Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome that is a copy of the Y chromosome of John WEST b 1806-12, TN.   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 male WESTs in this chart, will have Y- DNA that matches W55.

Descendents of John West

1. John WEST, b 1806 - 12 TN, d before 1870

    + Lavina MYERS, b 1815 - 17 TN, d  after 1880

    2. James WEST, b 1836 Hawkins Co TN, d 1923 Hawkins Co TN

        + Sarah SCARBOROUGH, b 1830-34 NC, d 1895 TN

         3. John Andrew WEST, b 1856 TN, d 1933 Dayton OH

             + Rachel Elizabeth Beaver, b 1858 NC, d 1933 Dayton OH

         3. William WEST, b 1858 TN

             + Elizabeth    , b 1851

         3. James Hezekiah WEST, b 1860 TN

             + Delia HENSLEY, NC

         3. Sarah Jane WEST, b 1863 TN

             + Joseph BOWMAN, b 1854 TN

         3. Vina WEST, b 1868 TN

         3. Lydia M. WEST, b 1870 TN

             +Charles E. BEAVER, b 1869 NC

         3. George Washington WEST, b 1871 Hawkins Co TN, d 1943 Carroll Co IN

             + Catherine Elizabeth EVERHART, b 1877 Hawkins Co TN, d 1965 Lafayette IN

      + 2d wife of James WEST

           Susan GADDIS, b 1851, d 1917 Sumner Co TN,

    2. Amos WEST, b 1837 TN

    2. Lydia WEST, b 1839 TN

    2. John C. WEST, b 1841 TN

    2. Rebecca Elizabeth WEST, b 1843 TN

    2. William H. WEST, b 1846 TN

        + Lucinda C. SCARBOROUGH

    2. George H. WEST,  b 1847 TN

        + Martha A. COFFEY

    2. Nancy Matilda WEST, b 1850 TN

        + David RUSH

    2. Nellie Minerva WEST, b 1852 TN

         + David Pharo WRIGHT

    2. Daniel L. WEST, b 1854 TN

    2. Lavina Angeline WEST, b 1860 TN

        + William M. ROARK

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