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NOTE: I have loaded some NEW charts for review, or click the 'Family Tree' button below to see the charts. I have included many pages that chart the histories that I and many others have gathered in the past. Please be patient. More data is being gathered, reviewed, and organized.

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Cal Westray:

I have two Westray lines beginning with Benjamin Simon Westray and Elizabeth Sawyer. The detailed charts are linked to the name; the others fall into the file below the linked name. I have modified the charts to include the Generation coding as well.

 

Benjamin Simon Westray (17??-1817) (m. 1763) to Elizabeth Sawyer (17??-1820)

 Simon Benjamin Westray (F) (1765-1817) (m. 1787) to Mary Saunders (17??-????)

  John Henry Westray (FC) (????-1842) (m. 1820) to Elizabeth Betsy Gibbs (????-????)

   John Thomas Westray (FCF) (1835-1906) (m. 1869) to Martha G. P. McKinney (1843-1924)

    Estel Eugene Westray (FCFB) (1871-1946) (m. 1903) to Mary Anna Hildabrand (1875-1956)

     Rudolph Westray (FCFBC) (1908-1994) (m. 1928) to Olive Stratton (1909-1995)

      Rudy Calvin Westray Sr. (FCFBCB) (b. 1932) (m. 1951) to Carol Louise Waymire (1934-1969)

       R. Cal Westray, Jr. (FCFBCBA) (b. 1953) (m. 1976) to Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (b. 1953)

 

Benjamin Simon Westray (17??-1817) (m. 1763) to Elizabeth Sawyer (17??-1820)

 Simon Benjamin Westray (F) (1765-1817) (m. 1787) to Mary Saunders (17??-????)

  Nancy Westray (FB) (1797-1856) (m. 1820) to Joseph Hildabrand (1789-1870)

    Mary (Polly) Westray Penrod (FBB) (1827-1899) (m. 1843) to John H. Hildabrand (1823-1892)

    Constantine Napoleon Bonaparte Hildabrand (FBBA) (1845-1918) (m. 1869)

    to Mary E. (Minerva) Rainwaters (1845-1912)

     Mary Anna Hildabrand (FBBAE) (1875-1956) (m. 1903) to Estel Eugene Westray (1871-1946)

     (the following is not charted because it is duplicated above)

      Rudolph Westray (FBBAEC) (1908-1994) (m. 1928) to Olive Stratton (1909-1995)

       Rudy Calvin Westray Sr. (FBBAECB) (b. 1932) (m. 1951) to Carol Louise Waymire (1934-1969)

        R. Cal Westray, Jr. (FBBAECBA) (b. 1953) (m. 1976) to Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (b. 1953)

 

From the page: http://www2.okstate.edu/people/wcross/

Westray: Simon Benjamin Westray is the earliest known member of this family and immigrated to Logan County, Kentucky from Virginia. In his will dated March 5, 1817, Simon Westray names his wife Mary, Benjamin his eldest son, John his younger son, his two daughters Polly and Nancy, and his grandson Thomas Blanchard. Simon came to Logan County, Kentucky from Isle of Wright County, Virginia. His will was probated on the 18th of May 1817. His father's name is Benjamin Simon Westray and his mother was Elizabeth Sawyer, both from Virginia, Simon's wife was Mary Saunders, daughter of John and Elizabeth Saunders, also from Virginia. Simon's children were Elizabeth, Benjamin, John Henry, Nancy, and Mary (known as Polly). John married Elizabeth "Betsy" Gibbs with whom he had children prior to his death in March 1841. Ironically, John was killed in a fight with his brother-in-law, Joseph Hildabrand, husband of his sister Nancy. - TO BE CONTINUED

 

Stories about that generation of Westray's:

 

Benjamin, the eldest son, is Benjamin Simon Wester! There was an argument over Simon's will and Benjamin broke from the family, changed his name, and moved to Butler County, Kentucky. This answers some questions regarding Westray's, Wester's, and other spelling of the family name. More information will be provided as I learn of it. I am charting alternative spellings of Westray's.

 

John Henry Westray was killed by Nancy's husband, Joseph Hildabrand, in 1842. John and Joseph had been out drinking, got into an argument on the way home and John was killed as a result. Joseph took over caring for John's family.

 

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