Jonah Westover, Sr.^{[1, 2, 3]}

1628 - 1709  (80 years)

• Name	Jonah Westover
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	4 May 1628	Taunton Downs, Somerset, England
  Christening	4 May 1628	St. Mary Magadelen Church, Taunton, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jan 1709	Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Death	15 Jan 1709	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Baptized (LDS)	15 Feb 1926	SLAKE
  Confirmed (LDS)	15 Feb 1926	SLAKE
  Endowed (LDS)	10 Jun 1926	SLAKE
  Person ID	I3216	Westover Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Gabriel Westover, Jr.,   b. 6 Feb 1593, Taunton, Somerset, England d. Mar 1636, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Joanne Gifford,   b. 1595, Wedmore, Somerset, England d. 18 Apr 1692, Wedmore, Somerset, England (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1618	St. Mary Magdaline Church, Taunton, Somerset, England
  Sealed P (LDS)	23 Nov 1955	SLAKE
  Family ID	F1937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann "Hannah" Griswold,   b. 19 Jun 1642, Windsor, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 3 May 1714, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1663	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Sealed S (LDS)	4 Nov 1926
  Children	1. Jonas Westover, Jr.,   b. 20 Sep 1664, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 3 Jun 1714, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 49 years)   2. Margaret Westover,   b. 19 Feb 1666, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Aft 20 Sep 1702, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age > 36 years)   3. Hannah Westover,   b. 8 Apr 1668, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 10 Aug 1753, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 85 years)   4. Elizabeth Westover,   b. 3 May 1670, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 18 Jul 1753, East Hampton, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America (Age 83 years)   5. Jane Westover,   b. 26 Mar 1672, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1720, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 47 years)   6. Mary Westover,   b. Abt 1674, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 Sep 1713, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 39 years)   7. Jonathan Westover,   b. Abt 1676, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 23 Jun 1748, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age ~ 72 years)   8. Johanna Westover,   b. Abt 1678, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F1194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2021

  
  

• Histories

  Westover Immigration from England From a history found via Google that details some of the early Westover family history of coming from England to the New World

  
  

  Videos » Slide Show		Westovers in America A brief video about how the Westover family was founded in America in the 1600s
  		Jonas and Jonas The story of the first two generations of Westovers in America.
  		Westovers in America (YouTube) The civil war in England of the 1600s led to a desperate action for Gabriel Westover, Jr. of Taunton, Somerset, England.
  		Jonas and Jonas The first generations of Westovers in America settled in Simsbury in Colonial Connecticut.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Family Search, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHGX-5NJ (Reliability: 2). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/the-epic-life-of-jonas-westover/ (Reliability: 3). [S2] Jeffery S. Westover, Westover Family History, https://westoverfamilyhistory.org/take-an-indian-to-lunch/ (Reliability: 3).