The Brown Tree » Lt. Col. John WEST (1638-1703)
Personal data Lt. Col. John WEST
Sources 1, 2, 3Sources 1, 2, 4, 5, 6- He was born on April 8, 1638 in St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England.Sources 4, 6
- He died on April 27, 1703 in Accomack County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 65 years old.Sources 1, 6
Attention: Was deceased 9 months (April 27, 1703) before the baptism (September 19, 1824) of child (John William West). - He is buried in Accomack County, Virginia, United States of America.Source 6
- A child of Anthony WEST and Mary Ann BARLOE
Household of Lt. Col. John WEST
(1) He is married to Josephine Maria GODWIN.
They got married in the year 1655 at London, London, England, he was 16 years old.
Child(ren):
- Matilda West 1658-1722
- Frances West 1660-1731
(2) He is married to Matilda SCARBOROUGH.
They got married October 1661 at Accomack, Virginia, United States, he was 23 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- MAJ JOHN West 1661-1719
- Benony WEST 1672-1709
- Maj. John WEST 1672-1719
- Anthony WEST 1676-1717
- Matilda WEST 1676-1722
- Matilda Wise 1676-1722
- Catherine WEST 1677-1750
- Frances WEST 1678-1731
- Scarburg WEST 1680-1760
- Anthony WEST 1683-????
- Anne Sellman 1683-1749
- Unity WEST 1685-????
- John (The Elder) WEST 1685-1706
- Jonathan WEST -1787
- Alexander WEST 1685-????
- Anne WEST 1685-1749
- Scarburgh WEST 1690-1731
- John William West 1824-????
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Sources
- Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, Ancestry.com, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0147 / Ancestry.com
- England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 8822.452; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 / Ancestry.com
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday April 8, 1638
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1638: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- March 22 » Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
Day of death April 27, 1703
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
- January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
- February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Same birth/death day
- 1580 » William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, English noble, courtier and patron of the arts († 1630)
- 1596 » Juan van der Hamen, Spanish artist († 1631)
- 1605 » Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess († 1607)
- 1605 » Philip IV of Spain († 1665)
- 1641 » Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department († 1704)
- 1692 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer († 1770)
- 1613 » Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)
- 1656 » Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
- 1694 » John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
- 1695 » John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
- 1702 » Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
- 1782 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P1847.php : accessed January 28, 2026), "Lt. Col. John WEST (1638-1703)".
Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P1847.php : accessed January 28, 2026), "Lt. Col. John WEST (1638-1703)".