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Male John Vestal Click to view John Vestal in the family tree

John was born in 1798 in Chatham, NC.  John's father was Thomas+ Vestal and his mother was Amy+ Thompson.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas Curran+ Vestal and Elizabeth+ Davis; his maternal grandfather is Samuel+ Thompson and his maternal grandmother was Phebe+ Allen. He had two brothers and six sisters, named William, Thomas, Elizabeth+, Phebe, Hannah, Mary, Jemima and Rachel.  He is the second youngest of the nine children.


John's family with Rachel Hobson

‌John and Rachel were married in a religious ceremony on September 27th, 1822 in Surrey, NC.  They had three daughters named Hannah, Dinah and Susannah.


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