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WILLIAM de WEST 1520–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1520

Birth Location: Warbelton, Sussex

Death Date: 1595

Death Location: Wherwell, Northamptonshire

Father: GEORGE WEST

Mother: ELIZABETH MORTON

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Children(s): Thomas WEST

In 1520, WILLIAM de WEST entered the world in Warbelton, Sussex, born to George West And Elizabeth Morton. WILLIAM de WEST married Elizabeth Strange, and had children including Thomas West. WILLIAM de WEST passed away in 1595 in Wherwell, Northamptonshire.

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Biography

  • In 1520, WILLIAM de WEST entered the world in Warbelton, Sussex, born to George West And Elizabeth Morton.
  • WILLIAM de WEST married Elizabeth Strange, and had children including Thomas West.
  • WILLIAM de WEST passed away in 1595 in Wherwell, Northamptonshire.

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WILLIAM WEST's Ancestors

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WILLIAM WEST
1520–1595
Birth Place: Warbelton, Sussex
Parents
GEORGE WEST
1490–1538
Sussex
ELIZABETH MORTON
1495–
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Thomas WEST
1457–1525
England - son of Sir Richard & Katherine (Hungerford)
Eleanor COPLEY
1460–
Roughway, Sussex, England - dtr of Sir Rober & Ann (Hoo)
Robert MORTON
1475–
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard WEST
1430–1475
Katherine HUNGERFORD
–1493
Roger COPLEY
1430–
Ann HOO
1435–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reynold WEST
1395–1450
Margaret THORLEY
1400–1433
Robert HUNGERFORD
1400–

WILLIAM WEST's Descendants

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WILLIAM (de) WEST (Abt. 1520–1595)
  1. 1. Thomas WEST 1556–1601 m. Anne KNOLLYS 1560–
    1. 1. Thomas WEST 1577–1618
    2. 2. Penelope WEST 1582–1619 m. Herbert PELHAM 1580–1624
      1. 1. Herbert PELHAM 1600–1645
        1. 1. Penelope PELHAM 1633– m. Josias WINSLOW 1629–1680

WILLIAM WEST's Timeline

2 Records

1520
Abt. 1520
Birth of WILLIAM de WEST in Warbelton, Sussex
Warbelton, Sussex
1595
1595
Age 75
Death of WILLIAM de WEST in Wherwell, Northamptonshire
Wherwell, Northamptonshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1520
    Event Place: Warbelton, Sussex
    Record Source: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between1623and 1650 the Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charle, Weis page 21 line 18-37.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Wherwell, Northamptonshire

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