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Abigail West (Baker)

Also Known As: "Lathrop"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: December 24, 1786 (72)
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Deacon John Baker
Wife of Ichabod Lathrop and Samuel West
Mother of Abigail Fellows; Capt Hope Lathrop; Sarah West; Anna Lathrop; Solomon Lathrop and 3 others

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
Last Updated:

About Abigail 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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Abigail West's Timeline

1714
February 1, 1714
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1733
January 8, 1733
Plainfield, Windham County, CT, United States
1737
July 6, 1737
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
1739
January 22, 1739
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony
1742
1742
1746
May 24, 1746
Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1748
September 14, 1748
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
1756
September 12, 1756
Tolland, Hartford (now Tolland) County, Connecticut Colony