Person:Benjamin West (11)

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Benjamin West
b.1 Oct 1665 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.11 Dec 1733 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Oct 1658
  1. Samuel West1659/60 - Bef 1685
  2. Joseph West1663 -
  3. Benjamin West1665 - 1733
  4. John West1667 - 1740/41
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Mar 1691/92
  1. Hannah West1693 - 1756
  2. Phebe West1694/95 -
  3. Benjamin West1696 -
  4. Mary West1699 - 1752
  5. Abigail West1716 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Benjamin West
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 1 Oct 1665 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 14 Mar 1691/92 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesAlso recorded at Middletown
to Hannah Shaddock
Death[2] 11 Dec 1733 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[5] 9 Jan 1733/34 £103-19-00. Taken by Daniel Prior, Francis Wetmore and George Hubbard.
Probate[5] 6 Feb 1733/34 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928)
    2:304.

    "Thomas West was a planter; married first, Phebe Waters Oct. 11, 1658; … children: … 3. Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1665; 'living at the Southward' in 1701; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seitz, Beatrice West. West, Barker, Hodges, New York to Wisconsin, 1836-1846. (Janesville, Wisconsin: B.W. Seitz, c1971)
    8.

    The twice married Thomas, son of Thomas, had a large family. His first wife was Phebe Waters, daughter of Richard Waters and Rejoice Plaise, married 11 October 1658, Salem. They were the parents of four sons-Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and John. Samuel married Rhoda Meacham and died the Summer of 1685; his inventory was taken in August and their son Samuel was horn after his father's death. The brothers Benjamin and Joseph had land in Enfield, Connecticut 1683 and settled there in 1686. … Benjamin married in Enfield the daughter of Hannah Osborn and Elias Shaddock, Hannah, in 1692. Benjamin later moved to Middletown, Conn., where he died 11 Dec. 1733."

  3. ↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    Vol. 2, p. 410.

    West, Benjamin, s. Thomas and Phebe, [born] Oct. 1, 1665. CT.R.

  4.   Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    480.

    "West, … Benjamin, Sr., d. Dec. 11, 1733 [LR2:Ind-4]"

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 West, Benjamin, Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:128.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 338.

    West, Benjamin, Middletown. Invt. £103-19-00. Taken 9 January, 1733-4, by Daniel Prior, Francis Wetmore and George Hubbard.

    Court Record, Page 104—5 February, 1733-4: Adms. granted to Hannah West, widow, who gave bond with Lemuel Lee of Middletown. Abigail West, a minor daughter, chose her mother Hannah West to be her guardian. Recog., £50.

    Page 14 (Vol. XII) 3 December, 1734: Hannah West, Adms., exhibited an account of her Adms., which is accepted by the Court."

  6.   Benjamin West, in Find A Grave.
  7.   Supposed by a source that is not available to me, "West, Barker, Hodges" by Beatrice West Seitz, p. 8 to be the Benjamin West of Middletown. That he was represented by an attorney in his father's probate suggest this is possible, but the evidence is not visible to me.
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