Descendants of
FRANCISEST

Generation No. 1

1. FRANCIS WEST was born abt. 1616 in Salisbury, England, and died January 2, 1692 in Duxbury, MA. He married MARGARET "MARGERY" REEVES on February 27, 1639 in Duxbury, MA.

Children of FRANCIS WEST and MARGARET REEVES are:

______i.PETER WEST, b. Duxbury, MA; d. September 6, 1706; m. PATIENCE.
______ii.MARY WEST, b. Duxbury, MA.
2_____iii.SAMUEL WEST, b. 1643, Duxbury, MA; d. May 8, 1689.
______iv.THOMAS WEST, b. 1646, Duxbury, MA; m. ELIZABETH.
______v.RUTH WEST, b. 1651, Duxbury, MA; d. December 21, 1741; m. NATHANIEL SKIFF.

Generation No. 2

2. SAMUEL WEST (FRANCIS) was born 1643 in Duxbury, MA, and died May 8, 1689. He married TRYPHOSA PARTRIDGE September 26, 1668 in Duxbury, MA.

Children of SAMUEL WEST and TRYPHOSA PARTRIDGE are:

______i.BATHSHEBA WEST.
3.____ii.FRANCIS WEST, b. November 13, 1669, Duxbury, MA; d. May 12, 1731, Tolland, CT.
______iii.JUEN WEST, b. September 8, 1671, Duxbury, MA.
______iv.SAMUEL WEST, b. December 23, 1672, Duxbury, MA.
______v.PELATIAH WEST, b. March 8, 1674, Duxbury, MA; d. December 7, 1756; m. ELIZABETH CHANDLER, July 12, 1722.
______vi.EBENEZER WEST, b. July 29, 1676, Duxbury, MA.
4.____vii.JOHN WEST, b. March 6, 1679, Duxbury, MA; d. November 17, 1741, Lebanon, CT.
______viii.ABIGAIL WEST, b. September 26, 1682, Duxbury, MA; m. NATHANIEL COLE, 1714.

Generation No. 3

3. FRANCIS WEST (SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born November 13, 1669 in Duxbury, MA, and died May 12, 1731 in Tolland, CT. He married MERCY (MINER) MINAR December 20, 1696 in Preston, CT.

Children of FRANCIS WEST and MERCY MINAR are:

5.____i.AMASA WEST.
______ii.ZEBULON WEST, d. December 4, 1770, Tolland, CT.
______iii.CHRISTOPHER WEST.
______iv.PELATIAH WEST.
______v.MERCY WEST, b. October 30, 1697, Preston, CT.
______vi.SAMUEL WEST, b. April 10, 1700, Stonington, CT.
______vii.JOSEPH WEST, b. October 1, 1701, Stonington, CT.

4. JOHN WEST (SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born March 6, 1679 in Duxbury, MA, and died November 17, 1741 in Lebanon, CT. He married DEBORAH UNKNOWN.

Children of JOHN WEST and DEBORAH are:

______i.JERUSHA WEST, b. December 17, 1708, Lebanon, CT.
______ii.HANNAH WEST, b. July 13, 1710, Lebanon, CT; m. ISRAEL EVERETT, February 14, 1739.
6.____iii.NATHAN WEST, b. November 10, 1712, Lebanon, CT; d. 1801.
______iv.JOHN WEST, b. March 12, 1715, Lebanon, CT; m. REBECCA ABEL, November 16, 1738, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.
______v.PRISCILLA WEST, b. July 17, 1717, Lebanon, CT; d. February 6, 1730, Lebanon, CT.
______vi.DOROTHY WEST, b. September 10, 1719, Lebanon, CT; d. February 21, 1730, Lebanon, CT.
______vii.SOLOMON WEST, b. March 15, 1723, Lebanon, CT.
______viii.CALEB WEST, b. July 3, 1726, Lebanon, CT.

Generation No. 4

5. AMASA WEST (FRANCIS, SAMUEL, FRANCIS). He married (1) AMY HATCH July 8, 1730 in Tolland, CT. He married (2) BATHSHEBA GIBBS September 20, 1757 in Tolland, CT.

Children of AMASA WEST and AMY HATCH are:

______i.FRANCIS WEST, b. November 1, 1731, Tolland, CT; d. June 22, 1769, Tolland, CT.
______ii.OLIVER WEST, b. October 2, 1733, Tolland, CT; d. April 23, 1816.
7.____iii.PHOEBE WEST, b. September 2, 1735, Tolland, CT; d. May 4, 1769, Willington, CT.
______iv.LUCIA WEST, b. August 9, 1738, Tolland, CT.
______v.REBECCA WEST, b. November 26, 1740, Tolland, CT; d. December 10, 1749, Tolland, CT.
______vi.AMY WEST, b. December 8, 1741, Tolland, CT.
______vii.MERCY WEST, b. September 16, 1744, Tolland, CT.
______viii.MEHITABLE WEST, b. February 7, 1747, Tolland, CT; d. March 24, 1755.
______ix.AMASA WEST, b. May 1, 1749, Tolland, CT; d. March 24, 1755, Tolland, CT.
______x.JOAN WEST, b. March 8, 1754, Tolland, CT; d. March 25, 1755, Tolland, CT.

Child of AMASA WEST and BATHSHEBA GIBBS is:

______xi.LEVI5 WEST, b. April 27, 1760, Tolland, CT; d. December 23, 1808, CT.

6. NATHAN WEST (JOHN, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born November 10, 1712 in Lebanon, CT, and died 1801. He married MARY HINCKLEY December 7, 1738 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.

Children of NATHAN WEST and MARY HINCKLEY are:

______i.CHILD WEST, d. September 13, 1748, Bozrah, CT.
______ii.DEBORAH WEST, b. August 6, 1740, Bozrah, CT.
______iii.ELIAS WEST, b. July 5, 1744, Bozrah, CT; m. MARY LATHROP, October 31, 1765, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.
8.____iv.NATHAN WEST, b. September 7, 1746, Bozrah, CT.
______v.JABEZ WEST, b. November 19, 1749, Bozrah, CT; m. ABIGAIL THROOP, January 3, 1773.
______vi.DANIEL WEST, b. November 20, 1751, Bozrah, CT.
______vii.GERSHOM WEST, b. May 9, 1754, Bozrah, CT; m. PRISCILLA HINCKLEY.

Generation No. 5

7. PHOEBE WEST (AMASA, FRANCIS, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born September 2, 1735 in Tolland, CT, and died May 4, 1769 in Willington, CT. She married BENJAMIN NYE June 12, 1755 in Willington, CT.

Children of PHOEBE WEST and BENJAMIN NYE are:

9.____i.PUANNAH NYE, b. March 30, 1756, Willington, CT; d. May 11, 1838, Willington, CT.
______ii.MEHITABLE NYE, b. December 8, 1757, Willington, CT; m. EBENEZER WEST, October 12, 1779.
______iii.ELIZABETH NYE, b. December 12, 1759, Willington, CT; d. June 17, 1796.
______iv.EBENEZER NYE, b. July 4, 1762, Willington, CT; d. February 22, 1782.
______v.TIMOTHY NYE, b. January 26, 1765, Willington, CT; m. SARAH PRESTON, January 3, 1788.
______vi.SARAH NYE, b. April 27, 1767.

8. NATHAN WEST (NATHAN, JOHN, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born September 7, 1746 in Bozrah, CT. He married SARAH CHAPMAN June 12, 1769 in Bozrah, CT.

Children of NATHAN WEST and SARAH CHAPMAN are:

______i.BILLE (HILLE)WEST, b. June 13, 1772, Bozrah, CT; m. MARCY UNKNOWN, Bef. 1794.
______ii.NATHAN WEST, b. October 21, 1773, Bozrah, CT; m. INNA UNKNOWN.
______iii.JOHN WEST, b. May 21, 1787, Bozrah, CT.
10.___iv.ASA WEST, b. 1769, Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. January 1821, Georgetown, Madison, NY.

Generation No. 6

9. PUANNAH NYE (PHOEBE WEST, AMASA, FRANCIS, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born March 30, 1756 in Willington, CT, and died May 11, 1838 in Willington, CT. She married (1) BENJAMIN HINCKLEY March 27, 1771 in Willington, CT. She married (2) JOSEPH RYDER March 21, 1793.

Children of PUANNAH NYE and BENJAMIN HINCKLEY are:

11.___i.AMASA HINCKLEY, b. July 20, 1772, Willington, CT; d. September 6, 1858, Rome, Oneida, NY.
______ii.ELIJAH HINKLEY, b. April 19, 1775, W. Willington, CT; d. January 27, 1815; m. ABIGAIL GURLEY, January 29, 1799.
______iii.DAVID HINKLEY, b. December 14, 1777, W. Willington, CT.
______iv.PHOEBE HINKLEY, b. April 17, 1779, W. Willington, CT; m. ZERAH RIDER.
______v.SUSANNA HINKLEY, b. March 30, 1782, W. Willington, CT; m. PIERCE.

Children of PUANNAH NYE and JOSEPH RYDER are:

______vi.ANNA RIDER, b. January 14, 1794, W. Willington, CT; m. ADIN UNDERWOOD, February 6, 1843.
______vii.SALLY RIDER, b. November 18, 1796; d. 1868; m. RALPH HOLT, 1819.
______viii.IRENA RIDER, b. Abt. 1799; d. Bef. 1832; m. NATHAN RIDER, Bef. 1822.

10. ASA WEST (NATHAN, NATHAN, JOHN, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born 1769 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died January 1821 in Georgetown, Madison, NY. He married SARAH (SALLY) PARKER 1790-1795.

In 1808 Asa West moved with his family to Madison County, New York, casting in his lot among its pioneer settlers. He purchased a tract of timber land, upon which he built a log house that remained the home of the family for a number of years. He was a clothier by trade and a man of natural mechanical ability. In 1815 his health failed and after an illness of six years' duration he died in January, 1821. His widow and her children remained residents of Madison County, New York, for a number of years. In 1826 they moved to Erie County, New York, where Mrs. West passed away December 2, 1828, at the age of 48 years. By her marriage, she had become the mother of nine children. (Source: Past and Present of De Kalb County, Illinois, Vol. II, Page 175-176)

Children of ASA WEST and SARAH PARKER are:

______i.UNKNOWN1 WEST, m. DANIEL HURD.
______ii.ASA WEST.
______iii.UNKNOWN3 WEST.
______iv.UNKNOWN4 WEST.
______v.UNKNOWN7 WEST.
______vi.UNKNOWN5 WEST.
______vii.UNKNOWN6 WEST.
12.___viii.DAVID WEST, b. July 16, 1806, Waterville, Oneida Co., New York; d. February 4, 1890, Sycamore Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois.
______viii.UNKNOWN6 WEST.
13.___ix.AARON CHAPIN WEST, b. December 1, 1808, Georgetown, Madison, NY;d. November 23, 1878, Howard, Fremont, CO.

Generation No. 7

11. AMASA HINCKLEY (PUANNAH NYE, PHOEBE WEST, AMASA, FRANCIS, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born July 20, 1772 in Willington, CT, and died September 6, 1858 in Rome, Oneida, NY. He married LUCRETIA MCDONALD March 27, 1806 in Oneida, NY.

Children of AMASA HINCKLEY and LUCRETIA MCDONALD are:

______i.RENA HINKLEY, b. March 21, 1807, Westernville, Oneida, NY; m. JOSEPH SEYMOUR, April 23, 1831.
______ii.BENJAMIN RUDD HINKLEY, b. January 13, 1809, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. February 14, 1892; m. HARRIET HOVEY, March 6, 1838.
______iii.MARY ANN HINKLEY, b. December 16, 1810, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. December 20, 1902; m. R. C. GUNN, July 28, 1828.
______iv.HARRISON FORSYTHE HINKLEY, b. December 6, 1812, Oneida, NY; d. July 6, 1879; m. MARY MALISSA HAWKINS, May 26, 1844, IN.
______v.SALLY LEACH HINKLEY, b. October 30, 1814, Oneida, NY; d. February 16, 1893; m. ALPHEUS VERZIE, February 9, 1834.
14.___vi.CHARLES GALE HINCKLEY, b. November 9, 1816, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. April 4, 1902, Liberty, Weber, UT.
______vii.ELIJAH MONROE HINKLEY, b. August 29, 1818, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. June 9, 1868; m. ANN FRANK, January 12, 1842.
______viii.MINERVA HINKLEY, b. June 28, 1820, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. June 28, 1914; m. JOHN W. MCARTHUR, June 18, 1837.
______ix.JOHN HINKLEY, b. June 9, 1822, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. December 4, 1912.
______x.MARILLA GOODWIN HINKLEY, b. July 9, 1824, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. February 15, 1899; m. ARCHIBALD MCARTHUR, September 22, 1847.
______xi.SUSAN ANN HINKLEY, b. May 6, 1827, Westernville, Oneida, NY; d. September 7, 1848.

12. DAVID WEST (ASA, NATHAN, NATHAN, JOHN, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born July 16, 1806 in Waterville, Oneida Co., New York, and died February 4, 1890 in Sycamore Twp., DeKalb County, Illinois. He married (1) Sarah CHAPIN on April 29, 1829 in Georgetown, Madison, NY, daughter of ELIAS CHAPIN and DIMIS CHAPMAN. He married (2) LUCINDA ROSE May 28, 1849 in Sycamore, DeKalb, IL, daughter of JOSEPH ROSE and RUTH WHITNEY.

After the death of David's father, Asa, he became a member of the family of his brother-in-law, Daniel Hurd, of Georgetown, New York, with whom he lived until twenty years of age. He then located in Evans, Erie County, New York, where he operated as a contractor in the forests, clearing land and lumbering. On April 29, 1929, he married Sarah Chapin of Georgetown. Following his marriage David bought a tract of land which was included in the Holland purchase in Evans. He there built a house and barn and cleared forty-five acres, maintaining his residence at that place until 1843. He also continued the work of clearing land and farming for others and thus brought under cultivation about 350 acres of land. Disposing of his farm in the Empire state he started for Illinois, accompanied by his family, making the journey with a team of horses and a wagon, bringing also a portion of thier household goods. The family traveled across the country after the slow and primitive manner of the times, resting on Sundays, and when twenty-three days had elapsed they reached Sycamore, Illinois. The succeeding winter was spent in the home of Aaron C. West, a brother of David West, on section 34, Sycamore Township. David purchased a tract of land adjoining his brother's farm, and in the winter of 1844-45 built a small frame house for the accommodation of his family. During the same winter he entered his claim from the government. His first crop was raised on rented land in 1844, in which year he also broke twenty acres of his own farm and the following year he raised a crop thereon. At that time grain was marketed in Chicago, which was also the base of supplies for the people of this locality, and the nearest mill was at St. Charles, in Kane County. As the years passed Mr. West added modern and substantial farm buildings to his place and set out an orchard, which included some trees that he himself brought from the state of New York. He owned 170 acres of land and as the years advanced he propered in his undertakings, developing an excellent property, which returned to him a good annual income as the result of the care and labor which he bestowed upon the fields.

David West was a typical frontiersman, for most of his life was passed amid pioneer surroundings. When he moved to Georgetown, in 1826, he found a little hamlet in the midst of an almost unbroken wilderness and there was every evidence of frontier life in Erie County when he took up his abode there, Buffalo being at that time little more than a village. Again he met the hardships and experience of life on the frontier in DeKalb County and aided in reclaiming the wild land for the purposes of civilization. He was interested in everything pertaining to public progress and his co-operation proved an element in the substantial development of this part of Illinois. As a commissioner he assisted in the construction of the public roads and he also did effective work in the organization of school districts. He served for eighteen consecutive years as assessor and in all public relations was found faithful and reliable.

In the days when Georgetown was a small town his home was always open for the entertainment of traveling ministers and the humanitarian spirit which ever existed was also manifested in the fact that it became a station on the underground railroad. Mr. West aiding many a poor refugee to make his way from slavery in the south to freedom in Canada. He also advocated the cause of temperance by precept and example and was so abstemious that he never used tobacco. No man was ever more loyal to a cause which he believed to be right and no man ever questioned his honesty of purpose. He voted for James G. Birney for president at the time when the anti-slavery candidate of the district for representative received but forty votes. He lived to see the abolition of slavery and the country enjoying the fruits of liberty. While in his home locality he witnessed with pride the advancement and progress which were made, ever bearing his full share in the work of development, so that his history became an integral chapter in the annals of this part of Illinois. He died in February 1891, respected by all who knew him. (Source: Past and Present of DeKalb County, Illinois, Vol. II, Page 175-177)


Children of DAVID WEST and SARAH CHAPIN are:

15.___i.ALICE CHAPIN WEST, b. March 2, 1830, Evans, Erie, NY; d. October 10, 1903, Sycamore, DeKalb, IL.
16.___ii.ORRIN WEST, b. January 20, 1832, Evans, Erie, NY; d. February 21, 1919, Plainfield, Bremer, IA.
______iii.ASA PORTER WEST, b. 1833, Evans, Erie, NY; d. August 17, 1834.
______iv.ANA WEST, b. May 3, 1835; d. May 3, 1835.
______v.ASA PORTER WEST, b. May 16, 1836, Evans, Erie, NY; d. 1911, Elgin, Kane, IL; m. MARIA WILSON, June 22, 1867.
17.___vi.ELIAS COLLINS WEST, b. November 25, 1839, Evans, Erie County, New York; d. June 12, 1932, Sycamore, DeKalb, IL.
______vii.SARAH LOUISE WEST, b. April 7, 1842, Evans, Erie, NY.
______viii.MINERVA M. WEST, b. March 8, 1845, Sycamore, DeKalb, IL; m. WARREN F. PETERS, September 28, 1869, Dekalb County, Illinois.

13. AARON CHAPMAN WEST (ASA, NATHAN, NATHAN, JOHN, SAMUEL, FRANCIS) was born December 1, 1808 in Georgetown, Madison, NY, and died November 23, 1878 in Howard, Fremont, CO. He married EMILY VICTORIA ADAMS on June 2, 1831, in Buffalo, Erie, NY, daughter of JOSEPH ADAMS AND PHEBE ROBINSON.
Children of AARON WEST and EMILY ADAMS are:
______i.LAURA ADELIA WEST, b. November 16, 1832, Evans, Erie, NY; d. March 11, 1909, White Owl, Meade, SD.
______ii.NELSON ADAMS WEST, b. December 09, 1834, Evans, Erie, NY; d. February 21, 1862, Valverde, Socorro, NM.
18.___iii.DAVID NEWTON WEST, b. March 28, 1838, Collins, Erie, NY.
19.___iv.EMMA VIENNA (TWIN) WEST, b. September 18, 1839, Brant, Erie, NY; d. May 10, 1865, Jefferson, Greene, IA.
______v.EMILY VICTORIA (TWIN) WEST, b. September 18, 1839, Brant, Erie, NY; d. May 21, 1903, Canon City, Fremont, CO; m. (1) JAMES O EMERY, December 15, 1860, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL; m. (2) STANFORD M AMY, 1869, Greene, IA.
______vi.SARAH WEST, b. January 02, 1842, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL; d. June 20, 1848, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL.
______vii.FRANCIS PAMELIA WEST, b. December 31, 1844, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL; d. March 29, 1845, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL.
20.___viii.AGNES JULIA WEST, b. October 20, 1845, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL; d. April 15, 1915, Greenwood, Custer, CO.
______ix.CYRUS AARON WEST, b. December 24, 1846, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL; d. September 20, 1849, Sycamore, Dekalb, IL.

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