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4. Dr. THOMAS WEST, (Francisl), b. 1646 in Plymouth or Duxbury, Mass. is the ancestor of all of the name on the Vineyard, and the account of him in Vol. II, Annals of T., pp. 25-7, contains all the facts about him or his antecedents known to the author. Nothing has since been learned to embellish that account nor has the identity of his wife, ELIZABETH _____ been discovered. [Note: See also Francis West of Duxbury by Carlton Prince West for more information about Thomas West and his ancestry.] His will dated 15 Jan. 1698 was pro. 11 Oct. 1706. [They are buried in the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] They had the following named children:
10. ELIZABETH,3 b. (1678); m. (1) JOHN MILLARD; (2) JONATHAN SABIN 25 Mch. 1718.
11. ABIGAIL, b. (1680); m. JOSHUA WEEKS (100).
12. ABNER, b. 9 June 1683.
13. RUTH, b. (1685); m. EDWARD CARTWRIGHT.
14. THOMAS, b. (1687).
15. PETER, b. (1689); res. T., planter; rem. to North Carolina and prob. d. there 1751.
16. WILLIAM, b. (1691); prob. d. y. after 1706.
17. MARY, b. 1692; m. JOHN COTTLE (31) 3 Dec. 1717.
18. SACKFIELD, b. 1694; res. Yarmouth, Mass. physician; d. 12 Sept. 1778; m. (1) MARY HOWES 7 Apr. 1715; (2) RUTH JENKINS 7 May 1729; (3) HANNAH BACON 1778. His son, Rev. Samuel4 West, b. 3 Mch. 1729-30; H. C. 1754, was the well known pastor of Dartmouth, Mass.
19. JUDAH, b. (1696); res. Plymouth, Mass. shipwright; m. BETHIAH KEEN of Pembroke, Mass. 3 Sept. 1718, by whom he had 13 children and descendants resided in that locality.
12. ABNER WEST, (Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 9 June 1683; res. T., carpenter; m. Mrs. JANE (Look) (11) COTTLE 17 Nov. 1707 (wid. of John), who was b. 24 Dec. 1680 and d. about 1765 at her son's residence in Rochester, Mass. Abner West's will 9 Oct. 1755 was pro. 13 Mch. 1756 and his death can be proximately placed near the latter date. [See Survey notes.] They had the following named children:
20. THOMAS,4 b. 26 Aug. 1708.
21. SILAS, b. 1 Aug. 1710.
22. SAMUEL, b. 11 July 1712; d. y.
23. ELISHA, b. 31 May 1714.
24. JANE, b. 25 Aug. 1716; m. WILLIAM WEST (30) 23 Dec. 1734.
25. PETER, b. 21 July 1718.
26. ELIZABETH, b. 20 July 1720; m. SETH DAGGETT (61) 23 Dec. 1734. [See Survey notes.]
27. ABIGAIL, b. 10 June 1722; d. 6 July 1741. [She is apparently buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
28. STEPHEN, b. (1724).
14. THOMAS WEST, (Thomas,2 Francis1), b. abt. 1687; res. T., mariner and pilot; m. MARY PRESBURY (50) 29 Jan. 1712-13, who was b. 28 Aug. 1694 and d. 1728-30. He d. early in 1728 from exposure and disease contracted in the West Indies and death occurred in Rhode Island. His est. was adm. by his father-in-law, Stephen Presbury, 7 May 1728 and final decree in probate was rendered 3 Oct. 1732. [See Survey notes.] They had the following named children:
30. WILLIAM,. b. 4 Apr. 1714.
31. NATHAN, b. 17 Aug. 1715; d. before 1732.
32. THOMAS, b. 20 Feb. 1716-17; res. Sandwich, Mass. (1741), cordwainer; m. HANNAH _____, by whom he had 7 children. He rem. to Dartmouth, Mass. (1747) and d. 12 Nov. 1770. She d. 28 Sept. 1798. Descendants resided in New Bedford and New Braintree, Mass.
33. LYDIA, b. 6 June 1718; m. DAVID MELVILLE 21 June 1739.
34. JOHN, b. 21 Oct. 1719; d. y.
35. MARY, b. 2 June 1721; m. TIMOTHY INGRAHAM 25 May 1746.
36. PAUL, b. (1723); res. Sandwich, Mass. 1744.
37. SETH, b. (1726); living 1732.
20. THOMAS WEST, (Abner,3 Thomas,2 Frances1), b. 26 Aug. 1708; res. T., clergyman; H. C. 1730, taking his master's degree 1759; preached to the Indians and prob. served as minister to the English at Homes Hole until his removal in 1753 to North Rochester, Mass. His pastorate in that town lasted over a quarter of a century, and it was terminated in 1781, when he was 73 years of age. He d. 14 July 1790 and his will 9 Dec. 1788 was pro. 5 Oct. 1790 (Plymo. Prob. XXXI, 274). [See Survey notes.] He was buried in North Rochester and his epitaph reads as follows:
Weep ye, my friends, for West is gone,
His glass of time cloth cease to run,
His active tongue and virtuous heart
Have ceased to act. They've done their part.
Although he's gone he yet doth live,
His soul immortal cloth survive.
He's now disrobed of earthly clay.
And shines in one eternal day.
He was married three times: (1) DRUSILLA PRESBURY (55), the mother of his children listed below; all born in T., who was b. 1708 and d. 14 Mch. 1763; (2) Mrs. PRISCILLA (Sprague) HAMMOND 30 Nov. 1763 (wid. of Benjamin), who d. 23 Oct. 1778, and (3) DEBORAH _____.
80. DEBORAH,5 b. 18 Sept. 1729; d. 25 Jan. 1733-4. [She is buried in Crossways Cemetery.]
81. ABNER, b. 13 June 1731; d. prob. unm. (Rochester).
82. KETURAH, b. 14 Mch. 1733.
83. JOHN, b. 10 Apr. 1735.
84. THOMAS, b. 28 Feb. 1736-7; m. DEBORAH FREEMAN 17 Nov. 1757; res. Rochester.
85. SAMUEL, b. 18 Nov. 1738; clergyman; H. C. 1761; settled in Needham, Mass. (1764), where he m. PRISCILLA PLYMPTON of Medfield, Mass. 23 Feb. 1769. He rem. to Boston (1789) and became pastor of the Hollis Street Church until his death 10 Apr. 1808. His will 1 Mch. 1790 was pro. 23 May 1808 (Suff. Prob. CVI, 289). In 1762, he served as chaplain to the frontier garrison at Fort Pownal, Me. We had issue, four children.
86. DEBORAH, b. 19 Oct. 1740; d. 29 Nov. 1747.
87. DRUSILLA, b. 22 Aug. 1742; m. ENOCH HAMMOND 7 Jan. 1762.
88. BENJAMIN, 11. 30 June 1744; d. y.
89. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Mch 1746; res. Charlestown, N. H. lawyer; grad. H. C., 1768; m. MARY MACCARTY of Worcester 18 Jan. 1781; (2) Mrs. FRANCES GORDON of Amherst, N. H. 3 Sept. 1806.
90. SARAH, b. 12 May 1748; m. _____ FREEMAN.
91. TIMOTHY, b. (1750); m. LOIS DEXTER of Rochester 28 Aug. 1768 and rem. to Charlestown, N. H. He had issue, twelve children.
21. SILAS WEST, (Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francisl), b. 1 Aug. 1710; res. T., shipwright, rem. to Plymouth, Mass. (1737) and later to Nova Scotia. He m. MARY _____, who was b. 1712 and d. 25 Jan. 1762, prob. in Liverpool, N. S. [See Survey notes.] They had the following named children:
100. SARAH,5 b. 1 Jan. 1732-3; d. y.
101. JEAN, b. 6 June 1734; m. ROBERT HARLOW.
102. MARY, b. 8 Apr. 1736; m. ELKANAH WATERMAN 16 Oct. 1754.
103. SILAS, b. 3 Feb. 1738; m. REBECCA WETHERED.
104. JOHN, b. 18 NOV. 1739; m. PHEBE FREEMAN 25 May 1762.
105. CHARLES, b. 22 Oct. 1742.
106. BETHIAH, b. 20 July 1744.
107. WILLIAM, b. 20 July 1744.
108. RUTH, b. 1747; m. BENJAMIN LUCE (228) 11 June 1770.
23. ELISHA WEST, (Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 31 May 1714; res. T., physician; rem. to Boston (1738), returned to T. (1742); rem. to Newport, R. I. (1747), returned again to T. (1749), where he remained until his final removal after 1777 to Rochester, Mass. where he d. 8 Jan. 1790. He was called "trader" in 1774 and in 1756 he was in charge of the ferry, which plied between Homes Hole and the mainland. His will 7 Dec. 1789 was pro. 1 Feb. 1790 (Plymo. Prob. XXXI, 142). He m. (1) ABIGAIL GIBBS 23 June 1736, dau. of Barnabas and Abigail (Smith) Gibbs of Sandwich, Mass.; (2) Mrs. MARY (Vincent) (25) SMITH 1779 (wid. of John (65) ). [See Survey notes.] They had the following named children:
110. ELISHA, b. 9 June 1738; d. y.
111. FRANCIS, b. 13 Mch. 1739; d. 8 Feb. 1760.
112. ABIGAIL, b. 26 June 1742; m. ISAAC DAGGETT (101) 17 Jan. 1759.
113. ELIZABETH, b. 24 Apr. 1744.; m. STEPHEN WINSLOW of Rochester, Mass. 26 Oct. 1772.
114. SUSANNA, b. 3 Nov. 1746; m. (1) JOHN WHELDON (40); (2) MARK SNOW 3 Oct. 1774.
115. LYDIA, b. 29 Aug. 1747; m. JOHN CLAGHORN (90) 7 Feb. 1770.
116. ELISHA, b. 27 July 1749; rem. to New Bedford, Mass. where he d. 4 Feb. 1794. Will 20 Nov.1793 pro. 5 May 1794 (Bristol Prob. XXXII, 545); m. ANNA COFFIN 3 July 1769. Issue, four children.
117. GIBBS, b. 25 June 1751; prob. d. y.
118. JANE, b. 18 Mch. 1754; m. SHUBAEL DAVIS (32) 16 Oct. 1770.
119. MARY, b. 13 Mch. 1757; m. LEVI YOUNG.
120. ABNER, b. 13 Apr. 1759; said to have rem. to South Carolina. Served in Sea Coast Defence 1776.
121. FRANCIS, b. 25 July 1761; m. KETURAH FREEMAN; res. Calais, Vt. (1788).
25. PETER WEST, (Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 21 July 1718; res. T., husbandman; m. Mrs. ELIZABETH (Athearn) (23) CHASE 16 Dec. 1740 (wid. of Thomas (35) ), who was b. 13 Apr. 1715 and d. 2 Sept. 1789. He rendered distinguished services in the Crown Point Expedition 1756 as Captain of a company in Col. Thatcher's Regiment and later in the regiment of Col. Zaccheus Mayhew. In the campaign of the following year he was garrisoned at Fort Edward, N. Y. taking part in the hostilities and d. there of smallpox 30 Oct. 1757. His will 2 Apr. 1756 was pro. 6 Jan. 1758. [See Survey notes.] They had the following named children:
130. ABIGAIL, b. 19 Jan. 1741; m. THOMAS BUTLER (633) 23 Feb. 1769.
131. GEORGE, b. 17 Mch. 1743-4.
132. PETER, b. 6 Aug. 1746.
133. THOMAS, b. 12 Jan. 1748.
134. ELIZABETH b. 20 Sept. 1751; m. JESSE LUCE (470) 23 Feb. 1769.
135. JERUEL, b. 12 Oct. 1753.
136. LOVE, b. 5 Oct. 1756; m. (1) NATHANIEL SKIFF (111) 22 Dec. 1774; (2) ZEPHANIAH CHASE (201) 16 Jan. 1785.
28. STEPHEN WEST, (Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francisl), b. abt. 1724; res. T., farmer; rem. to Rochester, Mass. (1752) and later to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (1760), where he d. 8 Jan. 1771. He served in the French and Indian War 1759 as ensign and lieutenant and prob. his title of "captain" came from later military service. He m. MARGERY ______ 1746, of whose family nothing has been learned. [See Survey notes.] It is prob. that they had more children than the following named:
140. ELIJAH,5 (1747); m. ESTHER LOOMER 1l Dec. 1771.
141. ABNER, (1750); m. ANNE FARRELL.
142. MARY b. Feb. 1764.
143. JANE, b. 25 Dec. 1766.
144. STEPHEN, b. 1769; m. _____ GODFREY 1 Sept. 1794.
30. WILLIAM WEST, (Thomas,3-2 Francisl), b. 4 Apr. 1714; res. T., glazier; rem. to Rochester, Mass. (1752) and later to Cornwallis, N. S. where he d. 1799 and his will 12 Sept. 1798 was pro. 28 Nov. 1799 (Kings Co., Prob. Nova Scotia). He m. JANE WEST (24) 23 Dec. 1734. They had the following named children:
150. NATHAN,5 b. 17 Nov. 1735; d. y. [He is buried in Crossways Cemetery.]
151. JABEZ, b. (1737); m. RUTH TUPPER 30 Nov. 1763. Capt. of privateer in 1778-9; res. Machias, Me.
152. CYRUS, b. (1740); m. MARY FREEMAN 3 Dec. 1767; res. Rochester, Mass.
153. SETH b. (1744); m. MARY CROSSMAN 13 Dec. 1781.
154. PAUL, b. (1746).
155. FRANCIS ROYAL, b. (1748). [See http://www.nitehawk.com/kinsmans/Kinsman/D0001/I3159.html for more information about Francis Trayal West.]
156. THOMAS, b. (1760).
157. DEBORAH, b. (1762); m. (1) STEPHEN STRONG; (2) _____ BENJAMIN.
158. ELIZABETH, b. 9 Feb. 1754; m. CHARLES TUPPER 24 Oct. 1771, from whom Sir Charles Tupper, Premier of Canada, descended.
159. WILLIAM, b. 17 Feb. 1756.
83. JOHN WEST, (Thomas,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francisl), b. 10 Apr. 1735; res. T. and later E. (1762), where he was living in 1770 and was deceased in 1788, at the date of his father's will. He m. WAITSTILL MERCY CHASE (59) 3 July 1758, and the following named children are credited to him on the authority of a private record:
174. DAVID,6 b. 22 June 1759.
175. DRUSILLA, b. 23 Mch. 1762; m. ELISHA LUCE 18 Apr. 1799.
176. PRISCILLA, b. 1l May 1764.
177. LEMUEL, b. 18 July 1766.
178. JOHN, b. 6 Feb. 1767.
179. KETURAH, b. 30 Oct. 1770; m. ELISHA BASSETT 14 July 1793.
131. GEORGE WEST, (Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 17 Mch. 1743-4; res. T., rem. to Union, Me. after 1790, where he d. 4 Sept. 1800; m. (1) MARGARET DUNHAM (221) 21 Mch. 1765, who was b. Mch. 1748 and d. 18 Sept. 1766; (2) MARY CHASE (134) 17 Dec. 1767, who was b. 11 June 1748 and d. 17 May 1802. They had the following named children:
240. (Child), 6 b. Sept. 1766; d. y.
By Second Wife:
241. PETER, b. 25 Aug. 1768.
242. PEGGY, b. 1770; m. LOT LUCE (650) 8 Jan. 1787.
243. MARY, b. 1l Dec. 1772; m. JOHN TOBEY 13 June 1791. [She died in 1857.]
244. LOVE, bapt. 14 May 1775.
245. GEORGE WASHINGTON, bapt. 27 Nov. 1777; m. HANNAH FAIRBANKS 21 Oct. 1798; res. Granville, Ohio.
246. THOMAS, b. 26 Apr. 1780; m. SARAH SPALDING (60) 24 Mch. 1805. [He died in 1863.]
132. PETER WEST, (Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 6 Aug. 1746; res. T., rem. perh. to Conway, Mass. (1777), but prob. returned soon, and later rem. to Industry, Me. (1791) and d. 25 Feb. 1828. He served as corporal in the Sea Coast Defence 1776, and was on the Committee of Safety for T. 1775 and received a pension. He m. HANNAH COTTLE (101) 21 Dec. 1769, who was b. 14 Dec. 1747 and d. 28 Dec. 1826, and they left the following issue:
250. SUSANNAH,6 b. 22 May 1770; m. JERUEL BUTLER (667) 25 Aug. 1791.
251. SHUBAEL, b. 14 Aug. 1772.
252. WILLIAM, b. 27 Aug. 1774; m. MERCY LARKIN GRAY of Wiscasset, Me.
253. ELIZABETH, bapt. 3 Nov. 1776; m. ABRAHAM H. WILLIS.
254. ABIGAIL, bapt. 17 Oct. 1779; m. BENJAMIN MANTER (140) 8 Sept. 1798.
255. HANNAH, bapt. 6 May 1781.
256. PETER, b. 28 Jan. 1782; m. ANNA BUTLER (672).
257. JOHN, b. (1784).
258. MARY, b. (1786); m. HENRY MANTER (142) 28 Nov. 1805.
133. THOMAS WEST, (Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francisl),
b. 12 Jan. 1748; res. T., master mariner; m. SARAH
BUTLER (296) 21 Dec. 1775, who was b. 14 Dec. 1755 and d. 31 Jan. 1816.
He d. 4 Jan. 1822. [He is buried at Crossways
Cemetery.] [See The Descendants of Thomas
and Sarah (Butler) West of Martha's Vineyard for more information
about this family. Also contact judyswan@csulb.edu
to share information on this family.]
They had the following named children:
260. GEORGE,6 b. 16 Nov. 1776.
261. LYDIA, b. (1778); m. RICHARD FISHER (70) 9 NOV. 1799.
262. SARAH, b. 1780; m. WARREN LUCE (885) 19 Oct. 1797.
263. REBECCA, b. 25 Dec. 1782; m. JOSHUA SKIFF (147) 26 NOV. 1812.
264. WILLIAM, b. (1784); m. BETSEY WEST (342) 21 Nov. 1820.
265. THOMAS, b. 3 May 1786; d. Nov. 1816, at sea.
266. LOVE, b. 7 June 1789; d. y.
267. LOVE, b. (1791).
135. JERUEL WEST, (Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francisl),
b. 12 Oct. 1753; res. T., master mariner; m. DEBORAH SHAW (10) 25 May 1775,
who was b. 1755 and d. 11 Aug. 1837. He
served as corporal in Sea Coast Defence 1776 and d. 29 June 1810. His will
7 Apr. 1810 was pro. 21 Aug. 1810. [He is
buried at Crossways Cemetery.] [Contact cbaer@vineyard.net
for more information on this family.]
They had the following named issue:
270. ELIZABETH,6 b. 25 Feb. 1776; m. ISAAC WINSLOW (62) 26 Apr. 1795.
271. JAMES SHAW, b. 1l Dec. 1778.
272. JERUEL, b. 1l Apr. 1780; m. BELINDA LAMBERT (122) 8 Dec. 1803.
273. SILAS, b. 2 Nov. 1782; m. BETSEY CLEVELAND (76) 24 Apr. 1814.
274. WILLIAM, b. 1l Feb. 1785; m. POLLY POOLE 23 Mch. 1809.
275. DEBORAH, b. 23 Apr. 1787; m. THOMAS H. SMITH (193) 20 Dec. 1810.
276. ABNER, b. 7 May 1789; d. 1810 (Havana). [He has a gravestone at Crossways Cemetery.]
277. GEORGE, b. 3 Jan. 1792; d. 1813 at sea. [He has a gravestone at Crossways Cemetery.]
278. STEPHEN, b. 17 Feb. 1794; d. 26 Feb. 1834. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
279. ALBERT, b. 10 June 1796; m. SARAH C. MERRY (153) 27 Mch. 1823.
241. PETER WEST, (George,5 Peter,4 Thomas,3 Abner,2 Francisl), b. 25 Aug. 1768; res. T., master mariner; m. SARAH DAGGETT (215) 4 May 1788, who was b. 6 Aug. 1769 and d. 8 Jan. 1838. He d. 13 May 1829 and his will 13 May 1829 was pro. 20 July 1829. They had the following named children:
303. SARAH,7 b. 2 Apr. 1790; m. EBENEZER B. BRUSH 8 May 1808.
304. CHARLES, b. 1 Mch. 1796; m. SOPHIA LUCE 5 Mch. 1821. [He died 7 Aug. 1868.]
305. NATHANIEL TOBEY, b. 12 May 1797; d. 13 Mch. 1822.
306. ABIGAIL, b. 7 Sept. 1798; m. JOHN HOLMES (52) 18 Mch. 1819.
307. MARY CHASE, b. 4 July 1800; m. DAVID CAREY 8 Dec. 1822.
308. PETER, b. 7 July 1803; m. Mrs. ALMIRA (Butler) (513) MAYHEW 1845.
309. JANE, b. 4 June 1812; m. EDWARD HARDING 5 May 1831. [She d. 13 Apr. 1852 in Tisbury.]
251. SHUBAEL WEST, (Peter,5-4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 14 Aug. 1772; res. T., rem. to Hallowell, Me. and descendants are to be found in that state. He m. MARY EDMONSON 20 Jan. 1793, who was b. 16 Apr. 1776. They had the following named children:
310. DELIA EDMONSON,7 b. 2 Sept. 1794.
311. CHARLES EDMONSON, b. 14 Sept. 1796.
312. HANNAH, b. 5 Feb. 1799; d. y.
313. PETER, b. 6 Mch. 1800.
314. GEORGE, b. 26 June 1802.
315. JOSEPH, b. 17 July 1804; d. y.
316. JOSEPH MERRY., b. 14 Oct. 1805.
317. JOHN, b. 20 June 1809.
318. GUSTAVUS OSCAR, b. 27 Nov. 1811.
319. HANNIBAL ALPHONSE, b. 26 Dee. 1813.
320. HARRIET EMMELINE, b. 29 Mch. 1816; d. 1837.
260. GEORGE WEST, (Thomas,5 Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1),
b. 16 Nov. 1776; res. C., farmer; m. PRUDENCE
LAMBERT (121) 27 Oct. 1796, who was b. 16 Dec. 1777 and d. 24 July 1869.
He d. 8 Oct. 1856. [See The Descendants
of Thomas and Sarah (Butler) West of Martha's Vineyard for more
information about this family. Contact judyswan@csulb.edu
to share information on this family.]
They had the following named children:
330. LEONARD,7 b. 21 Nov. 1797; m. REBECCA FLANDERS (56) 5 May 1826.
331. MARY, b. 13 May 1800; m. JOHN TILTON (252).
332. SOPHRONIA b. 13 Apr. 1804; m. FRANCIS COTTLE (192).
333. LYDIA, b. 27 Nov. 1806; m. THOMAS H. LAMBERT (201) 22 Jan. 1825.
334. PRUDENCE, b. 6 Apr. 1809; m. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
335. THOMAS, b. 7 Dec. 1811; m. HANNAH LAMBERT.
336. MOSES L., b. 16 May 1814; m. REBECCA W. WEST.
337. GEORGE, b. 27 Jan. 1817; m. DIDAMIA TILTON 31 July 1842.
338. WILLIAM C., b. 13 Nov. 1819; m. ABBIE A. LUCE (1163).
271. JAMES SHAW WEST, (Jeruel,5 Peter,4 Abner,3 Thomas,2 Francis1),
b. 11 Dec. 1778; res. T., mariner; m. CHARLOTTE HAMMOND of Falmouth 1 June
1797, who was b. 20 Apr. 1781 and d. 19 Jan. 1849. He d. 5 Sept. 1859. [See
also the draft of The Descendants of Capt. James
Shaw West for more information about James and Charlotte and their
children. Contact cbaer@vineyard.net
to share information on this family.]
They had the following named children:
340. JAMES SHAW,7 b. 19 Mch. 1798; m. ELEANORA DAGGETT (381) 5 May 1832.
341. JOHN, b. 31 Dec. 1799; d. y.
342. BETSEY, b. 25 Oct. 1801; m. (1) WILLIAM WEST (264) 21 NOV. 1820; (2) THOMAS N. HILLMAN (608) 25 Nov. 1834. [See The Descendants of Betsey (West) Hillman for more information about this family.]
343. JOHN, b. 22 Jan. 1804; m. Mrs. ELIZA (Butler) WILLIS 31 Dec. 1843. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
344. DRUSILLA, b. 12 Jan. 1806; m. CHARLES G. SMITH (671) 31 Jan. 1829.
345. LEANDER, b. 25 Feb. 1809; m. LOVE C. ROBINSON 12 Nov. 1837.
346. ABNER, b. 29 Apr. 1811; m. SARAH HODGE.
347. DAVID PORTER, b. 22 Jan. 1814; m. (1) CHARLOTTE JONES; (2) LAURA HATHAWAY.
348. CHARLOTTE E., b. 15 Apr. 1817; m. THOMAS FOSTER 15 July 1833.
349. LENORA, b. 4 May 1822; d. y.
350. GUSTAVUS L., b. 22 Jan. 1826; m. DEBORAH R. ALLEN 24 Feb. 1848.
335. THOMAS WEST, (George,6 Thomas,5 Peter,4 Abner,3
Thomas,2 Francis1), b. 7 Dec. 1811, m. HANNAH LAMBERT who was b. Feb.
1816.[See The Descendants of Thomas and
Sarah (Butler) West of Martha's Vineyard for more information about
this family. Contact judyswan@csulb.edu
to share information on this family.]
Their children were:
WILLIAM L.,8 b. 1836, m. FRANCES H. LANDERS.
LAURA, b. 1839, m. WILLIAM F. DUGEN.
THOMAS A., b. 1843, unm., killed in action in Civil War.
JAMES, b. 1845, m. STATIA CROWELL.
EDITH, b. 1850, m. SYLVANUS WALDRON.
EDGAR M., b. 1855, m. AGNES MURDOCK.
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