Saturday, January 25, 2014

Surname Saturday - WEST (England? to colonial New England)

t's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #763 who is Susanna West (1666-1756)  
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this WEST family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

94.  Joseph Champlin (1758-1850)
95.  Nancy Kenyon (1765-????)


190.  John Kenyon (1742-1831)
191.  Anna --?-- (1745-????)

380.  Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800)
381.  Anna Barber (1717-????)


762.  Moses Barber, born about 1652 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died before 17 December 1733 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 1524. James Barber.  He married 24 March 1692 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
763.  Susanna West, born about 1666 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died before 04 April 1756 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. 

Children of Moses Barber and Susanna West are:
*  Dinah Barber (1693-1774), married 1716 Edward Wilcox (1693-1779); 
*  Lydia Barber (1694-1728), married 1714 Benjamin Mowry (1680-1728).
*  Samuel Barber (1695-1760), married 1719 Anne Cory (1697-1760).
*  Susannah Barber (1697-1755), married 1727 Benjamin Perry (1677-1749).
*  Thomas Barber (1699-1762), married 1725 Avis Tanner (1699-1777).
*  Joseph Barber (1701-1779), married 1724 Rebecca Potter (1701-1753).
*  Martha Barber (1703-1773), married 1727 Thomas Parker (1700-1773).
*  Ruth Barber (1705-1755), married 1724 George Bentley (1705-1802).
*  Benjamin Barber (1707-1792), married 1730 Mary Tefft (1705-1782).
*  Mercy Barber (1709-1790), married 1727 Samuel Tefft (1703-1789).
*  Ezekiel Barber (1711-1782), married 1736 Hannah Webster (1713-1786).
*  Abigail Barber (1713-1713).
*  Daniel Barber (1714-1805), married 1739 Deliverance Tefft (1722-1799).
*  Anna Barber (1717-1800), married 1740 Sylvester Kenyon (1710-1800).

1526.  Francis West, born about 1640; died 02 January 1692 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He married before 1660 in probably Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
1527.  Susanna Soule, born about 1642 in probably Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1684 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 3054. George Soule and 3055. Mary Bucket.

Children of Francis West and Susanna Soule are:
*  Francis West (1660-1724), married 1699 Sarah Meakins (1672-????).
*  Richard West (1661-1727), married 1693 Mary Samson (1670-1706).
*  Susanna West (1666-1756), married 1692 Moses Barber (1652-1733).
*  Peter West (1668-????).
*  John West (1672-????).
*  Martha West (1675-1764), married (1) 1703 James Card (1650-1706); (2) 1710 Jeremiah fones.
*  William West (1681-????), married (1) 1709 Abiah Sprague (1689-????); (2) 1711 Jane Tanner.
*  Thomas West (1684-????), married 1716 Dorcas Rathbone.
*  Clement West (1684-????), married 1725 Sarah (1700-????).

Information about this West line was obtained from:

*  Anne Borden Harding, editor, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 3" (Boston : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980).

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