Elizabeth (Unknown) Westbrook (abt. 1637)

Born about 1637 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth (Unknown) Westbrook was a Virginia colonist.

Elizabeth ( ) was born about 1637.^[1]

She married James Westbrook before the birth of their first child, which is generally estimated to be about 1661.

Research Notes

Her maiden name is unknown. Various unsourced family trees give her a maiden name of Manley or Puckett.

This profile contains little source data, and attempts to sort out the various theories and documents on the wife of James Westbrook Sr. Can you add sources and vital data?

Many trees conflate her with the wife of his son James Jr., who (it is said) married Elizabeth Puckett; see James M Westbrook Jr. (abt.1664-abt.1733).

Despite the FindAGrave memorial for this person^[2] being attached to memorials for John and Ann Puckett, this is a different person than John and Ann Puckett's daughter Mary, who married (1) Richard Womack, (2) John Granger. She was in her early 20s in 1679, at which time she was married to Richard Womack. (See her father's profile for sources.) Note that most online trees say John and Ann married in 1649, but a reliable source for that date is needed. This profile for Mary Elizabeth m Westbrook has her birth in 1647.

Various online trees have her son's wife Elizabeth Puckett 1670-1717 (married James Westbrook Jr.) as granddaughter of John & Ann, a daughter of either William or Thomas, but dates on this profile and the profile for James Westbrook indicate that she is older than the Mary who was the daughter of John & Anne:

James Westbrook's profile (as of 10 October 2021) has his marriage to Elizabeth Puckett in 1661 and his death date as 1717. The profiles attached as his children have birth dates from 1645 to 1674.

The profile for John Granger shows he married Mary Puckett, widow of Richard Womack, on 1 April 1690 and that he died in 1726 (albeit without specific sources).

The following information was listed on John Puckett's profile page (before a significant edit, 8-10 October 2021, which combined the many lists of children):

• Mary Elizabeth Ruth Womack (born Puckett), 1629- ?^[3]
• Mary Elizabeth (Puckett) Westbrook (1647-1717)^[4]
• Mary Elizabeth Puckett Westbrook (1647–1717)^[5]

DNA Information

Gary Puckett advises that there are two Puckett families in America that date to early colonial times:^[6]

Y-DNA results have verified that there were two separate Puckett family lines established in early colonial times. It has generally been assumed that because of their arrival at around the same time in early Virginia that they were brothers. This assumption is not supported by Y-DNA testing of the descendants of these two men. The Y-DNA of these men has been clearly defined and is posted on the Puckett DNA page along with links to the pedigrees.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth year of 1637 is estimated based on her being slightly younger than her husband; his birth year is estimated at 1635.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #141393100 for Mary Elizabeth Puckett Westbrook (accessed 10 October 2021).
3. ↑ Listed from an unknown source (not John's FindAGrave memorial - only clue: "...were collected from the ... website of XXX") as of 8 October 2021: John Puckett, Jr., William S. Puckett, 1655-1723, Thomas Puckett, Mary Elizabeth Ruth Womack (born Puckett), 1629- ?, Thomas Puckett, 1628-1677, Ruth Puckett, Richard Puckett, 1633- ?, David Puckett, Elizabeth Puckett
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&section=details&person=L8MB-Z76 <- unable to connect with this URL. Try this one, the "discovery person page", which notes 0 sources (8 Oct. 2021). Although the entry for "John Ishom Puckett (1619-1677) L8MB-Z76" links to a source page with 15 sources, most are from unreliable Ancestry publications or FindAGrave (as of 9 October 2021).
5. ↑ John Ishom Puckett's FindAGrave memorial (#141409237), as of 8 October 2021, gave his birth/death as 1619-1677 (but with the 1620 date in text) and included links to FindAGrave memorials for his parents - Henry Puckett (1590–1660) & Ann Nin Puckett (1595–1675); spouse Anne Jeffreys Puckett (1628–1679); and two children - Mary Elizabeth Puckett Westbrook (1647–1717) and John Puckett (1650–1716).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Puckett DNA, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~puckettdna/home_page.html. When Rootsweb goes offline this record may be accessed at This Link

• Virginia: James Westbrook to Eliza Puckett - The Annals and history of Henrico Parish - Diocese of Virginia - and St. John's P.E. Church - page 227
• Ancestry.com. Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
• Original data: Find A Grave: Memorial #141393100 for Mary Elizabeth Puckett Westbrook Notes: Mary Elizabeth Westbrook in the Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current:
  • Name: Mary Elizabeth Westbrook
  • Birth Date: 1647
  • Birth Place: Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
  • Death Date: 11 Jun 1717
  • Death Place: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
  • Has Bio?: Y
  • Father: John Ishom Puckett
  • Mother: Anne Puckett
  • Spouse: James M Westbrook
  • Children: John Westbrook

See also

• Gee, Christine South. The roots and some of the branches of the Puckett family tree (Columbia, S.C.: Printed privately for C.S. Gee by the State Commercial Print. Co., 1958). Online, courtesy of Hathi Trust. Also posted as a pdf.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/GC4C-XF5
• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: Ancestry Profile; Broken link

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Puckett-175 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton.
• Profile Manley-745 was created through the import of F. Kenyon Tribble Jr. Family Tree.ged on Oct 2, 2013 by Kenyon Tribble.
• Thank you to James Cannon for creating WikiTree profile Puckett-529 through the import of Puckett Branch.GED on Dec 27, 2013.