Rebecca West

Not the same as Rebecca Jones. Not the same as Rebecca Herring, who was a generation older. Not the wife of John Kendrick, III

Child of William West and Rebecca Bracewell (married 1667)

•   1019 i.   Rebecca West, born say 1681 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

This Rebecca West was unmarried in 1709, so could not have been the wife of Robert Jones in 1701.

Will of William West. Isle of Wight County, Virginia Wills, Deeds, Etc., Book 2, 1661-1719, pp. 490-491. Devised October 20, 1708. Proven February 9, 1708/09.

Item I give and bequeath unto my loving wife my negroes Tony and Jack and my Indian woman Pegg, so long as she shall live a widow, but if she marry or die, then I give my negro Tony unto my son Richard West and ye heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever. And my negro Jack unto my son Robert West and ye heirs of his body lawfully begotten forever. And my Indian woman Peg unto my daughter Rebeckah West and ye heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever.
Item I give and bequeath unto my loving wife and my daughter Rebeckah West all ye rest of my personal estate wheresoever to be equally divided between my said loving wife and said daughter Rebeckah. And I do appoint my said loving wife my whole and sole extrx. of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day and year above written.

References

• https://sites.google.com/site/braswellgenealogy/0000---descendant-o...
• http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/wills/w230w1wl.txt Will of William West, 1708