Person:Joel Westfall (1)

Information on Joel Westfall

From "Westfall Genealogy" website of Walter Westfall:

Jacob and Judith (Hornbeck) Westfall's son Joel Westfall was born Oct. 14, 1751, in what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia. He died in 1778 and there is a record of Admn. of estate of Joel Westfall granted to William and Jacob Westfall Nov. 17, 1778, and his estate being appraised in December of that year. He married Mary Houston May 19, 1776 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born October 06, 1758 probably in New Castle County, Delaware and died January 20, 1795 in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia (now WVA). She was a daughter of James and Hannah Houston. She married 2nd John Wilson after Joel Westfall Sr.'s death and her son Joel Westfall Jr. was raised by his stepfather, John Wilson, clerk of the Circuit of Randolph County, and Joel Westfall Jr. was made a deputy clerk and later a deputy surveyor. Joel and Mary (Houston) Westfall had these children-Elizabeth Westfall, Hannah Westfall born 1777 married Henry Fry, and Joel Westfall Jr. (1779-1858) married 1st Elizabeth White and married 2nd Priscilla Rollins, the daughter of Elijah and Elizbeth (MacGill) Rollins.

Source: http://w-westfall.tripod.com/relfam7.html (added with permission of Walter Westfall - walterwestfall@@webtv.net).