Thomas West

1670 - 1714  (55 years)

• Name	Thomas West
  Birth	Between 1659 and 1670
  Gender	Male
  Misc Fact	King William Co, VA   [1]
  	Captain of the Militia
  Misc Fact	1703	King William Co, VA   [1]
  	thru 1706, member of the House of Burgesses
  Death	23 Dec 1714
  Person ID	I2470	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Lt. Col. John West, Jr,   b. 06 Jun 1632, Cescayack, York, VA d. Between 1689 and 1691, West Point, King William Co, VA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Unity 'Ursala' Crowshaw,   b. 1636, Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, James City, VA d. 20 Apr 1669, New Kent Co, VA (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1654  [2]
  Family ID	F517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes ???-xx
  Notes	Children: son Nathaniel West - probably died without issue son Thomas West - d. 1743/4 - of King William Co - 1732 appointed Justice of the Peace - died 1743/4 while member of the House of Burgesses - he inherited 'West Point' under the will of his cousin Charles West - he married ??? and had Col. John West of 'West Point', and member of the House of Burgesses, married Elizabeth Seaton - married Martha Cole - sister of Jane Cole - Martha married 2nd Ferdinand Leigh son John West (Col) 1720/25 - of West Point son Col Francis West - in 1741 was sheriff of King William Co - 1748-1758 member of House of Burgesses - aft 1759 married Mrs. Jane (Cole) (Claiborne) Bingham - dau of Col. William Cole - widow of Nathaniel Claiborne - son of Anne Fox and Thomas Claiborne - widow of Stephan Bingham - d. 1759 son William West (Col) - married Letitia Martin dau Agnes West dau Susannah West 1744 dau ??? West dau Agnes/Anne(?) West - married Richard Gregory of King William Co. son Roger Gregory 1728 son Richard Gregory son West Gregory dau Frances Gregory dau Christiana Gregory dau Agnes Gregory dau Unity Gregory - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/Winstons of VA ** - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/Southside Virginia Families ** - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/The West Family Register ** - (?) Nathaniel had a dau Martha who in 1707 in King William Co, VA married Orlando Jones
  Family ID	F1378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Misc Fact - Captain of the Militia - - King William Co, VA Misc Fact - thru 1706, member of the House of Burgesses - 1703 - King William Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/Winstons of VA ** - 1/1701/2 - George Chapman of King and Queen Co., made his will by which he devised to his 'very good friend and godson, Mr. Thomas West, all my estate in general, both personal and real, to him and his heirs forever. I make and ordain the said Mr Thomas West my true and lawful executor of my will'. The will was presented 6/20/1704 by Capt Thomas West, in King William Co. court. - 12/21/1702 - Unity West and Thomas West qualified as administratrix and administrator of Peter Strutton, deceased. Unity West was quite evidently the mother of Thomas West, as Mrs Unity West, widow of John West, was the only Unity West living at that time - 12/23/1714 - Received a patent for 1615 acres in St John's Parish, King William Co., - this was the last mention of Thomas West in the county records - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/Croshaw/Winstons of VA ** - mother of Thomas West was Mrs. Unity (Croshaw) West - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/Statutes-Laws-VA ** - Description of the descendancy of land called Barbers-Fields that John willed to his son Nathaniel, who left it to his only child and heir Unity West, whose now deceased husband William Dandrige left the same land in his will dated 8/25/1743 to his son Nathaniel West Dandridge or possibly to his brother William Dandridge if he did not obtain a 'dock of intail'. - p. 429 - ... and John West, one of the sons of the said John West, the elder, being dead, without issue, the remainder of several lands under the will of John West, and the deed of Nathaniel West, must at all events, take place in the same person, as the heir of the body of Thomas West, will be right heir of the said Nathaniel West, in case the issue of the said Unity Dandridge should fail - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/VA-Historical-Genealogy ** - ** See Misc-Docs-Pics/West/The Armistead Family **

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] See Misc Docs Pics, /West/Winstons of VA. [S47] See Misc Docs Pics, /Croshaw/Southside VA Families **.