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John West. He married on 1642 in West Point, Gloucester, VA, daughter of .

John West (December 14, 1590 – ca. 1659) was acting from 1635 to 1637, the third West brother to serve as governor.

More About John West and Ursula Croshaw:

He was the fifth son and twelfth child of , and was born at in . He came to Virginia in 1618. He was a member of the Marriage: 1642, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

House of Burgesses (1628–30). In 1630, the decision was made to plant a settlement on the York River, “…for the securing

& taking in of a tract of Land called ye fforest bordering uppon the cheife residence of ye Pamunkey King the most Children of John West and Ursula Croshaw are:

dangerous head of the Indian enemy…” John West received one of the first grants issued for this purpose, 600 acres iii.

, b. 1650, VA, d. 1714, VA.

“on the east side of Felgates”. “Felgates” refers to Robert Felgate’s 1632 grant of “350 acres lying at Kiskeyacke upon m. Henry Fox

Pamunkey”. West sold the 600 acres, along with adjoining land, to in 1650;. It became known as the “E.D.” plantation, renamed by later owners as “Belfield”.West subsequently patented 3300 acres at the fork of York River, at the site which Henry Fox (b. 1650, d. 1714)

eventually developed into the present-day town of West Point. After his death the land passed to his son and then to his Henry Fox , was born 1650 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 1714 in King William, Virginia, USA. He married , grandson and to his great-grandson Charles West. Charles West had no issue. His will (dated 28 September 1734) left the daughter of and .

West Point estate to his mother, and after her death to his first cousin Thomas West (son of his father’s brother Thomas)

“and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, for ever…” The entail was broken in November 1761, when a trust was Children of Henry Fox and Anne West are:

established to enable 1000 acres of the land to be sold in order to purchase slaves. [5]West patented a further 1550 acres v.

, b. 1715, King William, Virginia, USA, d. 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

in 1651, and 1000 acres in Gloucester County in 1654.In 1635, after the “thrusting out” of , John West was chosen as temporary replacement., and served until 1637 when Harvey was restored to his position. In 1640 West was ordered to England, along with three other “thrusters”, to answer charges in the . All four were eventually cleared, and returned to Deborah Barbara Fox (b. 1715, d. 1763)

Virginia.John West married Anne Claiborne. The couple had one son, , who married .According to information gleaned Deborah Barbara Fox (daughter of and ) was born 1715 in King William, Virginia, USA, and died 1763 in Davidson, Tennessee, from - John West married - Anne PERCY who was born in 1608 at Jamestown, Virginia. Her father was George PERCY

USA. She married on 1757.

-and he was married to Anne FLOYD 1607, Virginia Who was born: 4 Sep 1580, England and died in Mar 1632, England.

other than this, little is known of Anne FLOYD. West’s 3000-acre land grant on the York River became the location of the More About Deborah Barbara Fox:

present town of . He died by March 1659/1660, when the Virginia Assembly passed the following act in recognition of his Date born 2: 1715, King William, Virginia, USA.

family’s services to the colonial enterprise:

Died 2: 1763, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Anne West, Lady De La Warr (née Knollys) (19 July 1555 – 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen . Anne Knollys More About Deborah Barbara Fox and Collingsworth:

was the third daughter of , (1514–1596) to Queen , and his wife . Her maternal grandparents were and . Mary was a sister of Marriage 1: 1757

, second wife of . Anne Knollys’ mother was thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn and Henry Marriage 2: Virginia, USA.

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