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Sir Thomas WEST

Male Abt 1556 - 1602  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Thomas WEST was born about 1556 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 24 Mar 1601/2 in Salisbury, co. Wilts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 2d Lord De la Warr, Member of Parliament
    • Fact 2: 2nd Baron De La Warr
    • Fact 1: 7 Dec 1587, Knighted
    • Fact: 1571-1593, Member of Parliament

    Notes:

    Name:
    Thomas West, Knt., of Wherwell, co. Hants, 2nd Lord Delaware, Sheriff of Hampshire, M.P. son and heir by first marriage.

    He was Sheriff of Hampshire, Burgess for Chichester, East Looe, Yarmouth and Aylesbury. Thomas West was Knight of the Shire and Sheriff of Hampshire. He and Anne had five sons (including Robert, Knt. who remained in England) and six daughters (including Lucy, Katherine, Eleanor and Anne, who all remained in England). The Wests settled in Sussex during the middle ages, where they acquired considerable property in the county by early 16th century, principally through marriage, including two large houses at Offington and Halnaker. The family interest spread into Hampshire with the acquisition in 1540 of the estates formerly belonging to the monastery of Wherewell. Offington and Wherwell were henceforth their principal residences and no doubt they resided for part of the year in each location.

    Thomas West was in the Low Countries with Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and was knighted by him at Flushing. Ir as probably through the influence of West's father-in-law Knollys, with Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford that West was returned for East Looe in 1571. It was his relation, Sir Georg Carey, captain of the Isle of Wight, who secured the nephew's return for Yarmouth in 1586 and yet another relation provided him with a seat in 1593. Thomas West took part in the trials of both Essex and Southampton. However, his estates were not extensive enough to support the dignity of a peer. He suffered financially from the extended travels and involvement of his son Thomas in Essex rebellion.

    Thomas married Lady Anne KNOLLYS on 19 Nov 1571. Anne (daughter of Sir Francis KNOLLYS and Katherine CARY) was born on 19 Jul 1555 in Rotherfield Greys, co. Oxon; died on 30 Aug 1608 in Salisbury, co. Wilts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 14 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 15 Jan 1632/3.
    2. 3. Robert WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jan 1574 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 6 Jan 1574/5 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in Jun 1594.
    3. 4. Gov. Thomas WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 14 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 7 Jun 1618 in Port La Have, Nova Scotia.
    4. 5. Walsingham WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1578 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1580 in Wherwell, co. Hamps.
    5. 6. Lettice WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1579 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 27 Nov 1579 in Wherwell, co. Hamps.
    6. 7. Anne WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1581 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 24 May 1581 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in young.
    7. 8. Penelope WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Sep 1582 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1619 in Warbleton, co. Sussex.
    8. 9. Katherine WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1583 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 30 Dec 1583 in Winchester, co. Hamps; died in 1650 in England.
    9. 10. Gov. Francis WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1586 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in Feb 1632/3.
    10. 11. Helena WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1587 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 18 Dec 1587 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1637 in Winchester, co. Hamps.
    11. 12. Anne WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Feb 1588/9 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 16 Feb 1588/9 in Testwood, co. Hamps.
    12. 13. Gov. John WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Dec 1590 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1659.
    13. 14. Lt.-Col. Nathaniel WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1592 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 3 Dec 1592 in Cosham, co. Hamps; died in 1623/4 in Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Virginia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 11 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 14 Sep 1573 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 15 Jan 1632/3.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Elizabeth was likely named in hoor of Elizabeth I. Elizabeth (West) Pelham lived with her son Thomas at the time of her death. She is remembered in her burial inscription: "Behold! Buried at your feet are the remains of Elizaeth, once the wife of Herbert Pelham, Esquire, sprung from the illustrious family of the lords De La Warr; whose youth was spent in the palace of our most serene Queen Elizabeth, her godmother; the rest of her life was spent inside private walls; the whose course of her life was devoted to the greatest piety and she departed this life in blessed peace January 15, 1632, aged 59.

    Elizabeth married Herbert PELHAM, Esq. on 12 Feb 1593/4 in Wherwell, co. Hants. Herbert was born in 1546 in Buxstepe, Warbleton, co. Sussex; died on 12 Jul 1620. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Daughter PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1594 in Offington, co. Sussex; died in infancy.
    2. 16. Daughter PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1595/6 in Michelham, co. Sussex; died in infancy.
    3. 17. Daughter PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Mar 1596/7 in Michelham, co. Sussex; died in infancy.
    4. 18. Thomas PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1597/8 in Chichester, co. Sussex; was christened on 23 Jan 1597/8 in Chichester, co. Sussex.
    5. 19. Anthony PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1599/00 in Michelham Mannor, co. Sussex; died in 1659 in Fordingham, co. Dorsey.
    6. 20. Anne PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1601/2 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; was christened on 22 Jan 1601/2 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died on 19 Dec 1630 in Taunton, co. Somers.
    7. 21. Elizabeth PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1604 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died on 1 Nov 1628 in Dorchester, co. Dorset.
    8. 22. Son PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1606 in Dukinfield, co. W. Manch; died in infancy.
    9. 23. Katherine PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1607 in Dukinfield, co. W. Manch; died in Mar 1608/9 in Warbleton, co. Sussex.
    10. 24. Jonathan PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1609/10 in Cralle, Warbleton, co. Sussex; died in 1634 in Fordington, co. Dorset.

  2. 3.  Robert WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 3 Jan 1574 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 6 Jan 1574/5 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in Jun 1594.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was baptized on Monday with Sir Francis Knollys, the Earl of Leicester (Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and the Countess of Warwick Anne Russell Dudley,) as his godparents. Robert was a member of parliament while still a student at the Inner Temple, where he had been especially admitted at the request of his father-in-law. Robert was granted permission to build a chamber on White Friars Wall. It was fro here that his body was carried on 8 June 1594 to be buried in St Dunstan-in-the-West.

    Robert married Elizabeth COCKE in 1592 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Gov. Thomas WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 9 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 14 Jul 1577 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 7 Jun 1618 in Port La Have, Nova Scotia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: Died on a return trip from England to take up his post as governor of Virginia
    • Fact: 3rd Lord Delaware (De La Warre)
    • Fact 2: 1597/8, Member of Parliament
    • Fact: 1605, Queen's College, Oxford
    • Fact 1: 28 Feb 1609/10, first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia

    Notes:

    Name:
    Thomas, who was the 3rd Lord De la Warr, matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 9 Mar 1591/2 and received his A.M. 20 Aug 1605. Sir Thomas was Member of Parliament for Lymington in 1597/8. Thomas West followed Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex to Ireland in 1599, distinguishing himself in action near Arklow and was knighted by Essex at Dublin. he adhered to Essex even during the revolt of 1601 and was imprisoned in the Wood Street counter. Sir Thomas was lucky to be granted the liberty of the prison before the end of February and to be sent to his father's house a month latger on giving a bond of L2,000. Sir Thomas appeared before the Privy Council on 28 Apr 1601, and again in the following month, at which time he was fined 1,000 marks but escaped indictment. he succeeded to his father's title and to estates in Sussex and Hampshire within a year of his release. There was some difficulty about his entering into possession, and in May 1602 Sir Thomas Shirley petitioned Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury that the Queen would grant West "those things which his father enjoyed.. for the young gentleman is left in a most broken estate."

    West described himself as "the poorest baron of this kingdom" in a letter to Cecil, which led him to go to Virginia. he arrived at Jamestown in July 1609, the expedition being just in tine to save the colonists from starvation, and was the first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia from 28 Feb 1609/10. It was while on another voyage to Virginia that West died at sea 7 June 1618. Administration of his property was granted on 1 July 1620 to his widow. His eldest son, Henry, aged 14, succeeded. He immigrated in June 1610 to Jamestown on the ship "De la Warr".

    Thomas married Cecily SHIRLEY on 25 Nov 1602 in St. Dunstain's in the West, Fleet Street, London. Cecily was born about 1579 in Wiston, co. Sussex; died in Jul 1662 in Compton Valence, co. Dorset; was buried on 31 Jul 1662 in Wherwell, co. Hamps. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Henry WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1603 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died on 1 Jun 1628 in England.
    2. 26. Elizabeth WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1609 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1639 in Islewort, Ileworth.

  4. 5.  Walsingham WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Nov 1578 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1580 in Wherwell, co. Hamps.

  5. 6.  Lettice WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 24 Nov 1579 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 27 Nov 1579 in Wherwell, co. Hamps.

    Lettice married Henry LUDLOW on 27 Aug 1600. Henry was born about 1577 in Hill, co. Wilts; died on 13 Oct 1639 in Tadley, co. Hamps. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Anne WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 21 May 1581 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 24 May 1581 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in young.

  7. 8.  Penelope WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 9 Sep 1582 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1619 in Warbleton, co. Sussex.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Sister of Sir Thomas West, 3d Lord De la Warr, first Governor of the Virginia Colony

    Penelope married Sir Herbert 'the younger' PELHAM, Esq. about 1599. Herbert (son of Herbert PELHAM, Esq. and Katherine THATCHER) was born about 1580; died on 20 Jul 1624 in Boston, co, Lincoln. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Capt Herbert PELHAM, Esq.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1601 in Boston, co. Lincs; died on 29 Jun 1674 in Bures, co. Essex; was buried on 1 Jul 1674 in Bures, co. Suffolk.
    2. 28. Thomas PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1602/3 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex.
    3. 29. Margaret PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1605 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex; died in 1661 in Bures, co. Essex.
    4. 30. Katherine PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1606 in Dockenfield, co. Sussex; was christened on 28 Jun 1607 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died on 19 Apr 1659 in Boston, co. Lincs.
    5. 31. Mary PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1608/9 in Catsfield, co. Sussex; was christened on 26 Feb 1608/9 in Catsfield, co. Sussex.
    6. 32. William PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1610 in Boston, co. Lincs; was christened on 23 Sep 1610 in Hellingly, co. Sussex; died in 1667 in Boston, co. Lincs.
    7. 33. Helen PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1611 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 1 Dec 1611 in St. Clement\'s Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 1630 or 1631 in Hastings, co. Sussex.
    8. 34. Anthony PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1615 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 2 Jul 1615 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 5 Oct 1615 in Hastings, co. Sussex.
    9. 35. Edward PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1616 in Hastings, co. Sussex; died in London, England.
    10. 36. Anne PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1617 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 17 Aug 1617 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died in Mar 1622/3 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was buried on 10 Mar 1622/3.
    11. 37. Penelope PELHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1618 in Hastings, co. Sussex; was christened on 11 Oct 1618 in St. Clement's Church, Hastings, co. Sussex; died on 28 May 1702 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

  8. 9.  Katherine WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 27 Dec 1583 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 30 Dec 1583 in Winchester, co. Hamps; died in 1650 in England.

    Katherine married Nicholas STRELBY, Knt. about 1605 in England. Nicholas was born about 1580 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 10.  Gov. Francis WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Oct 1586 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in Feb 1632/3.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1608, Came to Virginia
    • Immigration: 1 Oct 1608, To Jamestown, James City, Virginia on the ship "Mary and Margaret"

    Notes:

    Name:
    Governor of Virginia, for two years from 14 Nov 1627, and a member of Council until his death, will dtd. 27 Dec. 1629, pro. 28 Apr. 1634.

    Francis married Margaret ? in 1625 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Francis married Temperance FLOWERDEW on 31 Mar 1628 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia. Temperance was born in 1587 in England; died in Dec 1628 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Francis married Jane DAVYE in 1629 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia. Jane was born about 1600 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 11.  Helena WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 15 Dec 1587 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 18 Dec 1587 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1637 in Winchester, co. Hamps.

    Helena married John SAVAGE, Knt. about 1606 in England. John was born about 1580 in Winchester, co. Hamps. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 12.  Anne WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Feb 1588/9 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 16 Feb 1588/9 in Testwood, co. Hamps.

    Anne married John PELLATT, Esq. on 30 Aug 1608 in St. Katherine Cree Church, London. John was born in 1584 in Bolney, Co. Sussex; died on 22 Oct 1625 in co. Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Anne married Rev. Christopher SWALE, D.D. on 11 Jul 1627 in Goodworth Clatford, co. Hamps. Christopher was born about 1580 in England; died on 7 Sep 1645 in Hurstpierpont, co. Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Anne married Rev. Leonard LITCHFORD on 13 Jun 1654 in Holy Trinity Church, Hurstpierpont, co. Sussex. Leonard was born about 1580 in co. Sussex; died on 29 Nov 1673 in Hurstpierpont, co. Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 13.  Gov. John WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Dec 1590 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1659.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 2: 1631-59, member of the Governor's Council
    • Fact: 1618, Came to Virginia
    • Fact 1: 1628-1630, Member of the House of Burgesses
    • Fact: 1635-1637, Governor of Virginia

    Notes:

    Name:
    John received a B.A. degree from Magdalen College, Oxford on 1 Dec 1613. he was a member of the House of Burgesses in Virginia from 1628-1630, a member of the Government Council from 1631-1659 and Governor of Virginia from 1635-1637.n The Virginia House of Burgesses passed a resolution of good will in Mar 1659/6 in recognition of the....many favors and services rendered to the country of Virginia by the noble family of West, predecessors to Mr. John West, the now only survivor...It is ordered that the levies of the said Master West and His Family be remitted, and that he be exempted from payment thereof during life. He immigrated in 1618 to Jamestown on the ship "Bonny Bess".

    Family/Spouse: Ann ?. Ann was born in 1600 in England; died on 10 Apr 1667 in West Point Plantation. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Col. John WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Oct 1632 in Chiskack Bellfield Plantation, New Kent, Virginia; died after 15 Nov 1689.

  13. 14.  Lt.-Col. Nathaniel WEST Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 30 Nov 1592 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; was christened on 3 Dec 1592 in Cosham, co. Hamps; died in 1623/4 in Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1618, Came to Virginia

    Notes:

    Name:
    Nathaniel established himself near his brother Francis and had a plantation in 1622 in Westover Hundred. He immigrated in 1618 to Jamestown.

    Nathaniel married Frances GREVILLE in 1621 in Virginia. Frances was born on 10 Oct 1601 in Chilton, co. Wilts; died in 1634 in Mathews Manor, York, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Nathaniel WEST  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1622 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia; died on 14 Jan 1670/1 in co. Lancs; was buried in Warton; co. Lancaster.


  

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