEORGE6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born 1818
in Lewis County, Virginia. He married RACHEL
TENNEY June 29, 1839 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia, daughter
of SAMUEL TENNEY and DORCAS
ROHRBOUGH. She was born Abt. 1822.
Watson Westfall appears
on the 1840 census for Lewis Co., Virginia.
Children of WATSON WESTFALL
and RACHEL TENNEY are:
133. JASPER
NEWTON WESTFALL, b. May 22, 1840, Westfall homestead on
Turkey Run, Lewis County, Virginia.
134. SAMUEL
TENNY WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
GEORGE W. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1843, Virginia.
A George
W. Westfall, age 16, appears on the 1860 census of
Upshur County in the household of Samuel
and Almira (Casto) Westfall.
George W. Westfall, age 15, also
appears on the 1860 Upshur Co. census in the household of
his father Watson Westfall. It
is possible that the same individual appears twice since the
census takers counted everyone in the household at the time
they visited. The census sometimes took several weeks to complete
and if a person was visiting or moved to another household
during that time they might well show up in two locations
on the same census.
DORCAS ELIZABETH
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
135. GRANVILLE
DAYTON WESTFALL, b. March 4, 1848, Upshur County, Virginia.
OLIVER WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1850, Virginia.
REBECCA ANN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1852, Virginia.
136. ALVIN
B. WESTFALL, b. March 1853, Virginia.
RACHEL CATHERINE
WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1856, Virginia.
RUHAMA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1860, Virginia.
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107.
MARTIN WESTFALL (GEORGE6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1820 in Virginia. He married REBECCA WARNER
May 31, 1840 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1824
in Virginia.
Children of MARTIN WESTFALL
and REBECCA WARNER are:
LORENZO S. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
Lorenzo appears
as Lorenzo S. on the 1850 census and Lorenzo D. on the 1860
census.
137. ELI
W. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1842,
Virginia.
WILLIAM M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
ISAAC D. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
LAYFAYETTE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
OBEDIENCE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
Obedience does
not appear on the 1860 census when she would have been 10
or 11.
CECELIA L. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1851, Virginia.
LEWIS A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1853, Virginia.
F. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1855, Virginia.
This individual's
name is very hard to decipher on the census return of 1860,
Upshur Co., Virginia.
SARAH C. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1857, Virginia.
VALLONEY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1859, Virginia.
This individual's
name is very hard to decipher on the 1860 census.
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108.
ELI F. WESTFALL (GEORGE6,
ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1823 in Upshur County, Virginia, and died December 19, 1895 in Rockford,
West Virginia. He married RUHAMA CUTRIGHT
April 4, 1844 in Lewis County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1825,
and died May 27, 1888 in Rockford, West Virginia.
Children of ELI WESTFALL
and RUHAMA CUTRIGHT are:
FRANCES K. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia; m. JOSHUA RADABAUGH,
May 16, 1869.
ELI M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1847, Virginia.
ELSA R. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia; m. MILTON DAVIS,
September 14, 1865; b. Ritchie County, (West) Virginia.
ANNA E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1870; m. J. W. REED, August
17, 1903; b. Abt. 1863.
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109.
JOHN C. WESTFALL (JACOB
C.6, ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1819 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH.
She was born Abt. 1818 in Virginia.
John C.
Westfall and family are listed in
the same household as Jacob C. Westfall and
his family on the 1850 census of Lewis Co., Virginia.
Children of JOHN WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH are:
DERINDA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1839, Virginia.
MARTHA E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1841, Virginia.
FELITHA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1843, Virginia.
MATILDA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1844, Virginia.
ANGELINA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1850, Virginia.
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110.
ASBY P. WESTFALL (JACOB
C.6, ZACHARIAH5,
CORNELIUS4, ABEL3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH.
She was born Abt. 1840 in Virginia.
Asbury
Westfall, age 51, appears on the
1880 census of Roane Co., West Virginia. Also in the household is his
mother, Elizabeth, age 81.
Children of ASBY WESTFALL
and ELIZABETH are:
ANDREW WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1872.
SAMUEL WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1873.
ALEXANDER WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1875.
JOHN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1877.
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No. 8
111. A.
B. WESTFALL (JOB7, WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1818 in Virginia. He married CHRISTINA.
She was born Abt. 1826 in Virginia.
A. B. Westfall
appears on the 1850 census of Gilmer Co., Virginia. He appears to be
the right age to be a son of Job Westfall
of Gilmer Co.
Children of A. WESTFALL
and CHRISTINA are:
THOMAS WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1842, Virginia.
Thomas
Westfall, age 8, appears
on the 1850 census of Kenawha Co., Virginia in the Truman
household.
CORNELIUS WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1845, Virginia.
POLLY WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1848, Virginia.
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112.
GEORGE WESTFALL (JOB7,
WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1827 in Virginia. He married KAZIAH
A. She was born Abt. 1836 in Virginia.
Children of GEORGE WESTFALL
and KAZIAH A. are:
WHITMAN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1854.
VASHTI WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1862.
STEPHEN WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1865.
ADDIE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1873.
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113.
ADAM WESTFALL (JOB7,
WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1843 in Virginia. He married SARAH
A. She was born Abt. 1844 in Virginia.
Children of ADAM WESTFALL
and SARAH A. are:
IRMA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1866.
EFFA WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1867.
LEE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1869.
JOHN A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1872.
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114.
J. C. WESTFALL (JOHN7,
WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born Abt. 1824 in Virginia. He married CATHERINE
Abt. 1848. She was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia.
J. C. Westfall and family
appears on the 1850 census of Gilmer Co., Virginia next door to John
Westfall.
Child of J. WESTFALL
and CATHERINE WESTFALL is:
MANDAVILLE WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1849, Virginia.
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115.
ADAM SIMPSON WESTFALL (WILLIAM
L.7, WILLIAM6,
WILLIAM5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born Abt.
1834 in Virginia. He married MARGARET.
She was born Abt. 1835 in Virginia.
Adam
S. Westfall, age 45, appears on
the 1880 census of Gilmer County, West Virginia. There is no Adam
Westfall of the correct age in the index to the 1850 Virginia
census. The 1860 and 1870 censuses were not indexed when I did this
research. This is just a guess, but I believe he is probably the Simpson
Westfall, son of William L. Westfall
that appears on the 1850 census in Gilmer County. Adam
S. Westfall of Gilmer County was
mustered in to Company G, 10th West Virginia Infantry of the Union
Army in early 1862.
Children of ADAM WESTFALL
and MARGARET are:
ELLENOR WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1858.
WILLIAM D. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1863.
FRANCIS W. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1865.
MARY E. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1867.
HOMER WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1869.
ROBERT F. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1871.
LOYD A. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1873.
HOWARD M. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1875.
OKEY S. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1878.
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116.
JOEL J. WESTFALL (JOHN
WESLEY7, JOEL6,
JOEL5, JACOB4,
JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born August
24, 1819 in Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia, and died October
30, 1910 in Smithville, Ritchie County, West Virginia. He married (1)
ELIZA B. MILLS January 22, 1833 in
Weston, Lewis County, (West) Virginia, daughter of W.
R. MILLS. She died Bef. 1850 in Ritchie County, (West) Virginia.
He married (2) JULIA A. TINGLER June
23, 1850 in Ritchie County, (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1817 in
Virginia.
Joel
Westfall came to Ritchie County,
(West) Virginia as early as 1843 and settled in the Fredericks Mill
vacinity. At age of seventeen (1836) he was made a lieutenant of Co.
D, 133rd Regiment of the Virginia Militia. He was a captain
of the militia when he moved to Ritchie County in 1843. In 1854 left
his young son with his parents and went to California to hunt gold.
He amassed a fortune in California and became prominent in state affairs.
He was a deputy sheriff at Maripose for four years; Road Commissioner
and Supervisor for sixteen years. On October 6, 1906 he returned to
Smithville, West Virginia. He died in 1910 and was buried on the homestead
of his son in Smithville. [History
of Ritchie County]
The "History of
Ritchie County" would leave one to believe that Joel left his
only child with the boy's grandparents and went to California alone.
The 1850 census of Ritchie Co. leads me to believe that Joel probably
took the rest of his family with him. Another mystery is the name
of the lady in the house. On the 1850 census it appears to be Lydia
C. The marriage index of Ritchie Co. clearly lists the names
of Joel J. Westfall and Julia
A. Westfall married in 1850. The
"History of Ritchie County" gives the date of the marriage
of Eliza B. Mills and Joel
J. Westfall as January 22, 1843. The 1850 Census of Ritchie
Co. lists Joel J. Westfall, age 30, and
his household. James R. (or W.), age 14, is the oldest child in the
home. I believe the marriage date is off by a decade but a marriage
record should be obtained to verify its accuracy.
Child of JOEL WESTFALL
and ELIZA MILLS is:
JAMES R. WESTFALL,
b. Abt. 1836, Ritchie County, (West) Virginia.
Some items on the 1850 census are
difficult to read. It is possible that James is listed as James
W. rather than James R. If so, it is probably a mistake on the
part of the census taker.
Children of JOEL WESTFALL and JULIA
TINGLER are:
WILLIAM H. H. WESTFALL, b.
Abt. 1841, Virginia.
JOHN G. WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1843, Virginia.
PHEBE WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1846.
FRANCIS M. WESTFALL, b. Abt.
1848, Virginia.
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117.
ANDERSON MARION WESTFALL
(JOEL LAFAYETTE7,
JOEL6, JOEL5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born April 4, 1862 in West Virginia, and died June 8, 1909 in West
Virginia. He married ROSETTA MAY STOUT
December 30, 1888 in West Virginia. She was born November 19, 1862, and
died September 12, 1909 in Good Hope, Upshur County, West Virginia.
Children of ANDERSON
WESTFALL and ROSETTA STOUT are:
CLARENCE VECO
WESTFALL, b. November 9, 1889.
LOTTIE DALE WESTFALL,
b. October 9, 1894; m. ROBERT RAY BEEBE,
February 9, 1928; b. October 8, 1893.
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118.
WORTHY LAFAYETTE WESTFALL
(JOEL LAFAYETTE7,
JOEL6, JOEL5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born September 24, 1881. He married STELLA
GAY SOMMERVILLE December 1, 1903. She was born May 18, 1883.
Children of WORTHY WESTFALL
and STELLA SOMMERVILLE are:
138. EARL
GASTON WESTFALL, b. February 16, 1905; m. ERMA
CHAPMAN, September 28, 1924; b. February 9, 1904.
EDNA MAY WESTFALL,
b. January 28, 1906.
ARGEL INGRAM
WESTFALL, b. August 7, 1907; m. GEORGIA
SKIDMORE, June 1, 1929.
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119.
HARRISON THOMPSON WESTFALL
(JOEL LAFAYETTE7,
JOEL6, JOEL5,
JACOB4, JURIAEN3,
JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)
was born October 8, 1888. He married VELMA FLORENCE
BAILEY April 4, 1909. She was born May 17, 1892.
Child of HARRISON WESTFALL and VELMA
BAILEY is:
LEELAND CHESTER WESTFALL,
b. March 20, 1913.
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120.
JOSEPH B. WESTFALL (JACOB
WILSON7, JACOB6,
JOHN5, CORNELIUS4,
ABEL3, JOHANNES2,
JURIAEN1) was born August
2, 1841. He married NANCY E. HYER
October 25, 1865, daughter of LEONARD HYER
and MARGARET MCPHERSON.
Joseph
Westfall enlisted in Company F,
10th West Va. Infantry, USA, Jan. 15, 1862 and was discharged with
the rank of first sergeant, May 3, 1865. Wounded at Opequon on September
19, 1864. Opequon Creek (also called battle of Winchester), near Winchester,
Va., Civil War battle, Sept. 19, 1864; Federals under Sheridan defeated
Confederates under Early. [Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, Copyright
(c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. All Rights Reserved]
Children of JOSEPH WESTFALL
and NANCY HYER are:
LENORA ALICE
WESTFALL.
EMMA M. WESTFALL.
COLUMBUS SIMPSON
WESTFALL.
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