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Francis West 1586–1633 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Oct 1586

Birth Location: Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1633

Death Location: Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Sir West

Mother: Mary Knollys

Spouse(s): Susannah Read

Children(s): Lydia West

Francis West was born in 1586 in Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Leighton West And Mary Knollys. Francis West married Susannah Read, and had children including Lydia West. Francis West passed away in 1633 in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • Francis West was born in 1586 in Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Leighton West And Mary Knollys.
  • Francis West married Susannah Read, and had children including Lydia West.
  • Francis West passed away in 1633 in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Francis West's Ancestors

Self
Francis West
1586–1633
Birth Place: Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Thomas Leighton West
1535–1618
Hainaker, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Mary Knollys
1541–1593
Feckenham, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Lord Baron De la Ware WEST, 1ST BARON de LA WARR (2ND) CREATION
1519–1595
Warbleton, Suxxes, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Le) Strange
1523–1583
Chesterton, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Lord Francis I Knollys, Knight of The Garter, Sheriff) O
1514–1596
Grays, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Katherine) Cary
1524–1568
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Warr\Ware)
1490–1538
Lady *+13gm
1497–1570
Thomas Gloucester
1508–1545
Lady Hunstanton
1513–1569
Katherine Pennyston
1500–1558
Sir Aldenham
1500–1528
Lady Stafford
1499–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir KB
1457–1525
Eleanor Copley
1470–1536
Sir VIII)
1475–1515
Lady Warham
1475–1520
Sir Strange,
1460–1512
Ann Heydon
1469–1510
Sir O
1514–1596
Alice GGM
1451–1557
Thomas Foliat
1460–1536
Margaret Spencer
1472–1536
Thomas Boleyn
1477–1539
Elizabeth Howard
1480–1538

Francis West's Descendants

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Francis West (28 Oct 1586–1633) m. Susannah Read (25 April 1590–1684)
  1. 1. Lydia West 1607–1632

Francis West's Timeline

2 Records

1586
28 Oct 1586
Birth of Francis West in Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1633
1633
Age 47
Death of Francis West in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA
Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1586
    Event Place: Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1648
    Event Place: Salem, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Salem, Massachusetts; Year: 1648; Page Number: 310

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Duxbury
    Record Source: Mayflower Deeds and Probates

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1633
    Event Place: Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, British Colonial America, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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