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Captain Thomas West 1659–1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1659

Birth Location: West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1720

Death Location: West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Father: Lt Burgess

Mother: Ursula Croshaw

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Captain Thomas West was born in 1659 in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, the child of Lt Col John R West 9 Ggf Jamestown Burgess And Ursula Unity Croshaw. Captain Thomas West passed away in 1720 in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Captain Thomas West was born in 1659 in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, the child of Lt Col John R West 9 Ggf Jamestown Burgess And Ursula Unity Croshaw.
  • Captain Thomas West passed away in 1720 in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

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Captain West's Ancestors

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Captain West
1659–1720
Birth Place: West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Parents
Lt Col John R. West - 9 GGF Jamestown Burgess
1632–1689
York River, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Ursula (Unity) Croshaw
1636–1669
West Point, King William County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
*Major (Joseph Raleigh Croshaw, Member of House of Burgesses, Prominent) Planter
1610–1684
Williamsburg, York, Virginia, USA
Rachel ("Matachanna" Powhatan Croshaw, First cousin to Pocahontas) 11GG*
1600–1669
Brurton Parish, York, on Powhatan Land/Pre-Colonial Virginia, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Chief 11GG
1545–1618
Matatiske 11GG
1545–1618
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Running American-
1517–1570
Cleopatra Flower
1517–1600
Ensenore Powhatan
1500–1570
Winanuska American
1532–1617

Captain West's Timeline

2 Records

1659
1659
Birth of Captain Thomas West in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
1720
1720
Age 61
Death of Captain Thomas West in West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1659
    Event Place: West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: West Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

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