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GEORGE R. WEST

ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS

A Family History Commissioned by William H. West

Nelsonia, Virginia

Mary Frances Carey Certified Genealogist #237

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Virginia's Eastern Shore

Foreword

The first five generations of the West family of Accomack County, Virginia,

have been researched and recorded on several different occasions. The most complete

local work on the line appears in Ames, Mears and Allied Lines, by Lucy Ames Edwards.

The present search has found additional information on the third, fourth and fifth

generations, but nothing significantly different on the first two. For this reason,

and because Mrs. Edwards used records not locally available, the first two genera-

ations of the George R. West line have been taken directly from her book. Permission

to use her work was requested of L. Floyd Nock, III, Mrs. Edwards' nephew.

A copy of Anthony West's will is included after the first section. While the

will is recorded in Northampton County records, that does not indicate Anthony West

lived there. The entire Eastern Shore of Virginia was Accomack County from 1634 to

1642, when the name was changed to Northampton. The Shore was divided into the

present two counties in 1663, at which time Accorack County started keeping records.

Anthony West and his family were headrights for Randall Herle in 1649, when the

latter patented 600 acres on Nandua Creek, in present Accomack County.

Ars. Edwards did an admirable job in presenting the will of Lt. Col. John West

of the second generation. The will, written on 6 February 1703 and recorded in

Accomack County Wills & Etc 1692-1715, part 2, p. 317a, covers five of the large

pages in this old record book. Not only is the handwriting difficult to read, but

the corners of some of the pages are missing, making a verbatim transcription im-

possible. Mrs. Edwards' documention of the will refers to a later typewritten

transcription, in Wills & Etc 1692-1715, part 2, p. 47.

Lt. Col. John West patented extensive land throughout Accomack County during

his lifetime, starting with the 1,600 acre tract due his father on Nandua Creek in

1650, which included the 600-acre Herle patent. This original patent, framed, hangs

in the Accomack County Clerk's Office. Excerpts from it have been included at the

end of the second section. In 1672, Lt. Col. West patented 1000 acres between

New Church and Horntown. Part of this land, called West's Ridge in a deed of 1736,

is now owned by the writer's husband and his cousin, H. Robert Tull, whose

homes stand diagonally opposite each other across route 709 or Horntown Road.

All documention, by the present researcher, refers to Accomack County records

unless otherwise stated. A list of both primary and secondary sources is included

on the last pages PS references. In addition, a family Bible, presented to Mr.

James Meekins by his wife, Laura (Johnson) (West) Meekins, on 13 June 1902, has been

used. This Bible was printed by A.C. Thomas, 15 Post Office Avenue, Baltimore,

Maryland, in 1890. It is presently owned by Laura Imogene (Kelly) (Medders) Bushong

(Mrs. Don Allen Bushong), who lives on Parks Road, north of Accomac. Mrs. Bushong

is a great-granddaughter of George R. West and his third wife, Laura Abigail

(Johnson) West, through their daughter, Eva West. Undocumented information on the

last generations has been given by members of the family.

The family Bible gives George R. West's middle name as Riley. Since no record

has been found of this West family intermarrying with Aileys, it is thought the

name came from his mother's aide of the family.

As with many Eastern Shore families, all of George R. West's ancestors and a

large number of his descendants, have been found living within twenty to thirty

miles of the original West land patent of 1650.

Mary Frances Carey 31415 Horntown Road New Church, VA 23415

November 7, 1991

Contents

Page

Anthony West, The First Generation

Lt. Col. John West, The Second Generation

Alexander West, The Third Generation

John West of Deep Creek, The Fourth Generation

Major West, The Fifth Generation

John West of Major, The Sixth Generation

George West, The Seventh Generation

George R. West, The Eighth Generation

Lorenzo Bell West, The Ninth Generation

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The First Generation

ANTHONY WEST

The first of the West family on the Eastern Shore of of Virginia was ANTHONY' WEST who came to Virginia in the James in 1622 and in the muster of 1624 was living at James City at "Mr. Treasurer's Plantation."' On 12 December 1625 affidavit was made in court that "Mrs. Rowsley did set Anthony West free and delivered his indentures to Capt. Sampson to carry into England to his friends. Anthony West, sworne and examined, sayeth that he made an agreement with Zacharie Crips and Edmund White to have fyfteen hun-dred plants and after, he intendinge to goe to England, he quitted that agreement, and after purposing to staye about planting time Zacharie Crips promised to give the said de-ponent Content for his labor, and so he stayed and contynued in worke, with him till the Cropp was in." That his indenture papers were sent to England by Capt. Sampson would idicate that ANTHONY' WEST was very young. William Palmer and George Parker testified that they were on ship with Anthony West in 1649 when Mr. West said, 'Dost thou see Cousin what an urchin they sent me in for four years?"' That Anthony West kept his agreement with Zacharie Crips and Edmund White was indicative of the character of the man he was to be. That he later transported thirty-two persons into the colony at his own expense—for which his son John West in 1650 was given a grant of 1600 acres—would indicate that he was a man of enterprise and some means. It has been said of Anthony West that "his beautifully written will proves him to have been an educated man.'

After 1625 he returned to England, but later came back to Virginia and settled on the Eastern Shore before 1649, when he, his wife ANN, son JOHN and daughter Katherine were named as headrights for land in Northampton County patented by Capt. Randall Herle, Marriner.‘

It has been said that ANTHONY WEST was probably a cousin of the Lords De la Warr, Sir Thomas West, Baron de la Warr, Governor of Virginia Colony in 1610, and John West,

• Hotten 235 B Minutes of Council and General Court, p 80

Va. Mag. of Hist " Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America. Vol 15, p 336 ▪ Nugent 185

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Governor 1635-37. Whitelaw in V;rg•;nia's Eastern S rr says. that there was some relationship between the Lords De la Warr and Anthony West was proven by the arms on the tomb-stone of Major Charles West, great grand son of Anthony.' The tombstone with the West arms was placed in accordance with instructions in the will of Charles West, Accomack Coun-ty, 1757, that before there was any division of his estate a tombstone was to be bought in London and placed over his grave.° The tomb was placed on a lot in the town of Onancock, Va. Many years later the stone was knocked down and broken, placed by a well, eventually plowed over and, later still, dug up. Much of the coat of arms remains on the stone and can be identitfied as similar to that of Lord De la Warr. The stone has been preserved by the Eastern Shore Virginia His-toriacl Society and can be seen in the museum of the society at Kerr Place in Onancock, Va.

ANTHONY' WEST'S wife was named ANN, but her maiden name isn't known. After ANTHONY' WEST'S death, she married 2nd, about 1653, Stephen Charlton.' The will of ANTHONY' WEST, Northampton Co., Va., 12 Oct. 1651-2 May 1652, opened with the customary preamble on the be-queathing of his soul and body and continued, "Disposing of my worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath blessed mee with all I will dispose the same in manner and forme followinge: My will and desire is that my sonne Jno. West bee my full and whole executor of this my last will and testament and that my wife and daughter Barloe have their thirds out of my estate (all things in their kinde) and that my sonne Jno. doe enjoy the rest; And that his mother have the managinge of it (as long as she keepeth herself a widdowe,) But (if she should marrye) then my desire is that my sonne shall enjoy his estate (if it bee before hee come of age). I desire that no administrator nor overseer shall have anythinge to do with my estate. Nor any appraisement (till they come to share it)! The children of ANTHONY and ANN WEST were JOHN2, Katherine2 who married 1st Ralph Barlowe, 2nd Charles Scar-

burgh, and 3rd Edmund Bowman, and Ann' who died without heirs.

• Harrison, Waples and Allied Families, Wm. Welsh Harrison p 114 o VVhitelaw 920 x Acco. Co. Wills, 1752-57, p 400

Northampton Co. Records, Vol. V, p 108 ' Northampton Co. Wills, 16. Vol IV, p 83

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Lt. Col. John West

The Second Generption

Lt, Col. JOHN2 WEST (Anthony'), born in England about 1638, died May 27, 1703,' was active in the affairs of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He was an excellent boatright and carpenter, and was asked by the court to instruct an appren-tice in sloop and boat building! . In 1693 WEST built a vessel of forty-five tons, decked and fitted for sea." He was also interested in tanning hides and shoe making.' In 1663 his name was on the list of Accomack County Tithables with seven tithables and through the years until 1695, frequently with as high as seventeen tithables. In 1670 he was listed as "Capt. John West," in 1676 as "Major," in 1679 as "Lt. Col.," and in 1685 as "Colonel John West."' He served Accomack County as Commissioner 1662-63, Justice 1663-1673, Sheriff 1667 and as Captain,'Major and Lieutenant Colonel of Militia between 1665-1703. While Major he raised a force of forty-four men who served under Governor Berkeley for thirty-four days during Bacon's Rebellion. At Court held for Accomack County, 14 Sept. 1677, it was recorded, "Whereas Major Edm. Bowman hath made it appear to the Court by the attestation of Major Jno West that he had killed five cattle and found salt for thirteen hundred pounds of beef. It is therefore or-dered that it be a certificate thereof to the next assembly."' "Whereas Tho. Barret hath made it appear to the Court by his oath that he served under the command of Major Jno West in his Majesties Service thirty-three days and also that he bath rec'd no satisfaction, certificate thereof is accordingly granted him to the next assembly." "Upon the petition of Major Jno West in behalf of himself and forty-four men which were thirty-four days under the Command of the Governor, Sir William Berkeley in his Majesties open Court, Certificate

" Wm. & Mary Quart., Vol. 10, p 125 • North. Co. Orders, Vol. XVII, p 456 • Hening I, p 468 " Ames, 82, 8.9, 135, 142 o Acco. Co. Tithables, S. Nottingham • Col. Va. Militia, Crozier, p 105 o Acco. Co. Orders, 1676-78, p 66 R Ibid. p 67

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thereof i iccordin$, :, granted him to the next assembly."' By marriage, by purchase and by patents Col. JOHN2

WEST acquired large tracts of land north of Chesconnessex Creek and signed his name as "John West of Chesconnessex." JOHN' WEST'S first patent was dated 1660.T His second patent was for "250 acres Northampton, adjacent land of Charles Scarburgh. Part of patent of 500 acres granted Matilda Scarburgh 31 March 1655 and due said West as 'mar-rying with said Scarburgh'." Another land grant, not on record in Richmond but the original of which is among Acco-mack County records, was one on Nandua Creek for 1600 acres given to JOHN' WEST, son of ANTHONY' WEST, "for the transportation of two and thirty persons into the colony by the said Anthony West," and signed 23 Dec. 1650 by Gov. Berkeley. Late in his life JOHN2 WE-ST moved his residence to Lhis tract on Nandua Creek and thereafter signed his name as "John West of Nandua." Whitelaw say.9 of him, "He was one of the leading men of Accomack County during his life and held about every position or title that could be given him."

s !bid Whitelaw p 807 suggests that Major John West of Accomack was a supporter of Bacon in the rebellion, referring to the statement by H. R. McIlwaine in Virginia Minutes of the Council arid General Court, p 535, "This day Major Jno West and Capt. Cha. Scarburgh had granted them the Benefit of his Most Sacred MajesttiEs proclama-tion and did take the oath of obedience to his Majestie." Hening's Statutes At Large, p 548, state that at court held at Green Springs, the 3d of March 1676/7, "This day John West and Capt. Ch Scarburgh had granted them the benefit of his most sacred majestie's proclama-tion; and did take the oath of obedience to his majestie." But in 1676 John West of Accomack County was carried on all Accomack County court records as - Major " It is illuminating, moreover, to note that Charles Scarburgh, who was carried on Accomack County Court rec-ords as "Captain," was referred to in the Green Springs Court records as "Captain," and that William Kendall, carried on Accomack County records as "Colonel," was also referred to as "Colonel" in both Hen-ing's Statutes and in McIlwaine's Virginia Minutes, in records of the Green Springs Court. It is believed, therefore, that Accomack County Court records have the correct data about the Accomack County Major John West. ✓ Nugent 407 • Ibid. 413 • Whitelaw 649

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"Between 1660 and 1661 JOHN2 WEST married MATH, DA' SCARBURGH, daughter of Col. EDMUND2 SCAR-TIURGH. She was a Quaker, and in court refused to take the usual oath when granted certificate for 600 acres of land for transporting twelve persons to the colony, accepting the "form P s nrescribed by act of Parliament for Quakers."' The will of JOHN' WEST, Accomack Co., Va., 6 Feb. 1703-4 Aug. 1703, mertioned six sons, seven daughters and thirteen grand chil-dren. "Being of sound mind and memory, blessed be the name cf God, and being in dayly expectation of my change from this Transitory World, do by these presents make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following. Imprimis: I commend my soul into the hands of my Blessed Redeemer and Savior Jesus Christ, hoping by his passion and precious blood to be received into the bosom of his mercy, and. as to my body, I,commend it to the earth to be buried as it shall please God to permit. As to my estate that God in mercy hath bestowed on me as an earthly blessing I give and dispose the same as folleth, vizt: Item: I give unto my son Anthony West my Neck of land by name of Arracoco Neck at Nanduee. Item. I give unto my son ALEXANDER WEST plantation of mine at Messongo, formerly known by the name of Old Brookes Land, and also all the stock of cattle and hoggs thereon, and half the stock of horses and mares belonging to the said plan-tation, with all the household goods. Item: I give to my eldest son John and my son Benony all my lands five hundred yards above the Mill Dam at Deep Creek to my middle line, including all marshes and hummocks upon Deep Creek . . . Item: To my son Jonathan my lands up on Chesconnessex Creel with all marshes . . . orchards, gardens, etc., thereunto belonging. Item: I will and bequeath all my lands at Pungoteague to my son John. Item: I will and bequeath all my lands above 500 yards before disposed of from the Mill Dam and Deep Creek Branch, includ-ing all lands to the Court House and G'argaphia Road and so down to Mr. Joseph Robinson Land at Onancock, unto my five daughters hereafter named, vizt., Catherine, Mary, Anne,

Nugent 413. Acco. Co. Orders, 1703-09, folio 20

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Scarburgh. and Matilda. TI-J:(_te hundred acres of the said land T give and bequeath unto my said daughter Matilda Wise, and to her daughter Mary Cade Wise. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Robinson my plantation at Onancock called by the name of The Folly, containing 600 acres with all housing and other appurtenances thereunto belonging.

Item: I hereby confirm the parcel of land given to my daugh-ter Frances Kellam by deed made and confirmed in court. Item: I will and bequeath unto my youngest son John West my sealed ring of gold. Item: I will and bequeath my best suit of apparell with gold buttons to my son Jonathan West, my next best suit to John West, the Elder. The next best suit to my son John West, the Younger. The next best suit to my son Anthony, the next best suit to Alexander West. The next best suit of apparell to my son Bennony West. My will is that my Cape Coat belong to my son Anthony. And as to my Jackets and Westcoats, they shall be divided by my wife among my sons, only my eldest son John West to have his first choice. Item: Unto my daughter Matilda . . . furniture, a silver por-inger, — pounds current money of England to buy her a Riding Gown. Item: I will and bequeath unto my son Bennony West the half part of my water mill at Deep Creek , my sons John the Elder, John the Younger and son Jonathan to enjoy the remaining part in equal parts.

Item: My will is that my four daughters to whom I have given land in the woods, vizt., Catherine, Mary, Anne and Scarburgh, have two months work of my man Billy to build each of them a House (if they have occasion) on the land respectively given them. Item: Cattle, tools, utensils, furniture, etc., at the Chescon-nessick plantation were to be marked as belonging to Chescon-nessick House, which was allotted "for a common home for Al my unmarried children. It is to be understood that who-ever of them shall prove stubborn, disobedient or Idle, or un-willing to assist and bend their endeavors for the better sup-port of themselves and their mother, that they so offending shall forfitt all their privilege and interest in that point." Certain articles of personal property were to remain at the

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at Che<c)nnessex. "I will and appoint at a time .t• ;hall be hereafter directed for the inventorying of my es-tutu that . . . six cows and calves, six ewes and a ramb, two mares, two feather beds, bedsteads and other furniture nec-essary, with carts, horses and ploughs with harness necessary thereunto, also the furniture in the hall, viz: twelve cain chairs, the great table, the press and great couch, also in the hall chamber, a chest of drawers, six turkey work chairs, together with a great iron pott, and two smaller iron potts with pott chaines belonging to the house, also four pewter dishes, and one dozen of plates, all which I will and appoint shall be accounted and called the estate of Chesconnessick House, and to be marked with a particular mark, both the cattle, etc., and utensils that they may be known from others, and shall remain undisposed of and to be continued from one to the other as an inheritance under the said notion, as the Land and Manor House of Chesconnessick doth to him or them that shall possess the same in Right of Inheritance." Much of his land was left entailed but most of the entails were docked bv the second generation and the property at the Manor House was scattered. "Item: My will is that my shallop lately built by my youngest son John be disposed of to my wife." Item: Daughters Sarah and Matilda were each to have twenty shillings to buy them a ring of gold. Well beloved wife MA-TILDA was to be executrix. "Item: My will and desire is that my son-in-law Capt. Tully Robinson will be pleased to assist my well beloved wife and children, in what he may or can, to see this my will performed, as also to prevent what he can any wrong that may be at-tempted against my said wife and children by an ill disposed person, and as a token of my love to him I bequeath him twenty shillings to buy him a ring to wear in remembrance of me. Item: I give unto Robert Hutchinson, as an acknowledgment of this his labor herein, five hundred pounds of tobacco, and also five, six, seven or eight acres of my land at Pungoteague Branch, along my back or head line till it comes to the creek, to admit him a landing, inlet and outlet from his land adjoin-ing, to him and his heirs or assigns forever to enjoy. Item: I will my lands to the Northward of Tangiers, in co-partnership with Capt. Thomas Weiburn, Capt. Dan11. of St.

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Thomas Jerifer and Mr. Francis Makernie my full fourth part in joint tennency among my sons, Viz., Anthony, by eldest son John, my son ALEXANDER, my youngest son John, my sons Bennony and Jonathan, and Capt. Tully Robinson and Richard Kellam; excepting fifty acres which I give unto Thomas Webb . . . for his pains in doing some service for John West, Junr., and also excepting one hundred acres formerly in joint tennency between Col. Charles Scarburgh and myself to my daughter Matilda." Bequests were made to thirteen grand children. The will was signed in the presence of Wil-liam Wise, John Wise, Junr., Tabitha Hill, George Nicholas Hack, Patrick Morgan, and Robert Hutchinson.' Mrs. MA-TLDA' WEST was listed on the Quit Rent Rolls of 1704 with 3600 acres.'

The children of JOHN2 and MATILDA' (SCARBURGH) WEST were John3 the Elder, who died without heirs; An-thony who married Elizabeth Rowles ; Benonni3 who married Sarah Snead; ALEX ANDER3; Jonathan3 who married Rachel Spooner; Matilda' who married John Wise; Frances3 who married Richard Kellam; Sarah' who married Capt. Tully Robinson; Katherine3 who married Charles Snead; Mary3 who married Robert Snead; Anne3 who married Thomas Sparrow; Scarburgh3 who married Jonathan Harding; John3 the Younger who married first Frances Yeardley, and second Josepha God-win.

• Acco. Co. Wills, 1692-1715, Part 2, p 47" • Va. Mag. Hist., Vol. 34, p 113 • Va. Mag. Hist., Vol. 34, p 113

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Excerpts from original land grant of 1600 acres to Lt. Co. John West:*

To all to whom these presents Shall Come I Sr William Berkeley. Knt Governor and

capt General of Virginia Send Greeting.

to grant Patents and to Afsign Such proportions of land to all Adventures

and Planters as have been usual heretofore in the like Cases either for Adventure of

Money or for Transportation of People into the Colony according to a Charter of

Orders from the late Treasurer of ColVt and that there be the Same proportion of

fifty Acres of land granted and Afsigned for every Person they have transported

thither Since Midfumer 1625 and that the Same course be continued to all Adventurers

and Planters until it Shall be otherwise determined by his Aajesty.

Now now ye that I the said Sr William Berkeley do with the Consent of the Council

of State Accordingly give and grant unto John West the Son of Anthony West Sixteen

hundred Acres of land lying Situate and being in great Nufwattock River in North-

hampton County bounded as followeth beginning and lying

being due sd John West by and for the Transportation of two and thirty

persons into the Colony by the said Anthony West his father.

23 December 1650 William Berkeley

* This document is under glass and framed. Copies made of it were not legible.

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Alexander West The Third Generation

Alexander West, born circa 1570, was e son of Lieut. Col. John West and his

wife, Matilda (Scarburgh) West. His maternal grandparents were Col. Edmund Scar-

burgh, who died intestate in 1671 (Orders 1671-1697, p. 188), and Mary Scarburgh,

who died testate in 1691 (Wills 1682-1697, p. 228). The latter _stated in her will

that she was living at Merry Branch (of Deep Creek), at the house of Anthony West

and named Matilda West as a daughter and Anthony West as a grandson. Alexander West

was a witness to a codicil to her will on 18 October 1691.

Alexander West made a deposition on 15 November 1692, saying he was 23 years of

age or thereabouts" (Orders 1690-16970 p. 79). He married (1) circa 1692. The

name of his first wife is unknown. A strong possibility is that she was a Major,

since she gave a son that name. Lieut. Col, John West owned land near John Major

in 1653 (Whitelaw, p. 650). Alexander West married (2), after 8 February 1727, Mary

(Robinson) Hurtley, widow of William Hurtley, who died intestate before that date

(Orders 1724-1731, p. 71).

Alexander West heired 600 acres at Messongo from his father in 17030 land that

was entailed to his son John West and to John's heirs. Alexander West, planter,

bought 200 acres of land at Metompkin (later Drummond Town and to become Accomac),

for 15,000 pounds of tobacco, on 3 October 1715, from Simon Michael and wife Susanna

(Deeds, Wills & Etc 1715-17 29, part 1, p. 33). On 13 November 1715, the Michaels

sold Alexander West an additional, adjacent 100 acres for 10,000 pounds of tobacco

(p. 32).

Alexander West could have lived for a time after his first marriage at Messongo.

His name appears often in the records after 1715, indicating he was then living in

the lower part of the county. He brought a suit against John Bonnewell on 6 November

1717, to recover a debt of 800 pounds of tobacco (Orders 1717-1719, p. 5). He was

granted a license to sell liquor on 2 September 1718 (p. 18). On 3 November 1719,

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Alexander West petitioned the Accomack County Court "yt he may have Liberty to build

a Small houfe adjacent to this Courthouse for ye Reception of perfons (persons) and

to Sell Liquors in it as Sett forth in ye petition the Court do therefore Give

ye said Ilexder West Liberty they have to buiLd and Erect a Small houfe aforesaid -

---- Thomas Custis toe appoint said place for said building" (p. 24). On 2 February

1720, Alexander West presented a Negro boy named Simon to the court so that his age

might be judged (Orders 1719-1724, p. 12). Simon was judged 13 years of age.

When Alexander West gave 200 acres of his purchased property to his son Major

West, on 7 June 1726, the deed said he was moving from this land (Deeds, Wills It

Etc 1715-1.729, part 1, p. 70). However, on 7 May 1723, Alexander West petitioned

the Court to have a license to keep an ordinary at Deep Creek for one year (Girders

1719-1724, p. 58), a licence which was renewed on 7 July 1724 (p. 82), and on 4

August 1725 (arders 1724-1731, P. 35). On 5 August 1725, "Jonathan Bunting made

oath in open Court yt he heard Alexander West Swear Six prophaine oaths on ye 25th

of July Last and ye Court orders said Alexander West pay at ye Laying of ye next

parish Levie ye Sum of 300 pounds of Tobacco or 30 Shillings to ye Church Wardens

of this Parish (p. 35a). Alexander West served jury duty several times in 1727.

Alexander West wrote his will on 30 November 1727 and it was recorded on 3

January 1728 (Wills, Deeds & c 1715-1729, part 2, p. 184). He left a slave and his

remaining 100 acres "at Mattompkin" to his wife Nary for life, both to go to her

daughter, Anne Hurtley, at his wife's death. He left daughter Nary West two mares,

pewter and his best rug. He left son John West "one great chest that he used to

call his" and his Negro called Simon. Son Scarburgh West was to inherit livestock.

He named grandsons Alexander West and John West.

An order dated 7 December 1714 snows Alexander West had had two other sons, who

were apparently deceased without issue by the time he wrote his will. On this date,

"John West, eldest son of Alexander West, who was a son of John West Late of Accorrack

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County in Vire Gentl decd exhibited a bill in chancery against Matilda West,

executrix of the will of John West" naming Alexander West's other sons as Ecarburgh

West, Major Vest and Edmund West (Orders 171)4-1717, p. 2). John West, in his will

of 1703, had directed that son Alexander's three unnamed sons receive mares from

his estate and evidently their grandmother had not released them by 1714.

Alexander West's widow had married William Pritchet by 4 September 1728 (Orders

172)4-1731, p. 123a). Mary (Robinson) Huntley West Pritchet had married a Darby, her

fourth husband, and was still living on 22 July 1747 ( L 10 and Causes 1727-1773) - 104)-

The children of Alexander West, all by his first wife, were:

1. John West, born circa 1693. See next section.

2. Nary West, born circa 1695, unmarried in 1727.

3. Scarburgh West, born circa 1698, died testate 1760 (Wills 1757-1761, p. 211).

In his will he named his sons as Edmund West, Alexander West, and Philip Parker West.

His daughters were Elizabeth Miles, Mary Bunting, Parker West and Adah West. He left

property to three Dunton grandchildren, indicating he also had a deceased daughter

who had married a Dunton. Scarburgh West had married Mary Parker, daughter of Philip

Parker, who died testate in 1721, leaving "daughter Mary Parker, alias West", 200

acres in Maryland "at Pocomoke near the head of Pitses Creek" (Wills, Deeds St c 1715-

1729, part 1, p. 319). "Scarbrow" West and wife Mary sold this land in 1730 (Som-

erset County Deeds SH, 0-17, p. 286).

4. Major West, born circa 1700. Alexander West gave son Major West 200 acres

in 1726. There is no other record of this Major West. His brother, John West of

Deep Creek, and wife Agnes sold 50 acres of his land in 1754 (Deeds 17)46-17571 P-

545). The 1.50 acre balance was sold in 1755 by John West of Deep Creek and wife

Sarah (p. 5)45). Apparently Major West died without issue. He was not named in his

father's will.

5. Edmund West, born circa _1,7_02. Edmund West was named as son of Alexander in

the chancery suit of 1714, after which his name disappeared from the records.

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John West of Deep Creek

The Fourth Generation

John West, eldest son of Alexander West and his first wife, was born circa

1693. He would have been 10 years old when his grandfather, Lt. Col. John West,

died in 1703 and circa 35 years of age when his father died in 1728. He had

married brfore 1730, Agnes Burton, daughter of William Burton, who died testate in

1731, naming a daughter Agnes and a grandson John West (Deeds & Wills 1729-1737,

p. 122). This will indicates John and Agnes West had other children born before

18 November 1730, when it was written. Other records suggest John Nest and Nary

Burton were married circa 1720.

John West, "son of my brother Alexander West", inherited pistols and holsters

from his uncle John Nest, the Elder, in 1709 (Wills & Etc 1692-1715, part 2, P. 358).

He inherited, at his father's death in 1728, 600 acres at Messongo, land his grand-T

father bought in 1687 and left his father Alexander, to be passed to him and his

heirs. In 1745, John West had the entail docked "in General Court" and sold this

land to William Burton of Northampton County (Deeds 1770-1773, P. 93).

On 12 February 1724, Jonathan West conveyed to John West, Gentlemen, two-thirds

of one-half of "a Certain hill called deep Creek hill" for 15 pounds (Deeds, Wills

htc 1715-1729, part 1, p. 524). The deed explains that Lt. Col. John West, by his

last will and testament, left the mill to nis four sons, son Bennony to inherit one-

half and the other half to sons John the Elder, John the Younger, and Jonathan, and

"by the decease of Bennony, his part being one-half came to John West of Alexander".

When John the Elder died, his part went to Jonathan Nest. On 17 April 1724, John

Nest bought the remaining one-sixth of the mill from John West of Northampton County,

son of John the Younger (p. 529). On 8 June 1737, John West of Deep Creek sold one-

half "of Water Hill known as Deep Creek Mill" to John Smith for 30 pounds 5 shillings

(Deeds & Wills 1729-1737, part 2, p. 111).

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On 7 February 1754, John West of Deep Creek, planter, and ".Agnefs" his wife,

sold 50 acres "near head of Netomplin Creek on the Sea Side" to Smith Bunting for

35 pounds (Deeds 1746-1757, p. 487). This was part of the 200 acres his father had

bought in 1715 and deeded his son Major West in 1726. Evidently Major West died

without children and the land had reverted to his eldest brother.

John West wrote his will on 13 September 1754 and it was presented for probate

on 28 January l7 Calls 1752-1757, p. 268). He left his wife one-third of his

estate during her lifetime. He left eldest son, John West, his water mill and still

worm, his old gun and a chest, "if he give Son Major 50 pounds when he comes to age

21". He left five of his seven daughters 5 shillings each. A sixth daughter was to

receive a cow and a calf, and the seventh his bed, bolsters, and furniture. His

residuary estate was to be divided between his two sons.

John West's widow, Agnes (Burton) West, died in late 1760, leaving a nuncupative

will (Wills 1757-1761, p. 295). She gave son Major West several items and made other

bequests to children and grandchildren.

The children of John West and his wife, Agnes (Burton) West, were all named in

a suit of 24 September 1771 concerning slaves her father, William Burton, had left

her for life and then to be equally divided between her children (Land Causes 1773-

1805, p. 14). They were:

1. Agnes West, m. (1) Thomas Snead, (2) Jonathan Willet.

2. Katherine West, m. Edmund Chambers.

3. Anne West, m. Smith Bunting.

4. John West, born circa 1725. When John West and wife Agnes of Deep Creek

sold 50 acres of his brother Major West's land in 1754, to their son-in-law, Smith

Bunting, there was a remainder of 150 acres. On 28 January 1755, the same day that

John West's will was presented for probate, a deed was made from John West of Deep

Creek and wife Sarah to WiLliam Bayley, selling the 150 acres for 90 pounds (Deeds

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1746-1757, P. 545). The deed states "said John sold 50 acres of this tract to

Smith Bunting". This is obviously incorrect. "Said John" had to be deceased since

his will was being probated and "said John's" wife was Agnes, who died testate four

years later. The only possible conclusion is that this was John West, eldest son of

John West and wife Agnes, selling the balance of his great-uncle's land. After his

father's death, he too was called John West of Deep Creek throughout his lifetime.

John West inherited his father's half of a water mill at Deep Creek in 1755.

de married (1) circa this time or a little later, Sarah Smith, daughter of Issac

Smith, who died testate in 1760, naming wife Sarah, sons John, Thorogood, and Issac,

and daughters Sarah West and Anne West (Wills 1757-1761, p. 234). Sarah (Smith)

West's mother was Sarah (West) Smith, the daughter of John Vest, the Younger (Deeds

& Wills 1729-1737, part 1, 78), and her sister Anne had married Jonathan West, grand-

son of John West, the Younger. John West of Deep Creek married (2) after 25 August

1778, Tabitha (Douglas) Wise, widow of Tully Robinson Wise. She was also deceased

by 7 January 1790 (Deeds 1788-1793, P. 314).

John West, "the younger, Son of John West of Deep Creek", bought 500 acres on

Deep Creek from Littleton Eyre of Northampton County on 14 February 1753, for 375

pounds (Deeds 1745-1757, p. 412). On 27 June 1758, John West, Gentleman, and wife

Sarah, sold 149 acres on Deep Creek to Levin Rodgers, ship carpenter, for 110 pounds

15 shillings (Deeds 1757-1770, p. 51). The deed states this was part of 500 acres

John West had purchased from Col° Littleton Eyers. On 24 November 1795, John West

of Deep Creek sold the balance of 351 acres for 800 pounds to Robinson Custis (Deeds

1793-1797, p. 358). The land was bordered by other land of Robinson Custis, by

Reuben Giddens, by Abel Lewis, deceased, and by Bartholomew Shrieves. The sale was

for land "whereon said John West now lives" and was to take effect at his death.

Robinson Custis had married his daughter Frances Yearly West in 1775 ( 'U.S 1774-1806,

p. 9). John West of Deep Creek had given Robinson Custis, on 30 January 1792, for

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love and affection and for 5 shillings, 15 acres near John West's home on Deep Creek

Branch and West's "interest in the grist mill and saw mill which he holds in common

with a certain John Smith upon the branch aforesaid" (Deeds 1788-1793, P. 578).

Custis was also to pay John West "seventy bushells of corn and ten bushells of wheat

annually" for his lifetime. (See Whitelaw, p. 967). On 13 March 1803, John Smith,

esquire, of Onancock, sold 600 acres to John Custis of Deep Creek "and also the

water grist and saw mill on the head of Leap Creek (Deeds 1800-1804, p.

On 22 December 1792, John West of Deep Creek gave to George Poulson, "son in

law of aforesaid John West", 150 acres for love and affection and 5 shillings (Deeds

1793-1797, P. 13). Whitelaw (p. 957) states that John West called this tract "the

Leased Land". While it was undoUbtably the land his great-grandfather had leased

in 1689 and John West had recovered in a suit of 1763, the deed has been read several

times without finding such a reference. Mr. Whitelaw was mistaken in his belief that

this John West of Deep Creek was a descendant of John West the Younger, and in his

statement that Alexander West had no male heirs in 1763. He is correct in saying

their brothers; John West the Elder, Benony West, and Jonathan West,had no male heirs.

”John West Senr (D.C.)" did not date his will Mils 1804-1806, p. 297). He

called himself "Senr" here to show he was the oldest John West in the neighborhood

of Deep Creek and not to indicate he had a son by the same name. His will was

recorded on 30 April 1805. He named three daughters: Elizabeth Warner, wife of

George Warner; Yearly Custis; and Ann Poulson. Robinson Custis had died in 1797 and

George Poulson in 1804.

5. Elizabeth West, m. Thomas Goffigon.

5. Fcarburgh West, m. Garret Topping.

7. Major West, born circa 1735. See next section.

8. Susannah West, m. George Scott.

9. Comfort West, m. Charles Crowson.

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Major West

The Fifth Generation

Major West was named as an underage son by his father, John West of Deep Creek,

when he wrote his will in September 1754. Major Was to get 50 pounds in current

money of Virginia from his brother John when he became 21 and one-half the remain-

der of the estate. Since brother John was of age and five of their seven sisters

were married, Major West would not have been more than several years underage,

placing his birth circa 1735. He was of age by late 1760 when his mother, Agnes

(Burton) West, prepared her will, leaving him her best bed and furnishings, half

her pewter, a silver spoon, sheep, and a gold ring, with one-fourth her residuary

estate. He was raised at Deep Creek.

Major West would have married circa 1760. It appears he married Peggy Giddens,

daughter of John Giddens, who died testate in 1774, leaving 100 acres to his son

ieuben Giddens and naming a daughter as Peggy West (Wills 1772-1775, p. 304). The

sale of John Giddens personal property was held on 11 November 1778 Wills 1777-

1780, p. 144). It the sale, Anthony West bought an iron pot and hooks and John

West of Deep Creek (Major's brother) bought several items, while Major West bought

two chairs, an earthern pan, knives, a linen wheel, a cow and calf, a barrel of

corn, two tubs and a borrow.

Major West neither bought nor sold land. The only time his name appears in

Accomack County Deed Books was on 31 March 1773, when he, a joiner, mortgaged his

household effects and joiner tools to Jonathan Willet for 20 pounds (Deeds 1770-1777,

p. 164). It is likely he lived on the 100 acres of land his brother, John West of

Deep Creek, bought from John Giddens on 24 February 1773 ( Deeds 1770-1777, p. 161).

Major West died intestate by 30 October 1782, when Peggy Willis was named to

administer his estate (Orders 1780-1783, p. 386), Jonathan Willit and William

Willet were her securities. Apparently, Major West's widow had married a Willis or

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a Wiilet. Thomas Giddens, another son of John Giddens, died testate in 1788, leaving

his estate to his brothers and sisters, one of whom was Margaret Willet Pills 1788-

1794, p. 105).

The records indicate that Major West had two children. There could have been

others.

1. Major West, born circa 1762. A Major West paid two tithables in 1787 (tax

list), one for himself and one for John West, apparently his brother. Major West

witnessed the will of Edward Gunter on 19 January 1793 and appeared in court on 31

December 1793 to prove the will (Wills 1788-1794, p. 800). His name has not been

found in later Accomack County records. He was not listed on the tax list of 1792

or the 1800 census. There is no record of his marriage.

2. John West of Major, born circa 1765. See next section.

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John West of Major

The Sixth Generation

john West of Major was born circa 1765. His mother was most likely Peggy/

Margaret (Giddons) West. After the 1787 tax list, his name appears next on that of

1792, when he was called "John West, son Majr". In the 1800 census, John West, Nair,

was 26 to 45 years of age with a wife of the same age. There was one other male in

the household of 10 to 16 years and three other females, all under 10 years. One

other female was over 45 years (his mother?). In 1810, John Nest of M was over 45

years, his wife was 26 to 45 years, and a son and daughter in the household were

both 16 to 26 years of age.

From the ages of his children, John West of Major had married circa 1788. His

wife was Mary Shrieves, daughter of Bartholomew. Bartholomew Shrieves died intest-

ate in 1805, leaving 100 acres of land "near the head of Deep Creek". The land

descended to his seven children, one of whom was Mary West, wife of John Nest (Land

Causes 1773-1803, p. 309). When this land was divided, John West and wife Mary got

Lot #4 - 13 acres.

John West had died intestate by 28 March 1814, when George West was named to

administer his estate (Orders 1812-1814, p. 390). In the settling of his estate, he

was again called John West of Major. An inventory of his personal property was made

on 5 December 1814 (Wills 1814-1816, p. 539). It covered almost three pages and

included household effects, ploughs, Stillyards, livestock, 11 beehives, grain, and

a Negro slave Jacob. The estate Was conpletely settled by 29 May 1816, when it was

divided between: Mary West, "the widow"; McKeel Bud, "his wife being a daughter of

the deceased";and George West, "being son of the deceased", each receiving 83 pounds

3 shillings 8 pence (p. 544).

The children of John West of Major and his wife, Mary (Shrieves) West, were:

1. George West of John, born circa 1789. See next section.

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2. Peggy West, born circa 1793 and likely nnmed for her grandmother. Peggy

West married, by licence of 31 January 1811, Keely Budd Odor. Co. Mar. Rec. 1795-

1865, P. 44). Peggy (West) Budd was deceased by 1833, when McKeel Budd, widower,

was issued a bond to marry Jane Parker 1332-1841, P. 5).

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George West

The Seventh Generation

George West, the only son of John Nest of Major and his wife, Mary (6hrieves)

West, as born circa 1789 (1850 censas). He inherited no land from his father,

but a third of his personal estate.

George West of John married, by bond of 10 November 1813, Sukey Nielson, daugh-

ter of David Nelson (MLB 1806-1832, p. 141). David Nelson had died testate in 1801,

naming his wife Nancy and daughter Susanna, who was to inherit six silver tea spoons

on paying $1.00 "to each of the rest of my children" (Wills 1800-1804, p. 287).

David Nelson had married Nancy Fitzgerald by bond of 25 July 1791 (MLB 1774-1806,

p. 20).

The 1820 census shows George West (of Jno) in St. George Parish, as 26 to 45

years of age, with a wife of the same age, one son under 10 years, two daughters

under 10 and one other female in the household, over 45 years (his mother Mary?).

In 1830, George West, at 40 to 50 years of age, had five young males in his house-

hold under 15 years and five young females under 15 years. In 1840, George West

was 50 to 60 years old, with one male 20 to 30 years, two males 15 to 20 years and

two males 10 to 15 years old. Three females were 10 to 15 years old and one 5 to

10 years of age.

George West and his wife Susan, on 5 May 1823, joined his sister Peggy and her

husband, McKeel Budd, in selling 13 acres to Samuel Sington for $180 (Deeds 1822-

1824, p. 321). The deed states this land came from their mother Mary West and was

located in Shrieves Town.

On 16-August 1823, George West bought 143 acres 3 roods and 5i perches of land

from the executors of General John Cropper and his widow, Catherine Cropper, for

$1303.06 (Deeds 1822-1824, p. 417). The deed locates the land in the neighborhood of

Drummond Town. It was bound on the northwest by land of William Blackstone, north-

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east by William Middleton and Thomas Hickman, southeast by Zadoc Selby and Griffin

Callahan, and southwest by Tabitha Allen and others. The farm is located northwest

of Accomac, approximately one mile from U.S. 13, on route 663, on the north side of

the road. A brick house stood on the land, giving it the name of Brick House Farm

(Whitelaw, p. 1073). On 1 September 1823, George West and wife Susanna sold 25

acres, the southeast corner of this land, to Thomas R. Joynes for $225 (Deeds 1822-

1824, p. 419).

George West and his wife Sukey/Susan/Susanna raised their family on Brick House

Farm. She was deceased by 1850, when the census of that year shows George West, at

61 years, with three females in his household, one of whom wes Polly Nelson, 55

years, and another his youngest daughter, Harriet West. While no proof has been

found, Polly Nelson was likely the: widow of a David Nelson (Sukey's brother?) who

died intestate in 1827 (Orders 1827-1829, p. 16). Some of tne children in George

West's household in 1830 and 1840 could have been their children.

George West, Senr wrote his will on 9 August 1859 and it was recorded on 27

February 1860 (Wills 1846-1882, p. 309). He left the Brick House Farm to son

George A. West, provided he pay Edward Thomas West $200, Frank West $2001 and Cath-

erine West $100 within five years. After George R. West's death, the farm was to

go to his children.

George West, Senr left a house and lot on the farm to Margaret Bull and Eliz-

abeth Nelson for their lifetime. It appears they were his wife's nieces, daughters

of Polly Nelson, and had been raised with his children. Margaret Nielson married

Custis Bull by licence of 22 February 1839 (Wor. Co. Mar. Rec. 1795-1865, p. 136).

Margaret Bull, widow of Custis Bull, died on 31 May 1899 at 80 years of age (Obit.

in Pen. Ent., June 10 1899 issue). Her obituary said she died at the home of her

daughter, Mrs. Ella Hickman, near Pastoria. Ella Hickman could not have been

Margaret Bull's daughter. Ella's mother was Jane S. (Miles) West (see next section).

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Margaret Bull was likely Ella Hickman's father's first cousin. Elizabeth Nelson

would have been Margaret (Nelson) Bull's sister. She had apparently lived in the

George West household so long that she was called Elizabeth West in the 1850 census,

the third female in the household, aged 21 years.

George West, Senr directed that his daughter Susan Showard inherit a slave.

He made Henry Nelson of P (Polly'?) trustee for property he was leaving daughter

Harriet Coard. He left granddaughter Juliet West $100, when she became 21. The

remainder of his property was to be divided between Susan Showard, Margaret Bull,

Harriet Coard and Elizabeth Nelson, with Henry Nelson of P. their trustee.

George West's Brick House Farm was sold by James H. Fletcher, Jr., Special

Commissioner, on 12 May 1899, after his son's death, to James H. Hickman, 119i

acres for $2820 (Deeds 1898-1899, p. 589). It was then bordered on the northwest

by Thomas Grinnalds, northeast by William Hickman's heirs, southeast by Alfred J.

Wessells and William K. Milliner, and southwest by John W. Coard and Alfred J.

Wessells. The proceeds of the sale was divided between George R. West's eleven

surviving children. The farm is now owned by Donald T. Young. The brick house is

gone. Route 663 has recently been named MN Smith Road.

The known children of George West and his wife Susanna (Nelson) West, were:

1. Mary A. Vest, born circa 1816. Mary A. West, daughter of George, married

7 January 1836, Southy Bull, Jr. (Mar. Reg. #1, p. 159). Southy Bull, Jr., died

intestate by 29 June 1846 (Orders 1845-1848, p. 159). It appears his wife was also

deceased, without issue, when her father wrote his will in 1859.

2. John W. West, born 1818. John W. West, son of George and Susan West, died

of measles on 3 July 1855, at 37 years of age, leaving a widow, Jane West (Reg. of

Deaths). John W. West married, by bond of 26 January 1848, Jane Carmine, daughter

of Hessy (MLB 1847-1850, p. 17). On 4 February 1865, Jane West, guardian of Edward

Thomas West, Frank West, and Catherine West, gave George R. West a receipt for $500

"left by will of George West (Deeds 1865-1867, p. 428), showing her children were

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George West's grandchildren. Census records substantiate this as do marriage records.

3. Edward W. West, born circa 1820. Edward W. West married Virginia Lang,

daughter of Nathenial and Nancy Lang, on 21 January 1847 (Mar. Reg. #1, p. 78).

Edward W. West died intestate by 27 November 1849, when his estate was administered

to his father, George West (Orders 1848-1851, p. 217). Virginia West, 22, P widow,

daughter of Nathenial and Nancy Lang, married William Coxton, 22, at Locustville,

on 10 December 1854 (Mar. Reg. #3, p. 2). Edward W. West and wife Virginia (Lang)

West had one daughter, Juliet West, who was named as an underage granddaughter by

George West in his will of 1859-1860. Julia West, 29, daughter of -Edward and

Virginia, married William Young, 22, at Drummond Town on 25 November 1876 (Mar. Ref.

#3, p. 49).

L. George R. West, born 1822. See next section,.

5, Susan A. West, born circa 1828 (22 in 1850, 32 in 1869). Susan A. Vest,

daughter of George West, Senr , married Southy Showard by bond of 26 December 1848

(MLB 1847-1850, p. 13). Their tombstones are in a Sherwood/Showard family plot,

north of Gnancock (Graven Stones, p. 232). She was born 6 November 1827 and died

8 January 1883. He was born 18 January 1821 and died 20 September 1901.

6. Harriet Ann West was born in 1833 and died in 1912, according to her tomb-

stone in Edgehill Cemetery (Graven Stones, p. 52). George S. Coard and Harriet Ann

West, daughter of George West, Senr, were married by bond of 7 January 1851 (MLB

1850-1854, p. 3). George S. Coard was born in 1823 and died in 1895.

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George R. West

The Eighth Generation

George R. West was the only surviving son of George West of John and his wife,

Sukey (Nelson) West. He lived to be 75 years of age and died suddenly at his home

at Perksley of heart disease, on 23 November 1897, according to his obituary in the

November 27th 1897 issue of The Peninsula Enterprise. This record would place his

birth in 1822, which is consistant with census records. He was 27 in June 1850, 37

in 1860 and 57 in 1 0. The dates on his tombstone in Parksley Cemetery, giving his

birth in 1826 and death in 1901, are both incorrect by four years.

George R. Vest married (1) by bond of 18 January 1848, Margaret Lang, daughter

of Nancy Lang (MLB 1847-1850, p. 16). Her father was Nathenial Land, who had mar-

ried Nancy Bull in 1816 (MLB 1806-1832, p. 74), and died intestate in 1837 (Orders

1836-1840, p. 155). Margaret Lang was a sister to Virginia Lang, who married George

R. West's brother, Edward W. West.

George R. West, widower, married (2) by bond of 28 January 1850, Jane Miles,

daughter of William Miles (MLB 1847-1850, p. 16). William Miles had married Sally

Bloxom, daughter of Custis Bloxom by a marriage bond of 19 April 1820 (MLB 1806-

1832, p. 87). William Miles died intestate by 28 June 1841 (Orders 1840-1842, p.

271). His widow died in 1854 (Orders 1854-1857, p. 47) and land they owned "21

miles south of Drummond Town" was divided among six children, George U. Vest and

his wife receiving Lot #3 (Surveyor's Record #6, p. 176). Census records called

George R. West's second wife Jane S. West in 1850, Virginia S. West in 1860, and

Jane S. Vest in 1870. There is no doubt but that she was the same wife, for Jane

West, consort of George R. West, died on 4 November 1873, of heart disease, at 41

years of age (Reg. of Deaths).

George R. West, a 45-year-old widower, married (3) Laura Johnson, 19, on 5 June

1876, in Worcester County, Maryland ( Wore Mar. Rec. 1865-1906, p. 508). His age

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on this marriage license also appears incorrect by several years. George R. West,

apparently born late in 18221 would have been 53 in June 1876. Laura Abigail

Johnson, his third bride, was born on 15 October 1857 (Chan. Orders 1898-1902, P. 62)

and would have been 18 years of age when she married. Laura Johnson was one of five

daughters of Isaiah Johnson and his wife Tabitha (Fid. Accts. 1923-1925, p. 225).

Isaiah Johnson had married Tabitha J. East by bond of 28 October 1850 (MLB 1850-

185)4, p. 6).

George A. Nest bought his first land on 20 January 1858, 83 acres called Peach

Blossom, from Charles Bull for 41400 (Deeds 1855-1858, p. 681). He sold Lorenzo J.

Bell 10 acres of this tract on 25 August 1858 for 4400 (Deeds 1858-1860, p. 19)4),

and John B. Ailworth 9 acres on 30 September 1858 for $394 (p. 2)47). His wife, Jane

S., joined George R. West in selling 64 acres, "he purchased of Charles Bull", to

John R. Nelson on 16 February 1865 for 41600 (Deeds 1862-1865, p. 578). John A.

Nelson, in his will .of 1899, spoke of this property as "Peach Blossom or Bayly Land"

without locating it (Wills 1882-1901, p. 434).

On February 1859, George R. West and wife Jane S. sold 14 acres to Thomas S.

Hargis for 4462 (Deeds 1858-1860, p. 36)4). The deed states this was land Jane had

inherited from her father, William Miles.

On 8 August 1868, George R. West bought 21 acres from Thomas R. Joynes and wife

Sally for $450 (Deeds 1865-1867, p. 69). This was most of the land his father had

sold Joynes in 1823, part of the original Brick House Farm purchase. George R.

Vest and wife Laura sold 6 acres of this to Mary E. Young in 1883 (Deeds 55, p. 67)4)

and the balance to son-in-law, Alfred J. Wessells, in 1891 (Deeds 63, p. 172).

On 7 January 1868, George R. West bought 100 acres "near the Court House" from

Thomas C. Parramore, trustee, for 43880 (Deeds 1867-1869, p. 23)4). The deed speaks

of this tract as "Bagwell Land". George W. West and wife Laura sold 50 acres "Bag-

well Land" to George W. Coard on 5 September 1891 for 42250 (Deeds 63, p. 50h). The

balance was sold on 1 February 1899, after George E. West's death, to William T.

Parks, Jr., for $1826 (Deeds 1898-1899, p. 276). This last deed locates the land

one mile from the Court House, bound north by Bayly's Neck :load, south by George W.

Caere', and west by "the main sea side county road from the Court House to Pastoria"

(present U.7. 13).

On 26 December 1877, George West bought 21 acres, for :,15O9, from John E.

Wise and wife Elizabeth S., land bordered north by George W. Barnes and the heirs of

Louis D. Heath, deceased (Deeds Si, p. 429). On 28 February 1879, he bought 28 26/100

acres from Benjamin T. Gunter, Special Commissioner, for 4974.97 (Deeds 52, p. 633).

These tracts were adjacent to each other and were bordered on the south and southwest

by a branch of Parkers Creek and on the north by land belonging to George W. Barnes.

Present-day maps show the property at the eastern end of route 664, recently named

Parks Road (Whitelaw, p. 1085). On 11 January 1899, 45 acres of "land at the head-

waters of Parkers Creek, on the Sea Side" called Cedar Landing, was sold by James H.

Fletcher, Spfeiisil Commissioner, to Fletcher N. Lewis for :31900, in the settling of

George R. West's estate (Deeds 1898-1699, p. 205). The land was then bordered north

by Isaiah Johnson, east and south by head-waters of Parkers Creek and west by George

Parkes.

George R. West made two other land purchases. On 5 February 1890, he bought

an half-acre lot in Drummond Town (Accomec), from Henrietta Parramore for $250 (Deeds

62, p. 128). The lot was on Back Street, next to the Baptist Church. On 24 August

1891, he bought an half-acre lot containing a house in Parksley, from Lewis F. Hin-

man and wife Lizabeth„ for $1500 (Deeds 63, p.

George It. West was apparently living on rented land in 1850, when the census of

that year shows him in household 46, in St. George Parish, 2 27-year-old farmer. His

father, George West, Senr, was in household 1106, St. George Parish, in 1850, living

on his Brick House Farm land near Drummond Town. Levin Grey, 45, was head of house-

hold 1109, and other neighbors of George West, Senr, were Drummond Town hotel keepers,

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physicans, and lawyers. By the time the 1860 census was taken, George A. West's

father was deceased. He, a 37-year-old farmer, head of household 123 in St. George

Parish, had moved his family into his father's home where he was raised. Ephraim

W. Wessells was living near-by in household 124, as was Levin Grey, a 54-year-old

constable, in household 125. The 1880 census suggests George R. West moved to

Parkers Creek after marrying the third time in 1876 and buying land there in 1877

and 1879. He, a Lee District farmer, was in household 13, next to Isaiah Johnson,

his wife's father. George Parkes and family were in household 15. George R. West

apparently retired and moved to Parksley in 1891.

The administration of George R. West's estate WPS granted to his widow, Laura

A. Vest, on 30 November 1897 (Orders 1896-1898, p. 364). On 11 October 1898, the

Accomack County Circuit Court, "in a suit on the Chancery side" between Ella Hick-

man, plaintiff, and Laura A. West, administratrix of George R. West, deceased, and

her (Ella's)brothers and sisters, defendants, appointed James H. Fletcher, Jr. as

Special Commissioner, to sell the real estate of George R. West (Deeds 1898-1899,

p. 589). Chancery Order records from 1898 to 1915 show monies received from the

sales being divided between the 11 surviving children and being invested for the

underage daughters until each reached the age of 21.

On 18 January 1899, Laura A. West bought her deceased husband's home in Parksley

for $825 (Deeds 1898-1899, p. 228) The half-acre plot was bordered northeast by

Catherine Street, southeast by an alley and northwest by Parksley Land and Improve-

ment Co. George R. Vest's obituary states that his remains were interred on his pre-

mises at Parksley. Family members tell of hearing he requested to be buried in his

yard, where he could watch his young widow's suitors as they came to call. His

grave was moved to Parksley Cemetery by Williams Parksley Funeral Home in 1974 and

the tombstone was apparently erected at that time.

Laura A. West has not been found in the 1900 census for Accomack County. It is

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known that she moved to Baltimore, Maryland, about this time, with at least four of

her young daughters. By 5 October 1901, she had married James W. Meekins (Chan.

Orders 1898-1902, p. ).39). He died on 24 January 1922 (Bible). Several years later,

Laura (Johnson) (West) Meekins married Joseph R. Dwyer. Sie died on 29 March 1954

at 961 years of age (Bible). She was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Richey Highway,

Baltimore, in Lot #152. No record has been found of her selling the home in Parks-

ley. Family members say her sister Tibbie (Tabitha) lived there with her husband,

Bud (Fletcher M.) Lewis. The house is no longer standing and the lot, adjacent to

the Parksley Shirt Factory, is now owned by them.

The children of George R vest were:

By first marriage to Margaret Lang;

1. Georgianna West, born 11 November 1848, died 11 October 1q34 (tombstone in

Edgehill Cem.). Georgianna West married, on 14 January 1866, Alfred J. Wessells

(Wor. Co. Mar. Rec. 1795-1865, p. 508). Georgianna West received a portion of the

proceeds from the sale of Lang land on 1 March 1854 (Fid. Accts. 1867-1871, p. 609),

when her father was appointed her guardian to care for this fund. On 30 April 1870,

George R. West gave this money to Alfred J. Wessells and received a receipt from

him (Deeds 1869-1871, p. 387). A.J. Wessells (1842-1906), husband of Georgiannal is

buried in a family Wessells plot across the road south of the Brick House Farm

(Graven Stones, p. 272).

By second marriage to Jane S./Virginia S. Miles;

2. Mary E. West, born 182, died August 1853, at 1 year 12 days (Reg. of Deaths).

George A. West, the father, reported this death of his and wife Jane's child.

3. Ella Vest, born circa 1854 (1860 census). Ella West, 16, daughter of George

R. and Jane, married Richard Hickman, a 30-year-old widower, on 11 February 1869 (Mar.

Reg. #3, p. 27). The family says Ella was left a widow at 19 years of age and later

married a Kiiimon. She was still Ella Hickman when her father died and when his

estate was being settled in 1898 and no record of her remarriage has been found after

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this. An Ella W. Hickman (1854-1933) is buried in Edgehill Cemetery, Accomac,

L. Alice Lee West, born circa 1857 (1860 census). Alice Lee West, 19, daugh-

ter of George A. and Jane S., married 20 December 1876, Joan Chandler, 25, at Zion

Church (Mar. Reg. #3, p. 49). She (1857-19).41) and her husband, John J. Chandler

(1850-1930) are buried in Parksley Cemetery (Graven Stones, p. 48).

5. Lorenzo Bell West, born 1859. See next section.

6. Ginnie Nest, born 1862 (1870 census). Jennie West, a 17-year-old was also

listed in George R. West's household in 1880. Virginia Nest, 18, daughter of George

R. and wife Jane S., married William C. Milliner, 33, on 23 December 1880 (Ear. Reg.

#3, p. 64). She was likely deceased, without issue, by 1885, when George R. West

named another daughter Jennie. She was not one of his 11 surviving children in 1898.

7. Roberta West. Birdie West was listed as a 14-year-old in her father's

household by the 1880 census. Roberta West, 17, daughter of George R. and Jane S.,

married Alfred W. Finney, 23, on 27 December 1883 (Mar. Reg. #3, p. 79). The tomb-

stones of A.W. Finney, Jr. (1860-1934), son of Alfred W. and Mary A. Finney, and

wife, Birtie Finney (22 August 1863-9 February 1905) are in Edgehill Cemetery

(Graven Stones, p. 97). They were moved there from a Finney plot near Pastoria.

8. West, born 4 November 1865 (Register of Births). No other record.

9. John West, born 1869 (1870 census). John was 10 years of age in 1880, in

his father's household. John West, son of George H. West, died on 6 April 1885, at

16 years of age (Pen. Ent., 11 April 1885 issue).

By third marriage to Laura A. Johnson;

10. Etta West, born 6 July 1877 (Reg. of Births). Etta West, 18 (she would have

been 15), married Hill (Hildridge) J. McCready, 21, on 24 August 1892 (Wor. Co. Aar.

Rec. 1865-1906, p. 298). Hildridge McCready and wife were living in Parksley in 1900.

They had moved to Baltimore by 1913, when they sold their Parksley home on Bennett

Street (Deeds 102, p. 453). He died in February 1922 (Bible) and Etta West McCready

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died in early 1977, a few months before her 100th birthday. They are buried in

Baltimore.

11. Lula West, born 21 April 1880 (Bible). Miss Lou Vest of Baltimore was

unmarried when her half brother died in 1935. Lula Johnson West died 11 July 1936

(Bible). She was buried in Baltimore.

12. Phoebe West, born 29 December 1882 (Chan. Jrders, 1904-1907, p. 30). Phoebe

West married James W. Eaton on 26 November 1903 (Bible). They lived in Baltimore but

moved to Adelaide Street in Parksley in the fall of 1955 (Pen. Ent.). No local record

has been found in Accomack County of their deaths or of their burials here.

13. Jennie West, born 9 March 1885 (Chan. Orders 1904-1907, p. 408). Jennie

West, 18, married William C. Watkinson, 27, on 16 March 1903 (Wor. Co. Mar. Rec. 1865-

1906, p. 501). William Coley Watklason (1876-1954) and wife, Jennie West Watkinson

(1886- 1970), are buried in Parksley Cemetery.

14. Eva West, born 27 November 1890 (Bible). Eva West, at 10 years, was living

with her Johnson grandparents in 1900. Eva West married Harold S. Parks on 30 August

1906 (Bible). Harold S. Parks (1882-1969) and wife, Eva West Parks (1890- 1971), are

buried in Parksley Cemetery (Graven Stones, p. 198).

15. George R. Vest Jr., born 1892 (Bible), died in August 1894 at 2 years (Reg.

of Deaths).

16. Williamina/Vera West, born 7 November 1895 (Chan. Orders 1914-1918, p. 194

and Bible). She was called Willie West in the settling of her father's estate,

being only 2 years of age when he died. A family visit to her home, in Ellicott

City, Maryland, on 16 July 1991, revealed that she disliked her name and changed it

herself to Vera West when she started school and has been called Vera since then.

She married George Frederick Anderson in 1916. She related that she lived with her

aunt Tib and uncle Bud Lewis before moving to Baltimore when she was 7 years of age.

This would have been her mother's sister, Tabitha (Tibbie) Johnson (1873-1953), who

married Fletcher M. Lewis (1869-1961) in 1892 ( Wor. Co. Mar. Rec. 1865-1906, p. 273).

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Lorenzo Bell West

The Ninth Generation

Lorenzo Bell West, born 6 November 1859 (tombstone at Woodberry Church Cemetery),

was the only son of George R. West who survived to maturity. His mother was Jane S.

(Miles) West. He was born several months after his grandfather, George West, wrote

his will in August 1859, and could have been born at Brick House Farm. He certainly

spent his younger years there, but apparently moved to land on Parker Creek with his

family circa 1877 (1880 census). It seems likely he was named for Lorenzo J. Bell

(1827-1861), an Accomnc attorney. His father sold Lorenzo J. Bell 10 acres in Jan-

uary 1858 (Deeds 1858-1960, p. 194).

Lorenzo West, 24, son of George R. West and wife Jane, married 5 November 1884,

Vianna E. Barnes, 23, daughter of William G. Barnes and wife Nary J. (Mar. Aeg. #3,

p. 82). The marrige license gives his occupation as "Life Saving Station". Vianna

S. Barnes' parents, William Barnes, 24, son of Parker Barnes and wife Elizabeth, and

Mary Mason, 21, daughter of William Mason and wife Mary J., had married on 26 Nov-

ember 1857 (Ear. Reg. #3, p. 7).

The 1900 census shows Lorenzo West and his family in Metompkin District, in

household 220/222. He was then a farmer who rented the land he tended. His neigh-

bors were Samuel Baker, David Wright, Alfred Mears, John W. Core and William Barnes.

Family members recall that Lorenzo West and his wife first lived on land on Parkers

Creek in Lee District, likely his father's land there, where the older children were

born.

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On 20 February 1906, Lorenzo B. West bought 23 acres, known as the Taylor Farm,

at Gargatha, from L. Floyd Nock for $2000 (Deeds 85, p. 138). The deed states this

tract was bound northwest by the main county road from Woodberry to Mappsville by

Gargathal northeast by the county cross road from Gargatha to the seaside county

road, southeast by James R. Hickman, and southwest by land belonging to James R.

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Hickman, "which separates said Taylor farm from land of Charlie :toss (formerly

belonging to James B. Mears)". The property contained a storehouse that L.F. Nock

had bought of William H. Wessells by deed of 14 October 1905, and, most likely, a

home.

William G. Barnes, Lorenzo West's father-in-law, owned land, also part of

"Taylor land", directly across present U.S. 13 at Gargatha (Wills 1901-1904, p. 48).

William G. Barnes, born 2 December 1832, died 14 August 1903, left his property to

four children; Eugene W. Barnes (1858-1943), Hanson P. Barnes (1864-1932), D. Webster

Barnes (1871-1931), and daughter Vianna West. This entire family is buried at

Wbodberry Church with their wives.

On 1 June 1909, Lorenzo B. West and wife Vianna sold 23 acres, "Taylor land at

Gargatha" to George B. Hope for 42000 (Deeds 91, p. 353).

The 1910 census lists Lorenzo B. West, 50, as head of household 373 in Metompkin

District. he and his wife, Vianna S. West, 49, had had five children, four of whom

were living with them. They were: Hance West, 20; George West, 15; Ida West, 10; and

Short West, 2 years. An older daughter had married. Mary J. Barnes, 74, "mother-

in-law", was living with them.

Vianna S. (Barnes) West, born 29 March 1861, died on 2 August 1920 (tombstone

at Wbodberry). On 7 May 1929, L.B. West sold to George W. West (their son) and

George B. Hope (son-in-law) the "farm Vianna West died seized", land her father had

left her (Deeds 136, p. 346).

Mr. Lorenzo B. West, a highly respected citizen and retired farmer, passed away

at the home of his son, Mr. George W. West, Gargatha, on 16 December 1935) aged 76

years, according to his obituary (Pen. Ent.,December 21, 1935 issue). He was a

"staunch Democrat and had been an election judge". He was a member of Zion Baptist

Church and of Temperanceville Masonic Lodge. Since he had transferred his property

to his children, there was no administration of his estate.

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The children of Lorenzo Bell West and his wife, Vianna S. (Barnes) West, were:

1. Mary J. West, born July 1888, died 1976, married 8 October 1905, at Drummond

Town, George B. Hope, son of Sylvester H. Hope and wife Arinthia (Mar. Reg. #)4, P.

112). George B. Hope (1883-1966) and his wife, Mary West Hope are buried in Parksley

Cemetery.

2. John Hanson West, born 17 February 1890. See next section.

3. George W. West, born February 1895, died testate 1972 (Wills 32, p. 417),

married (1) 15 October 1916, at Accomac, Beatrice Della Riggs, daughter of John

Riggs and wife Lula (Mar. Reg. #5, p. 2)4), (2) 23 January 1964, Laura (Fisher) Rhodes,

daughter of William Fisher of Fisher's Corner. George W. West and his first wife

(1897-1955) are buried in Parksley Cemetery. They lived at GArgatha and had one

daughter, Marguirete West Cooper (1917-1976), wife of Raymond E. Cooper (1906-1979).

A tombstone in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Onancock, reads: Laura F. Vest, born 1 August

1915-

4. Ida O. West, born August 1899, died 28 January 1979, married 7 September

1918, Warner P. Barnes (1898-1956). This couple lived in Cape Charles and are

buried there.

5. Short Barnes West, born 8 February 1908, died 19 November 1990, married

26 January 1931, Martha Charles Middleton of Hastings, Florida. Barnes West and his

wife had two daughters; Priscilla West, born 23 September 1937; and Michelle Vest,

born 8 August 1945. The family lived in Hastings.

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John Hanson West

The Tenth Generation

John Hanson Vest, the eldest son of Lorenzo Bell West and his wife, Iianna

(Barnes) West, was born on 17 February 1890. He was born on land his father was

farming in Lee District, on Parkers Creek (route 664, now Parks Road), where the

family lived. He moved with his family to Gargatha circa 1900.

On 2 April 1919, J. Hanse West married Blanche T. Bundick at Parksley. She was

a daughter of William Thomas Bundick and wife Polly of Modest Town, Virginia.

Manse Vest farmed during the first years after his marriage and then moved to

Pocomoke City, Maryland, for a few years, where he sold insurance. During the early

1930's, the family moved to Nelsonia, Virginia, where Mr. West managed a gasoline

station on the southeast corner of the intersection there. In 1935, he built a

home across U.S. 13 from the station (the house now standing to the north of the

post office), and he and his wife opened a. restaurant and teen-center in their

former living quarters attached to the gas station. new filling station was built

by Scarburgh Oil Co. on the southwest corner at Nelsonia in late 1940, next to the

Vest home. Mr. West became its manager, but only for a few months, as it burned in

March 1941. At this time, Er. West built chicken houses behind his home and con-

tinued in this occupation until a few years before he died on 22 August 1978.

His obituary, in the August 24, 1978 issue of The Eastern Shore News, states

Mr. West had lived at Nelsonia for forty-six years. He was a member of Parksley

Masonic Lodge and a charter member of the Metompkin Ruritan Club. Funeral services

Church, were held at Modest Town Baptist wher-e he was a member, and he was buried in the

Church Cemetery.

Manse West's widow, born 28 July 1895, survived him by eight years. Blanche B.

West died on 10 January 1986 and WPS buried beside her husband. She spent most of

these years ti their hone at Nelsonia. The home was sold in January 1986.

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The children of J. Hpnse West and his wife, Blanche T. (Bundick) West, are:

1. John Hanson West, Jr., born and died 1920.

2. William Hanson West, born 11 September 1921, married 20 June 1953, Priscilla

Lankford. They have three children:

A. Susan West, born 23 August 1954, married (1) 24 August 1974, Gary Robert

Young, (2) 13 October 1984, Kevin William Moran. Susan has two daughters; Sara Ward

Young, born 24 October 1979, and Anna Darby Moran, born 27 April 1989.

B. Polly West, born 25 October 1956, married 22 October 1977, Irank Carle-

ton Johns, Jr. This couple have two sons; Frank Carleton John, III, born 23 June

1982, and Christopher Douglas Johns, born 19 July 1984.

C. William Hanson West, Jr., born 20 November 1963, married 16 July 1988,

Mary Elizabeth Jane Esterly.

3. John Bowdoin West, born 6 December 1923, married 13 December 1947, Agnes

Blanche Middleton. They also have three children:

A. John Bowdoin West, Jr., born 12 June 1949.

B. William Carey West, born 7 May 1951.

C. Teresa Ann West, born 22 May 1953, married 3 August 1984, Anthony David

Smith.

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WEST CHART I

First Generation

Anthony d.t. North. Co.,

1652 w. Ann

Second Generation

Katherine m. (1) Ralph Barlowe

(2) Chas. Scarburgh (3) Edmund Bowman

Lt. Col. John b.c. 1.3; d.t. 1703 m. c. 1660, Matilda

Scarburgh

Third Generation

Ann 1st wife Charles

Scarburgh

John, the Elder d.t. 1709 no issue

Anthony

Fourth Generation

d.t. 1717 w. Liz. Rowles

Bennony d.t. 1709 no issue

Alexander b.c. 1.70 d.t. 1728 in. (1) c. 1692

(2) 1727, Mary Hurtley, widow

children

Jonathan d.t. 1727 w. Rachel no issue

John, the Younger d.t. 1719, North. Co. in. (1) Frances Yea rdley

(2) Josepha Godwin

Matilda, in. John Wise II Frances, M. Richard Kellam Sarah, in. Tully Robinson -- Catherine, in. Chas. Snead Mary, in. (1) Robert Snead

(2) Wm. Burton Anne, in. 1 Thomas Sparrow

2 Selman Scarburgh, in. Jonathan

Harding

John of Dee Creek b.c. 16 d.t. 1735 m.c. 1720, Agnes

Burton

Mary b.c. 1695 unm. in 1727

Scarburgh b.c. 1698 d.t. 1760 in. by 1721, Mary

Parker

Major b.c. 1700 dee'd by 1727

Edmund b.c. 1703 dec'd by 1727

Fifth Generation

Agnes, in. (1) Thomas Snead

(2) Jonathan Will et

Catherine, in. Edmund

Ann, in. Smith Bunting

John of Deep Creek b.c. 1725 d.t. 1800 in. (i)c. 1755, Sarah Smith, dau. Issac (2) c. 1778,

Tabitha Wise, widow

Elizabeth, m. Thomas Goffigon

Scarburgh, m. Garret Topping

Major - see chart II

b.c. 1735 d. int. 1782 m.c. 1760, Peggy

Giddens Susannah, in. George

Scott

Comfort, m. Chas. Crowson

Sarah, in. Issac Smith John Other children

Sarah Smith, in. John West (above)

Jonathan, m. Anne Smith, dau. Issac

Li

WEST CHART II

Fifth Generation

Major b.c. 1135 d. int. 1782 m.o. 1760, Peggy Giddens

Sixth Generation

Major b.c. 1762 disappeared after

1793

John of Major b.c. 1765 d. int 1814 m.o. 1788, Mary

Shrieves

Seventh Generation

George of John b.c. 179 d.t. 1860 m. 1813, Sukey

Nelson

Eighth Generation

Peggy b.c. 1793 in. 1811, McKeel

Budd

Mary A. b.c. 1316 in. 1836, Southy

Bull, Jr.

John W.

Ninth Generation

b. 118 d. int. 1855 in. 1848, Jane Carmine

Edward W.

Fdward Thomas (1851-1920) in. Mary Patrick of

Phila. Frank (185)1-1936)

m. 1878, Nannie Lambden

Catherine

b.c. 1820 d. int. 1849 m. 1847, Va. Lang

George R. b. 1822

Susan A. (1827-1883) in. 1848, Southy

Showard

Harriet Ann (1833-1912) m. 1851, George S.

Coard

Judith/Julia m. 1876, Wm. Young

16 children see Chart III

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WEST CHART III

Eighth Generation

George R. b. 1;22 d. int. 1897 m. (1) 1848,

(2) 1850,

(3) 1876,

Margaret Lang Jane/Va. S. Miles Laura A. Johnson

Ninth Generation

ueorgianna (1848-193)4 m. 1866, Ilfred J. Wessells

Mary E., b. 1852, d. 1853

Ells (1854-1933) m. 1869, Richard Hickman

Alice Lea (1857-19)41) m. 1876, John Chandler

Lorenzo Bell (1859-1935) m. 1884, anna rnes

Tenth Generation Eleventh Generation

Ginnie, b. 1862, dec'd by 1885 m. 1880, Wm. C. Milliner

Roberta/Birtie (1863-1905) m. 1883, Alfred W. Finney

, b. 1865, d. young

John, b. 1859, d. 1885

Etta, b. 1877, d. 1977 m. 1892, Hildridge J. McCready

Lula, b. 1880, d. 1936, unmarried

Phoebe, b. 1882 m. 1903, James W. Eaton

Jennie (1886-1970) m. 1903, Wm. C. Watkinson

Eva (1890-1971) m. 1906, Harold S. Parks

George A., Jr., b. 18920 d. 1894

Williamina/Vers, b. 1895 m. 1916, George F. Anderson

Mary J. (1888-1976) m. 1905, George B. Hope

John Hanson (1890-1978) m. 1919, Blanche T. Bundick

George W. (1895-1972) in. (1) 1916, Beatrice

(2) 1964, Laura F. D. Riggs, Rhodes

Ids 0., b. 1899, d. 1979 m. 1918, Warner P. Barnes

S. Barnes (1908-1990) m. 1931, Martha C.

Middleton

John Hanson, Jr, b.,d. 1920 Wm. Hanson, b. 1921 John Bowdoin, b. 1923

Marguirete (1917-1976) in. Raymond E. Cooper

Priscilla, b. 1937 Michelle, b. 1945

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