Catherine (Colville) West (1739 - 1777)

Born 1739 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Ancestors

Wife of John West Jr. — married about 1750 in Fairfax County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1777 at about age 38 in Fairfax County, Virginia

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Biography

Research Notes

Mentioned in her father's will: I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Catherine by the said Mary and now the wife of John West, Jun., and to the said John West one thousand acres of my Catacton tract of land to be laid off adjoining to John Hough’s land which he bought of Amos Jenny in such manner as my said Executors shall approve together with fifteen Negros old and young to be set off in as equal manner as may be at the discretion of my said Executors to them the said Catherine and John and their heirs forever.

Children with John West, Jr.:

1. Thomas West, b. 1755
2. Hugh West, b. Bef 1760
3. John West, b. 1760
4. Catherine West Dade, b. Bef 1761
5. Sarah West Bronaugh, b. Bef 1762
6. Francisca “Frances” West Turner, b. Bef 1765

Research Notes

• Not the same person as Catharine West b. 1786 in New York.
• Not the same person as Catherine West b. 1747 in New Jersey.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.

See also:

• The Washington And Colville Families, by Dr. G. Alder Blumer
• Genealogies of Virginia Families, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Geneological Magazine

</small>See Also:

• Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
• Ancestry.com