wife of William Woodward

Nothing about her is certain - not her first name, not her last name, not the family she was born to. She might, possibly, be a sister of Col. John West, as he had a definite connection with the Pamunkey tribe.

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That’s correct. Martha is never listed in primary sources as the daughter of Thomas and Cecilia West. As such, I have removed the link until her parentage can be proven, which I encourage everyone to do. However, I also strongly encourage everyone to not re-link the relationship until her parentage is proven. For now, I ask that you leave her parentage as unknown.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/West-2097

-Isaac McPherson, 11/25/2020

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodward-190

The identity of William's wife is not known,[2][3] but an undocumented person named "Martha West" has been suggested.[3][5] He had two daughters,

• Ann (m. Wm. Spencer) and
• Martha (m. Gideon Macon, m. Nathaniel West, m. William Bigger), [6] and

was an ancestor of Martha Washington,[2] a great-grandfather through his daughter Martha and her first husband.

It is suggested that he had three more children but they are not named.[3]

William was an Indian Interpreter and patentee in 1664 of 2100 acres then in New Kent (later in King William) county in Virginia.[2] The Virginia land grant stated the land was sold to him by Queen Cockacoeske of the Pamunkey and a petition to the governor stated her desire to have him as a neighbor and translator for her people.[7] [3] His death date is unknown, but there is a record of the disposition of his land dated July 20, 1703. [8]