Samuel West

- HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 626

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Samuel West, Sr

BIRTH 28 Nov 1643 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

DEATH 8 May 1689 (aged 45) Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel West, eldest s. of Francis West & Margery Reeves, b. Nov. 28, 1643 at Duxbury, Mass. and d. at Duxbury May 8, 1689, Æ 47.

On Dec. 16, 1668 at Duxbury, Samuel m. Tryphosa Partridge, dau. of George Partridge and Sarah Tracy, b. circa 1642 at Duxbury and d. there Nov. 5, 1701.

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The children of Samuel West and Tryphosa Partridge, all b. of record at Duxbury, Mass., are:

• i. Dea. Francis West, b. Dec. 13, 1669, d. testate May 12, 1731 at Tolland, Conn., Æ 62; m. Dec. 20, 1696 at Stonington, Conn., Mercy Minor, dau. of Dr. Joseph Minor and Mary Avery, b. Aug. 21, 1673 at Stonington, Conn. She d. at Tolland, Conn. Sept. 6, 1751, Æ 79. Seven children of the family.

• ii. Stephen West, b. Sept. 8, 1671; d. as an infant Dec. 29, 1671.

• iii. Samuel West, Jr., b. Dec. 23, 1672, d. circa 1763 at Lebanon, Conn.; m. June 20, 1709 at Duxbury, Martha Simmons, wid. of Ebenzer Delano, and dau. of John Simmons & Mercy Pabodie, b. Nov. 17, 1677 at Duxbury. She d. Dec. 10, 1754 at Lebanon, Conn., Æ 78. Four children of the family. Martha had three children by her 1st husband.

• iv. Pelatiah West, b. Mar. 8, 1673/4, d. Dec. 7, 1756 at Duxbury, Æ 83; m. Elizabeth CHandler at Duxbury July 12, 1722.

• v. Hon. Ebenezer West, b. July 23, 1676, d. Oct. 31, 1758 at Lebanon, Conn., Æ 83; m. Jan 14, 1712/3 at Lebanon, Susanna Wales, dau. of Dea. Nathaniel Wales & Susanna Blake, bapt. Mar. 6, 1691/2 at Milton, Mass. She d. Oct. 14, 1723 at Lebanon, Conn., Æ 32. Ebenezer never remarried. Seven children of the family.

• vi. John West, b. Mar. 6, 1678/9, d. Nov. 17, 1741 at Lebanon, Conn., Æ 63; m. an unidentified Deborah and had seven children.

• vii. Abigail West, b. Sept. 16, 1682; m. Aug 4, 1714 at Duxbury to Nathaniel Cole, s. of Nathaniel & Sarah Cole, b. Oct. 11, 1685. He d. June 9, 1774 at Plymouth, Mass. There is no record of children and when and where Abigail died is unknown to the memorialist.

Family Members

Parents

Francis West 1606–1692

Margery Reeves West 1608–1672

Spouse

Tryphosa Partridge West 1642–1701 (m. 1668)

Siblings

Thomas West 1646–1706

Ruth West Skiff 1651–1741

Children

Francis West 1669–1731

Samuel, son of Francis West, was born in 1643, died May 8, 1689, aged forty-six years. He lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he was constable in 1674. He married, September 26, 1668, Tryphosa, daughter of George and Sarah (Tracy) Partridge, of Duxbury. Children, born in Duxbury: Francis, November 13, 1669; Juen, September 6, 1671, died young; Samuel, December 23, 1672; Peletiah, March 8, 1674; Hon. Ebenezer, July 22, 1676; John, March 6, 1679; Abigail, September 26, 1682, married Nathaniel Cole; Bathsheba, mentioned in the Zebulon West manuscript. (New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV, page 2036)

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New England Ancestors.org 1.) WEST Samuell (dup. Samuel) and Trifnsa Parteridg (dup. Partridge), Dec 16 (dup.) Dec. 26), 1668 2.) WEST Triphosa (dup. Triphone), wid., Nov 5, 1701 - Dec 29, 1761

History of the Town of Stonington, county of new London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, with a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, Conn: press of the Day Publishing Co., 1900. Samuel West m. Triphosa Partridge 26 Sept 1668. She d. 1 nov 1701 and he d. 8 May 1689, aged 46 years.

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• ' (II) Samuel West, son of Francis and Margery (Reeves) West, was born in 1643, and died May 8, 1689. He lived in Duxbury, where he was constable in 1674. He married, September 26, 1668, Tryphosa Partridge, daughter of George and Sarah (Tracy) Partridge, of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Issue : Francis, born November 13, 1669, died in 1731 ; Juen, born September 8, 1671, died young; Samuel, born December 23, 1672; Peletiah, born March 8, 1674, died in 1756; Hon. Ebenezer, born July 22, 1676; John, born March 6, 1679; Abigail, born September 26, 1682 ; Bathsheba.
• (III) Samuel (2) West, son of 'Samuel (I) and Tryphosa (Partridge) West', was born December 23, 1672, and died about 1763. He lived in Duxbury, and after 1723 in Lebanon, Connecticut, and was one of the organizers, in 1730, of the Goshen Church of Lebanon. He married, June 30, 1709, Martha Delano, daughter of John and Mercy (Peabody) Simmons, and widow of Ebenezer Delano. Her grandmother, Elizabeth (Alden) Peabody, was the daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, of the "Mayflower." Issue of Samuel (2) and Martha West: Amos, born May 29, 1710; Nathan, of whom further; Sarah, born November 8, 1712; Moses, born March 4, 1716. .....
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• (I) Francis West, immigrant ancestor, was a resident of Salisbury, England, prior to his emigration to this country, and his first place of residence here was in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter by trade, which line of work he followed as a means of livelihood. In 1642 he was a member of the Grand Jury, a freeman of Plymouth Colony, 1656, a surveyor in 1658, and a constable in 1661. He married, in 1639, Margery Reeves, who bore him five children : Samuel, of further mention ; Thomas, a physician ; Peter ; Mary ; Ruth. Francis West died January 2, 1692, aged eighty-six years.
• ' (II) Samuel West, eldest son of Francis and Margery (Reeves) West, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1643, and died in 1689, at the early age of forty-six years. He was a man of prominence in the community, and was chosen to serve as constable in 1674. He married Tryphosa Partridge, daughter of George and Sarah (Tracy) Partridge, of Duxbury. They were the parents of eight children, among whom was Francis (2), of further mention.
• (III) Francis (2) West, son of Samuel and Tryphosa (Partridge) West, was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, November 13, 1669, and died in Tolland, Connecticut, in 1731. In early life he removed to Preston, Connecticut, and from there to Stonington, Connecticut, joining the church in the latter named town from the church in Preston in the year 1702. From Stonington he removed to Tolland, Connecticut, about the year 1720, and there served as deacon of the church, and as selectman. He married, in 1696, Mercy Minor, daughter of Captain Joseph and Mary (Avery) Minor, of Stonington, Connecticut. They were the parents of seven children, among whom was Samuel, of further mention.
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• Nathaniel W. was descended from Francis West of Salisbury, Eng., who was invited to America by a Mr. Thomas of Marshfield, and m. Margery Reeves. They settled in Duxbury, and had 5 children, viz : 'Samuel', Thomas, Peter, Mary, and Ruth. Mr. W. died about 1694, aged 86. 'Samuel m. Tryphosa Partridge, and had 7 children', — Francis, (to be again mentioned ;) Samuel, a poet, b. in 1673, and who lived to be over 90 ; Pelatiah, Ebenezer, John, Abigail, and Bathsheba. Francis m. Mercy Mina, and was one of the early settlers of Tolland, and the first deacon of that church, died. May 12, 1731, aged 62. His children were Samuel, m. Nov. 4, 1724, to Sarah Delano, and Nov. 26, 1754, to Abigail Lathrop, died Feb. 3, 1779 ; Joseph, m. May 19, 1725, died Jan. 27, 1764, aged 62 ; Amasa, m. A. Hatch in 1730 ; Zebulon, of whom we must again speak ; Christopher, who m. Amy Delano, Oct. 25, 1732, and was one of the early settlers of Lee, Mass ; Pelatiah, ditto ; and Mercy. Mr. W. removed to T. in 1720, from Stonington.
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• 29. 3Martha Simmons (2 Mercy Pabodie, 1 Eliz. Alden). Born in Duxbury, November, 1677; married first in 1699, Dec. 29, in Duxbury, Ebenezer Delano, son of 2Philip Delano (Philip). He was born about 1675, and died before 1709. She married second, in Duxbury, June 20, 1709, Samuel West. 'He was son of Samuel and Tryphosa (Partridge) West'. By her first husband, born in Duxbury : .....
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