Joseph Pearson West, Sr.

West Family DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/westdna/about

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/m/Steven-H-Hamblin/W...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/West.htm
http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=flakey&id=...

Joseph is deemed a Patriot in DAR Lineage

Joseph West Sr was born 1718 in Merion Township Chester/Delaware County,Pennsylvania.He was son of Major John West & Elizabeth Beasely (actually Sarah Pearson. Joseph's father was born C. 1684 in Long Crannon (Crandon) Birminghanshire England. He married Jane Owen on March 6.1739/40. She was daughter of John Owen & Hannah Maris. she was born June 09,1720 and died Dec 20.1791.

Notes for Joseph West Sr. Jane's father John was a public Leader, Colonial Justice and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly.
Joseph and Jane migrated from Chester County,Pennsylvania to Fairfax County and or/Loudon County, Virginia, about 1745/ they lived there during the Revolution and later were located at Pittsylvania County in Virginia's Pidmont Plateau.

Janes father's Will stated that Jane was to received 6 pounds per year the rest of her life.
Their sons John,Benjamin,and Joseph Jr with their families moved from Virginia on Nov 16,1802 to Highland County,Ohio on February 8,1803.Settling on the western line of Brushcreek Township,four miles west of Sinking Spring.

Children of Joseph West Sr and Jane Owen;
1 Joseph West Jr b 1757 in Loudon Co,Virginia d September 1845 Brushcreek Highland Co Ohio.
2 Isaac West m.Rosannah Lewis.
3 Tracy West
4 Sarah West
5 Owen West m Elizabeth Martin.
6 Hannah West
7 George West
8 James West
9 John West m Mary King

Notes; for John West;
Served in the Revolutionary War
They had five children
Notes for Benjamin West m Elizabeth Sherwell,Sept 02 1764

Joseph West was the son of John and Sarah Pearson West. Joseph's brother, Benjamin was youngest son of John and Sarah Pearson West and Benjamin West was a famous painter.

According to the West DNA project, Joseph first married Elizabeth Hazard. No other information is known about Elizabeth and no children are documented from this source.

Joseph married Jane Owen, daughter of John and Hannah Maris Owen on Mary 6, 1740 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Joseph and Jane moved to Fairfax County (now Loudoun Co, VA) around 1748. By 1780, they had moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and aquired land situated on Straightstone Creek. The early land records were signed by Thomas Jefferson, Governor of the Commonwealth. By 1785, Joseph had aquired more than 1100 acres in the same area.

According to the genealogy booklet "Joseph West and Jane Owen" by Celeste Terrell Barnhill: "The D.A.R. Magazine for March, 1930, contains a list of person of Pittsylvania County, VA, who furnished provision for the army during the Revolution, under the Commisioners Provisions Law. In the list is the name of Joseph West. There were only two Joseph Wests in that county at that date, one being Joseph Sr. and the other Joseph, Jr., who was a soldier in the Army and not in a position to furnish provisions. It follows, therefore, that his father, Joseph, was the man thus listed."

It appears that Joseph may have over-speculated or otherwise mismanaged financial dealings based on the his wife's letters and the exclusion in the will of Jane Owen West's father, John Owen.

Joseph and Jane had 10 children.

1. Isaac (1741-1821) married Roxanna Lewis
2. Tacy (1743-?) married Jacob Nichols
3. Sarah (1745-?) married Jessy Patey
4. Owen (1749-1828) married Elizabeth Martin
5. Hannah (1751-?)
6. John (1753-?) married Mary King
7. George (1755-?) married Betty Templeton
8. Joseph (1757-1845) married Judith Ballinger
9. James (1759-?)
10. Benjamin (1762-1843) married Rebecca Canifax

Joseph died at the home of his son, George, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Joseph is deemed a Patriot in DAR Lineage

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GEDCOM Note

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