Gov. Francis WEST

Male 1586 - 1633  (46 years)


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  • Name Francis WEST  [1, 2, 3
    • 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. [1, 2]
    Prefix Gov. 
    Birth 25 Oct 1586  Wherwell, co. Hamps Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christening Y  [2
    Gender Male 
    Fact 1608  Came to Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Immigration 1 Oct 1608  To Jamestown, James City, Virginia on the ship "Mary and Margaret" Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death Feb 1632/3  [1, 2
    Person ID I80572  Main Tree
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

    Father Sir Thomas WEST,   b. Abt 1556, Wherwell, co. Hamps Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1601/2, Salisbury, co. Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Lady Anne KNOLLYS,   b. 19 Jul 1555, Rotherfield Greys, co. Oxon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1608, Salisbury, co. Wilts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1571  [1, 3
    Family ID F29520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret ? 
    Marriage 1625  Jamestown, James City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F32455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

    Family 2 Temperance FLOWERDEW,   b. 1587, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1628, Jamestown, James City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1628  Jamestown, James City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Family ID F32457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

    Family 3 Jane DAVYE,   b. Abt 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1629  Jamestown, James City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F32458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2020 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    2. [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.

    3. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).