Deacon Benjamin West, I

Descendant of Mayflower passenger George Soule

Benjamin West, son of William West and his second wife Jane Tanner, was born about 1730, probably in North Kingstown or Newport, Rhode Island.[1] His Great-grandfather George Soule arrived on the Mayflower.

He married in Bristol Rhode Island 7 June 1753, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Drown) Smith.[1]

Benjamin died in New York in 1782, probably in Roxborough (now Grafton), Rensselaer. His estate was proved in Farmington in 1782.[1]

Benjamin West was "of" Stonington 11 Feb 1754. Then Benjamin West of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, cordwainer, bought 6 acres in Hopkinton, 1 Dec 1760 and another 2 acres 5 Dec 1760. 25 July 1766, Benjamin, now of Newport, Rhode Island, and his wife Elizabeth sold six acres in Westerly, Rhode Island.[1]

Benjamin was a member and a Deacon of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Hopkinton.[1]

The family moved to the area of Burlington-Farmington, Connecticut before the Revolution. He and sons Benjamin jr and Hezekiah, sighed the Farmington Petition to the Connecticut legislature asking permission to labor on the first day, since they celebrated the Sabbath on the seventh day.[1]

Children

Hezekiah West, b. 13 June 1754[1] Mary West b. c 1756[1] Child West ?? b. c 1758/9 died young ??[1] Benjamin West b. Hopkinton Rhose Island 30 Nov 1761[1] Michael West b. c. 1763[1] Child West ?? b. c. 1765; died young??[1] Thomas West b. 2 March 1767[1] Rusemire/Rusimiah West b. c. 1769[1] James West//, b. c Jan 1771 (the Mayflower Society needs proof of James)[1]

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Benjamin West (1730 - 1782)

Benjamin West

Born 1730 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Son of William West and Jane (Tanner) West

Brother of William West [half], Thomas West and Ebenezer West

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) West — married 7 Jun 1753 in Bristol, Rhode Island

Father of Hezekiah West and Thomas West

Died 1782 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 5 Apr 2018 | Created 22 May 2016

Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 George Soule of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations. Originally compiled by John E. Soule and Milton E. Terry. Revised by Louise Walsh Throop. Mayflower Families in Progress. Seventh Edition. Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015.