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Samuel West

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: February 03, 1779 (78)
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon Francis West and Mercy West (Minor)
Husband of Sarah West and Abigail West
Father of Prudence Lathrop; Sarah Redington; Samuel West, Jr.; Abigail West; Abner West and 5 others
Brother of Mercy Wales; Joseph West, Sr; Amasa West; Hon. Zebulon West; Christopher West and 4 others

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About Samuel West

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 627


  • 'The New England historical and genealogical register (1874)
  • http://archive.org/details/newenglandhisto25unkngoog
  • http://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto25unkngoog#page/n294/mode/1up
  • 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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Samuel West's Timeline

1700
April 10, 1700
Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1726
September 5, 1726
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1728
March 21, 1728
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1732
March 30, 1732
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1734
July 22, 1734
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1737
May 1, 1737
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1739
December 6, 1739
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1742
September 14, 1742
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1745
September 16, 1745
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony