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Descendants of Juriaen Westfall and Mary Hansen - Focus On The Westfall's of West Virginia

This web page represents material I have collected and combined from original sources and other researchers over a long period of time. I am sure that it is not one hundred percent accurate. Except for my own line, much of the information on the third generation and beyond come from Frank Allen Hales and W. Lynn Hutchinson (now deceased) of West Virginia. Mr. Hutchinson's book, "THE WESTFALLS OF WEST VIRGINIA" is one of the best well documented, authoritative and complete history of the Westfalls that I have read in my almost forty years of genealogy research.

PLEASE NOTE: I have not attempted to verify material that was donated to me.  You should use this as a guide for your own research and not regard it as a finished work. If you have corrections, please let me know. Provide me with the sources for your conclusions I will make changes based on my judgment of the best evidence. Remember, that even the best evidence is often subject to interpretation. Please report hypertext links on this page that are not correct or not working.

Please see the other Westfall family trees for possible alternate interpretations and additional lineages. I will attempt to put as many other Westfall family trees on this web site as I can. You should attempt to verify information pertaining to your lineage. These charts are meant to be a guide only and not the final authority on Westfall family history. This family tree is based on evidence I had at the time I created this tree. I am 100% positive that it is better than 50% is correct. When I can I will compare what is here to W. Lynn Hutchison's WEST VIRGINIA WESTFALL. Lynn had access to records that I did not have, so I have a great deal of confidence his conclusions were better than mine.

PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM CURRENTLY WORKING TO MODIFY AND UPDATE THIS PAGE. Until I am able to update this tree, I suggest those interested in the Westfall lineage obtain a copy of the book, WEST VIRGINIA WESTFALLS Their Place in American History, by W. Lynn Hutchison (2015). Lynn traced the Westfall Family from Jurien through and beyond Abel Westfall who migrated from New Jersey to Virginia. He thoroughly researched and documented his work.

Generation No. 1

1. JURIAEN WESTFALL may have born in Stettin, East Pomerania (now part of Poland) or Holland, and died Abt. 1667 near Kingston, New York. He married MARY HANSEN Abt. 1654 in New Nertherland. She was the daughter of Hans Jansen (Hansen).
NOTES AND SOURCES

Juriaen van Westphalen sailed to America from Leyderdorp, Holland, in 1642. He first settled at Rensselaerswyck (now Albany, N. Y.) Nothing has been discovered about Juriaen's parentage. In 1654, he, along with some other former tenants of the van Rensselaer patroonship, bought a tract of land in the Esopus region of the Hudson Valley, about half way between Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York). The family of Mary Hansen came to America about 1640 from Holland. Due to the remote frontier conditions and the disruptions caused by the Indian war which swept over the Esopus community, the church records before 1666 are very meager, so not all the baptismal records of Juriaen's children have been found. Subsequent records and the customary family association of names among baptismal sponsors, however, give obvious proof that Juriaen Westvall and Maretjen Hansen had six children. Juriaen was susposedly killed by Indians in 1667 while guiding a group of British soldiers. I have found no source for this claim.

New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch Kingston Papers, 1664-1675; The ship (De Huyttuyn) sailed from Holland on June 6, and arrived at Rensselaerswyck, Aug. 11, 1642. Juriaen Westvael was brought from Holland at the expense of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, as a farmer upon his lands, and he remained as a farm laborer for the Patroon until his removal to Esopus. "About 1652 or 1653, some of the inhabitants of Rensselaerwyck, who had grown restive under the feudal obligations to the Patroon, settled at this place, and among the number were Thomas Chambers, Evert Pels and Juriaen Westvael. ...and in Sept., 1654, a patent for 32 1/2 morgens of land at Esopus was granted to Juriaen Westphael."

BIO SKETCHES OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE VAN RENS BOWIER MANUSCRIPTS REPRODUCED IN THE NEW YORK STATE LIB. 90TH ANNUAL REPORT VOL. 2, SUPPLEMENT 7 1997: "Juriaen Bestval (Bestvall, Bestivall, Westval, Westvael, Westvaelt, van Westvaele), from Luyderdorp [Leiderdorp, near Leyden]; came by de Houttuyn and drew wages in the colony from Aug. 13, 1642. In July, 1644, he is referred to as servant of Michiel Jansz. Jan. 14, 1649, Juriaen Bestval and Jochem Kettelheym took over from Evert Pels the remaining term of the lease, till May 1, 1653, of the farm formerly occupied by Symon Walichsz; Oct. 8, 1651, Jochem Kettelheym was released from his obligations and Juriaen Bestval became solely responsible. This farm was on Papscanee Island and was leased from May 1, 1653, to May 1, 1658, by Pieter Hartgers, and in 1658 sold to Volckert Jansz and Jan Thomasz."

A footnote on the page where this appears says: [re his name] "This name is given in the account books among the *Rensselaerswyck Mss* as *Jurriaen Bestvall, Bestevall, Bestivall, Bestwall, Westval, Westvael, Westvaelt, and Westphael. In a patent to Johanna de Laet, for land at Esopus, March 27, 1657, *Dutch Patents, HH,* p. 74, he is referred to as Juriaen van Westphalen."

On another page [p.740], in something called "Memorandum of farms in the colony" [a footnote says this is not part of the Van R. Bowier MSS, but is found in the Rensselaerwyck Mss. It is endorsed: *1651 Notietie Vn de Bouwerijen In Nieunederland Ende Wat deselve Behoorde te Rendeeren: Vut Capt. slijters Raport* (1651, Memorandum of the farms in New Netherlands and what rent the same should bring; from Capt. Slijter's report)--we have the entry for our Juriaen.

"One ditto [farm] used by *Juriaen Weestmael* [footnoted: Jurriaen Westvael or Bestval] on *papsichine* Island; also one of the best farms. Has never paid yet and gives tithes f42:-- Guilders f560 Morgens 28 Horses 10 Cows 5.

Kingston, NY. August 17, 1659, Juriaen and twelve others petitioned Peter Stuyvesant to establish a church at Wiltwyck (Kingston) and that Rev. Harmanus Bloom, who had recently arrived from Holland, would accept the position as pastor.  Except for Thomas Chambers, Jan Van Osterhout and Cornelious Slecht, all petitioners signed with a mark. Juriaen signed with a three pronged trident mark.

Ulster County History, (p42) Maria HANSEN, wife of Jurian WESTFALL, gave information about the location of an Indian camp. (p48) Jurian WESTFALL is on a list for new lots in Wiltwyck; . (p61) Jurian WESTFALL signed a call for a minister. (p64) Jurian WESTFALL tilled a farm for Gov. Stuyvesant near Hurley line.  Jurian Van Westphalen is mentioned as living in Esopus in a land patent g ranted to Johanna de Laet. "In 1662, a survey of the village of Wittwyck was made and a list of the original and newly surveyed lots, giving the owners' names, was place d on record. ... In the list of new lots, Juriaen Westphael [is given] as proprietor of lot 25. It was on the farm lands owned or cultivated by Juriaen Westvael that Louis du Bois had his noted fight with the three Indians, in October, 1663." (p368) Maria HANSEN mentioned as widow of Jurian WESTFALL.

NEW YORK HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS, DUTCH, VOL II REGISTER OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY 1642-1647 - 23 May 1644, Fort Amsterdam - Indenture of MARITIE HANS, dau of HANS JANSEN, to Phillip Gerritsen, tavern keeper, for the term of three consecutive years, beginning on New Year Anno 1645, and ending on New Year Anno 1648. Gerritsen is to provide Maritie with board, lodging, and necessary clothing and have her taught sewing. HI -- mark of Hans Jansen.

NEW YORK HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS - KINGSTON PAPERS. pg. 386.  February 7, 1667 court session, Gerrit Foken, plaintiff, brought suit against Marretie Hanse, defendant, demanding 102 guilders for his share with interest which Jur. Westphael had promised on May 2, 1662. The defendant, Marretie Hansen, admits the debt of 102 guilders as also the 16 Schepels of wheat, and says that she can pay no expenses and also because of the times, as well on account of the war as for other reasons, have not permitted her to pay. The Hon. court sentences defendant to pay plaintiff as attorney for Vockje Janss the demanded 16 sch. of wheat with the interest, because the same were accepted by her deceased husband Jury Westphael on May 2, 1662.

STOUTENBURG,HENRY A. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE DUTCH CONGREATION OF OYSTER BAY NEW YORK Vol.2, P509. Marritje, dau. of Hans Jansen Noordstrandt married about 1659, Juriaen Westphael and settled at Kingston, where they had a number of children baptized. He died about 1667. She then married Jacob Jansen Stoutenburgh.

John, son of Juriaen and Mary probably leased land on Foxhall Manor, the estate of Thomas Chambers.  John signed his name as "John Westfall of Foxhall." Chambers was granted the title "Lord of Foxhall Manor" by the British governor of New York. This may explain the legend in my family that our immigrant ancestor was named John who was a "lord or peer."  My grandmother thought that this person was her great grandfather (she was mistaken by several generations).  My grandmother was told her family history by her grandmother Lydia (Wilson Smith) Westfall when she was a very young girl. Her grandmother died when she was ten years old. It is amazing that she came as close as she did to the facts of her ancestry.

There are questions about the order of birth of the children of Juriaen and Mary. I believe that It is likely Rymerick was the eldest child, followed by Nicolas and then John. Only the baptismal records of Abel, Simon and Ellen have been found. Because tree charts expand beyond my capability to include every branch, I have choose to include only those families that came through what is today West Virginia, and then only those that are part of my family. I hope, though, that my data will be useful to others not directly related to me. - RNW

Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARY HANSEN are:

The practice in the Dutch Reformed Church was to baptise children as soon as possible after their births. In the recorded baptism records the maiden names of the mother and female witnesses was used, a genealogy gold mine rarely found anywhere else.

__. i. RYMERICK WESTFALL, b. abt. 1655; d. Bef. July 1697, m. THOMAS THEUNISSE QUICK, July 7, 1672, Kingston, NY; four known children: JOHANNES, baptised 9 Sep. 1683, Kingston; WEYNTIE [Winnie], baptised 8 Mar. 1686, Kingston (probably died as an infant; WYNTIE [Winnie] baptised 29 Sep. 1692, Kingston, m. NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN; GEERTIE, baptised 25 Aug. 25, 1695, Kingston.

__. ii. NICOLAUS WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1657 Kingston, m. (1) MARY MONTAGNE April 21, 1701 in Kingston, married (2) SARAH VAN AKEN Oct. 20, 1712 in Kingston, seven children: JURIAN, baptized. May 10, 1702, Kingston, died as an infant; PETERNELLA, baptized. Aug. 30, 1713, Kingston, m. NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN; JURIAEN, Baptized. Sep. 23, 1716, Minisink; MARIA, baptized. May 24, 1719, Kingston; ELISABETH, Baptized. Nov. 18, 1722, Minisink, m. BENJAMIN THOMSON; LYDIA, Baptized. Jan. 16, 1725/26, Minisink, m. BENJAMIN WESTBROECK VERNOY; PETRUS WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1728, Machackemeck, Port Jervis, New York; d. August 1756, Port Jervis. Peter was killed by Indians during a raid on the Minisink settlement.

3. iii. JOHANNES JURIAN WESTFALL b. Abt. 1660, Kingston, New York.

__. iv. ABEL WESTFALL, Baptized. September 25, 1661, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms by Dominie Hermannus Blom, of Kingston: 1661 (page 2): PARENTS Juriael Westvael, Marretje Hansen; CHILD Abell; WITNESSES Anna Blom, Aeltjen Wiggers, Pieter Jacobsen. Pieter Jansen; DATE 25 Sept. 1661.

4. v. SIMON WESTFALL, baptized. September 30, 1663, Kingston, New York, m. NELLIE PIETERNAL QUACKENBOS in Kingston, New York.

Baptisms by Domine Hermannus Blom, of Kingston: PARENTS Juriaen Westvael, Marretje Hansen; CHILD Symen: WITNESSES Grietjen Hendricks, Symen Hanses; DATE 30 Sept. 1663.

__. vi. ELAJEN WESTFALL Baptized. June 27, 1665, Kingston, New York. Died after August 1685.

Baptisms by Dominie Hermannus Blom, of Kingston: PARENTS Juriaen Westvael, Marretje Hansen; CHILD Elsjen; WITNESSES Peter [Westvael?] with Hendrick Cornelisse; DATE 27 June 1665. Elajen witnessed the baptism of niece Mary, daughter of brother John in August 1685.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHANNES JURIAN WESTFALL (JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1660 in Kingston, New York. He married MARY JACOBS COOL, born January 28, 1682/83 in Kingston, New York, daughter of JACOB COOL and MARITJE SIMONS. She was born Bef. March 7, 1665/66 in Kingston, New York.

Johannes father, Juriaen Westfall and Thomas Chambers were somehow connected. Chambers became an influential and prosperous citizen of Kingston. In 1672 Governor Lovelace rewarded Thomas Chambers for his services to the colony. His estate was named the Manor of Fox Hall and Thomas became Lord Chambers. He may be the source of the family legend that says the immigrant Westfall ancestor was a lord or a peer. Juriaen and Mary's son John gave his name as John Westfall of Fox Hall in the Esopus when he married Mary Cool (Cole) in 1683. This reference probably means that he leased land located on Fox Hall Manor. There is no evidence to suggest any connection with Chambers. John was one of the first to purchase land in the Machackemeck, (Port Jervis, New York) area in 1699. He probably died in that area about 1725.

THE WESTFALL FAMILY; FROM HOES BAPTISMAL AND MARRIAGE REGISTERS OF THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH AT KINGSTON, NY., and FROM FERNOW, CALENDAR OF WILLS ON FILE ALBANY, NY. RECORDS OF REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH KINGSTON, NEW YORK. (Hoes) Marriage record: "Johannes Juriaanz Weesphael, j.m. of Fox Hall in the Esopus and residing in Kingston, and Maretje Jacobs Cool, maiden, of Kingston, and residing there. First publication of banns, 17 December 1682; m. 23 January 1683."

Old Sussex County Families, THE MINISINK EARLY SETTLERS, pg. 142 (Stickney, from W.H. Nearpass of Port Jervis, N. Y.) "... Johannis, Symen and Niclaes, were [named] in a deed of conveyance in 1696, by the Indians, of lands in Menissing and Waggackameck."

Note by Sandra Newman Sanchez: John and eighteen others including his brothers Symon and Nicholas and his sister, widow Rymerick Quick, bought land from the Indians in 1696. This land was principally in Deerpark Township, Orange County, New York, known then as the Machackemech (the Indian word for "Pumpkin patch").  John moved to the land with his family in 1699 and led the Westfall migration to the Minisink. Johannes was just seven when his father died. Mary Hansen Westfall remarried to Jacob Hansen Stoutenburgh and John's siblings were probably raised their stepfather.

Children of JOHANNES WESTFALL and MARY COOL:

6. i. JURIAEN WESTFALL was born Bef. April 27, 1684 in Kingston, New York, and died Bef. December 1731 in Minisink, New Jersey.

__. ii. MARETJE [Mary] WESTFALL, baptized. August 1685, Kingston, New York, married CORNELIS KUYKENDAAL in Kingston, six children.

__. iii. REBECKA WESTFALL, baptized. Apr. 29, 1687, Kingston, m. MANUEL GONSALES in Kingston, nine children.

__. iv. JANNETJE [Jane] WESTFALL, baptized. March 17, 1688/89, Kingston, m. MATHEUS KUYKENDAAL Mar. 21, 1714/15 in Kingston, four children.

__. v. SARA WESTFALL, baptized. May 26, 1690, Kingston, m. JACOB VAN KUYKENDAAL March 21, 1714/15 in Kingston, five children.

11. vii. JACOB WESTFALL, baptized. Apr. 23, 1693, Kingston, d. Augusta Co., Virginia, m. MARGARET DUYTSCHER, Nov. 19, 1717 in Kingston.

12. vii. ABEL WESTFALL Baptized. February 9, 1695/96, Kingston, New York; d. 1755, Hampshire Co., Virginia.

__. viii. NICLAES WESTFALL, baptized. May 1, 1698, Kingston, New York.

__. ix. CLAERTJE [Clara] WESTFALL, Baptized. October 31, 1700, Minisink, New Jersey, m. 22 Sep. 1721 in Kingston, Solomon Freer.

__. x. REYMERICK WESTFALL, Baptized. June 13, 1703, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York: PARENTS Johannes Westphale, Marritje Cool; CHILD Reymerick; WITNESSES Barent von Bentyhuyse, Mary Magdalean Slegt; DATE 13 June 1703.

__. xi. LENA [Helen] WESTFALL, baptized. September 22, 1705, Kingston, New York, m. Cornelius Bogart.

__. xii. RACHEL WESTFALL, baptized. September 11, 1709, Kingston, New York, m. Johannes Middag.

4. SIMON WESTFALL (JURIAEN1) was baptized September 30, 1663 in Kingston, New York. He married NELLIE PIETERNAL QUACKENBOS in Kingston, New York.

Baptisms by Dominie Hermannus Blom, of Kingston; PARENTS Juriaen Westvael and Marretje Hansen; CHILD Symen; WITNESS Grietjen Hendricks; DATE 30 Sept. 1663.

Old Sussex County Families, THE MINISINK EARLY SETTLERS, pg. 142 (Stickney, from W.H. Nearpass of Port Jervis, N. Y.) "... Johannis, Symen and Niclaes, were [named] in a deed of conveyance in 1696, by the Indians, of lands in Menissing and Waggackameck."

Children of SIMON WESTFALL and NELLIE QUACKENBOS are:

__. i. MARRETJE WESTFALL, baptised November 18, 1694, Kingston, New York.

19. ii. JURIAEN WESTFALL, baptised September 27, 1696, Kingston, New York; d. 1753, Augusta County, Virginia.

__. iii. GYSBERT WESTFALL, baptised October 16, 1698, Kingston, New York; d. Bef. June 30, 1759.

__. iv. NEELTJE WESTFALL, baptised December 25, 1700, Kingston, New York.

__. v. GEERTJE WESTFALL baptised January 31, 1702/03, Kingston, New York.

__. vi. ANTJE WESTFALL, baptised August 11, 1706, Kingston, New York.

__. vii. LEA WESTFALL, baptised October 31, 1708, Kingston, New York; m. ADAM MAES.

__. vii. WOUTER WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1710, Kingston, New York.

__.viii. RACHEL WESTFALL, baptised July 22, 1711, Kingston, New York.

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 [Christina] 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 [Mary] 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; DATE: 27 April 1684.

Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York; Juriaen 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 Sussex 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, Juriaen 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 Westfall's and Swartwoots concerning the boundary between New York and New Jersey. The Swartwoots were north of the line in New York and Westfall's 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:

__. i. JOHANNES WESTFALL, Baptized. June 24, 1711, Kingston, New York.

__. ii. JACOBUS WESTFALL, Baptized. February 8, 1712/13, Kingston, New York.

29. iii. JACOB WESTFALL, Baptized. June 8, 1715, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Ohio.

Baptism, Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York: PARENTS Juriaen Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal; CHILD Jacob; DATE 8 June 1715 (bap. in Menissing); WITNESSES Jacob Westvaal, Rachel Van Aaken.

Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARITJE KODDEBECK are:

__. iv. BENJAMIN WESTFALL, Baptized. January 29, 1717/18, Kingston, New York.

__. v. 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.

__. vi. DANIEL WESTFALL, baptized. September 1, 1723, Kingston, New York; d. Bef. July 1800.

__. vii. MARGRIETJE WESTFALL, b. January 16, 1725/26, Rochester, New York; m. ABRAHAM VAN AKEN March 1, 1746/47, Minisink, NY.

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 higher up the River Mahakamack and with the Province of New York.

11. JACOB WESTFALL (JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was baptised 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:

__. i. MARIA WESTFALL, b. January 28, 1718/19; m. THOMAS SCHOONHOVEN

__. ii. ELEANOR MAGDALENE WESTFALL, b. before October 22, 1721, probably Minisink, New Jersey; d. Virginia; m. (1) DAVID COLE, Bef. 1740, Minisink, New York; maybe (2) JOHN DAVETS (Davis), July 21, 1759; may have m. widowed bro-in-law (3) CORNELIUS WESTFALL, aft. 1770, Hampshire Co., 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 baptizing the infants. In either case I believe that they were living in the Minisink area of New Jersey or New York by this time.

__. iii. CORNELIUS WESTFALL, bapt. September 1, 1723, Kingston, NY; d. Abt. 1755, Minisink.

33. iv. ELIZABETH WESTFALL, bapt. Jan. 16, 1725/26, Sineaquan, NY.

__. v. SARA WESTFALL, b. Oct. 6, 1728, Rochester, NY; m. JORIS KIMBER, October 5, 1749, Minisink.

__. vi. SOPHIA WESTFALL, baptized. June 19, 1734, Minisink.

__. vii. MARGRIET WESTFALL, bapt. August 26, 1736, Minisink, m. JACOBUS DAVENPORT.

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 was for his 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; His son 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 portion of it to a Singleton family. Litigation ending in 1793 dismissed the title claims of Cornelius' heirs and their assignee, Jacob Westfall.

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.

The wording in this deed is "boiler plate" legalese found on all of Lord Fairfax's deeds to settlers in western Virginia.

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." Many of the descendants of original imigrants to New Netherland moved from New York and New Jersey to western Virginia, not just the Westfalls. When I looked at the actual survey by Washington, none of the plots were in the areas my research indicated our Westfall ancestors settled. I believe Washington's unrulely "Dutch" were families of these other settlers. It is also likely that if these Dutch descendants came from Minisink or Machackemeck, (Port Jervis, New York) they may well have been relatives of the Westfalls.

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 in testate, 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 re conveyance 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:

__. i. SARAH WESTFALL, Baptized. January 28, 1718/19, Minisink, New Jersey.

34. ii. CORNELIUS WESTFALL, baptized October 15, 1721, Machackemeck, Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York; d. soon bef. March 11, 1783, Hampshire Co., Virginia; m. his cousin ELIZABETH WESTFALL.

35. iii. JOHN WESTFALL, baptized. October 25, 1724, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Abt. April 1789, Hardy County, Virginia.

__. iv. LEA WESTFALL, baptized. July 3, 1726, Minisink, New Jersey.  Her name appears in the records of Augusta County, Virginia. She apparently never married, at least there seems to be no record of her mariage in the Virginia archives (many of these records were destroyed during the Civil War).

__. v. ANNA WESTFALL, baptized. February 2, 1728/29.

__. vi. ELIZABETH WESTFALL, baptized July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.

__. vii. CATHERINA WESTFALL, baptized May 19, 1736, Minisink, New Jersey.

__. viii. LYDIA WESTFALL, baptized May 29, 1739.

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:

__. i. MARIA WESTFALL, b. January 28, 1718/19; m. THOMAS SCHOONHOVEN

__. ii. 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 (Davis), July 21, 1759; m. (3) CORNELIUS WESTFALL, Aft. 1770, Possibly Hampshire Co., Virginia; b. Bef. October 15, 1721 (widower of sister Elizabeth) 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 baptizing the infants. In either case I believe that they were living in the Minisink area of New Jersey or New York by this time.

__. iii. CORNELIUS WESTFALL, bapt. September 1, 1723, Kingston, NY; d. Abt. 1755, Minisink, NJ.

33. iv. ELIZABETH WESTFALL, bapt. January 16, 1725/26, Sineaquan, NY.

__. v. ZARA WESTFALL, b. October 6, 1728, Rochester, NY; m. JORIS KIMBER, October 5, 1749, Minisink.

__. vi. SOPHIA WESTFALL, bapt. June 19, 1734, Minisink, New Jersey.

__. vii. MARGRIET WESTFALL, Baptized. August 26, 1736, Minisink; m. JACOBUS DAVENPORT.

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 [Juriaen/George] and Blandina 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:

__. i. SYMEN WESTFALL, Bap. July 30, 1721, Kingston, New York.

__. ii. LIDIA WESTFALL, Bap. March 15, 1723/24, Kingston, New York; m. JACOB WESTBROEK, April 11, 1740, Minisink, New York.

__. iii. JAN DE WITT WESTFALL, Bap. April 3, 1726, Kingston, New York.

__. iv. CATRINA [Catherine] WESTFALL, Bap.. November 17, 1728, Minisink, New Jersey; m. Michael Harness Jr. of Pennsylvania, son of Johannes Michael Ernst (Harness) and Elizabeth Tevebaugh. Michael Harness died in an Indian attack in 1763 on the settlement of Looney's Creek, Randolph Co., Virginia and Catherine remarried to Abraham Kuykendall in Randolph County.

__. v. MARIA WESTFALL, Bap. July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.

__. vi. ANNATJE [Ann] WESTFALL, Bap.. May 3, 1737, Minisink, NJ.

Generation No. 4

29. JACOB WESTFALL (JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Bef. June 8, 1715 in Minisink, New Jersey. He and his family removed to Kentucky and then Ohio where Jacob died. He married JUDITH HORNBECK, daughter of JOOST HORNBECK and AAGJE VAN VLIET. She was born Bef. August 19, 1716 in Minisink, New Jersey. Jacob and Judith may have removed from Minisink, NJ to Virginia as early as 1738.

Baptism, Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York: PARENTS Juriaen Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal; CHILD Jacob; DATE 8 June 1715 (bap. in Menissing); WITNESSES Jacob Westvaal, Rachel Van Aaken.

EXTRACT OF DEED TO JACOB WESTFALL FROM LORD THOMAS FAIRFAX, 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 lawful 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].

December 5 1764, 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, 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 [County Clerk]

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 Tygart's Valley in 1772. All evidence argues against this. The Jacob who was the first sheriff (actualy, county clerk) was the Jacob who married Sidney Pugh and died in Randolph County, Va. in 1801. He was probably not the son of Jacob and Judith.

Of the children of Jacob and Judith, William was baptized in the DRC church in New York or New Jersey. All of the rest may have been born in Virginia.

Children of JACOB WESTFALL and JUDITH HORNBECK are:

__. i. WILLIAM WESTFALL, b. Baptised. March 26, 1735, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Aft. 1819, prob. in Ohio.

__. ii. GEORGE WESTFALL, d. Abt. 1798, Harrison or Wood County, Virginia.

__. iii. JUDY WESTFALL.

__. iv. JOEL WESTFALL, b. October 14, 1751, Pendleton County, Virginia; d. August 22, 1838, Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia.

__. v. ABEL WESTFALL, born 18 November 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia; died 30 May 1818 in Knox County, Indiana. 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. Re 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. Abel's will was probated Aug. 10, 1814 in Knox County, Indiana. He was buried in the Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Indiana.

__. vi. JACOB WESTFALL, b. October 10, 1755, Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia; d. March 5, 1835, Putnam County, Indiana.

__. vii. JAMES WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1762; d. Abt. 1803, Hamilton County, Ohio.

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. Cornelius was the son of ABEL WESTFALL and ANNE BOGARD. His data is immediately below.

One source claims Elizabeth was born in Rochester, NY. However the Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church record of marriage bans shows, Oct. 11, 1747 [banns published]; Cornelis Westfale y.m. born Machackemeck to Lisabeth Westfael y.d. born Sineaquan, both dwelling there; married November 20.

Their 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 County, Virginia. He married (1) his first cousin ELIZABETH WESTFALL (above) 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) ELANORE MAGDALENE WESTFALL aft. 1770 probably in Hampshire County. I believe it is likely she was also the daughter of JACOB WESTFALL and MARGARET DUYTSCHER. If so, she was born baptised on October 22, 1721 in Minisink, New Jersey or Mechameck, New York.

Most Westfall family researchers have assumed that Cornelius and Elizabeth were the parents of Cornelius Westfall who married Elizabeth Helmick in Randolph County and lived in Lewis County, but the younger Cornelius was the son of Jacob, eldest son of Cornelius Sr. Elizabeth Westfall.

"Baptized Oct. 15, 1721; witnesses Zoloman Freer, Claartjen Westvaal, Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Oct. 11, 1747, [date marriage banns were published] Cornelis Westfale y.m. [young man] born Machackemeck to Lisabeth Westfael y.d. [young dame] born Sineaquan, both dwelling there; married November 20."

After the death of Elizabeth, Cornelius seems 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 Hampshire County tax lists after the death of Cornelius and in records of his estate. In his will and probate, are the names of his then wife Magdalene and Eleanor. This evidence is largely circumstantial but, I subscribe to the idea Elizabeth's sister Eleanor was the second wife of Cornelius. Both women were his first cousins, not an uncommon practice then.

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 executors 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...." Cornelius Westfall's Last Will & Testament
Rec'd and Examined 1783

Draper MSS: 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:

__. i. ANNA WESTFALL, baptized. August 17, 1748, Minisink, New Jersey.

Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church Baptisms: PARENTS Cornelis Ab. Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael; CHILD Annatje, Aug. 17, 1748; SPONSORS Cornelis Westfael, Annatje Westfael

__. ii. MARGARET WESTFALL, bapt. August 5, 1750, Minisink, New Jersey; m. HEZEKIAH ROSENCRANSE.

Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church Baptisms: PARENTS Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael; CHILD Margriet, Aug. 5, 1750; SPONSORS David Cole, Eleonora Westfael, wife [of David Cole].

"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. iii. JACOB WESTFALL, bapt. March 11, 1753, Minisink, d. abt. 1795, Randolph County, Virginia. Jacob was the father

Machackemeck sDutch Reformed Church Baptisms: PARENTS Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael; CHILD Jacob, March 11, 1753; SPONSORS Jacob Westfael, Margriet Westfael

50. iv. JOHN WESTFALL, b. abt. 1758; d. Dec. 12, 1824, Harrison County, Virginia.

__. v. CORNELIUS WESTFALL bapt. Jan. 27, 1759, Minisink, Orange Co., NY.

Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church Baptisms: PARENTS Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael; CHILD Cornelius, Jan 27, 1759; SPONSORS: Cornelius Schoonhoven, Grietie Dekker.

52. vi. ISAAC WESTFALL, b. abt. 1762; d. abt. 1803, Pendleton Co, VA.

53. vii. ZACHARIAH WESTFALL, bapt. Feb. 18, 1769, Minisink, NJ.

__. viii. MARY WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1755.

35. JOHN WESTFALL (ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was baptised on October 25, 1724 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died April 1789 in Hardy County, Virginia. He married SARAH VERNOY, daughter of JOHANNES VERNOY and JANNEKER LOUW. Sarah was born on 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. John Westfall came to Augusta County, Virginia from New York probably 1745-46. 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 Abel 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. i. ABEL WESTFALL, d. 1814, Knox Co., Indiana.

55. ii. JOHN WESTFALL, d. 1808, Knox County, Indiana.

56. iii. CORNELIUS WESTFALL, b. Mar. 9, 1756, d. Greene Co, IN.

57. iv. ABRAHAM WESTFALL, b. abt. 1760, Hampshire Co., VA; d. Jan. 1833, Knox Co., IN.

58. v. JACOB WESTFALL, b. abt. 1761

59. vi. ISAAC WESTFALL, b. abt. 1762.

Generation No. 5

49. JACOB WESTFALL (CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was baptised March 11, 1753 in Minisink, New Jersey. Some researchers claim the Jacob died Abt. 1795 possible in Bullit County, Kentucky and his wife was Judith Booth. In fact there is convincing evidence that Jacob, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Westfall died in Hamshire Co. and left four sons. The name of his wife is not clearly mentioned in the relative records.

Jacob served during the American Revolution in Capt. Abel Westfall's 8th Virginia Regiment. Abel was the son of John Westfall and Jacob's cousin. Duty rosters for the Capt. Abel Westfall's regiment lists Sgt. Jacob Westfall. Jacob was listed as sick or absent because of illness in the rosters. Whatever his illness was it may have contributed to his death as a relatively young man, probably in his late 30's.

Jacob was one of the executors of the will of his father Cornelius. He apparently purchased shares of his father's estate from his brothers Isaac and Zachariah. 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 his wife was no longer living.

"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.
[signature] 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 [clerk] Ed Williams"

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, 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 interpretation. I may be missing some documents that would clear up this question. - RNW

The names and relationship between Jacob, the eldest son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Westfall this document raises the question of who of the several Jacob Westfall's in the area was appointed County Clerk of Randolph Co. It seems to me that it has to be our Jacob, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Westfall.
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 severally and firmly by these presents.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto 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, therefore, 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 (as of 1983) believed that this Jacob (in the above bond) was the son of John and grandson of Abel Westfall. That would make Hezekiah Rosenkrans his brother-in-law (husband of Margaret, daughter of Cornelius) and Cornelius (Jr.) was his brother. Jacob, son of John, was from Hardy County and he apparently moved out of the county about the time of this bond. However, if the Jacob who was the husband of Judith Booth removed to Kentucky in 1789, then the bond was probably our Jacob. If so, the date of this document helps establish Jacob's date of death (see the following document). I extracted the text of this bond from a printed copy. We need to see 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. A 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]. It is also possible that the Elizabeth who made a deed of gift from Bullitt Co., KY on 19 Mar. 1799 to her son 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 are:

61a. i. CORNELIUS WESTFALL b. abt. 1769 probably Hardy County, d. abt. 1844 in Lewis (Upshur) County, Va.

__. ii. JOSEPH WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1775; d. July 9, 1802, Randolph County, Virginia. No descendants.

__. iii. JONATHAN WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1786. Descendants, if any, are unknown.

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 out of the "country" 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.

 

 

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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PLEASE NOTE:  Zachariah and his descendants now have their own section.  Some errors in this tree were pointed out to me.  Because of the numbering system, it is difficult to change a tree.  The new section uses a family group sheet format that makes it easier to make changes when necessary.  As I merge the information from this page into the new section, I will eliminate if from here to avoid confusion.

Eventually, I hope to have a section similar to Zachariah's for the other sons of Cornelius and Elizabeth Westfall.  Click on this LINK to go to Zachariah Westfall And His Descendants.

 

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.

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.  (NOTE: Jacob C. Westfall was the son of Cornelius, not Zachariah; has been moved)

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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54.   ABEL WESTFALL (JOHN4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) died 1814 in Knox County, Indiana.

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.

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 Regiment
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. Affidavit 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.

58. JACOB WESTFALL (JOHN4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1)

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

Possible children of JACOB WESTFALL and ________________ 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. [Sidney may have been the daughter of Jacob and Sidney Pugh Westfall, but her date of birth seems to late].

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59. ISAAC WESTFALL (JOHN4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1762. He married ELIZABETH.

Isaac Westfall, born in 1762, was the youngest 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 baptized.

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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Generation No. 6

Please note the rearrangement of Cornelius Westfall.  Until I can correct this family tree, his descendants will be off by one generation less.  I also will add the proper links.

61a. CORNELIUS WESTFALL (JACOB5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born about 1769-70 probably in Virginia (censuses 1810-1840) and died Abt. 1844 in Lewis (Upshur) County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH HELMICK January 13, 1796 in Randolph Co., Virginia. She was born Abt. 1775, the daughter of Jacob Helmick, and died Bef. 1815.  He married second EDITH WILSON , probably the daughter of George Wilson, on April 02, 1815 in Harrison County. Lewis and later Baxton counties were formed from Harrison County. Edith apparently died between 1820 and 1830.

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 terminated. Westfall then told Jackson that Jonathan Wamsley "had done him disservice." Respectfully Reported, W G Singleton, Special Agent, July 1834.

I believe that Jackson knew that Cornelius could not have served during gthe Rev. War because he was too young. This would lend credence that he was not the son, but the grandson of Cornelius and Elizabeth (or sister Eleanor) Westfall.

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:

74.  JACOB C. WESTFALL, b. 1797, Virginia.  [was listed incorrectly under Zachariah Westfall]

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.

Probable Child of CORNELIUS WESTFALL and Edith Wilson was:

71.    PETER WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1819, Virginia.

 

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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.

 

63. 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 Westfall's 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. Westfall's 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.

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 boundaries 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 Houston 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.

 

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 Westfall's 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.

 

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, the daughter of George H. and Nancy Wilson; she died October 12, 1907 in Lewis Co., West Virginia. She is buried in the Harrison Grove Cemetery on Murphy's Creek Road in Lewis County south of Weston.  Lydia was married first to Solomon P. 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 have obtained a photo copy of this death record - RNW)

Children of JOHN WESTFALL and ELIZABETH ALLMAN are:

__ i.  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. ii.  SAMUEL WESTFALL, b. February 18, 1832, Virginia.

__ iii.  LORENZO DOW WESTFALL, b. 1834, Virginia, m. step-sister MARY ELCY SMITH (see below)

__ iv.  GEORGE WESTFALL, b. 1836.

__ v.  RHUHAMA WESTFALL, b. 1838, Virginia; m. DANIEL BEACHLER, March 31, 1857, Upshur County, (West) Virginia.

99. vi.    PETER WESTFALL, b. December 6, 1840, Lewis County, Virginia; d. February 27, 1913, Lewis County, West Virginia.

__ vii.  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.

__ viii.  ALBERT WESTFALL, b. 1846, Virginia; m. LUCY ZINE, July 27, 1883, Lewis County, (West) Virginia.

__ ix.  VIRGINIA WESTFALL, b. 1849, Virginia.


Children of JOHN WESTFALL and LYDIA WILSON are:

100. i.   JANE WESTFALL, b. 1843, Virginia.

101. ii.  NATHANIEL JONATHAN WESTFALL, b. December 25, 1851, West Virginia; d. September 29, 1915, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio.

102. iii.  LYDIA ANN WESTFALL, b. February 1854, Virginia.

___ iv.  JAMES E. WESTFALL, b. 1857.

___ v.  NANCY E. WESTFALL, b. 1859.

 

Children of LYDIA WILSON and SOLOMON P. SMITH

___ i.  WILLIAM MCKINDRA SMITH, b. April 14, 1839, Lewis County, Virginia; d. April 9, 1928, Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia; buried Mt. Olive Cemetery, Brushy Fork, Harrison County, West Virginia; m. (1) SARAH "SALLIE" ANN KITTLE, Sept. 14, 1872 in Lewis County; m. (2) ROSA B. ABLES, March 17, 1891, Lewis County, West Virginia.

___ ii.  THOMAS GRANVILLE SMITH, b. March 21, 1841, Stonecoal Creek, Lewis County, Virginia; d. August 11, 1924, Alum Bridge, Lewis County, West Virginia; buried in Harrison Grove Cemetery, Murphy's Creek Rd., Lewis County, West Virginia; m. (1) MARY C. HORNBECK, abt. 1866; m. (2) MILDRED LAMB, abt. 1869, Randolph County, West Virginia.

___ iii.  MARY ELCY SMITH, b. abt. 1844; m. LORENZO DOW WESTFALL, November 25, 1860, son of JOHN H. WESTFALL and ELIZABETH ALLMAN (Mary's step-brother)

___ iv.  DAVID M. SMITH, b. abt. 1846

___ v.  SOLOMON E. SMITH, b. abt. 1848

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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.

 

72. ANDREW WESTFALL (ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1795 in Randolph County, (West) Virginia. He married (1) ELIZABETH HYRE November 11, 1809; (2) .

Andrew and Elizabeth Hyre had fifteen children.  See Zachariah Westfall and His Descendants

 

 

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.

 

74. JACOB C. WESTFALL (CORNELIUS5, 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.

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.

 

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.

 

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 "Westfall's In The Old West."

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 corresponded with him several times when I first began my research more than twenty years ago. He is now deceased.

 

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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.

81. 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.

 

82. 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 Daniel's 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 Daniel's 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.

 

83. 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.

84. 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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85. 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 Buckhannon, (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.

 

86. 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.

 

 

87. 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.

 

 

88. 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.

 

 

89. 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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90. 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.

 

91. 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.

 

92. 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.

93. 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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94. 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.

 

95. 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 originally 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 Robinson. Perhaps Robinson is a relative.

 

96. 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.

 

97. 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.

 

 

98. 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.

 

99. 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.)
Lid da 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, West Virginia; d. Sep. 12, 1942, Akron, Summit County, Ohio; m. DOROTHY.

129. FAYHMA IRIS WESTFALL, b. September 1889, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. Sep. 2, 1960, Salem, Oregon.

NINA J. WESTFALL, b. August 19, 1893, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. Jan. 2, 1988, Lorain, Lorain County, 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, Lewis County, West Virginia; Feb. 4, 1960, Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

THURMAN WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1901, Lewis County, West Virginia; probably died before 1910, Lewis County, W. Va.

132. THEODORE ROOSEVELT WESTFALL, b. April 24, 1907, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. Nov. 4, 1995, Multnomah County, Oregon; resided in Dallas, Oregon.

 

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 Westfall's 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.

 

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.

 

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)

 

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.

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.

 

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.

 

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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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.

 

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.

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.

 

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.

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 vicinity. 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.

 

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.

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.

 

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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121. CORNELIUS C. WESTFALL (JACOB WILSON7, JACOB6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born December 6, 1849 in Braxton County, Virginia, and died July 11, 1896 in Braxton County, West Virginia. He married MARY MARGARET COCHRAN April 5, 1878 in Braxton County, West Virginia. She was born August 9, 1850 in Braxton County, Virginia, and died May 31, 1909 in Braxton County, West Virginia.

Child of CORNELIUS WESTFALL and MARY COCHRAN is:

WALTER SCOTT WESTFALL, b. February 4, 1879, Flatwoods, West Virginia; d. November 28, 1975, Flatwoods, West Virginia; m. ERLICE BENDA WYATT; b. September 1, 1908, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

 

 

122. ALEXANDER H. WESTFALL (WILLIAM7, JACOB6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1854 in Virginia. He married BARABARA CONRAD Abt. 1875. She was born Abt. 1855 in Virginia.

On the 1880 census, A. H. Westfall household contains Mary Conrad, age 50, mother-in-law, and two Conrad children identified as in-laws.

Children of ALEXANDER WESTFALL and BARABARA CONRAD are:

JOHN WESLEY WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1876.

HARRIET A. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1879.

 

123. ANDERSON WESTFALL (JOHN H.7, STEPHEN6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1840 in Virginia. He married (1) JANE CLARKSON January 5, 1860. She died Aft. 1867. He married (2) CAROLINE FARRELL Aft. 1874. She was born Abt. 1835 in Virginia.

Anderson Westfall appears on the 1850 census of Jackson Co., Virginia in the household of John H. Westfall. The History of Roane County lists the family of John H. Westfall of Roane County. One of the sons is Anderson Westfall who married Jane Clarkson. On the 1880 census in the Anderson Westfall household there are Farrell step-children to Anderson living in the home. Caroline was probably a widow when she married Anderson.

Children of ANDERSON WESTFALL and CAROLINE FARRELL are:

MARSHAL WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1861.

VIRGINIA FARRELL, b. Abt. 1862; Stepchild.

MINERVA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1863.

LUVERNA A. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1865.

ANITA M. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1867.

This name is very difficult to read on the microfilm and may be incorrect.

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124. CLARK WESTFALL (JOHN H.7, STEPHEN6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1842 in Virginia. He married (1) MATILDA CLARKSON. She was born September 24, 1860. He married (2) VIRGINIA. She was born Abt. 1844.

Children of CLARK WESTFALL and VIRGINIA are:

RHIEN D. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1863.

I am very uncertain of this individuals name. She appears on the 1880 soundex of Roane Co. in the household of her father Clark. The soundex is a card file hand copied from the actual census. The copyists often misspelled names.

NOVENIA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1865.

HIRAM WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1867.

LEVINA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1870.

WILLIAM C. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1872.

NANCY A. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1874.

DAVID D. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1876.

ELIJAH N. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1880.

I am very uncertain of this individual's name on the 1880 Soundex. It appears to start with, but is longer than Eli. The soundex is a card file hand copied from the actual census. The copyists often misspell names.

125. COLUMBUS WESTFALL (JOHN H.7, STEPHEN6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1845 in Virginia. He married LUCINDA. She was born Abt. 1852 in Virginia.

Children of COLUMBUS and LUCINDA WESTFALL are:

RACHEL WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1872.

NATHAN D. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1874.

MARTHA J. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1877.

HOMER WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1879.

126. ANDREW J. WESTFALL (ANDREW7, STEPHEN6, JOHN5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1844 in Virginia. He married RACHEL. She was born Abt. 1851 in Virginia.

Andrew J. Westfall, age 35, appears on the 1880 census of Roane County, West Virginia. Andrew Westfall, age 6, appears on the 1850 census of Jackson County in the household of Abram Westfall. Roane County was formed from part of Jackson and Gilmer counties 1831 and 1845. The boundaries of Roane were redefined in 1856.

Child of ANDREW WESTFALL and RACHEL is:

WILLIAM H. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1880.

 

127. WILLIAM HENRY WESTFALL (PETER7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born January 15, 1870 in Lewis County, West Virginia, and died June 19, 1946 in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married NINA GOLDEN August 26, 1896. She was born April 18, 1877, and died November 28, 1943.

Burial: Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co., West Virginia. Much of the information on the Peter Westfall family comes from the knowledge of the granddaughters of William Henry Westfall, the daughters of Pearl and Ralph Moneypenny.

Children of WILLIAM WESTFALL and NINA GOLDEN are:

HENRY CLAY WESTFALL, b. September 18, 1897; d. April 18, 1970.

JOHN WESLEY WESTFALL, b. May 6, 1899; d. November 29, 1970.

MARY RUTH WESTFALL, b. February 4, 1901; d. October 16, 1944.

FLORENT FRANKLIN WESTFALL, b. November 24, 1902; d. August 28, 1997.

ARCHIE CECIL WESTFALL, b. September 21, 1904; d. March 5, 1975.

139. PEARL MELISSA WESTFALL, b. January 8, 1912; d. March 4, 1988; m. RALPH CLARENCE MONEYPENNY; b. 1904; d. 1975.

WILLIAM PETER WESTFALL, b. March 2, 1906; d. July 19, 1947.

THURMAN LUTHORIUM WESTFALL, b. June 24, 1910; d. June 24, 1912.

CLYDE WILSON WESTFALL, b. October 31, 1913; d. June 5, 1964.

VIRGIL CLAYTON WESTFALL, b. March 24, 1915.

RUBY NINA WESTFALL, b. March 24, 1915; d. November 23, 1918.

 

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128. SEYMOUR WEESE WESTFALL (PETER7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born April 12, 1875 in Lewis County, West Virginia, and died October 26, 1956 in Lewis County, West Virginia. He married SALLIE B. HENRY Abt. 1898. She was born October 19, 1872 in Lewis County, West Virginia, and died July 16, 1951 in Lewis County, West Virginia.

SEYMOUR WEESE WESTFALL: Burial: Weston Masonic Cemetery, Lewis Co., West Virginia

Children of SEYMOUR WESTFALL and SALLIE HENRY are:

HAYWARD B. WESTFALL, b. November 1898, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. February 17, 1920.

LACY SEYMOUR WESTFALL, b. December 11, 1899, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. April 16, 1978.

PAUL PETER WESTFALL, b. July 1, 1902, Gilmer County, West Virginia; d. January 14, 1950.

ASA HUGH WESTFALL, b. 1904, Lewis County, West Virginia.

NORMAL C. WESTFALL, b. May 22, 1907, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. December 3, 2000.

OPHA M. WESTFALL, b. February 13, 1911, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. October 30, 1999.

GLENN DAVID WESTFALL, b. March 13, 1913, Lewis County, West Virginia; d. November 26, 1994.

DALE WESTFALL, b. September 7, 1915; d. 1918.

FREDA ERNESTINE WESTFALL

 

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129. FAYHMA IRIS WESTFALL (NATHANIEL JONATHAN7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born September 13, 1890 in Lewis Co., West Virginia, and died 1960 Damasch State Hospital, Salem, Oregon; m. THOMAS DANIEL ALLEN about 1911 probably in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

The source for the family of Fayhma Westfall Allen was Robert Oliverio in a series of e-mails and a Family Tree file that I received from him in May 2007.  Bob is the grandson of Fayhma and son of Kathryn Allen Oliverio.

Children of FAYHMA WESTFALL and THOMAS ALLEN are:

FAYMA ARLOA ALLEN, b. about 1912, probably Summit Co., Ohio.

VIRGINIA IRIS ALLEN, b. about 1916, probably Summit Co., Ohio

KATHRYN LUVENIA ALLEN, b. 1918, Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio

THOMAS ALLEN, b. 1923

CHRISTABELLE ALLEN, b. 1927

CHARLES THURMAN ALLEN, b. 1928, d. 1960

130. OSA B. WESTFALL (NATHANIEL JONATHAN7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born March 13, 1897 in Lewis Co., West Virginia, and died July 15, 1992 in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas. She married ARTHUR EDMOND CORBETT September 12, 1919 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland, son of ARTHUR CORBETT and CLARA MAE FRIDINGER. He was born April 24, 1899 in Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, and died September 21, 1969 in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas.

Children of OSA WESTFALL and ARTHUR CORBETT are:

CLARA LUVENIA CORBETT, b. January 8, 1921, Copley, Summit Co., Ohio; d. November 26, 1990, Wagon Wheel, Navajo Co., Arizona; m. (1) VIVIAN ARLIE WALL, June 14, 1941, Copley, Summit Co., Ohio; b. November 11, 1921, Sharon Township, Medina Co., Ohio; d. March 31, 1946, Lodi, Ohio; m. (2) JOHN THOMAS WEAVER, November 2, 1949, Medina, Medina Co., Ohio; m. (3) WILLIAM WHITE, 1953, Van Buren, Crawford Co., Arkansas; b. 1920, New York; m. (4) HARVEY DONATH, July 9, 1956, Van Buren, Crawford Co., Ohio.

Clara died in auto accident near Wagon Wheel, Arizona when her car was broad sided by an White Mountain Apache Indian reservation vehicle. Residence: At death, Show Low, Arizona. VIVIAN ARLIE WALL died as a result of the collision of his car with a train at an unmarked crossing near Creston, Ohio. Veteran of WWII , Tunisia, North Africa; Sicily, Italy. Rank: Private; Infantry, Field Hospital ambulance driver; Residence: Sharon Center, Ohio.

DOROTHY EILEEN CORBETT

ELINOR LUCILLE CORBETT

JAMES ARTHUR CORBETT

GERALD LEE CORBETT

WAYNE CORBETT, b. 1939, Copley, Summit County, Ohio; d. 1941, Copley, Summit County, Ohio.

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131. LOY W. WESTFALL (NATHANIEL JONATHAN7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born November 24, 1898 in Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia and died February 4, 1960 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. He married (1) IVA. He married (2) MILDRED.

Loy W. Westfall, Serial Number: 163-71-66, Residence: 555 W. Thornton St., Akron, O.
Enlistment Division: United States Navy; Enlistment Location: Recruiting Station Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date: 28 Mar 1917; Birth Place: Weston, W. Va.; Birth Date / Age: 25 Nov 1898
Assigns Comment: Receiving Ship New York NY 6 Apr 1917 to 29 Oct 1917; Submarine Base New London Conn. to 14 Jan 1918; Receiving Ship New York NY to 9 March 1918; Naval Hospital New York NY to 9 Apr 1918; Receiving Ship New York NY to 6 May 1918; United States Ship Princess Matoika to 11 Nov 1918. Landsman E 203 days; Electrician, Third Class (General) 340 days; Electrician, Second Class (General) 41 days. Honorable discharge 9 Oct 1919. Expiration. Naval Training Station Great Lakes Ill. Electrician, Second Class (General;)
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918. Vol. I-XXIII. Columbus, OH, USA: F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1926.

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002
Name: Loy W Westfall; Birth Date: Est. 1899; Gender: Male; Race: White
Residence: Summit County, Ohio
Death Date: 4 Feb 1960; City of Death: Akron; County of Death: Summit; Certificate: 16412
Age at Death: 61
Certifier: Physician Autopsy: No autopsy; Marital Status: Married
Source Citation: Certificate: 16412; Volume: 16075

Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio.

Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus, OH, USA.

Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio.

Children of LOY WESTFALL and MILDRED WESTFALL are:

GEORGE R. WESTFALL.

AUDREY WESTFALL.

MILDRED WESTFALL.

132. THEODORE ROOSEVELT WESTFALL (NATHANIEL JONATHAN7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born April 24, 1907 in West Virginia, and died in Multnomah County, Oregon. He married (1) LILLIE; he married (2) BEATRICE ALICE. She was born March 2, 1916 and died Jan. 23, 1990, Dallas, Polk County Oregon. Beatrice was a 1st Lt. in WWII and Korea and is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.

Social Security Death Index
Name: Theodore R. Westfall
SSN: 297-10-7091
Last Residence: 97338 Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 24 Apr 1905
Died: Nov 1995
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )
Source Citation: Number: 297-10-7091;Issue State: Ohio;Issue Date: Before 1951.

Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
Name: Westfall, Theodore Roosevelt
County: Multnomah
Death Date: 4 Nov 1995
Certificate: 95-23378
Age: 90
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1905
Spouse: Beatrice
Source Information:
Ancestry.com Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center.

Oregon Death Index, 1903-98
Name: Westfall, Beatrice A
County: Polk
Death Date: 23 Jan 1990
Certificate: 90-01402
Age: 73
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1916
Spouse: Theodore
Source Information: Ancestry.com Oregon Death Index, 1903-98 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center.

Social Security Death Index
about Beatrice A. Westfall
Name: Beatrice A. Westfall
SSN: 541-38-5056
Last Residence: 97338 Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 2 Mar 1916
Died: 23 Jan 1990
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (1952 )
Source Citation: Number: 541-38-5056;Issue State: Oregon;Issue Date: 1952.

U.S. Veterans Grave sites, ca.1775-2006
about Beatrice Alice Westfall
Name: Beatrice Alice Westfall
Service Info.: 1LT US ARMY WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1916
Death Date: 23 Jan 1990
Service Start Date: 7 May 1945
Service End Date: 2 Jun 1949
Interment Date: 29 Jan 1990
Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 11800 SE MT. Scott Boulevard Portland, OR 97266
Buried At: Section D Site 2068
Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Grave sites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Grave site Locator.

Child of THEODORE WESTFALL and LILLIE IS;

ANITA MAY

Children of THEODORE WESTFALL and BEATRICE are:

BEN WESTFALL

133. JASPER NEWTON WESTFALL (WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born May 22, 1840 in Westfall homestead on Turkey Run, Lewis County, Virginia. He married JANE REESE January 3, 1861 in Upshur County, (West) Virginia, daughter of SOLOMON REESE and ELIZABETH DOOMS. She was born October 31, 1838 in Augusta County, Virginia.

One source says that Jasper Newton Westfall was born in Buckhannon, Upshur County, (West) Virginia. The History of Upshur County states he was born in Lewis County on the Westfall homestead on Turkey Run later known as the Lewis Karrichoff farm.  The marriage of Jasper Westfall and Jane Reese was at the home of Solomon Reese on Hickory Flats by Rev. Alford Lister of the M.P. Church on Jan. 3, 1861. Gen. Henry F. Westfall of Buckhannon was a witness. Gen. Westfall was a fourth cousin to Jasper Newton Westfall; however, he was the uncle of Jasper N. Westfall, son of John Wesley Westfall, who died in his youth (probably around 1840). Jasper Newton was probably named for the deceased Jasper. This could explain the presence of Henry at this wedding.


Children of JASPER WESTFALL and JANE REESE are:

CORA ALICE WESTFALL, b. November 12, 1861.

MARY ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. April 22, 1863.

145. GEORGE GIDEON WESTFALL, b. August 4, 1864, Upshur County, West Virginia; m. EMMA ALICE HAMRICK, August 16, 1894; b. March 17, 1874, Blue Springs, Randolph County, West Virginia.

George Gideon Westfall was educated in the common schools, the old academy at Buckhannon and a Cleveland, Ohio Business College. He taught school fourteen years. "After his conversion in 1898, George Gidion Westfall was granted a Methodist Episcopal license to preach."

ALONZO A. WESTFALL, b. December 6, 1865.

CLAUDIUS LEROY WESTFALL, b. July 22, 1867.

LILLY VIRGINIA WESTFALL, b. March 27, 1869.

FLORA WESTFALL, b. February 4, 1870.

CHARLES HENRY WESTFALL, b. January 30, 1872.

ERNEST JASPER WESTFALL, b. March 22, 1876.

IRA NEWTON WESTFALL, b. October 28, 1880.

MAMIE JANE WESTFALL, b. May 10, 1884.

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134. SAMUEL TENNY WESTFALL (WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1841 in Virginia. He married CHARISSA DEBAR.

There were eleven children in this family, all living when the History of Upshur County was written (about 1910).

Children of SAMUEL WESTFALL and CHARISSA DEBAR are:

146.  ZEBEDEE WESTFALL, b. February 22, 1862, Grass Run, Upshur County, West Virginia; d. September 28, 1928, Clarksburg, West Virginia; m. MARY CATHERINE SIMON; b. June 26, 1863, Barbour County, West Virginia.

147.  REV. DANIEL WESTFALL, b. September 18, 1871, Upshur County, West Virginia; m. HOPE WEBB THATCHER, 1895; b. July 16, 1873, Oakland, Maryland.

Daniel Westfall was a student, as a boy in common schools of Upshur County, and later attended the West Virginia Normal and Classical Academy of Buckhannon, and still later he entered the West Virginia Conference Seminary at the same Place. He taught school for seven years, beginning at the age of seventeen years. Yet he never taught on any other grade than a number one certificate. he was converted at the age of fifteen, licensed as a local preacher at eighteen years and joined the West Virginia Annual Convergence of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1895. Since that time he has served two charges, and the Thomas M. E. Church, being there seven years. Was sent to Sistersville, W. Va., pastor of the N.E. Church. No minister of the N.E. conference of his age has filled a greater number of more responsible offices than he. Among others he has been treasurer, a member of the educational committee, and for the last two years has been a member of the board of examiners. [History of Upshur County]

148.  WILLIAM M. WESTFALL, b. May 27, 1873, Upshur County, West Virginia; m. ELIZABETH DAMASCHKY, February 23, 1896.

149. HOMER H. WESTFALL, b. April 2, 1875, West Virginia; m. ESTHER L. STRADER, August 30, 1905.

"Homer H. Westfall [was] a farmer and teacher of Washington District, Upshur County. He was educated in the public schools and at the West Virginia Conference Seminary. He taught school six years in Randolph and Upshur Counties. Mr. Westfall is a Republican in politics, a member of the N.E. Church, and his daughter is eight generations removed from the Westfall, who built Westfall fort a Beverly. To Mr. Westfall the author is indebted for the many valuable favors done him in his task of compiling the History of Upshur County." [History of Upshur County]

 

135. GRANVILLE DAYTON WESTFALL (WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born March 4, 1848 in Upshur County, Virginia. He married MARTHA ELLEN DAY June 27, 1869, daughter of SOLOMON DAY and HANNAH HARPER. She was born May 9, 1852 in Preston County, West Virginia.

Children of GRANVILLE WESTFALL and MARTHA DAY are:

150.  IRA BURTON WESTFALL, b. August 17, 1872; m. IDA CATHERINE LOWE.

IDA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1873; d. 1892, Illinois.

LENORA E. WESTFALL, b. May 20, 1875; m. T. W. HINKLE.

IVA FLORENCE WESTFALL, b. January 22, 1878; m. A.M. HUGHES.

WILLIS EVERETT WESTFALL, b. June 23, 1880; m. MARTHA BENNETT.

ICIE WESTFALL, b. January 24, 1883.

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136. ALVIN B. WESTFALL (WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born March 1853 in Virginia. He married JULIA A. Abt. 1872. She was born September 1850 in Virginia.

Children of ALVIN WESTFALL and JULIA A. are:

GEORGE M. WESTFALL, b. October 1877.

MAUDE V. WESTFALL, b. May 1880.

GRACE E. WESTFALL, b. July 1882.

OKEY E. WESTFALL, b. March 1884.

RAYMOND C. WESTFALL, b. March 1886.

FRENCH WESTFALL, b. March 1888.

WALLACE D. WESTFALL, b. April 1891.

 

137. ELI W. WESTFALL (MARTIN7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born Abt. 1842 in Virginia. He married (1) OLIVE CONLEY. He married (2) SAMANTHA LEWIS, daughter of ANDREW LEWIS.

Child of ELI WESTFALL and OLIVE CONLEY is:

151.  DORPHA STARK WESTFALL, b. September 17, 1873, Upshur County, West Virginia; m. HETTIE ROLLINS, July 2, 1894.

Dorpha Stark Westfall, section boss on the B.&O. Railroad at Hampton, W. Va. ... is a native of the county, was raised on a farm until fifteen years of age, when began saw milling; followed that trade for three years and then went at railroading. For several years he worked for the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad as a common laborer and was promoted to foreman August 5, 1896, with his residence at Hampton. [History of Upshur County]

Child of ELI WESTFALL and SAMANTHA LEWIS is:

152.  OPHA MARSHALL WESTFALL, b. February 15, 1878, Upshur County, West Virginia; m. ELVA HINKLE.

 

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Generation No. 9

 

138. EARL GASTON WESTFALL (WORTHY LAFAYETTE8, JOEL LAFAYETTE7, JOEL6, JOEL5, JACOB4, JURIAEN3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born February 16, 1905. He married ERMA CHAPMAN September 28, 1924. She was born February 9, 1904.

Child of EARL WESTFALL and ERMA CHAPMAN is:

CHARLOTTE WESTFALL

 

139. PEARL MELISSA WESTFALL (WILLIAM HENRY8, PETER7, JOHN H.6, CORNELIUS5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born January 8, 1912, and died March 4, 1988. She married RALPH CLARENCE MONEYPENNY, son of HARVEY MONEYPENNY and ELLA SMITH. He was born 1904, and died 1975.

Children of PEARL WESTFALL and RALPH MONEYPENNY are:

BEVERLY MONEYPENNY

ELAINE L. MONEYPENNY

145. GEORGE GIDEON WESTFALL (JASPER NEWTON8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born August 4, 1864 in Upshur County, West Virginia. He married EMMA ALICE HAMRICK August 16, 1894, daughter of LEVI HAMRICK and CLARANDA WAMSLEY. She was born March 17, 1874 in Blue Springs, Randolph County, West Virginia.

Children of GEORGE WESTFALL and EMMA HAMRICK are:

GEORGE GRESHAM WESTFALL, b. July 14, 1895.

MARY MAURINE WESTFALL, b. January 18, 1899.

WATSON WESLEY WESTFALL, b. April 17, 1901.

BENTON BOSWORTH WESTFALL, b. June 9, 1904.

LILLIAN LUCILLE WESTFALL, b. April 8, 1906.

 

146. ZEBEDEE WESTFALL (SAMUEL TENNY8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born February 22, 1862 in Grass Run, Upshur County, West Virginia, and died September 28, 1928 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He married MARY CATHERINE SIMON, daughter of MOSES SIMON and MARY THOMPSON. She was born June 26, 1863 in Barbour County, West Virginia.

Children of ZEBEDEE WESTFALL and MARY SIMON are:

CLAUDE WESTFALL, b. January 22, 1884; d. August 3, 1915, Clarksburg, West Virginia; m. EMMA BROWN KOON, November 7, 1903.

FREDERICK WESTFALL, b. August 18, 1885.

BESSIE WESTFALL, b. July 30, 1888.

AUDREE WESTFALL, b. October 23, 1890.


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147. DANIEL WESTFALL (SAMUEL TENNY8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born September 18, 1871 in Upshur County, West Virginia. He married HOPE WEBB THATCHER 1895, daughter of J. THATCHER and SARAH. She was born July 16, 1873 in Oakland, Maryland.

Children of DANIEL WESTFALL and HOPE THATCHER are:

EVANGELINE C. WESTFALL.

S. MARIE WESTFALL.

CHARLES T. WESTFALL.

WINIFRED G. WESTFALL.

D. FOWLER WESTFALL.

RICHARD WARD WESTFALL.

 

148. WILLIAM M. WESTFALL (SAMUEL TENNY8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born May 27, 1873 in Upshur County, West Virginia. He married ELIZABETH DAMASCHKY February 23, 1896, daughter of GUSTAVE DAMASCHKY and EMMA BATZ.

Children of WILLIAM WESTFALL and ELIZABETH DAMASCHKY are:

LULU A. WESTFALL, b. February 2, 1897.

MARY E. WESTFALL, b. January 6, 1899.

JOHN WILLIAM RUSSELL WESTFALL, b. May 9, 1902.

WILBERT SAMUEL WESTFALL, b. September 1, 1904.

 

 

149. HOMER H. WESTFALL (SAMUEL TENNY8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born April 2, 1875 in West Virginia. He married ESTHER L. STRADER August 30, 1905, daughter of ABEL STRADER and MARY OURS.

Child of HOMER WESTFALL and ESTHER STRADER is:

OCIE BLANCHE WESTFALL.

 

150. IRA BURTON WESTFALL (GRANVILLE DAYTON8, WATSON7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born August 17, 1872. He married IDA CATHERINE LOWE, daughter of WILLIAM LOWE and MARTHA MOWERY.

Children of IRA WESTFALL and IDA LOWE are:

LOTTA M. WESTFALL, b. September 29, 1897; m. HENRY OURS.

VEDA T. WESTFALL, b. July 12, 1899.

WILLIAM DAYTON WESTFALL, b. September 5, 1901.

BURTON J. WESTFALL, b. July 2, 1903.

WINNIE WILMA WESTFALL, b. February 9, 1906.

IDA V. WESTFALL

SOLOMON D. WESTFALL

VIRGIL D. WESTFALL

KELSO L. WESTFALL

MARY E. WESTFALL

HARRY F. WESTFALL, b. September 1917; d. January 1, 1918.

ROBERT M. WESTFALL

 

151. DORPHA STARK WESTFALL (ELI W.8, MARTIN7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born September 17, 1873 in Upshur County, West Virginia. He married HETTIE ROLLINS July 2, 1894, daughter of ALBERT ROLLINS.

Children of DORPHA WESTFALL and HETTIE ROLLINS are:

ELI BENJAMIN WESTFALL, b. January 24, 1895.

EMERSON WESTFALL, b. July 20, 1901.

EULA MAY WESTFALL, b. March 27, 1906.

 

152. OPHA MARSHALL WESTFALL (ELI W.8, MARTIN7, GEORGE6, ZACHARIAH5, CORNELIUS4, ABEL3, JOHANNES2, JURIAEN1) was born February 15, 1878 in Upshur County, West Virginia. He married ELVA HINKLE, daughter of GAY HINKLE.

Children of OPHA WESTFALL and ELVA HINKLE are:

AUDRY WESTFALL.

OTIS WESTFALL.

GAIL WESTFALL.

 

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Ronald N. Wall
Modified: 02 September 2017