Thomas West and Henry West were brothers and lived in Salem as early as 1658. Thomas West was a planter, married, first, Phebe Waters Oct. 11, 1658, she died April 16, 1674, married, second, Mary Tenne Oct. 14, 1674, he was living in 1701, children 1 Samuel, born March 23, 1659-60, died in the summer of 1685; 2 Joseph, born Sept. 3, 1663; 3 Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1665, "living at the Southward" in 1701; 4 John, born Sept. 9, 1667; 5. Mary, born Jan. 31, 1675-6; 6 Elizabeth, baptized July 1, 1677.