William West Sr. (1695 - 1750)

Born 25 Sep 1695 in Blackburn, Bladensburg, Calvert County, Province of Maryland

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Died 1750 at about age 54 in Frederick County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

September 25, 1695 -- William West was born at Blackburn, Calvert County, Province of Maryland (not far from what is now Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Maryland). ^{[1] [2]} William died in 1750.^[3]

Alternatively, William West was born at St. James Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

1696 -- Prince George's County was created from Charles County & Calvert County. It was divided into 6 districts (called hundreds): Mattapany, Petuxant, Collington, Mount Calvert, Piscatoway, and New Scotland.

Circa 1720 -- William West and Esther Duvall married at Maryland. ^[4]

1720 - 1742 -- William and Esther Duvall West had nine children: three daughters (Ruth, Esther, and Mary) and six sons (John, Joseph, William, Samuel, Benjamin, and James). ^[5]

February 1728 -- William West, Joseph West, John West, and Bryan Kelly were among the 26 subscribers for building the chapel at Rock Creek in the upper part of the newly-created Prince George parish. ^[6]

1750 -- date of William West's will. ^[7]

After August 20, 1750 -- William West died at Three Brothers, Cabin John, Frederick (now in Montgomery) County, Maryland. ^[8]

Sources

• West Family Genealogy. Descendants of Joseph P. West. Items #1, Joseph P. West; #15, William West; #105, James West. Website Accessed by Michael Boynton on June 1, 2016 at 10:00 AM. [1]

• West Genealogy. Item #2, William West. Website Accessed by Michael Boynton on December 23, 2016 at 7:45PM. Available at http://johnmarshallwest.com/west-line.html

• West Family DNA Project. Joseph P. West 1662 MD. Website accessed by Michael Boynton on December 23, 2016 at 6:20PM [2].

• Elise Greenup Jourdan, abstractor. The Land Records of Prince George's County Maryland 1717 - 1726. Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books. 2008. Page

• John Thomas Scharf. History of Western Maryland: being a History of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties from the Earliest Period to the Present Day, Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men. Volume 1. Genealogical Publishing Company. 2003. Page 651. Accessed on December 23, 2016 at 8:20PM. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=ntVpHBIz0hAC&pg=PA768&dq=Cabin+John&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFyt_J1IvRAhXIw1QKHdwKBeQQ6AEIKDAD#v=snippet&q=William%20West&f=false

Footnotes

1. ↑ West Family Genealogy. Item #3.
2. ↑ West Genealogy. Item #2, William West.
3. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-S9LV?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 30 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
4. ↑ West Family Genealogy. Item #1.
5. ↑ West Family Genealogy. Item #1.
6. ↑ History of Western Maryland. Pages 742 - 743.
7. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-S9LV?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 30 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
8. ↑ West Genealogy. Item #2, William West.

• Queen Anne's Parish, Province of Maryland. Births and Marriages

• Elise Greenup Jourdan, abstractor. The Land Records of Prince George's County Maryland 1717 - 1726. Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books. 2008.

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