The Ancestors of Ronald Nevin Wall

Our Westfall Family Tree

 Generation No. 1

1.  JURIAEN WESTFALL was born in Holland, and died Abt. 1667 near Kingston, New York.  He married MARY HANSEN Abt. 1654 in New York.  She was the daughter of Hans Jansen (Hansen).

Juriaen van Westphalen came 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 killed by Indians in 1667 while guiding a group of British soldiers. Not long after Juriaen's death Mary married Jacob Jansen.

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 formerlly 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 Netherland and what rent the same should bring; from Capt. Slijter's eport)--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 petioned 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 petioners 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.

Notes for MARRETJE HANSEN:   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 baptised. He died about 1667. She then married Jacob Jansen Stoutenburgh.

NOTE: John, son of Jurian and Mary was either born or raised at 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 is controversy about the order of birth of the children of Jurian and Mary. I believe that It is likely Rymerick was actually the eldest child, followed by Nicolas and then John. Only the batismal records of Abel, Simon and Ellen have been found. - RNW

Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARY HANSEN are: (due to corrections, children are not in order by birth)

2.    JOHANNES JURIAN WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1660, Kingston, New York. (third oldest)

3.    RYMERICK WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1655; d. Bef. July 1697. (probably the eldest child)

4.    SIMON WESTFALL, Baptised September 30, 1663, Kingston, New York.

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

ABEL WESTFALL, Baptised September 25, 1661, Kingston, New York.

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

5.    NICOLAUS WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1657 Kingston, New York. (second oldest child)

 

ELAJEN WESTFALL, Baptised. June 27, 1665, Kingston, New York. Died after August 1685

Baptisms by Domine Hermannus Blom, of Kingston
PARENTS                       CHILD             WITNESSES
Juriaen Westvael           Elsjen              Peter With
Marretje Hansen            27 June 1665   Hendrick Cornelisse

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 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.

Juriaen Westfall and Thomas Chambers were somehow closely 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 seems to indicate that John grew up at Fox Hall. It is possible that Thomas Chambers raised him and maybe the other Westfall children after Juriaen died. 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 Hal 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 in 1699. He led the Westfall migration when he moved to Minisink with his family in 1699. Johannes was just seven when his father died.   His mother remarried and the family was raised by stepfather Jacob Hansen.

Children of JOHANNES WESTFALL and MARY COOL are:

6.   JURIAEN WESTFALL, Baptised April 27, 1684, Kingston, New York; d. Bef. December 1731, Minisink, New Jersey.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                      CHILD                WITNESSES
Johannes Westphael      Juriaen              Jacob Cool, Jacob Stoutenburg,
Marritie Cool                27 April 1684      Maritie Simons

7.   MARETJE WESTFALL, Baptised August 1685, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphael   Maretie                 Claas Westpeal
Marritie Cool              August 1685          Elsie Westvaal

8.   REBECKA WESTFALL, Baptised April 29, 1687, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Jurejaen      Rebecka               Jacob Aertse
Marretie Cool             29 April 1687        Sara Pels

9.   JANNETJE WESTFALL, Baptised March 17, 1688/89, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphal     Jannetje               Mattys Sleckt
Marritje Cool             17 March 1689       Anna Hendrixen

10.  SARA WESTFALL, Baptised May 26, 1690, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westfael      Sara                 
                                 26 May 1691       

11.  JACOB WESTFALL, Baptised April 23, 1693, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphalen  Jacob                   Thomas Chambers
Marritje Cool              23 April 1693        Laurentis Kellmaar

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

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphale    Abel                     Symen Westphale
Marritje Kool              9 Feb. 1696           Neeltje Quakebos

13.  NICLAES WESTFALL, Baptised May 1, 1698, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphale   Niclaes                  Jacob Rutse
Marritje Kool              1 May 1698            Marritje Rutse

14.  CLAERTJE WESTFALL, Baptised October 31, 1700, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphal     Claertje                Gonsen von Wagenan
Marritje Cool              31 Oct. 1700         Jannetje von Wagenan

RAYMERICK WESTFALL, Baptised June 13, 1703, Kingston, New York.

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

15.  LENA WESTFALL, Baptised September 22, 1705, Kingston, New York.

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                      CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westphalen    Lena                    Barent von Wageningen
Marrytje Kool                22 Sept. 1705       Lea Schepmoes

16.  RACHEL WESTFALL,Baptised September 11, 1709, Kingston, New York.  

Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
PARENTS                    CHILD                  WITNESSES
Johannes Westvaale    Rachel                  Arie Rosa
Marritje Cool              11 Sept. 1709        Maria Pels

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3.  RYMERICK WESTFALL (JURIAEN¹) was born Abt. 1655, and died Bef. July 1697.  She married THOMAS THEUNISSE QUICK December 7, 1672. 

Children of RYMERICK WESTFALL and THOMAS QUICK are:

JOHANNES QUICK, Baptised September 9, 1683, Kingston, New York.

WEYNTIE QUICK, Baptised March 28, 1686, Kingston, New York.

17.   WYNTIE QUICK, Baptised September 29, 1692, Kingston, New York.

GEERTIE QUICK, Baptised August 25, 1695, Kingston, New York.

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

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

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:

18.   MARRETJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 18, 1694, Kingston, New York.

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

20.   GYSBERT WESTFALL, b. Bef. October 16, 1698, Kingston, New York; d. Bef. June 30, 1759.

21.   NEELTJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. December 25, 1700, Kingston, New York.

GEERTJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. January 31, 1702/03, Kingston, New York.

22.   ANTJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 11, 1706, Kingston, New York.

LEA WESTFALL, b. Bef. October 31, 1708, Kingston, New York; m. ADAM MAES.

23.  WOUTER WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1710, Kingston, New York.

24.  RACHEL WESTFALL, b. Bef. July 22, 1711, Kingston, New York.  

 

5.  NICOLAUS WESTFALL (JURIAEN¹) was born Abt. 1658 in Kingston, New York.  He married (1) MARY MONTAGNE April 21, 1701 in Kingston, New York.  She died Bef. October 1712 in Probably Kingston, New York.  He married (2) SARAH VAN AKEN October 20, 1712 in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York.  She was born February 1687/88 in Kingston, New York.

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."

JURIAN WESTFALL, Baptised May 10, 1702, Kingston, New York; d. Abt. 1702.

Children of NICOLAUS WESTFALL and SARAH VAN AKEN are:

PETERNELLA WESTFALL, Baptised August 30, 1713, Kingston, Ulster County, New York; m. NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN.

25.   JURIAEN WESTFALL, Baptised September 23, 1716, Minisink, New York.

MARIA WESTFALL, Baptised May 24, 1719, Kingston, New York.

ELISABETH WESTFALL, Baptised November 18, 1722, Minisink, Orange County, New York; m. BENJAMIN THOMSON, February 9, 1745/46, Minisink, Orange County, New York.

LYDIA WESTFALL, Baptised January 16, 1725/26, Minisink, Orange County, New York; m. BENJAMIN WESTBROECK VERNOY, Minisink, Orange County, New York.

26.  PETRUS WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1728, Machackemeck, Port Jervis, New York; d. August 1756, Port Jervis, New York. Peter was killed by Indians during one of their raids on the Minisink settlement.

New Jersey Newspaper Extracts, Perth-Amboy, August 19, 1756:  We have a certain account from the Northern Frontiers of this Province ... 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 highter up the River Mahakamack and with the Province of New York.

 

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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 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 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

Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York; Jurian 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 Susses 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, Jurian 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 Westfalls and Swartwoots concerning the bondary between New York and New Jersey. The Swartwoots were north of the line in New York and Westfalls 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:

27. JOHANNES WESTFALL, Baptised June 24, 1711, Kingston, New York.

Baptism, Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaan Westfael, Christina Van Kuykendaal
Child: Johannes, 24 June 1711
Wit: Allert Roos, Neeletjen van Etten

28. JACOBUS WESTFALL, Baptised February 8, 1712/13, Kingston, New York.

Baptism, Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Jurinan Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal
Child: Jacobus, 5 Feb. 1713
Wit: Eyert Roos, Annatjen Roos

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

Baptism, Records of Dutch Reformed Church at Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaan Westvaal, Styntjen Van Kuykendaal
Child: Jacob, 8 June 1715 (bap. in Menissing)
Wit: Jacob Westvaal, Rachel Van Aaken

Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL and MARITJE KODDEBECK are:

30.   BENJAMIN WESTFALL, Baptised January 29, 1717/18, Kingston, New York.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Juriaen Westfael, Maritje Koddebeck
Child: Benjamin, 21 Jan. 1718
Wit: Hendrick Decker, Seeyntje Swartwout

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.

Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaen Westvaal, Marytjen Koddebek
Child: Marretjen, 31 Jan. 1720
Wit: Jacobus Swartwoud, Klaartjen Westvaal

31 .  DANIEL WESTFALL, Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston, New York; d. Bef. July 29, 1800.

Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Jurrean Westvaal, Maria Koddebek
Child: Daniel, 1 Sept. 1723
Wit; Hendrick Vroen, Elsjen Koddebak

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

Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Juriaen Westvaal, Marytjen Koddebek
Child: Margrietjen, 16 Jan 1726; baptised in Raysester (Rochester}
Wit: Thomas Dekker, Martyjen Goma

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

 

Children of MARETJE WESTFALL and CORNELIS KUYKENDAAL are:

LEUR KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 27, 1706, Kingston, New York.

MARGRETT KUYKENDAAL, Baptised May 7, 1710, Kingston, New York.

MARRETJEN KUYKENDAAL, Baptised June 22, 1712, Kingston, New York.

NELLETJEN KUYKENDAAL, Baptised. June 8, 1715, Minisink, New Jersey.

ABRAHAM KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 18, 1719, Kingston, New York.

PETRUS KUYKENDAAL, Baptised July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.

Children of REBECKA WESTFALL and MANUEL GONSALES are:

JOHANNES GONSALES, Baptised May 7, 1710, Kingston, New York.

SARAH GONSALES, Baptised July 18, 1711, Kingston, New York.

HELENA GONSALES, Baptised October 25, 1713, Kingston, New York.

JOSEPH GONSALES, Baptised December 4, 1715, Kingston, New York.

LEA GONSALES, Baptised January 19, 1717/18, Kingston, New York.

CATRINA GONSALES, Baptised July 1, 1722, Kingston, New York.

CATRINA GONSALES, Baptised April 9, 1727.

Usually when two children have the same name it indicates that the first has died the second one is named for the first.

JACOBUS GONSALES, Baptised June 1, 1729.

Children of JANNETJE WESTFALL and MATHEUS KUYKENDAAL are:

SIMON KUYKENDAAL, Baptised June 24, 1716, Kingston, New York.

JACOBUS KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 22, 1721, Kingston, New York.

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 baptising the infants. In either case I believe that they were living in the Minisink area of New Jersey or New York by this time.

ELISABETH KUYKENDAAL, Baptised. January 26, 1725/26, Rochester, New York.

ELISABETH KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 6, 1728.

10.  SARA WESTFALL (JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. May 26, 1690 in Kingston, New York.  She married JACOB VAN KUYKENDAAL March 21, 1714/15 in Kingston, New York.

Children of SARA WESTFALL and JACOB VAN KUYKENDAAL are:

JOHANNES KUYKENDAAL, Baptised January 19, 1713/14, Minisink, New Jersey.

MARRETJEN KUYKENDAAL, b. Bef. October 22, 1721, Kingston, New York.

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 baptising the infants. In either case I believe that they were living in the Minisink area of New Jersey or New York by this time.

BENJAMIN KUYKENDAAL, Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston, New York.

CHRISTINA KUYKENDAAL, Baptised February 12, 1726/27.

NATHANIEL KUYKENDAAL, Baptised October 6, 1728.

 

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:

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

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

32.   CORNELIUS WESTFALL, Baptised September 1, 1723, Kingston, NY; d. Abt. 1755, Minisink, NY.

33.   ELIZABETH WESTFALL, Baptised January 16, 1725/26, Sineaquan, New York.

ZARA WESTFALL, b. October 6, 1728, Rochester, New York; m. JORIS KIMBER, October 5, 1749, Minisink, New York.

SOPHIA WESTFALL, Baptised June 19, 1734, Minisink, New Jersey.

MARGRIET WESTFALL, Baptised August 26, 1736, Minisink, New Jersey; m. JACOBUS DAVENPORT.

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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 could be for the 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; 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 protion of it to a Singleton family. Litigation ending in 1793 dismissed the title claims of Cornelius' heirs and their assignee, Jacob Westfall, son of John.

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. [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].

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.

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 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:

SARAH WESTFALL, Baptised January 28, 1718/19, Minisink, New Jersey.

34. CORNELIUS WESTFALL, Baptised October 15, 1721, Machackemeck, Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York; d. Bef. March 11, 1783, Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia.

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

LEA WESTFALL, Baptised July 3, 1726, Minisink, New Jersey.

ANNAETJEN WESTFALL, Baptised February 2, 1728/29.

ELISABETH WESTFALL, Baptised July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.

CATHERINA WESTFALL, Baptised May 19, 1736, Minisink, New Jersey.

LYDIA WESTFALL, Baptised May 29, 1739

 

13. NICLAES WESTFALL (JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. May 1, 1698 in Kingston, New York. He married BREGJEN MIDDAG.

Children of NICLAES WESTFALL and BREGJEN MIDDAG are:

LIDIA WESTFALL, b. September 11, 1726, Kingston, New York.

36.   NATHANIEL WESTFALL, b. October 6, 1728, Rochester, New York; d. Aft. April 1782, New Jersey.

ZACHARIAS WESTFALL, b. July 4, 1733, Minisink, New York.

14. CLAERTJE WESTFALL (JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was baptised on October 31, 1700 in Kingston, New York. She married SOLOMON FREER September 22, 1721 in Kingston, New York.

Children of CLAERTJE WESTFALL and SOLOMON FREER are:

AAGIEN FREER, Baptised July 29, 1722, Kingston, New York.

JOHANNES FREER, Baptised January 26, 1723/24, Kingston, New York.

MARIA FREER, Baptised October 10, 1725, Kingston, New York.

PETRUS FREER, Baptised August 20, 1727, Kingston, New York.

ANNE FREER, Baptised October 5, 1729, Kingston, New York.

ANTHONY FREER, Baptised. November 3, 1734, Kingston, New York.

RACHEL FREER, Baptised December 19, 1736, Kingston, New York.

ABRAHAM FREER, Baptised December 24, 1738, Kingston, New York.

JACOB FREER, Baptised December 24, 1738, Kingston, New York.

SAMUEL FREER, Baptised January 24, 1741/42, Kingston, New York.

SARAH FREER, Baptised November 6, 1743, Kingston, New York.

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15.  LENA WESTFALL (JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 22, 1705 in Kingston, New York. She married (1) CORNELIS BOGAART in Kingston, New York. She married (2) CORNELIS DEVOOR March 14, 1722/23.

Child of LENA WESTFALL and CORNELIS BOGAART is:

DANIEL BOGAART, Baptised July 3, 1726, Kingston, New York.

Child of LENA WESTFALL and CORNELIS DEVOOR is:

RACHEL DEVOOR, Baptised October 6, 1728.

16.  RACHEL WESTFALL (JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 11, 1709 in Kingston, New York.  She married JOHANNES MIDDAG in Kingston, New York.

Child of RACHEL WESTFALL and JOHANNES MIDDAG is:

SARA MIDDAG, Baptised March 26, 1735, Minisink, New Jersey

17.  WYNTIE QUICK (RYMERICK WESTFALL², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 29, 1692 in Kingston, New York.  She married NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN Bef. August 1714 in Probably Kingston, New York.

Child of WYNTIE QUICK and NICOLAS SCHOONHOVEN is:

THOMAS SCHOONHOVEN,   Baptised August 8, 1714, Kingston, New York

18.  MARRETJE WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. November 18, 1694 in Kingston, New York.  She married JACOB VAN KAMPEN October 25, 1716 in Kingston, New York.

Children of MARRETJE WESTFALL and JACOB VAN KAMPEN are:

JAN VAN KAMPEN, Baptised February 9, 1717/18, Kingston, New York.

SIMON VAN KAMPEN, Baptised April 2, 1721, Kingston, New York.

PETRUS VAN KAMPEN, Baptised. April 2, 1721, Kingston, New York.

HEYLTJEN VAN KAMPEN, Baptised July 7, 1723, Kingston, New York.

NELLETJEN VAN KAMPEN, Baptised June 4, 1727.

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 and Blandana 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:

SYMEN WESTFALL, b. Bef. July 30, 1721, Kingston, New York.

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

JAN DE WITT WESTFALL, b. Bef. April 3, 1726, Kingston, New York.

CATRINA WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 17, 1728, Minisink, New Jersey.

MARIA WESTFALL, b. Bef. July 4, 1733, Minisink, New Jersey.

ANNATJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. May 3, 1737, Minisink, New Jersey

 

20.  GYSBERT WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. October 16, 1698 in Kingston, New York, and died Bef. June 30, 1759.  He married ANNAETJEN VAN ETTEN.

Child of GYSBERT WESTFALL and ANNAETJEN VAN ETTEN is:

37.  SIMON WESTFALL, b. December 2, 1733, Kingston, New York

21.  NEELTJE WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. December 25, 1700 in Kingston, New York.  She married YSAAK BORHANS July 29, 1722 in Kingston, New York.

Children of NEELTJE WESTFALL and YSAAK BORHANS are:

NELLY BORHANS, Baptised November 1, 1724, Kingston, New York.

HELENA BORHANS, Baptised March 12, 1726/27.

SIMON BORHANS, Baptised June 8, 1729, Kingston, New York

22.  ANTJE WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. August 11, 1706 in Kingston, New York.  She married JAN LOURENS OOSTERHOUT.

Children of ANTJE WESTFALL and JAN OOSTERHOUT are:

REBBECA OOSTERHOUT, Baptised September 21, 1729, Kingston, New York.

NELLETJEN OOSTERHOUT, Baptised January 28, 1732/33, Kingston, New York.

SIMON OOSTERHOUT, Baptised February 2, 1734/35, Kingston, New York.

JACOB OOSTERHOUT, Baptised January 30, 1736/37, Kingston, New York.

ISAAC OOSTERHOUT, Baptised February 4, 1738/39, Kingston, New York

23.  WOUTER WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. 1710 in Kingston, New York.  He married JANNETJEN PIER.

Children of WOUTER WESTFALL and JANNETJEN PIER are:

MARGRIETJEN WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 28, 1726, Kingston, New York.

NELLETJEN WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 17, 1728, Kingston, New York.

LEA WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 4, 1733, Kingston, New York.

MARRIETJEN WESTFALL, b. Bef. June 12, 1737, Kingston, New York.

ANNETJE WESTFALL, b. Bef. January 25, 1746/47, Kingston, New York.

24. RACHEL WESTFALL (SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. July 22, 1711 in Kingston, New York. She married JAN VAN ETTEN.

Children of RACHEL WESTFALL and JAN VAN ETTEN are:

JACOBUS VAN ETTEN, b. Bef. May 11, 1735, Kingston, New York.

NELLETJEN VAN ETTEN, b. Bef. January 9, 1736/37, Kingston, New York

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25.  JURIAEN WESTFALL (NICOLAUS², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 23, 1716 in Minisink, New York. He married CATHRINA TERWILIGEN October 25, 1754 in Minisink, New York.

October, 1743 (not verbatim):  To the Governor and Council of New Jersey, Petition of Abraham Vanaken and Jurian Westphale in behalf of themselves and many other of the Inhabitants of the province of New Jersey living in and near to Minisinks Island in Delaware River: New Jersey which was to be bounded on the North by a straight line between it and New York extending from 41degs north latitude on the Hudson River to 41 degs 40 minutes on the Delaware. The petitioners and their neighbors hold lands in and about Minisinks Island by titles under New Jersey and many of them have been possessed upwards of twenty years and some of them near forty years.

Letter from Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey, to the Lords of Trade, giving an account of his arrival in his Government:  June 20, 1758:  "To the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations.  "I have the honour to acquaint your Lordships that I arrived at Perth-Amboy on the 14th day of June at noon after a much longer passage than was expected. I immediately issued orders for a Council to meet on Fryday following at which time appeared seven gentlemen of the council there being but 10 now within the Province. I first took and administred the oaths according to my instructions; I then laid before them Advices I had received of an irruption of the Indians on the Frontiers next Delaware. The particulars of which that have come to my knowledge are as follows:
"On the 7th of June advice being brought that a party of Indians had crossed the Delaware at Nomanack a Party of Frontier Soldiers & Inhabitants went out against them & not finding them five of the company separated from the rest & fell into an ambuscade of 17 Indians & both parties firing at once two of our party were killed & another wounded. But the rest of the party being alarmed came to the place where they found one Indian killed & could perceive by blood & other signs that 3 others were wounded. On the 12th Near 20 Indians attacked the house of Abraham Contrack & killed two persons. On the 13th about 30 Indians attacked the house of Uryon [Juriaen] Westfall & killed seven persons & carried off four children. It seems there were in the house 15 men most of them New York soldiers. But upon the Indians making the attack they chose to fortify themselves in the cellar & chamber from whenc e they drove the Indians off so as to save one scalp of the seven killed..."

Children of JURIAEN WESTFALL and CATHRINA TERWILIGEN are:

PETER WESTFALL, b. March 2, 1755, Minisink, New York.

Petrus was captured by the Indians very young and was adopted by them. Reared as an Indian, he became a chief and married among them. in manhood, after the Revolution, he visited his former Orange County home once to claim an inheritance. He was recognized by his mother, but he refused to stay with his own blood relatives, and went back to live with the Indians. [Frank Hales Allen, 1945].

JOSEPH WESTFALL, Baptised. February 13, 1758, Minisink, New York.

SARA WESTFALL, b. April 22, 1760  

 26.  PETER WESTFALL (NICOLAUS², JURIAEN¹) was born Abt. 1728 in Machackemeck, Port Jervis, New York, and died August 1756 in Port Jervis, New York. He married ARRIAENTJE ROSENKRANS August 25, 1754 in Minisink, New York, daughter of HARMON ROSENKRANS and ARRIAENTJE OOSTERHOUT. She was born Bef. May 18, 1736.

Friday, August 16, 1754: implicated in the unlawful arrest of Samuel Finch, along with Cornelius Westfall, Solomon Cartwright, Jacobus Westfall and Urian Westfall. (New Jersey Archives). Petrus was killed by Indians a few miles from Machackemeck at the start of the French and Indian War, probably in 1756; his widow married John Lyde, on Aug. 19, 1757. [Frank Hales Allen]

New Jersey Newspaper Extracts, Perth-Amboy, August 19, 1756: "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 highter up the River Mahakamack and with the Province of New York." (New Jersey Archives)

Child of PETER WESTFALL and ARRIAENTJE ROSENKRANS is:

38.  ABRAHAM WESTFALL, b. November 18, 1755, Machackemeck, Deer Park Township, Orange County, NewYork.

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27.  JOHANNES WESTFALL (JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. June 24, 1711 in Kingston, New York. He married (1) APOLONIS CORTRECHT, daughter of JAN KORTRECHT and MARY VREDENBERG. She was born August 11, 1706. He married (2) MARGRIETA QUICK September 2, 1757 in Minisink, New York.

Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Johannis Westval, widower of Ploni Cortregt, and Marigrita Quick, widow of Johannis van Garden, both born at Manissink and dwelling there, married 2 September 1757.

Will book 10, p. 424, Essex Co., N.J. - Dec. 3, 1753. Will of Hendrick Janse Cortrecht of Manissink in Orange Co., New York, yeoman; Cousin Hendrick Williamse Cortrecht, son of William Cortrecht, dec'd, to have my land on Great and Little Manissink Island, with my homestead, except to my wife Gerritje Cortrecht, the southernmost room of my house. Hendrick Williamse Cortrecht is to provide for his sister, Gerritje Cortrecht, Jr., and to allow her the girl which she brought up, till she is 21. My cousin, Jurrian Westvael, son of Johannis Westvall, 1/2 of 64 1/4 acres, which was bought of Richard Gardiner. Executors - wife, Gerritje, and Johannis Westvall, my brother-in-law. Witnesses - Johannis Rosekrans, Benjamin Westbrook, William Ennes. Proved June 26, 1760, Essex County, New Jersey. June 9, 1760 Inventory: 177.2.4 pounds; by William Ennes and Tereck VanKeuren Westbroock.

Children of JOHANNES WESTFALL and APOLONIS CORTRECHT are:

39.  DANIEL WESTFALL, Baptised. June 18, 1734, Minisink, New Jersey.

Baptisms, Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Johannes Westval, Apolonia Kortrecht
Child: Daniel, 18 June 1734 (Menissing)
Wit: Jacobus Westval, Maria Wessebroek

CHRISTINA WESTFALL, Baptised May 19, 1736, Minisink, NY; m. ABRAM KITTEL, August 30, 1754. Also named as the daughter of Jacob Westfall, below; removed to Virginia.

Baptism, Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, New York
Parents: Johannes Westphal, Apolonie Kortrecht
Child: Christina, 19 May 1736 (Menissing)
Wit: Johannes Wessebroeck, Antje Roos

40.   JURIAN WESTFALL, Baptised May 29, 1739, Minisink, NY; d. Bef. May 28, 1776, Sussex County, NJ.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westval, Apollonia Korrecht
Child: Jurian, 29 May 1758
(This date appears to be incorrect. Apollonia would have been 50 years old; other sources give the 1739 date which is more likely; RNW)

JOHANNES WESTFALL, Baptised June 28, 1741, Minisink, New York; d. Abt. 1742.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonia Kortregt
Child: Johannes, 28 June 1741
Wit:

The fact that Johanes had a younger brother by the same name indicates that this John died as a child.

ELISABETH WESTFALL, Baptised April 23, 1744, Minisink, New York.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonia Kortrecht
Child: Lisabeth, 23 April 1744
Wit:

JOHANNES WESTFALL, Baptised July 5, 1747, Minisink, New York.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Apollonea Korrecht
Child: Johannes, 5 July 1747
Wit:

41.   HENRY WESTFALL, Baptised March 24, 1748/49, Minisink, New Jersey.

Babtism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Aplony Kortrecht
Children: Hendrick, Samuel, 24 March 1749
Wit: Hendrick J. Kortrecht; Gerretje Van Bunschoten, his wife; Arie Kortrecht; Iisabeth Cole, his wife

42.   SAMUEL WESTFALL, Baptised March 24, 1748/49, Minisink, New York; d. November 10, 1787.

Babtism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Aplony Kortrecht
Children: Hendrick, Samuel, 24 March 1749
Wit: Hendrick J. Kortrecht; Gerretje Van Bunschoten, his wife; Arie Kortrecht; Iisabeth Cole, his wife

JOSEPH WESTFALL, Baptised October 6, 1751, Minisink, New York.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Appolonia Kortrecht
Child: Joseph, 6 Oct. 1751
Wit: Abram Van Aken, Jr., Elizabeth van Bunschoten

Children of JOHANNES WESTFALL and MARGRIETA QUICK are:

DAVID WESTFALL, Baptised January 27, 1759, Minisink, New York; d. Bef. February 21, 1804; m. (1) PHEBE MIDDAGH; m. (2) JACAMYNTIE CUDDEBECK, October 10, 1788, Minisink, New Jersey.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westfael, Margriet Quick
Child: David, 27 Jan. 1759
Wit: Jacob Westfael, Leonora Westfael

BENJAMIN WESTFALL, Baptised March 8, 1760, Minisink, New York; m. SELETTA MIDDAGH.

Baptism, Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Churches
Parents: Johannes Westvaal, Margrita Quik
Child: Benjamin, 8 Mar. 1761
Wit: Benjamin Quick, Hannah Quick

 

28.  JACOBUS WESTFALL (JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. February 8, 1712/13 in Kingston, New York. He married (1) SOFIA VAN AAKEN May 7, 1738 in Kingston, Ulster Co., N.Y. He married (2) JANNETJEN DEEKER February 26, 1750/51 in Minisink, New York.

August 16, 1754 named in affidavit of Samuel Finch as one of the men who arrested him unlawfully (border dispute between New Jersey and New York); others named are Solomon Cartwright, Petrus Westfall and Urian Westfall. (New Jersey Archives)

Children of JACOBUS WESTFALL and SOFIA VAN AAKEN are:

CHRISTINA WESTFALL, Baptised December 10, 1738, Minisink, New Jersey; m. ABRAHAM KITTEL. Also named as the daughter of John Westfall, above; removed to Virginia.

PETRUS WESTFALL, Baptised June 15, 1740, Minisink, New Jersey.

Children of JACOBUS WESTFALL and JANNETJEN DEEKER are:

LEVY WESTFALL, Baptised July 19, 1752, Minisink, New York.

ABRAM WESTFALL, Baptised January 9, 1762, Minisink, New Jersey.

SARAH WESTFALL, Baptised January 9, 1762, Minisink, New Jersey.

ELIZA WESTFALL, b. October 17, 1773, Minisink, New York.

 

29.  JACOB WESTFALL (JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. June 8, 1715 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died in Ohio. He married JUDITH HORNBECK, daughter of JOOST HORNBECK and AAGJE VAN VLIET. She was born Bef. August 19, 1716 in Minisink, New Jersey.

EXTRACT OF DEED TO JACOB WESTFALL FROM LORD THOMAS FAIRFAX, OCT. 20, 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 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 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 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].

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
in the presence of                                         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

Jacob apparently accompanied his uncle Abel Westfall to Virginia about 1747. On Oct. 20, 1748 Jacob was granted 400 acres in the Northern Neck of Virginia on the Great South Branch of the Potomac. He was added to the Augusta Co. tax lists on Aug. 28, 1750 along with Abel Westfall and John Westfall. In 1764, Jacob Westfall and Judith Westfall sold 190 acres on the Diamond Licks of Looney's Creek in Hampshire County; William Westfall was a witness. Jacob and Judith probably had other children in West Virginia. Jacob and Judith's children pioneered settlement into north central West Virginia and appear in the records at the same period of time.  Jacob, [or his son] probably with the assistance of his family, built the Westfall Fort located near Beverly in Randolph County in the 1770's. It was the first fort in the Tygart Valley. Jacob Jr.'s first son [George] is said to have been born at the fort. [Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983].

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 Tygarts Valley in 1772. All evidence argues against this. The Jacob who was the first sherriff was the Jacob who married Mary King and died in Putnam County, Indiana.  He most likely the son of Jacob and Judith and James was his brother. The Jacob who was county clerk was most likely the son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Westfall who married Judith Booth.

Children of JACOB WESTFALL and JUDITH HORNBECK are:

ABEL WESTFALL.

An account of an Indian raid on Oct. 16, 1759 lists among the members of a settlement on Decker's Creek three Thorn brothers, their brother-in-law William Westfall and his brother Abel Westfall along with their wives and children. Abel was captured; his wife and children were killed. Another source says the massacre occurred in the spring of 1759.

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

JUDY WESTFALL.

44.   WILLIAM WESTFALL, b. Bef. March 26, 1735, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Aft. 1819, prob. Ohio.

45.  JOEL WESTFALL, b. October 14, 1751, Pendleton County, (West) Virginia; d. August 22, 1838, Beverly, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.

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

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

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30.  BENJAMIN WESTFALL (JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. January 29, 1717/18 in Kingston, New York. He married ANNATJE VAN AAKEN.

Children of BENJAMIN WESTFALL and ANNATJE VAN AAKEN are:

MARIA WESTFALL, Baptised February 7, 1741/42, Minisink, New York.

CORNELIUS WESTFALL, Baptised October 18, 1743, Minisink, New York.

SARA WESTFALL, Baptised. August 4, 1745, Minisink, New York.

JURY WESTFALL, Baptised March 29, 1747, Minisink, New York.

MARYA WESTFALL, Baptised June 21, 1748, Minisink, New York.

MARGRIET WESTFALL, Baptised January 29, 1748/49, Minisink, New York.

JACOBUS WESTFALL, Baptised February 24, 1750/51, Minisink, New York.

CORNELIS VAN AKEN WESTFALL, Baptised October 7, 1753, Minisink, New York.

ELISABETH WESTFALL, Baptised April 14, 1756, Minisink, New York.

RUSJE WESTFALL, Baptised January 28, 1759, Minisink, New York.

DANIEL WESTFALL, Baptised July 5, 1763, Minisink, New York.

 

31.  DANIEL WESTFALL (JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 1, 1723 in Kingston, New York, and died Bef. July 29, 1800.  He married MARYA WESTBROEK April 8, 1748 in Minisink, New York, daughter of ANTHONY WESTBROEK and AELTIE WESTBROEK.

June 26, 1755, Will of Anthony Westbroek, yoeman, of Manissink, Sussex County, New Jersey: Wife, Aeltie, Children - Johannis, Jacob, Saloman, Gideon, Anthony, Jennetie (wife of Simon Westvael), Magdalin (wife of Abraham Shimer), and Maria (wife of Daniel Westvael). Executors - sons Johannes and Jacob. Witnesses - Jane Keater, Cornelis Westbroek, William Ennes. Proved, Feb. 24, 1759.

Children of DANIEL WESTFALL and MARYA WESTBROEK are:

48.   ABRAHAM WESTFALL, Baptised January 29, 1748/49, Minisink, New York.

ANTONY WESTFALL, b. December 2, 1750, Minisink, New York.

MARGRIET WESTFALL, Baptised March 30, 1752, Minisink, New York.

AELTJE WESTFALL, Baptised October 10, 1754, Minisink, New York.

HANNATJE WESTFALL, Baptised November 10, 1761, Minisink, New York.

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32.  CORNELIUS WESTFALL (JACOB³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. September 1, 1723 in Kingston, New York, and died Abt. 1755 in Minisink, New York.  He married GRIETJE DECKER April 6, 1753 in Minisink, New York.

August 16, 1754 named in affidavit of Samuel Finch as one of the men who arrested him unlawfully (border dispute between New Jersey and New York); others named are Solomon Cartwright, Petrus Westfall, Jacobus Westfall and Urian Westfall. October 11, 1759 Cornelius Westfall, deceased, mentioned in the petition of William Cutteback and Philip Swartwout for the recovery of land involved in the border dispute between New York and New Jersey. (New Jersey Archives).

Children of CORNELIUS WESTFALL and GRIETJE DECKER are:

DIEVERTJE WESTFALL, Baptised July 7, 1754, Minisink, New York.

MARGRIETJE WESTFALL, b. February 13, 1755, Minisink, New York.

 

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, New York, son of ABEL WESTFALL and ANNE BOGARD.   He was born Bef. October 15, 1721 in Machackemeck, Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York, and died Bef. March 11, 1783 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia.

One source claims Elizabeth was born in Rochester, New York. Marriage record says Sineaquan.
Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church, Oct. 11, 1747 [banns published]; Cornelis Westfale y.m. born Machackemeck to Lisabeth Westfael y.d. born Sineaquan, both dwelling there; married November 20.

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 Co. (West) Virginia.  He married (1) ELIZABETH WESTFALL 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) ELEANOR MAGDALENE WESTFALL Aft. 1770 in Possibly Hampshire Co., Virginia, daughter of JACOB WESTFALL and MARGARET DUYTSCHER.  She was born Bef. October 22, 1721 in Prob. Minisink, New Jersey, and died in Virginia.

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

Cornelius Westfall did not come to West Virginia until about 1774. In 1761, he leased his father's estate from his residence in Essex County, New Jersey. Cornelius first married his cousin Elizabeth Westfall on November 20, 1747 in Minisink Valley, New Jersey. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Westfall, brother of Abel, father of Cornelius. According to the marriage record, Cornelius was born in Machackemeck, New York and Elizabeth in Sineaquan, new York. Cornelius is said 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 Hamshire County tax lists after the death of Cornelius and in the recording of the will. However, Cornelius used the name Magdalene in his will. [W. Lynn Hutchison]. The probate lists her as Eleanor, widow of Cornelius - RNW

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 executros 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."

Test. And..wodrow Co. Cur.

Cornelius Westfall's Last Will & Testament
Rec'd and Examined 1783
_____________________________________________________

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:

ANNA WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 17, 1748, Minisink, New Jersey.

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

MARGARET WESTFALL, b. Bef. August 5, 1750, Minisink, New Jersey; m. HEZEKIAH ROSENCRANSE.

Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Margriet, Aug. 5, 1750
SPONSORS: David Cole, Eleonora Westfael, wife

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. JACOB WESTFALL, b. Bef. March 11, 1753, Minisink, New Jersey; d. Abt. 1795, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.

Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church Baptism.
PARENTS: Cornelis Westfael, Lisabeth Westfael
CHILD: Jacob, March 11, 1753
SPONSORS: Jacob Westfael, Margriet Westfael

MARY WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1755.

50.   JOHN WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1758; d. December 12, 1824, Harrison County, Virginia.

51.   CORNELIUS WESTFALL, b. Bef. January 27, 1759, Minisink, Orange County, New York.

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

52.   ISAAC WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1762; d. Abt. 1803, Pendleton County, Virginia.

53.   ZACHARIAH WESTFALL, b. Bef. February 18, 1769, Minisink, New Jersey.

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35.  JOHN WESTFALL (ABEL³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. October 25, 1724 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died Abt. April 1789 in Hardy County, Virginia.  He married SARAH VERNOY Abt. 1758, daughter of JOHANNES VERNOY and JANNEKER LOUW.  She was born Bef. 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 (in New York?). John Westfall came to Augusta County, Virginia from New York about 1747. 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 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.  ABEL WESTFALL, d. 1814, Knox County, Indiana.

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

56.  CORNELIUS WESTFALL, b. March 9, 1756; d. Greene County, Indiana.

57.  ABRAHAM WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1760, Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia; d. January 1833, Knox County, Indiana.

58.  JACOB WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1761; d. 1801, Randolph County, Virginia.

59.  ISAAC WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1762.  

 

36.  NATHANIEL WESTFALL (NICLAES³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born October 6, 1728 in Rochester, New York, and died Aft. April 1782 in New Jersey.  He married CATHERINE WESTFALL.

February, 1761 - Petition of Philip Swartwout for the recovery of land involved in the border dispute between New York and New Jersey; mentions Nathaniel Westfall, Jacob Westfall, Simon Westfall and Deborah Davis. (New Jersey Archives).

Children of NATHANIEL WESTFALL and CATHERINE WESTFALL are:

JOHN WESTFALL.

HANNAH WESTFALL.

ELIZABETH WESTFALL.

MARY WESTFALL.

CHARITY WESTFALL.

CATHERINE WESTFALL.

 

37.  SIMON WESTFALL (GYSBERT³, SIMON², JURIAEN¹) was born December 2, 1733 in Kingston, New York.  He married JENNETIE WESTBROEK, daughter of ANTHONY WESTBROEK and AELTIE WESTBROEK.

June 26, 1755, Will of Anthony Westbroek, yoeman, of Manissink, Sussex County, New Jersey: Wife, Aeltie, Children - Johannis, Jacob, Saloman, Gideon, Anthony, Jennetie (wife of Simon Westvael), Magdalin (wife of Abraham Shimer), and Maria (wife of Daniel Westvael). Executors - sons Johannes and Jacob. Witnesses - Jane Keater, Cornelis Westbroek, William Ennes. Proved, Feb. 24, 1759.

October 11, 1759, petition of William Cutteback and Philip Swartwout, for the recovery of land involved in the border dispute between the Westfalls and Swartwouts; mentioned as defendants Abraham Vanaken, Abraham Westbrook, Solomon Cuykendall, Cornelius Cole, Bryan Hammel, James Clark, Jurian Westfall, Jacobus Vanaken, Simon Westfall, Mathew Terwilliger and Jacob Westfall. (New Jersey Archives).

Child of SIMON WESTFALL and JENNETIE WESTBROEK is:

60.  SIMON WESTFALL.

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38.  ABRAHAM WESTFALL (PETER³, NICOLAUS², JURIAEN¹) was born November 18, 1755 in Machackemeck, Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York.  He married BLANDINA VAN ETTEN February 8, 1781 in Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York, daughter of ANTHONY VAN ETTEN and ANNATJE DECKER.   She was born September 4, 1763 in Deer Park Township, Orange County, New York.

Abraham Westfall was born at Machackemeck (Deer Park Township, Orange County, N.Y.) Nov. 18, 1755. His father, Petrus Westfall was killed by the Indians sometime in 1756 at the outbreak of the French and Indian War. Abraham's mother apparently returned with him to live at the home of her parents at Tysebag, across the Delaware River on the Pennsylvania side. Here she married (Minisink) Aug. 19, 1757, John Lyde, who also lived there. Abraham Westfall, while serving as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, married in Deer Park Twp., Feb. 8, 1781, Blandina van Etten, born there, Sept. 4, 1763, daughter of Anthony van Etten and Annatje Decker. Abraham and his wife moved to Washington County, Pa. in May 1797. [Frank Hales Allen, 1947].

Children of ABRAHAM WESTFALL and BLANDINA VAN ETTEN are:

JOSEPH WESTFALL, b. June 14, 1782, Orange County, New York

HANNAH WESTFALL, b. February 25, 1784, Orange County, New York; m. JOHN HORLEDGE

ANNE WESTFALL, b. February 9, 1786, Orange County, New York; m. JACOB MARSHALL

EUNICE WESTFALL, b. March 12, 1788, Orange County, New York; m. UNKOWN GAMBLE

61.   LEVI WESTFALL, b. Dec. 7, 1790, Deer Park Twp., Orange Co., N. Y.; d. Feb. 23, 1869, Ohio.

NAOMI WESTFALL, b. February 2, 1793, Orange County, New York; m. UNKNOWN SARGENT.

SIMEON WESTFALL, b. March 4, 1795.

CATHERINE WESTFALL, b. January 30, 1798, Washington County, Pennsylvania; m. JAMES PATRICK

JOHN WESTFALL, b. June 22, 1800, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

THOMAS WESTFALL, b. September 28, 1802, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

ABRAHAM WESTFALL, b. April 13, 1809, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

JAMES WESTFALL, b. January 31, 1811, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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39. DANIEL WESTFALL (JOHANNES⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. June 18, 1734 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married ANNE or HANNAH WESTFALL May 15, 1761. She was born Bef. August 26, 1744.

Daniel Westfall appears in Augusta County records sevral times. In 1778 and 1779, Daniel was the executor for Moses Thompson and Frances Weir and appraised the estate of J. Springstone. Also in 1779, Daniel was selected to locate a road in Tygart Valley. In 1780, 200 acres were surveyed in his name on the east side of the Tygart Valley River. Daniel was taxed under Hampshire County in 1783, under Harrison County in 1784 to 1786, and then in Randolph Co. in 1787 and 1788. In 1787, Daniel was charged with an additional white tithable. Daniel Westfall and wife Hannah sold property in Randolph County on Dec. 8, 1788, after which Daniel removed to Bullitt County, Kentucky. From a family Bible, the birth date of Daniel is given as August 22, 1733. The Bible gives his wife's name as Anne, who is the mother of his son John. Hannah may be a second wife or her true name since it appears the Bible information may have been recorded by a grandson or great-grandson. According to the record, Anne was born Aug. 26, 1744 and they were married May 15, 1761. Their son John married his cousin Sarah, the daughter of Henry Westfall. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983].

Children of DANIEL WESTFALL and ANNE WESTFALL are:

DIANA WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1772; d. Bef. 1824, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; m. JAMES HOLDER, January 8, 1788, Randolph County, Virginia.

JOHN WESTFALL, b. December 4, 1772; d. February 3, 1844; m. SARAH WESTFALL, May 15, 1804, Bullitt County, Kentucky; b. March 20, 1782; d. February 3, 1837.

 

40. JURIAN WESTFALL (JOHANNES⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. May 29, 1739 in Minisink, New York, and died Bef. May 28, 1776 in Sussex County, New Jersey. He married MARGRIET QUICK.

New Jersey Archives, Vol. XIV, p. 574-575: March 9, 1775. Will of Juyan Westvael of Hardyston, Sussex Co., cordwainer. To my oldest and only son, Henry Cortwright Westfall, my 32 1/4 acres of land, when he is 21; wife Marget, a good support. The rest to Henry Cortwright Westfall, Jane Westfall, Aplonia Westfall. Executors - Josias Cortwright and my brother Henry Westfall. Witnesses - George Westfall, James Westfall, Nicholas Christopher. Proved May, 28, 1776; May 18, 1776, inventory made by Henry William Cortrecht and Francis McGee.

Will book 10, p. 424, Essex Co., N.J.  Dec. 3, 1753. Will of Hendrick Janse Cortrecht of Manissink in Orange Co., New York, yeoman; Cousin Hendrick Williamse Cortrecht, son of William Cortrecht, dec'd, to have my land on Great and Little Manissink Island, with my homestead, except to my wife Gerritje Cortrecht, the southernmost room of my house. Hendrick Williamse Cortrecht is to provide for his sister, Gerritje Cortrecht, Jr., and to allow her the girl which she brought up, till she is 21. My cousin, Jurrian Westvael, son of Johannis Westvall, 1/2 of 64 1/4 acres, which was bought of Richard Gardiner.  Executors - wife, Gerritje, and Johannis Westvall, my brother-in-law. Witnesses - Johannis Rosekrans, Benjamin Westbrook, William Ennes. Proved June 26, 1760, Essex County, New Jersey. June 9, 1760 Inventory: 177.2.4 pounds; by William Ennes and Tereck VanKeuren Westbroock.

Child of JURIAN WESTFALL and MARGRIET QUICK is:

HENRY CORTWRIGHT WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 11, 1765.

 

41. HENRY WESTFALL (JOHANNES⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. March 24, 1748/49 in Minisink, New Jersey. He married SUSANNA KORTREGT in Minisink, New Jersey. She was born October 23, 1745.

Henry Westfall paid personal property tax in Hampshire County in 1782 through 1785. He appears in the tax list for Jefferson Co., Kentucky on July 7, 1789. In the 1800 tax list for Bullitt County, Kentucky appear the Westfalls: Daniel Sr., Daniel Jr., Jacob, John, Samuel, and William. Family Bible records give Henry's birth date as Aug 24, 1749 which is after the date in the baptism records of Minisink. Henry's birth date was probably in 1748. The Bible says his wife Susannah was born Oct. 23, 1745; no marriage record is given. Their daughter Sarah married cousin John Westfall, son of Daniel. [Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983.]

Henry Westfall married Anny Riley in Bullitt Co., Kentucky on Nov. 13, 1808. This Henry Westfall would have been sixty years old.

Children of HENRY WESTFALL and SUSANNA KORTREGT are:

WILLIAM WESTFALL, b. Bef. February 10, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey; m. JEMIMA WESTFALL, September 13, 1791, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

In the 1800 tax list for Bullitt County, Kentucky appear the Westfalls: Daniel Sr., Daniel Jr., Jacob, John, Samuel, and William. A William Westfall married Jemima Westfall in Jefferson Co., which borders Bullitt Co. There is a high probability that it is this William.

SUSANNAH WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1775, Minisink, New Jersey; m. WILLIAM CLEAVER, June 30, 1790, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

DANIEL WESTFALL, b. Bef. June 14, 1775, Minisink, New Jersey.

SARAH WESTFALL, b. March 20, 1782; d. February 3, 1837; m. JOHN WESTFALL, May 15, 1804, Bullitt County, Kentucky; b. December 4, 1772; d. February 3, 1844.

ELIZA WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1788; m. PETER MILLER, March 30, 1804, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

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42. SAMUEL WESTFALL (JOHANNES⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. March 24, 1748/49 in Minisink, New York, and died November 10, 1787. He married MARGARET LICHERT.

Nov. 10, 1787: Will of Samuel Westfall of Wontage, Sussex County, New Jersey; Administrix, Margaret Westfall; Bondsman Joseph Van Aken; Witness - David Westfall, Nov. 10, 1787; Inventory Nov. 15, 1787 by Jacob Dewitt and Benj. Cuykendall. Samuel was the twin brother of Hendrick Westfall.

Children of SAMUEL WESTFALL and MARGARET LICHERT are:

ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. Bef. October 17, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey.

CATRATINA WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 25, 1776, Minisink, New Jersey.

43. GEORGE WESTFALL (JACOB⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) died Abt. 1798 in Harrison or Wood County, Virginia.

"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. Withers says that one of the Westfalls found and buried the remains of the Files family who were murdered by the Indians nearly twenty years previous. This is improbable from the fact that the Westfalls settled near the mouth of Mill Creek and William Currence first owned and occupied the land where Beverly now stands and which had been abandoned by the Files family. Some years later William Currence and the Westfalls exchanged lands. Jacob Westfall was a justice of the peace and a member of the court appointed by the Governor in the organization of the county. In the same year he was elected sheriff by his associate justices of the peace, and thus became the first sheriff of Randolph. The residence of James Westfall in Beverly was designated as the court house of Randolph County, May 29, 1787, the first session having been held the day previous at the residence of Benjamin Wilson. Cornelius Westfall was the second sheriff of Randolph in 1789. George and James Westfall were captains of the militia in 1787. Jacob Westfall was one of the trustees of the town of Beverly in 1790. James Westfall was major of the militia in 1794. The Westfalls were of German origin and the name was spelled Westphal in the mother tongue. The Westfalls settled in Pendleton in 1752. Cornelius Westfall moved to Hamilton County, Ohio." [A History of Randolph County West Virginia]

George Westfall appraised the Augusta County estate of James Stewart in 1772. George was appointed constable on May 14, 1778 in Augusta County. In an interview recorded in the Kentucky Papers of the Draper Manuscript Collection, David Crouch stated that George Westfall's fort and his father's were the first forts in the Tygart Valley. He owned a mill in then Harrison Co. in the early 1780's and did surveying for Virginia. George was the original owner of a 400-acre tract by patent granted May 15, 1784.

Jacob Jr. and George Sr. were joint owners of then Harrison County land adjoining George Westfall's Mill Run. In Randolph Co. records, Jacob Jr. and wife Susanna sold land to Jacob Sr. on Feb. 23, 1795 which was conveyed by George to his son Jacob Jr. on June 24, 1793. This deed from George to Jacob in 1793 granted only 164 acres. George then purchased 260 acres on the Little Kanawha River in Harrison Co. (now Wood Co.) on Aug. 17, 1795 from James Neal. On Aug. 29, 1797, George Westfall of Harrison Co. sold a tract "on George Westfall's Mill Run adjoining land formerly of said George Westfall." George obtained another 106 acres on the Little Kanawha on Nov. 22, 1797.

A George Sr. and George Jr. appear in separate Harrison Co. personal property tax lists in 1784. The elder was charged with two tithes. Jacob is listed with George Sr. in the 1788 Randolph Co. personal property tax list. Another white tithable between 16 and 21 is also charged to George Sr. in the years 1787 to 1792. This could have been his son James who was mentioned in the estate settlement of Jacob Westfall; and who appears on the personal property tax list in 1793 as James Junior. George Sr. or George Jr. dissappeared from Randolph County tax lists in 1793 as only one is recorded then; the other George remained in Randolph Co. tax lists until 1795. George Westfall appears on the Harrison Co. tax lists again in 1797 with three white tithables; Jacob is also listed. The other two may be James and Alexander.

The administrator's bond of Jacob Westfall for George Westfall, deceased, was recorded during the February 1798 court in Harrison County. On March 21, 1798, the executors of George's estate were ordered to submit a plan of division to the heirs. Jacob was listed as an heir with a line drawn through his name in the court record. Jacob and Alexander remained in Wood County for awhile; Jacob left about 1816 to possibly Jackson Co., Ohio and Alexander about ten years later for Pike Co., Ohio.

A James Westfall, age 22, was discharged as a scout for Randolph Co. in April 1790. James and wife Anna sold Beverly lot 6 to James Jr. on Dec. 24, 1792. James and wife Ariana then sold this lot to Abraham Springstone on March 23, 1795; the text also has the spellings Arana and Anna. The first James appears to the brother of James Jr's father. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

1772, Appraised the estate of James Stewart in Augusta Co., Va.
May 14, 1778, Appointed constable in Augusta Co., Va.
May 15, 1784, Original owner of 400 acre tract patent granted, Augusta Co., Va.
June 24, 1793, Conveyed 164 acres of land to son Jacob in Randolph Co., Va.
August 17, 1795, Purchased 260 acres on Little Kanawha River Harrison Co., Va. (Wood Co., W.Va)
February 1798, Harrison Co. Bond of Jacob Westfall for George Westfall, deceased

Children of GEORGE WESTFALL are:

HANNAH WESTFALL, m. JOHN CASEY.

REBECCA WESTFALL, m. JAMES GIBSON.

SARAH WESTFALL, m. BENJAMIN BADGLEY, January 3, 1794, Randolph County, Virginia.

ELIZABETH WESTFALL, m. ELI WOODBURY.

JACOB WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1767.

Jacob was listed as an heir to the estate of his father George. In the court record a line is drawn through his name. Jacob and brother Alexander remained in Wood Co. for awhile; Jacob left about 1816 to possibly Jackson Co., Ohio. A Jacob Westfall, 45 years or older, is listed on the 1810 census of Wood Co., Virginia. Alexander Westfall is also listed in Wood Co. About 1816, Jacob removed to Jackson Co., Ohio

MARY WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1768; m. JAMES BODKINS, September 7, 1784, Harrison County, Virginia.

JAMES WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1768; m. ARIANA WESTFALL.

A James Westfall, age 22 was discharged as a scout for Randolph Co. in April 1790. James and wife Anna sold Beverly lot 6 to James Jr. on Dec. 24, 1792. James and wife Ariana then sold this lot to Abraham Springstone on March 23, 1795. The first James was probably James Jr.'s uncle. A James Westfall appears on the 1810 census of Randolph County, Virginia. In the household there is one male 45 years or older and one male between 16 and 26 years old. This James should have been 42 if his age and year of his discharge are correct. December 24, 1792, Sold lot 6 in Beverly to (cousin) James Westfall. March 23, 1795, Sold lot 6 in Beverly to Abraham Springstone. April 1790, Discharged as a scout for Randolph Co., Va. at age 22

ALEXANDER WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1780; d. 1862, Knox County, Illinois; m. PRISCILLA BARNES, 1805.

Alexander Westfall appears on the 1810 and 1820 censuses for Wood Co., Virginia. On the 1810 census the oldest male in the household is between 26 and 45 years of age. Also in Wood Co. is Jacob Westfall. On the 1820 census the oldes male is again listed as between 26 and 45. This is consistent with his estimated birth date of 1780. Alexander removed to Pike Co., Ohio about 1826.

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44. WILLIAM WESTFALL (JACOB⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. March 26, 1735 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died Aft. 1819 in prob. Ohio. He married (1) ELIZABETH THORN. He married (2) MARY.

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. Withers says that one of the Westfalls found and buried the remains of the Files family who were murdered by the Indians nearly twenty years previous. This is improbable from the fact that the Westfalls settled near the mouth of Mill Creek and William Currence first owned and occupied the land where Beverly now stands and which had been abandoned by the Files family. Some years later William Currence and the Westfalls exchanged lands. [A History of Randolph County West Virginia]

An account of an Indian raid on Oct. 16, 1759 lists among the members of a settlement on Decker's Creek three Thorn brothers, their brother-in-law William Westfall and his brother Abel along with their wives and children. Abel was captured; his wife and children were killed. Another source says the massacre occurred in the spring of 1759.

William Westfall and wife Elizabeth sold 400 acres on Mill Creek in Hampshire Co. on March 12, 1760. in 1772, William settled 400 acres on Teters Creek in what is now Barbour County. William also owned 1000 acres in the Tygart Valley jointly with five others from which several land grants were made. A survey of the settlement was recorded in 1784. William and wife Mary (apparently his second wife) sold property in Randolph Co. in 1791 and then sold a tract on Teters Creek on Aug. 26, 1793. The new owner Jeremiah Cooper sued William on Feb 20, 1796 for fraud because the land was claimed by others as well. William and Mary were living in Clark County, Kentucky at the time. In 1794 William and Mary sold property at Painted Camps on Teters Creek, and again in 1795 the couple granted part of their estate by settlement right to Job Westfall. William Sr. and Job last appear in the Randolph Co. personal property tax lists in 1794. in the Randolph Co. deed book, William Westfall Sr. of Montgomery Co., Ohio, via letter of attorney, sold 400 acres of the McDonough tract on April 22, 1820. In Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio, Job, George, and Andrew Westfall and William Westfall, who is charged with two sons, appear on the 1798 tax list. Absolom Westfall paid the Montgomery Co. land tax for William's property in 1810 after which William resumes payment until 1819. Joel Westfall paid taxes on property nearby; this land was originally entered by Job Westfall. [Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983]

March 26, 1735, Bapt. Minisink, New Jersey
March 12, 1760, Sold 400 acres on Mill Creek in Hampshire Co., Va.
1772, Settled 400 acres on Teters Creek, (Barbour County) Va.
1784, Survey of settlement in Tygart Valley on 1000 acres owned jointly with 5 others
Bet. 1789 - 1790, Tax list Randolph County, Va.
1791, Sold Randolph County property
August 26, 1793, Sold tract on Teters Creek
1798, Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio
February 20, 1796, resided Clark County, Kentucky
April 22, 1820, From Montgomery County, Ohio by attorney sold land in Randolph Co., Va.

Children of WILLIAM WESTFALL and ELIZABETH THORN are:

ABSOLOM WESTFALL, m. MARY KAYLOR, 1807, Montgomery County, Ohio.

1810, Pays land tax for father in Montgomery Co., Ohio

ANDREW WESTFALL.

Andrew Westfall removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio in the 1790's. 1798, Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio. 1793, Chain bearer survey for George Westfall, Randolph Co., Va.

GEORGE WESTFALL.

1782 - Listed in Monongalia County, Viginia with 2 in household
1783 - On the first tax list of Monongalia County, Virginia
1785 - Hampshire County, Virginia with 2 in household
1798 - Tax list Dayton Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio

62.  JOB WESTFALL, d. 1822, Darke County, Ohio.

JOEL WESTFALL.

Bet. 1810 - 1819, Taxed on land in Montgomery Co., Ohio

JUDITH WESTFALL, m. GEORGE RENNIX, February 25, 1790, Randolph County, Virginia.

63.  WILLIAM WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1768; d. Abt. September 1821, Randolph County, Virginia.

64.  MICHAEL WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1770.

ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1771; m. WILLIAM LOW, August 23, 1787, Harrison County, Virginia.

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Joel Westfall was appointed constable in Augusta Co. on March 17, 1774. He is said to have been born Oct. 14, 1751 and married Mary Houston on May 19, 1776. In Augusta Co. records, the will of Joel Westfall, recorded on Nov. 17, 1778 names William and Jacob Jr. administrators of his estate. Joel did not die until 1838. He and Mary had only two children. March 17, 1774, Appointed constable in Augusta Co., Va.

Children of JOEL WESTFALL and MARY HOUSTON are:

HANNAH WESTFALL, b. March 11, 1777; m. HENRY FRY, June 9, 1795.

65.  JOEL WESTFALL, b. January 23, 1779, Augusta County, Virginia; d. August 25, 1858, Kincheloe Creek, Harrison County, (West) Virginia.

ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1780.

On the 1850 Randolph Co. census appears Elizabeth Westfall, age 65, pauper, living with the Isaac Roy family. She could be the widow of one of the Randolph County Westfalls, or she might be the daughter of Joel Westfall.

 

46. JACOB WESTFALL (JACOB⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born October 10, 1755 in Hampshire Co. (West) Virginia, and died March 5, 1835 in Putnam County, Indiana. He married MARY KING 1777 in Tygarts Valley, Virginia. She was born 1758, and died 1841 in Putnam County, Indiana.

Augusta County, Virginia, Survey Book #3, pg. 64: Jacob Westfall, Jr., 150 acres, Augusta County, east side of Tygerts Valley River joining James Westfall and Joel Westfall lands; 23 Oct. 1780, Robert Poage, ast., Jno Poage, SAC

A History of Randolph County West Virginia; "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. Withers says that one of the Westfalls found and buried the remains of the Files family who were murdered by the Indians nearly twenty years previous. This is improbable from the fact that the Westfalls settled near the mouth of Mill Creek and William Currence first owned and occupied the land where Beverly now stands and which had been abandoned by the Files family. Some years later William Currence and the Westfalls exchanged lands. Jacob Westfall was a justice of the peace and a member of the court appointed by the Governor in the organization of the county. In the same year he was elected sheriff by his associate justices of the peace, and thus became the first sheriff of Randolph. The residence of James Westfall in Beverly was designated as the court house of Randolph County, May 29, 1787, the first session having been held the day previous at the residence of Benjamin Wilson. Cornelius Westfall was the second sheriff of Randolph in 1789. George and James Westfall were captains of the militia in 1787. Jacob Westfall was one of the trustees of the town of Beverly in 1790. James Westfall was major of the militia in 1794. The Westfalls were of German origin and the name was spelled Westphal in the mother tongue. The Westfalls settled in Pendleton in 1752. Cornelius Westfall moved to Hamilton County, Ohio."

Virginia Service Revolutionary War - WESTFALL, Jacob, wid. Mary - W.9159: Monongalia Co., Va. - residing at Tygarts's Valley Va., Vol. June 20, 1781 for six mos. as 1st Lieut. with Capt. Geo. Jackson's Co., Col. Zachariah Morgan's Va. Reg. - marched to Morgantown, Va., to the "New Store," there joined Gen. Geo. R. Clark descended the River, landed 4 mi. below Ft. Pitt went to Wheeling; to island at mouth of Little Kanawha; to falls of Ohio; served 6 mos. Moved in 1792 to Nelson Co., Ky; then to Harden Co., Ky.; in 1808 to Miami Co., Ohio; 1827 to Clinton twp., Putnam Co., Ind. Applied for Pens. in Putnam Co., Ind. 3-5-1833. Born Oct. 10, 1755 in Hampshire Co., Va.; married Mary King (1758-1841) in Tygert's Valley, 1777 by Bapt. Min. Redding; he died Mch. 5, 1835 - wid. allowed pens. 11-13-1838 while residing in Boone Co., Ind. aged 80 years. Their son Cornelius Westfall, b. 3-7-1778, aged 60 yrs in 1838. Tygert's Valley now Randolph Co. Cornelius Thwing, of Morgan Co., Ind. - 78 yrs. knew Jacob Westfall in Tygert's Valley, then Monongalia Co., Va., in forepart of 1781, as 1st Lieut, under Capt. Geo. jackson Co. of Volunteer Gen. Clark for 6 mos. Added to card: ROSTER of Sold. Bur. in Indiana, 1938, p. 378 Children - Annie, Elizabeth, Levi, John, Janet, Mary, Cornelius (b. 1778).

Jacob served as First Lieutenant in 1781 in the Augusta Monongahalia militia; he went on an expedition with George Rogers Clarke against the Indians. Jacob was pensioned on Sept. 18, 1833. He was appointed County Lieutenant for Randolph County on Aug. 28, 1787; he also served as the first sheriff of Randolph County and also as a justice. He organized scouts to observe Indian travel around the settlement at Beverly in 1790, but left for Kentucky in October 1792 leaving no one to certify the claims of his scouts for pay. In 1792 Jacob and Mary sold property in Randolph Co. and removed to Kentucky. In 1803 from Nelson Co., Ky., Jacob and Mary granted land in Randolph Co. to Cornelius Westfall of Dayton, Ohio. This evidently is their son as a Montgomery Co., Ohio history says Cornelius Westfall, a Kentuckian, opened a school in the fall of 1804. The family lived in Nelson Co., Kentucky awhile, then in Hardin County until 1808 when they moved to Miami Co., Ohio. Jacob left Ohio in 1827 to settle in Putnam Co., Indiana where he died on march 5, 1835. his wife Mary was born in 1758 and died in 1841. Jacob was granted a pension for service in the Revolution in September 1833 in Montgomery County, Indiana but was living in Putnam County, Indiana by then. He was awared $80.00 a year. After his death in 1835 his wife Mary applied for pension from Boone County, Indiana in 1838 at age 80. In Nelson Co., Ky records appear the marriages of Cornelius Westfall to Elizabeth Bryan on Oct 13,1795 and Levi Westfall to Temperance King on Dec. 16, 1802 (the consent for Levi was signed by Jacob Westfall). Also listed is Reuben Westfall serving as witness in the marriage of Daniel King on May 28, 1803. Cornelius Westfall of Hamilton Co., Ohio sold land on George Westfall's Mill Run in Randolph Co. on April 8, 1806. Cornelius Westfall, second school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and later town director for Troy, Ohio, married Rachel Dye on April 25, 1809. He must also be the Cornelius who served as Miami County court clerk starting in 1810. Reuben served as a captain from Miami County, Ohio in the War of 1812. He and Levi both began paying taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County in 1813. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

McWhorter's "Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia" says that Jacob was the builder of Westfall's Fort in Randolph County. Corine Cutright article "The Westfall Family" states that Jacob and Mary had one son, Cornelius (they had several sons and daughters).

E.K. Westfall (son of Cornelius), Bushnell, Illinois, letter to cousin Frank Mills (son of Janet Westfall and Daniel Mills), Oct. 17, 1892. "Dear Cousin - Your letter received this A.M. I sent it to Mary who may be able to fill in the blanks better than I can. My information is only traditional, but what I do know is just as my father told it. Much, I have no doubt forgotten. I know no other names further back than Grandfather (Jacob). ... I do not remember of father telling of his grandfather. Nor do I remember of his speaking of any relatives of his except his Uncle William. I think he went to where Dayton, Ohio now is and made a farm in the woods. My father (Cornelius) when he became of age went there and rented some ground in his clearing and put in a crop of corn. That winter, I remember he told, while father was gone to Virginia on a collecting tour for some former residents of that state, the stock ate up his crop. Father taught the first school ever taught in Dayton. ... An interesting item connected with the early history of the Westfalls in the country is the fact of their living on the extreme edge of civilization, in Tygarts Valley, Randolph Co., Virginia, now West Virginia. A chain of Forts four or five miles apart, for the protection of the citizens was built along the valley. In these Forts the whole population lived during the spring and summer months. The farms were worked by parties who were constantly guarded by armed parties. Thus they went from one to another until all was done. In winter they removed to their farms, the Indians not venturing to come across the mountains when snow was on the ground as the settlers could track them back and punish them for their trepidations. Grandfather was Captain of the Fort where the town of Beverly now stands. I think father was born in that stockade. Sister Mary has a good memory and can give you many items...
Your Cousin
E.K. Westfall.

Letter from Jacob Mills to his brother Frank Mills (sons of Janet Westfall and Daniel Mills), dated 1909. [copied by Elma Rust, sent to Ralph Durrett, June 1975] "... Grandfather Westfall (Jacob) moved to Kentucky sometime in the latter end of the 18th century. Came down the Ohio, out of Monongahela in piroques, with quite a number of followers. They went up the Kentucky river, then Salt river, where they settled. He was made a Justice of the Peace there and held the office long enough to be High Sheriff by virtue of being the oldest justice. He had held the same office in Virginia for the same reason. Must have lived in Kentucky about 20 years - perhaps more. Mother was born in Kentucky (Janet). I think they moved from there to Miami Co., Ohio about 1810. Uncle Cornelius had preceded them there. I think he went as a surveyor."

1781, First Lieutenent Augusta Monongalia militia
August 28, 1787, Appointed county Lieutenent for Randolph County; Randolph Co. Sheriff and Justice
1790, Organized scouts to observe Indian activity around Beverly (West Virginia).
1792, Sold Randolph County property and removed to Kentucky
1803, Granted Randolph Co. land to Cornelius Westfall of Dayton, Ohio
1808, Removed to Miami County, Ohio
1803 - 1808, In Nelson County, and Hardin Co., Kentucky
1827, Settled in Putnam County, Indiana

Children of JACOB WESTFALL and MARY KING are:

CORNELIUS WESTFALL, b. March 7, 1778, Randolph County, Virginia; d. September 8, 1856, Macomb, Illinois; m. (1) ELIZABETH BRYAN, October 13, 1795, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. (2) RACHEL DYE, April 25, 1809, Miami County, Ohio; m. (3) SARAH MARY DAVIS, October 28, 1856, Miami County, Ohio.

Jacob and Mary (King) Westfall granted land in Randolph Co. to Cornelius Westfall of Dayton, Ohio. This evidently is their son as a Montgomery Co., Ohio history says Cornelius Westfall, a Kentuckian, opened a school in the fall of 1804. In Nelson Co., Ky records appear the marriages of Cornelius Westfall to Elizabeth Bryan on Oct 13,1795. Cornelius Westfall of Hamilton Co., Ohio sold land on George Westfall's Mill Run in Randolph Co. on April 8, 1806. Cornelius Westfall, second school teacher in Dayton, Ohio and later town director for Troy, Ohio, married Rachel Dye on April 25, 1809. He must also be the Cornelius who served as Miami County court clerk starting in 1810. Was only the second teacher in Dayton, Ohio. Town director for Troy, Ohio; 1810, Miami Co., Ohio county clerk. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

LEVI WESTFALL, b. 1782, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. November 16, 1848, Boone County, Indiana; m. (1) TEMPERANCE KING, December 16, 1802, Nelson County, Kentucky; m. (2) MARGARET PETTIT, April 4, 1811, Miami County, Ohio.

In Nelson Co., Ky records appear the marriage Levi Westfall to Temperance King on Dec. 16, 1802 (the consent for Levi was signed by Jacob Westfall). Reuben and Levi Westfall both began paying taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County in 1813. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

ELIZABETH WESTFALL, b. 1784, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. October 16, 1851, Putnam County, Indiana; m. DAVID SWANK, October 23, 1800, Hardin County, Kentucky.

REUBEN WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1787; m. ELIZABETH TUCKER, March 2, 1805, Hardin County, Kentucky. See Virginia Westfall's Family Tree

In Nelson Co., Ky records Reuben Westfall served as witness in the marriage of Daniel King on May 28, 1803. Reuben served as a captain from Miami County, Ohio in April of 1812. He and Levi Westfall both began paying taxes on neighboring tracts in Miami County in 1813.

JOHN WESTFALL, b. 1788, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; m. RACHEL

ANNA WESTFALL, b. 1790, Randolph County, (West) Virginia; d. Iowa; m. JOHN ANDERSON, April 2, 1807, Hardin County, Kentucky.

MARY WESTFALL, b. Bef. 1796; m. (1) ZACHEUS TIBERGHIN; m. (2) JERAMIAH KING, February 11, 1812, Hardin County, Kentucky.

JANET WESTFALL, b. August 13, 1799, Bardstown, Kentucky; d. March 28, 1863, Jefferson, Iowa; m. DANIEL MILLS, December 22, 1821, Miami County, Ohio.

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47. JAMES WESTFALL (JACOB⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Abt. 1762, and died Abt. 1803 in Hamilton County, Ohio. He married ANN TRUBY December 29, 1786 in Harrison County, Virginia, daughter of JONATHAN TRUBY. She died Abt. 1811.

August County, Virginia Surveys: Survey Book # 3, pg. 64, James Westfall, 193 acres, Augusta County, on east side of Tygert's Valley River on Files's Creek joining Jacob Westfall and William Casidy; Robert Poage, ast; Jno Poage SAC, 23 Oct. 1780

James Westfall owned land on Files Creek (Beverly, W.Va.); the survey was recorded on Oct. 23, 1783. The property adjoined Jacob Westfall and Jacob Westfall Jr. and was assigned to him by Jacob. This was part of a certificate of land awarded Jacob Westfall by right of settlement. Other parts were transferred to Joel Westfall and Jacob Jr., and were also surveyed prior to 1784. James first appears in the personal property tax lists of Harrison Co. in 1786. he married Ann Truby, daughter of Jonathan Truby on Jan. 4, 1787 in Harrison County. James Westfall is mentioned in the act to establish Beverly on Dec. 16, 1790. He and wife Ann granted 22 lots in Beverly from 1792 to 1795. In 1792, James and Anna Westfall sold lot 6 in Beverly to James Westfall, Jr. James no longer appears in Randolph Co. tax lists in 1795; the family apparently removed to Ohio. 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. The residence of James Westfall in Beverly was designated as the court house of Randolph County, May 29, 1787, the first session having been held the day previous at the residence of Benjamin Wilson. George and James Westfall were captains of the militia in 1787. James Westfall was major of the militia in 1794. [A History of Randolph County West Virginia]

James Westfall appears in Montgomery County, Ohio in 1798 with William, George, Job and Andrew Westfall. Anne Westfall is listed as the administratrix of James' estate on Mar. 29, 1803 in Randolph Co. court minutes. A letter of attorney was executed by Ann Westfall to Cornelius Westfall in Hamilton Co., North Western Territory; it was recorded in Randolph Co. at the September 1802 court. Ann Westfall married Jeremiah York on Apr. 7, 1805 in Greene Co., Ohio. She is listed in the Greene Co. land tax books as the original owner of three tracts; a Christopher Truby is listed nearby. Ann York seems to have died about 1820. In 1811 in Greene Co., guardians for the minors of James Westfall, deceased, were assigned: Celista, age 15 to David Huston; Elbert, age 12 to William Van Cleve; Cynthia, age 10 to William Van Cleve. The court order for the transfer of a Beverly town lot, dated Nov. 24, 1835, mentioned that the defendants, heirs of James Westfall, were non-residents of the commonwealth. From the deed dated June 29, 1836 in Randolph Co., James' heirs included Joel, Jacob, John and James. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

October 23, 1783, Survey recorded land of James Westfall on Files Creek.
1786, Listed on personal property tax roll, Harrison Co., Va.
December 16, 1790, Listed in the act to establish Beveryly.
1792, Sold a lot in Beverly to James Westfall, Jr.
March 29, 1803, Wife, Anne administrator to the estate of James

Children of JAMES WESTFALL and ANN TRUBY are:

JOEL WESTFALL.

JOHN WESTFALL.

JACOB WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1790.

JAMES WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1790.

CELISTA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1796.

ELBERT WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1799.

CYNTHIA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1801.

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48. ABRAHAM WESTFALL (DANIEL⁴, JURIAEN³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. January 29, 1748/49 in Minisink, New York. He married ANTJE WESTBROECK.

Children of ABRAHAM WESTFALL and ANTJE WESTBROECK are:

MARIE WESTFALL, b. Bef. September 12, 1770.

66.   DANIEL WESTFALL, b. Bef. October 17, 1773, Minisink, New Jersey.

DERECK WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 25, 1776.

BENJAMIN WESTFALL, b. Bef. November 1, 1780.

SOLOMON WESTFALL, b. Bef. March 5, 1786.

LIDIA WESTFALL, b. September 18, 1788.

ALLIE WESTFALL, b. September 13, 1791.

 

49. JACOB WESTFALL (CORNELIUS⁴, ABEL³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was born Bef. March 11, 1753 in Minisink, New Jersey, and died Abt. 1795 possible in Bullit County, Kentucky. He married (1) JUDITH BOOTH probably d. bef. 1786; (2) Elizabeth.

W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983: Jacob was one of the executors of the will of his father Cornelius. He apparently purchased his brothers Isaac and Zachariah shares of the inherited estate. 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 Jacob possibly was unmarried or a widower at the time).

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.
                                                         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
Ed Williams

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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 is as follows:  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 interpetation. I may be missing some documents that would clear up this question, as well as the one about which Jacob was clerk of Randolph County Court - RNW
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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 everally and firmly by these presents.

In witness whereof, we have herunto 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, threfore, 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 believed that this Jacob (in the above bond) was the son of John and grandson of Abel Westfall and whose wife was Sidney Pugh. It appears to me that it is more likely he was the son of Cornelius and grandson of Abel and his wife was Judith Booth. Hezekiah Rosenkrans was his brother-in-law (husband of Margaret, daughter of Cornelius) and Cornelius (Jr.) was his brother. However, Jacob, son of John, was from Hardy County and he apparently moved out of the county about the time of this bond. However, if Jacob (husband of Judith Booth) in fact did remove to Kentucky in 1789 then the bond was the Jacob who married Sidney Pugh - Unless the date in the coument was copied incorrectly.  This bond was a printed copy. We need a copy of 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. 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].

Note for Elizabeth:  Bullitt Co., Kentucky, 19 Mar. 1799 Deed of Gift, Elizabeth Westfall of Bullitt Co. to 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 and JUDITH BOOTH are:

JOSEPH WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1775; d. Bef. July 9, 1802, Randolph County, (West) Virginia.

JONATHAN WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1786.

CORNELIUS WESTFALL

 

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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 on military duty 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.

 

 

51. CORNELIUS WESTFALL (CORNELIUS⁴, ABEL³, JOHANNES², JURIAEN¹) was baptised January 27, 1759, and died Abt. 1844 in Lewis County, Virginia. The name of his first wife is unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH HELMICK January 13, 1796 in Randolph Co., (West) Virginia. She was born Abt. 1775, and died Bef. 1830.

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

Cornelius was not living in Hardy County (West Virginia) at the time his father Cornelius made his will dated February 8, 1781. He is said to have been in military duty at the time (Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983). This seems strange since his Rev. War pension was denied. He claimed he thought he was eligible because of his service during the Indian wars after the Rev. War was over. 

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

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:

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.

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

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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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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.

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.
                                                         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
Ed Williams

Zachariah Westfall is listed on the 1810 census for Harrison Co., Virginia. He is listed on the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Lewis Co. There is some confusion concerning this family's ancestor. The Wilbur C. Morrison article says that the West Virginia pioneer ancestor (for Upshur Co. Westfalls) was James. It then gives the line to Opha M. Westfall: 1. James, 2. Jacob, 3. Zachariah, 4. Martin, 5. Eli, 6. Opha Marshall Westfall. The History of Upshur County, West Virginia by W. B. Cutright (probably published about 1910) also states that Zacharias was the son of Jacob, based on the word of Watson Westfall, grandson of Zacharias, to his grandson the Rev. G. G. Westfall. It is likely that the Morrison article was based on the Upshur County history. The Upshur County history identifies Zacharias' father as the Jacob who built Westfall's Fort. I'm not convinced of this (Jacob, Jurien, Johannes, Juriaen). I haven't been able to sort out all the James Westfalls in early Virginia; however, I do not believe James Westfall was the father of Zacharias. He does fit neatly into the lineage I've assigned him (1. Juriaen, 2. John, 3. Abel, 4. Cornelius) Unfortunately, neat does not always mean right. [R.N. Wall, 1998]

Zachariah married Hannah Wolfe in Randolph County on Jan 2, 1788. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Christina Wolfe and the sister of Margaret who married Zachariah's brother John. he paid personal property tax in Harrison Co. in 1785 when he became 16. Randolph Co. tax lists show he was taxed as over 21 in 1789. Zachariah purchased 179 acres on hastings Run in Harrison Co. on April 18, 1791. Zachariah then settled on 47 acres on Stony Run of Hackers Creek in Lewis County.  Andrew Westfall began paying personal property tax in Harrison Co. in 1810. He bought 68 acres on Mud Lick Run in now Upshur Co. in 1812 which he and his wife Elizabeth sold in 1826. He seems to reappear in the Mason Co. census for 1830. Zachariah and family are said to have removed to present Jackson Co. (then Mason) about 1827. Tax lists indicate that only Zachariah and Owen may have moved then. Andrew seems to have joined them in 1830. [Hutchison, W. Lynn, 1983].

On Feb. 7, 1786, Jacob Westfall sold the rights to his share of his father's estate, including the share he purchased from brother Isaac with the contingency that his brother Zachariah would also sell his share. 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.

Zachariah Westfall is listed on the 1810 census for Harrison Co., Virginia. He is listed on the 1820 and 1830 censuses for Lewis Co.

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.  JACOB C. WESTFALL, b. 1797, Virginia.

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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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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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 Regement
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. Affadavit 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) was born Abt. 1761, and died 1801 in Randolph County, Virginia. He married SIDNEY PUGH.

Jacob Westfall settled in Tygarts Valley, West Augusta District (Randolph County) about 1772. Jacob was left one-third of his father's estate of 558 acres. He probably remained in Hardy Co. until 1792 when his name disappears from the personal property tax lists.

Jacob and his wife Sidney Pugh along with his brother Isaac sold the plantation on Feb. 11, 1793 a year after Sarah bequeathed to them her dower interest. Jacob served as county clerk of Randolph Co. from Jan 28, 1793 until his death. Jacob was noted as being the "proprietor of Beverly" in a 1796 grant; he and Sidney granted a few town lots. His estate in Randolph Co. was appraised on Feb. 16, 1801. According to records of the estate settlement, Jacob was survived by several young children. Sidney remarried on Mar. 16, 1802 to Christopher Lamberton in Randolph County. The family eventually moved to Richland Co., Ohio. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

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 is as follows:  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 interpetation. I may be missing some documents that would clear up this question, as well as the one about which Jacob was clerk of Randolph County Court - RNW
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CALENDAR OF VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS, 1652-1781. Eleven volumes. Richmond, Virginia: Commonwealth of Virginia (1875-1893)
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 everally and firmly by these presents.
In witness whereof, we have herunto 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, threfore, 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 threof, 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 believed that this Jacob was the son of John and grandson of Abel Westfall and whose wife was Sidney Pugh. It appears to me that it is more likely he was the son of Cornelius and grandson of Abel (see 49. JACOB WESTFALL). Hezekiah Rosenkrans was his brother-in-law (husband of Margaret, daughter of Cornelius) and Cornelius (Jr.) was his brother. However, Jacob, son of John, was from Hardy County and he apparently moved out of the county about the time of this bond.

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

February 11, 1793, Sold plantation in Randolph Co.
1793 - 1801, Served as County Clerk Randolph Co., Va.
February 16, 1801, Estate in Randolph Co. appraised as part of the settlement of his estate

Children of JACOB WESTFALL and SIDNEY PUGH 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.

 

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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 yougest 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 baptised.

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

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 Westfalls 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. Westfalls 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 boundries 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 Huston 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 Westfalls 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, and died 1907 in Lewis Co., West Virginia. Lydia was married first to Solomon T. 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 am attempting to obtain a photo copy of this death record - RNW

Children of JOHN WESTFALL and ELIZABETH ALLMAN are:

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.  SAMUEL WESTFALL, b. February 18, 1832, Virginia.

LORENZO DOW WESTFALL, b. 1834, Virginia.

GEORGE WESTFALL, b. 1836.

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

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

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.

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

VIRGINIA WESTFALL, b. 1849, Virginia.

Children of JOHN WESTFALL and LYDIA WILSON are:

100.  JANE WESTFALL, b. 1843, Virginia.

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

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

JAMES E. WESTFALL, b. 1857.

NANCY E. WESTFALL, b. 1859.

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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) REBECCA. He married (2) ELIZABETH HYRE November 11, 1809.

Andrew Westfall began paying personal property tax in Harrison Co. in 1810. He bought 68 acres on Mud Lick Run in now Upshur Co. in 1812 which he and his wife Elizabeth sold in 1826. He seems to reappear in the Mason Co. census for 1830. Adrew's father Zachariah and family are said to have removed to present Jackson Co. (then Mason) about 1827. Tax lists indicate that only Zachariah and Owen may have moved then. Andrew seems to have joined them in 1830. [W. Lynn Hutchison, 1983]

Andrew Westfall is listed on the 1810-1840 censuses in Virginia. In 1810 he appears in Harrison Co. In 1820 he is in Lewis Co., in 1830 he is in Mason Co. and in 1840, Jackson Co. This probably reflects changes in those county boundries as much as migration by this family. On the 1830 census for Mason Co., Virginia he is listed on the same page as Stephen Westfall, Andrew's first cousin. In the household are a male and female both between the ages of 60 and 70. I believe they are probably the parents of Andrew's wife Elizabeth since an elderly Cornelius Westfall is listed on the same census in Lewis Co. 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.

1810, Personal property tax roll, Harrison Co., (W.Va.)
1812, Purchased 68 acres on Mud Lick Run, Upshur Co. (W.Va.)
1826, Sold the property on Mud Lick Run
1827, Removed to Mason Co. (now Jackson Co., W.Va.)

Child of ANDREW WESTFALL and REBECCA is:

JEMIMA WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1835, Virginia.

Children of ANDREW WESTFALL and ELIZABETH HYRE are:

103.   JOHN D. WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1818, Virginia.

104.   NOAH WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1820, Virginia.

105.   JAMES WESTFALL, b. Abt. 1821, Virginia.

 

 

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 (ZACHARIAH⁵, 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. One of the sons of Jacob was Granville Westfall. One of the sons of Watson Westfall was also named Granville. This unusual name in the two familes leads me to believe that Jacob C. was related to Watson more closely than indicated by the line which I orginially assigned to him:

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 "Westfalls 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 corressponded 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 Daniels 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 Daniels 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 Buchannon, (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 orignally 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 Robison. Perhaps Robison 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.)
Lidda 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, d. 12 Sept. 1942, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio; m. DOROTHY.

129. FAYHMA IRIS WESTFALL, b. 13 September 1890, West Virginia; d. 2 Sept. 1960, Salem, Oregon.

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

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

132. THEODORE ROOSEVELT WESTFALL, b. April 24, 1907, West Virginia; d. 4 Nov. 1995, Multnomah County, (Portland) 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 Westfalls. 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 vacinity. 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.