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Cecilia West (Shirley)

Also Known As: "Cecily Shirley", "Cecilia West"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westmeston, Sussex, England
Death: July 31, 1662
Wherwell, Hampshire, England
Place of Burial: Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley, MP and Anne Shirley
Wife of Gov. of Virginia, Thomas West, 3rd Lord De La Warr
Mother of Henry West, 4th Baron de la Warre; Cecilia Bindloss; Katharine West; Lucy Byron; Essex West and 4 others
Sister of Sir Thomas Shirley, Kt., MP; Jane Shirley; Anne Tracy; Elizabeth Onslow; Mary Crofts and 3 others

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About Cecilia West

Cecily Shirley West (1581 - 1662), daughter of Thomas Shirley and Anne Kempe, was born 1581 at Westmeston, Sussex, England, and died at the age of 81 on 31 July 1662 at Wherwell, Hampshire, England. She married Thomas West, Baron de la Warre, son of Thomas West, in 1602 at Hants, England.

Children of Lord Thomas and Cecily West

  1. Thomas West (c1620 Suffolk, England - 1686 Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts)

Sources

Daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley and Anne Kempe, daughter of Thomas.

Wife of Sir Thomas West, son of Sir Thomas West and Anne Knowles. They married at Fleet Street, London on 25 Nov 1602 and had six children.

Thomas went west as the first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia, his arrival in Jamestown in 1610 saved the colony from abandonment by the new settlers, then died on his way back to America in Nova Scotia.

Cecily was buried 31 July 1662 at Wherwell.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114489552

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Cecilia West's Timeline

1581
1581
Westmeston, Sussex, England
1603
October 3, 1603
Burgh Wallis, Yorkshire, England
1605
1605
Newstead, Hampshire, England
1610
1610
Wiston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1613
1613
Newstead, Nottinghamshire, England
1616
1616
Wiston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1618
1618
Wherwell, Hampshire, UK
1662
July 31, 1662
Age 81
Wherwell, Hampshire, England
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