Jonah Westover (1664 - 1714)

Born 20 Sep 1664 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1714 at age 49 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Jonah (also Jonas) Westover was born on 20 September 1664 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. His father was Jonas (also Jonah) Westover.^[1][2][3] His mother was Hannah (also Hanna) (Griswold) Westover.^[4]

Birth

20 SEP 1664 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Christening

20 Sep 1664 Killingworth, Middlesex, Ct

Marriage and Children

Jonah Westover, Jr. married Abigail Case on Sept 1, 1701^[5]

Children: ^[6]

1. Nathaniel born about 1704
2. Jonah born about 1709
3. John born about 1712
4. Abigail born about 1714.

Death

Jonah Westover died June 3, 1714 at Simsbury Center, Hartford, Connecticut. His widow died ____ ,^[6]

(For his [potential?] will, see sources below.)

Sources

• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 18
• S26: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998

• A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS. 1700 to 1710

•Jonah Westover Sr, Simsbury

•Date of Will: 20 Sep 1702

• I, Jonah Westover, Sen., being very sick, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife œ10 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 œ15. What has been paid to my daughters already: to Margaret, œ5; to Hannah, œ3; to Jane œ2-12-06; to Mary, œ9-00-06. 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. Witness: Dudley Woodbridge, Nathaniel Holcomb, Sen. Jonah Westover, Sen., ls. 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.

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F748-926 : 7 January 2020), Jonas Westouer, 1664.
2. ↑ Family History Or Pedigree: "Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 48654 #441202 (accessed 23 February 2023)
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78X6-272M : 14 April 2022), Jonas Westouer, ; citing Birth, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272249.
4. ↑ Marriage Record of Parents in 1663: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78X6-27N2 : 14 April 2022), Hanna Griswold in entry for Jonas Westouer, ; citing Marriage, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272249.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-95KW : 15 April 2022), Jonah Westover in entry for Abigall Case, ; citing Marriage, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272226.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes: or, Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts (Google eBook p 300 & ). F.A. Brown, 1856