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 1762.   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 WEST males in this chart, will have DNA that matches sample W97.

Descendants of John WEST, Sr

1 John WEST, Sr. 1762 - 1836 b: 1762 in Isle of Wight Co. Virginia
.. +Mary "Polly" PARKER 1764 - 1840 b: Abt. 1764 in North Carolina
.... 2 John Jr. WEST 1786 - 1832 b: 1786 in Gates Co North Carolina
........ +Mary SANFORD 1799 - 1876 b: 1799 in Virginia
.......... 3 Daniel Vincent S. WEST 1816 - 1817 b: 1816 in Greene Co GA
.......... 3 John Charles WEST 1818 - 1819 b: 1818 in Greene Co GA
.......... 3 Thomas James WEST 1821 - 1891 b: 1821 in Greene Co GA
.............. +Matilda Adeline ASBURY 1825 - 1902 b: 1825 in Greene Co GA
.......... 3 Mary Elizabeth WEST 1827 - 1860 b: 1827 in Greene Co GA
.............. +Sterling G. EVANS 1820 -b: Abt. 1820
.... 2 Penelope WEST 1791 - 1893 b: 1791 in Gates Co North Carolina
........ +Benjamin ROGERS 1784 - 1870 b: 1784 in South Carolina
.......... 3 Elizabeth Ann ROGERS 1817 - 1890 b: 1817 in Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +Unknown McELROY
.......... *2nd Husband of  Elizabeth Ann ROGERS:
.............. +David Clements CHAMBERS 1816 - 1890 b: 1816 in Hancock Co Georgia
.......... 3 James L. ROGERS 1829 - 1921 b: 1829 in Orville, Dallas Co AL
.............. +Elizabeth Ann ANDERSON b: in Anderson Co TX
.......... 3 B.F. ROGERS 1834 -b: Abt. 1834
.... 2 Rufus WEST, Sr. 1802 - 1860 b: 1802 in Jasper Co Georgia
........ +Nancy 1804 -b: 1804 in Georgia
.......... 3 Thomas WEST III 1823 - 1905 b: 1823 in Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +Elizabeth HORN(E) b: in Georgia
.......... *2nd Wife of  Thomas WEST III:
.............. +Elizabeth COOPER 1831 -b: 1831
.......... *3rd Wife of  Thomas WEST III:
.............. +Malinda 1842 -b: Abt. 1842 in Texas
.......... 3 James J. WEST 1826 - 1886 b: 1826 in Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +Martha "Eliza" Jane SOREY 1831 - 1920 b: 1831 in Mississippi
.......... 3  John WEST 1828 - 1887 b: 1828 in Jasper CoGeorgia
.............. +Sarah 1848 -b: 1848
.......... *2nd Wife of  John WEST:
.............. +Elizabeth Ann SPEARS 1835 -b: 1835 in Mississippi
.......... 3 Isaac Goodman WEST 1830 - 1890 b: Abt. 1830 in Montecello, Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +first wife unknown
.......... *2nd Wife of  Isaac Goodman WEST:
.............. +Nancy S. WALLACE 1833 -b: 1833 in Crawford Co GA
.......... 3 Andrew Clark WEST 1834 - 1881 b: 1834 in Jasper, Talbot Co Georgia
.............. +Martha Ellen HONEYCUTT 1848 - 1917 b: 1848 in North Carolina
.......... 3 Rufus WEST,Jr. 1836 - 1907 b: 1836 in Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +Mary Susan PARKER 1841 - 1907 b:  1841 in Scott Co Georgia
.......... 3 William M. WEST 1839 -b: 1839 in Jasper Co Georgia
.............. +Mary BROOM
.......... 3 Charles WEST 1842 -b: 1842 in Jasper Co Georgia
.......... 3 Richard Alexander WEST 1846 - 1875 b: 1846 in Talbot Co Georgia
.............. +Susan HEATH 1845 - 1891 b: 1845 in Rusk Co Texas

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