John Weire, Jamestowne Burgess Major

1618 - 1671  (53 years)

• Name	John Weire
  Title	Jamestowne Burgess Major
  Birth	1618	Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LR76-8CB
  Death	7 May 1671	Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I8482	footsteps | Enoch, GuyBuckman, Pat
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Henry Weire,   b. 1605, England d. 1653, Northumberland, Virginia, United States (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Wagner,   b. 1605, England d. 27 Jul 1720, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States (Age 115 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Honoria Jones,   b. 1610, Maryland, United States d. 9 Nov 1685, Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1654	Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, United States
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Weire,   b. 4 Oct 1655, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States d. 1693, Charles County, Maryland, United States (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  John Weire was a Virginia colonist. Major John Weir (Weyer, Weyre, Weye) settled in Old Rappahannock County. In 1666 he had three grants of land, aggregating 6,570 acres. He was Burgess for Rappahannock at the sessions of March 1658-1659, March 1659-60, and 1660/61-1676.