Moses
Westover
Sr.
Born in Sheffield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Westover
and Rachel (Morton) Westover
Brother of
Rachel Westover, John Westover Jr., Abigail Westover, Job Westover, Rachel Westover, William Morton Westover, Joanna (Westover) Eggleston, Noah Westover, Amos Westover and Rhoda (Westover) Race
Husband of
Elizabeth (Holmes) Westover
— married
2 Dec 1767 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Moses Westover Jr., Asa Westover, Silas Westover, John Westover, Amasa Westover, Elizabeth Westover, Lyman Westover, Clarissa Clary Westover, Elizabeth Westover, Stephen Westover and Erastus Westover
Died
at age 82
in Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Pettes Aseltine Cemetery- Sutton Junction, Brome County, Quebec - this very old cemetery is a portion of the land that was granted to Moses Westover and his wife Elizabeth Holmes, when they fled to Canada from Massachusetts at the opening of the revolution. Moses, his wife Elizabeth, and several members of their family are resting here.
Birth
- 24 MAR 1743/44 Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts[1]
- Christening (24 Mar 1744) Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Marriage
Moses Westover married Elizabeth Holmes in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 02 December 1767 [2]
Death
- Death Date: 23 NOV 1826
- Place: Sutton Junction, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
- User ID: 95A026DC-50DF-41F4-B057-AE17E7BB8DA7
- Record ID Number: MH:IF574
Burial
- Burial: Pettes Cemetery
- Place: Sutton Junction, Brome, Quebec, Canada[3]
Military
Private Moses Westover Sr. served with Berkshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Moses Westover Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123537.
- MOSES WESTOVER Moses was both a Revolutionary War Patriot from Massachusetts who became a Loyalist and settled in Quebec, Canada. [4]
Moses Westover was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
MOSES WESTOVER was a United Empire Loyalist and has been proven as such since Oct. 5, 2021. He is listed in the UELAC Directory (8940)
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S00367 Page: Pettes Cemetery. Sutton Junction, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-S45P : 10 November 2020), Moses Westover, 2 Dec 1767; citing Marriage, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009232.
- ↑ Source: #S00367 Page: Pettes Cemetery. Sutton Junction, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada
- ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p718.htm#i36913
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 August 2018, 13:18), entry for Moses Westover(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCFD-NZ7); contributed by various users.
- Source: S00367 Title: Tombstone for Moses Westover
- http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=w&line=214
- http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/brome/pettes_aseltine/index.htm
- Kellogg, Joseph M., Early Vital Records of Sheffield, Massachusetts (n.p., Lawrence, Kansas) Page 16.
Notes
Note N00104 Burial: Pettes Cemetery Sutton Junction, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada
Served in the Revolutionary War
Moses Westover was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Moses 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 Moses:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Moses 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 Moses:
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~1.56%
Patty (Martin) Powers
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mando9020
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~1.56%
Carl Sheperd :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gerry (Miller) Cooksey :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Bob Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SQ5952186 [compare], Ancestry member George_Miller81033
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~0.78%
Shannon (Driggers) Martin :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Shannon03303
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~0.78%
Richard Robinson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rirobin
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~0.78%
Tina (Miller) Goswick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RR8004495 [compare], Ancestry member tina_goswick66
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~0.78%
Terry (Chadwell) Bennett :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Ronda Chadwell :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Marryann (Johnson) Cormier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR1044173 [compare], yourDNAportal MARd0625c0b, Ancestry member mlaa57
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Categories: Berkshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia, American Revolution | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors | United Empire Loyalists
He married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of John Homes and Rachel Fellows, at Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, on 2 December 1767. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p718.htm#i36913