Life of Thomas West Dr. THOMAS WEST, (Francisl), b. 1646 in Plymouth or Duxbury, Mass. is the ancestor of all of the name on the Vineyard, and the account of him in Vol. II, Annals of T., pp. 25-7, contains all the facts about him or his antecedents known to the author. Nothing has since been learned to embellish that account nor has the identity of his wife, ELIZABETH _____ been discovered. [Note: See also Francis West of Duxbury by Carlton Prince West for more information about Thomas West and his ancestry.] His will dated 15 Jan. 1698 was pro. 11 Oct. 1706. [They are buried in the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] They had the following named children:

10. ELIZABETH,3 b. (1678); m. (1) JOHN MILLARD; (2) JONATHAN SABIN 25 Mch. 1718. 11. ABIGAIL, b. (1680); m. JOSHUA WEEKS (100). 12. ABNER, b. 9 June 1683. 13. RUTH, b. (1685); m. EDWARD CARTWRIGHT. 14. THOMAS, b. (1687). 15. PETER, b. (1689); res. T., planter; rem. to North Carolina and prob. d. there 1751. 16. WILLIAM, b. (1691); prob. d. y. after 1706. 17. MARY, b. 1692; m. JOHN COTTLE (31) 3 Dec. 1717. 18. SACKFIELD, b. 1694; res. Yarmouth, Mass. physician; d. 12 Sept. 1778; m. (1) MARY HOWES 7 Apr. 1715; (2) RUTH JENKINS 7 May 1729; (3) HANNAH BACON 1778. His son, Rev. Samuel4 West, b. 3 Mch. 1729-30; H. C. 1754, was the well known pastor of Dartmouth, Mass. 19. JUDAH, b. (1696); res. Plymouth, Mass. shipwright; m. BETHIAH KEEN of Pembroke, Mass. 3 Sept. 1718, by whom he had 13 children and descendants resided in that locality.

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• Nathaniel W. was descended from Francis West of Salisbury, Eng., who was invited to America by a Mr. Thomas of Marshfield, and m. Margery Reeves. They settled in Duxbury, and had 5 children, viz : Samuel, 'Thomas', Peter, Mary, and Ruth. Mr. W. died about 1694, aged 86. Samuel m. Tryphosa Partridge, and had 7 children, — Francis, (to be again mentioned ;) Samuel, a poet, b. in 1673, and who lived to be over 90 ; Pelatiah, Ebenezer, John, Abigail, and Bathsheba. Francis m. Mercy Mina, and was one of the early settlers of Tolland, and the first deacon of that church, died. May 12, 1731, aged 62. His children were Samuel, m. Nov. 4, 1724, to Sarah Delano, and Nov. 26, 1754, to Abigail Lathrop, died Feb. 3, 1779 ; Joseph, m. May 19, 1725, died Jan. 27, 1764, aged 62 ; Amasa, m. A. Hatch in 1730 ; Zebulon, of whom we must again speak ; Christopher, who m. Amy Delano, Oct. 25, 1732, and was one of the early settlers of Lee, Mass ; Pelatiah, ditto ; and Mercy. Mr. W. removed to T. in 1720, from Stonington.
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