Service Source: WILLIAM & MARY QUARTERLY, SER 1, VOL 5, APR 1897, P 253; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 326
Service Description: 1) MEMBER OF COMMMITTEE OF SAFETY, 1775 2) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
RESIDENCE: 1) County: ELIZABETH CITY CO - State: VIRGINIA
SPOUSE: 1) MARY JENKINS
Marriage and Children
Westwood married to Mary Jenkins, daughter of Henry Jenkins and Mary (Curle) Jenkins. [1]
Children of Westwood and Mary
Elizabeth Armistead
Mary Armistead; mar Unknown Young of Scotland or Dr. Pope of Virginia
Westwood Armistead
Robert Armistead
Positions and Property
In 1789, Corbin Griffin, sheriff of York County, held a sale of property for unpaid back taxes which included 200 acres owned by Westwood Armistead. [2] This was not necessarily the identical Westwood Armistead to the profiled, as there were more than one by the same name in Virginia.
Death and Legacy
Westwood wrote his will on January 18, 1782, and it was proved on June 22, 1786. [3] In his will, he named his wife and only two of his children, Robert and Westwood. [4]
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 July 2015), "Record of Westwood Armitage", Ancestor # A003055.; citing Local Notices - The Virginia Independent Chronicle (Vol 42, Page 127) The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed July 14, 2015) (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
Garber, Virginia Armistead. "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)," Richmond, Virginia : Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910, pg. 118. Note: The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been reorganized and corrected by: Douglas E Zimmerman, 2002-2004.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Westwood by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Westwood: