Captain William 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. 633, 634

Burial: Industrial #18 Stonington New London County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Frederick Sieber Record added: Feb 15, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 125160298

William West was the son of Timothy West 1720 and Anna Babcock 1723.

William West was a descendant of Mayflower Passenger George Soule (through Susannah Soule, Thomas West, Timothy West).

William fought in the American Revolution.

William married Nancy Anna Babcock, the daughter of Joseph Babcock 1713 and Susanna Thompson.

The couple had children: Sarah (Luke Calvin) Davis 1773, Timothy 1774, Prudence Molly (Sullivan) Gardner 1775, Jesse Babcock 1779, Joseph 1781, Jesse B 1783, Nancy (Joseph) Miner 1785, William II 1787, Asa 1789, George 1789, Lydia () Gardner 1791, Francis 1793.

William died in Oct 1800 while on the ship Con. Frigate "Trumball".

This information taken from the source: Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Ancestry.com. The Charles R. Hale Collection. Volume 47 Image 374.