Ancestry of
William Charles Cole Claiborne

(1808–1878)

John West

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of William Charles Cole Claiborne — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 140 
  • Father:
  • Thomas West 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Knollys   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Dec 1590 
  • Birth Location:
  • Testwood, Hampshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1659 
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  • Anne -----
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  John West Jr. (Ahnentafel No:70 )

  • Notes: 

  • Colonial Governor of Virginia

• Sources for John West

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1942, Vol. 18, No. 4, p. 217.
  • ² Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 3, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 488-489.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 154.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 412.
  • ⁵ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 28.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "John West (governor)", (accessed 01/23/2014).