John VESTAL

Abt 1718 - Abt 1776  (58 years)

• Name	John VESTAL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1718	, Chester, PA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1776	, Frederick, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I12649	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	William VESTAL, Jr. *,   b. 16 Sep 1692, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA d. Bef Mar 1745, Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA (Age < 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth MERCER,   b. 14 Jun 1692, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England d. Aft 1751, Cane Creek, Orange, NC, USA (Age > 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Sep 1716	Westtown, Chester, PA, USA
  Family ID	F5454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann POTTS
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  This John Vestal could be the John who had a ferry service across the Shenendoah River. If so, on April 6, 1754, Major George Washington and troops passed there noting John Vestal's name in the records. (C-959) In the 6/1/1772 Quaker Meeting records, John was visited for consenting to his daughter's marriage out of unity and providing a wedding for them in his home. This probably referred to daughter Mary who married a Jay who then asked for a certificate to move to Bush River, South Carolina. John Vestal and Ann his wife were disowned on 8/3/1772 supposedly for drinking. They also had a daughter named Elizabeth who was disowned on 8/3/1773 for marrying out of unity to a Bealor. A possible son of John Vestal, was disowned for training in the Militia and hiring a substitute in the Revolutionary War. Vickie Leimback states John died in Berkeley Co, VA (now WV). (C-611, 1380) An inventory of his estate dated 1776 supposedly exists in Virginia. He remained in Virginia when his parents and siblings moved to North Carolina. A couple pictures of his home supposedly exist in the "History of Homes in West Virginia", c. 1937. (C-811, 2141)

  
  

• Sources

  [S121] Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611). [S128] Rasch, Peggy to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 26, 1984 at N11W27909 White Oak Ct., Waukesha, WI 53186 In L. Dudick files (C-165). [S122] Minnie Speer Boone, Our Family Heritage (Salsbury, NC: Tennessee Studio). [S129] Mrs. Oscar Markus, The Vestals of Pennsylvania, USA and Allied Families (1964, unpublished). [S130] Jay, Margaret Belcher, Jay Family (Shelby, NC: Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., c1998).