Person:Jonah Westover (11)

Jonah Westover
m. 29 Jun 1618
  1. Jane Westover1626 - 1689
  2. Jonah Westover1628 - 1708/09
  • HJonah Westover1628 - 1708/09
  • WAnn Griswold1642 - 1714
m. 19 Nov 1663
  1. Jonah Westover1664 - 1714
  2. Margaret Westover1665 -
  3. Hannah Westover1668 - 1753
  4. Elizabeth Westover1670 -
  5. Jane Westover1672 -
  6. Mary WestoverEst 1674 - 1713
  7. Joanna WestoverEst 1683 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Jonah Westover
Alt Name Jonas Westover
Gender Male
Christening[1] 4 May 1628 Taunton, Somerset, England
Marriage 19 Nov 1663 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Ann Griswold
Will[5] 20 Sep 1702
Death[2][4][5] 15 Jan 1708/09 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[5] 26 Jan 1708/09 £401-15-08. Taken by John Higley, Sen., John Slater, Sen., and John Case.
Probate[5] 7 Mar 1708/09 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Harris, Gale Ion. William1 Williams, Cooper, of Hartford, Connecticut: and His Sons-in-Law William Buckland and William Biggs. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr, Jul 1994)
    69:88.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jonas Westover, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:490-491.

    "Westover, Jonas, Windsor, 1649, rem. to Killingworth, freem. 1658, is found in the list 1669. By w. Hannah, m. 1663, had Margaret, b. 19 Feb. 1666; Hannah, 8 Apr. 1668; Eliz. 3 May 1670; Jane, 26 Mar. 1672; and these are all appear. on the rec. but others he had, as by his will, in 1702, two other ds. and two s. are nam. Jonas, Jonathan, Mary, and Joanna. Perhaps one or more were not b. at K. but at Simsbury, where he d. Jan. 1709."

  3. Westover, in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
    2:789.

    "Westover, Jonas, had Jonas, bp. 20 Sept., 1664 (Col. Rec.); lot gr. at W. 1661, at Bowfield; no ho. or fam. there rec.; rem. among first settlers to Homonossett (Killingworth), where he was a freeman, 1669."

  4. Bates, Albert C. Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Hartford, Connecticut)
    page 9.

    'Jonah Westover senr. dyed January 15th 1708-9-.

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Westover, Jonah, Sen., Simsbury, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:135.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710. Page 216-17-18.

    Westover, Jonah, Sen., Simsbury. Died January, 1708-9. Invt. £401-15-08. Taken 26 January, 1708-9, by John Higley, Sen., John Slater, Sen., and John Case. Will dated 20 September, 1702.

    I, Jonah Westover, Sen., being very sick, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife £10 out of my personal estate; also the house and household goods that are necessary for her use during life; also 1-3 part of my land to her order during life. Also, all my land that I stand possessed of, I give to my two sons Jonah and Jonathan, to be equally divided between them; also my housing, after their mother's decease. I do will unto my daughters that each of their portions (with what they have received) shall be £15. What has been paid to my daughters already: to Margaret, £5; to Hannah, £3; to Jane £2-12-06; to Mary, £9-00-06. I appoint my son Jonah and my son-in-law Samuel Case to be executors. And as for my son Jonathan and my daughter Johanna, they shall be paid their portions as they come to lawful age.

    JONAH WESTOVER, SEN., LS.

    Witness: Dudley Woodbridge, Nathaniel Holcomb, Sen.

    Court Record, Page 123—7 March, 1708-9: Will proven. And this Court grant letters of Adms. unto Jonah Westover and Samuel Case, with the will annexed.

    Page 241 (Vol. VIII) 7 March, 1714-15: Upon motion of Samuel Case, executor to the last will of Jonah Westover, Sen., this Court now order and appoint John Pettebone, Sen., and Joshua Holcomb to divide and distribute the lands of the decd. according to his last will."