Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome that is a copy of the Y chromosome of James WEST b 1786.   This passing of genetic code from father to son is the key to using Y-DNA for genealogy research.  Any living male with the surname WEST, who is descended from one of the WESTs in this chart, will have DNA that matches samples W01 and W11.

1) James WEST 1786 NC -1851 Wayne Co. TN
     + Mary 'Polly' Stanfield, 1790 NC -bef 1850
         married in Randolph Co. NC 1809
  2) William WEST 1812 NC -aft 1880
       + Elizabeth (LINDSEY?)
     3) James WEST 1835 -?
        + Delpha / Mariah unk
           4) Mary WEST b 1857
           4) Frances J. WEST b 1859
           4) James Wesley WEST, b 1865 Wayne Co. TN, d bef 1918
               +Annis MADDOX, b, 1863, d bef 1918
#                5) Daniel Robert WEST, b 1895, Hopkins Co., TX
                  5) Homer WEST
                  5) Mary WEST
            4) Isaac WEST, b 1868 Wayne/Hardin Co. TN
    3) Felix WEST b 1836 TN
    3) Martha WEST b 1839 TN
    3) Josiah WEST b 1841 TN
    3) George WEST b 1843 TN
    3) Mary WEST b 1845 TN
        + James BRYANT
    3) Sarah WEST b 1848 TN
    3) Phebe WEST b 1851 TN
    3) Tennessee WEST b 1853 TN
        + unk HOLMES
        + James BRYANT (2d husband of Tennessee WEST)
    3) William WEST b 1855 TN
    3) Andrew J. WEST b 1859 TN

 2) Felix WEST 1818 GA - 1856 Wayne Co. TN
      + Mary unk, 1819 AL - Aft 1860.
    3) James A. WEST 1838 TN - 1881 Howell Co. MO.
        + Crissa McKINNEY, m 1862
        + Emily L. NEELY (2d wife)
          4) George Franklin WEST 1868 IL - 1921 Polk Co. OR.
              + Elizabeth GAMBLIN, 1869-1894 Ripley Co. MO.
*                5) James Given WEST  1890 - 1962
                      + Arizona Pearl SPAWR 1893-1967
              + Minnie WILSON (2d wife of George West)
                  5)Mabel WEST 1897-1907.
                  5) Ethel WEST b Aug 1898 - ?.
              + Flora RICHESON SPAWR COCKRUM (3d wife of George WEST)
          4) Mary Alis WEST 1870 IL - 1879 Howell Co. MO
          4) John William WEST 1872 IL - 1875 Howell Co. MO
          4) Annie Florence WEST 1875 -abt 1950 Ripley Co. MO
               + T.M. HUGHES, m 1896 in Ripley Co. MO
          4) Felix M. WEST 1878-1879, Howell Co MO

    3) John W. WEST 1841 TN - unk
    3) William H. WEST 1843 TN - unk
    3) Mary Elizabeth WEST 1849 TN, Died in Howell Co. MO.
         + William Jasper BESS, m Fayette Co.IL 1871.
    3) Martha Jane WEST 1852 Wayne Co. TN, - 1927, MO
        + Harrison COLCLASURE in Marion Co. IL 1873
        + Marion Bolerjack (2d husband of Martha J. WEST)

 2) Sara E. WEST, 1816 NC
     + John EDDINGS
     + George BROWN (2 husband of Sara WEST)
 2) Rhoda Ann WEST, 1820 TN - 1905 IL
     + James Bird EDDINGS, b 1817 TN
 2) Daughter WEST b 1820-1825
 2 Cyrus J. WEST b 1827 TN, d 1915 Searcy Co. AR
     +Rebecca unk b 1829 GA
 2) Daughter WEST b 1825 - 1830
     (may be Mary WEST who married Jesse CYPERT abt 1849)
 2) Daughter WEST b 1825 - 1830
 2) P(leasant) H. WEST 1832 TN - aft 1870 IL
     +Sarah LAYSON, married in Marion Co. IL
    3) William WEST b 1862 IL
    3) Phelix WEST b 1865 IL
    3) Dau WEST b 1867 IL

            * A descendent of James Given WEST provided DNA sample W01.
            # A descendent of Daniel Robert WEST provided DNA sample W11.

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