George West

The course of George West's life is mapped out in the Records of Northampton County, VA beginning with his birth when his parents, Robert and Elizabeth West were censured for the sin of fornication before marriage, suggesting that he was born less than 9 months after the wedding. His mother died when George was very young and his father Robert remarried. Young George and others witnessed Mary West's infidelity to Robert. Not long after his father died, so did his step-mother Mary who had continued to run the family cattle/butcher business.

George was placed by the court into the care of Thomas Dimor, as an indentured servant until he reached the age of 21. Documentation on George reaching the age of majority is included in the records and he continues on an almost annual basis to appear in Northampton County, VA and later Accomack County, VA. The name of his first wife is unknown, but the proof of his second marriage to Susannah DuParkes and emigration to Sussex, DE (then part of the Territory of Pennsylvania) is found in the records of Accomack, VA when they sold their VA property in 1697. Further proof is found in the accounts of his son Thomas West's estate.

One point of potential confusion for researchers is that George, Thomas and other Wests seem to pop back and forth between Sussex, Somerset and Worcester. Be prepared for a geography lesson on county formation and the disputed DE/MD county line.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/West-3643

West, George [1]

Born abt Sep 1639 in Northampton Va son of Robert & Elizabeth West. Elizabeth died and Robert remarried widow Mary Rayne. Robert died 1646. Mary died 1649.

Underage, George was indentured to Thomas Dimmor. George grew into his majority married and later moved to Accomack bet 1666-1674.

The children from his first marriage were

1. Thomas West
2. John West
3. Robert West
4. Alice (West) Williams
5. Elizabeth (West) Barker, widowed by 1702

Either Alice or Elizabeth had a previous marriage to a Mr Numparsons (or Mumparsons) and a son, John Numparsons, or there was a third daughter who predeceased George.

He moved to Sussex, Delaware between 1692-1697 with 2nd wife Susannah. Susannah's death preceded his. They had children

1. George West
2. Jane West
3. Susannah West

George died in 1701-1702[2] leaving a will and naming sons Thomas, John, Robert & George, daughters: Alice Williams, Elizabeth Barker (widow), Jane and Susannah, grandson John Numparsons