WEST
Family DNA Project William West 1746 VA WEST Family Group 5 |
1. William WEST, b 1746
d 1829 Greene Co. TN + Mary RUTHERFORD, m.
abt 1770 2. Reuben WEST, b abt
1785 Rockingham Co. VA, d 1873 + Catherine Myers,
m 1805 Greene Co. TN 3. Reuben WEST, Jr.,
b 1809 Greene Co. TN, d 1883 Greene Co. TN +Mary PRICE, m 1838
Greene Co. TN 4. William Charles
WEST, b 1852 Greene Co. TN, d 1942 Elkhart Co. IN + Frances Cordelia
CRAWFORD, m 1886 Scotland Co. MO 5. John Newton WEST,
b 1888 Marshall Co. IA, d 1952 Marshall Co. IA + Bessie
Irene BARKER, m 1911 Marshall Co. IA
This is the family represented by DNA sample W44.
Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome
that is a copy of the Y chromosome of William WEST b 1746. 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 Y-DNA that matches W44.