Rufus (Austin) Westover (1735 - aft. 1779)

Born 24 Oct 1735 in Sheffield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Westover Jr. — married Jul 1761 in Sheffield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1779 after age 43 in Massachusetts

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Biography

Rufus (also Ruffus) Austin was born on 24 Oct 1735 in Sheffield, Massachusetts to parents Anthony Austin and Elisabeth ___.^[1] She married John Westover in July 1761 in Sheffield, Massachusetts.^[2] Children: William-1, David, John W, William-2, Sarah, Isaac, Phoebe. She died after 1779 likely in Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #10634237 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Rufus Austin born on 24 Oct 1735, child of Anthony Austin & Elisabeth, in Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #14072707 (accessed 16 April 2023)
   Ruffus Austin marriage to John Westover in Jul 1761 in Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA.

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records for Phebe Westover's birth record, listing "daughter of John Westover and that which his wife Rufus bore to him..." https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40369_267903__0003-00068?pid=10635502
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-33J : 15 January 2020), Rufus Austin, 1735.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S9ZT : 20 May 2022), Rufus Austin, 24 Oct 1735; citing Birth, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-SW5G : 20 May 2022), Ruffus Austin in entry for John Jr. Westover, Jul 1761; citing Marriage, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-78N : 14 January 2020), Ruffus Austin in entry for William Westover, 1762.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-SWTW : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for William Westover, 29 Jun 1762; citing Birth.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-SWYR : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for William Westover, 25 Aug 1763; citing Death.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-W9L : 15 January 2020), Ruffus Austin in entry for David Westover, 1764.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-SW1P : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for David Westover, 5 May 1764; citing Birth.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-QX4 : 14 January 2020), Ruffus Austin in entry for John Westover, 1767.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S49M : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for John Westover, 4 Jul 1767; citing Birth.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-78K : 14 January 2020), Ruffus Austin in entry for William Westover, 1769.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S4SF : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for William Westover, 13 Oct 1769; citing Birth.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S4Q7 : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for Sarah Westover, 19 Apr 1772; citing Birth.*
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S479 : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for Isaac Westover, 14 Apr 1775; citing Birth.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S4WR : 20 May 2022), Ruffus in entry for Phebe Westover, 6 Mar 1778; citing Birth.