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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Wells, Richard, was a burgess for Upper Norfolk county in 1645.

West, Anthony, came to Virginia in 1622; in 1624 resided at James City, and in 1625 at the plantations opposite on the south side; settled in Northampton county, where he was one of the justices and lieutenant- colonel of the militia. He died in 1651, leav- ing a son, John West. He was some rela- tion to Lord Delaware, as the arms of his family were the same as those of his lord- shij). Anne, his widow, married (second) Ste])hen Charleton.

West, Francis, burgess for King William county in 1748- 1749, 1756- 1758, was a son of Captain Thomas West, wdio was a grand- son of Captain John West, brother to Lord Delaware. He was justice of the peace and colonel of the militia. He married Jane Cole, widow, first, of Ferdinand Leigh, and afterward of Stephen Bingham. He had a daughter Agnes, who married William Dan- dridge.

West, Henry, patented 900 acres on the Blackwater, in Isle of Wight county, 1673. He took part in Bacon's rebellion, and by court-martial, held January 24, 1677, was found guilty of treason and rebellion and banished from Virginia for seven years, and all of his estate except five pounds confis- cated.

West, Hugh, was descended from John West, who came from Muston, in York- shire, it is believed, about the latter part of the seventeenth century. He was a bur- gess for Fairfax county, Virginia, 1752, 1753, 1754. He died the latter year and was suc- ceeded by his son, Hugh West (q. v.).

West, Hugh, Jr., attorney-at-law, was son

of Hugh \\'est (q. v.), and succeeded him as the representative for Fairfax county in

1754. He continued to sit for Fairfax until

1755. when he removed to Frederick county and represented that county in 1756, 1757, 1758. His w'ill was proved in Fairfax county, June 18, 1767, and names issue.

West, Lieutenant-Colonel John, of North- ampton county, was son of Anthony West. He was a contemporary of Colonel John West, of West Point, but unlike him took sides with Bacon in 1676. He was pardoned by Sir William Berkeley on due submission and acknowledgment of his guilt. He mar- ried Matilda Scarburgh and had issue — An- thony, Alexander. John the eldest, Jona- than, and John the younger.

West, Colonel John, son of Captain John W^est, governor, etc., was born at "Bell- field," York river, in 1632, being the first child of English parents born on York river ; lived at West Point ; sat on the courts- martial that tried the rebels in Bacon's time ; senior justice and colonel of the New Kent county militia ; married Unity, daugh- ter of Major Joseph Croshaw ; burgess for New Kent county in 1685 and 1686. He had three sons — John, Nathaniel and Thomas, and one daughter — Unity, who married Henry Fox, of King William county.

West, John, known as "Capt. John West, Jr.," was son of Hugh West (q. v.), and represented Fairfax in the house of bur- gesses from 1755 till his death in 1775. He married Catherine, daughter of Major Thomas Colville, and left issue.

West, John, of King William county, son of Colonel John West and Unity Croshaw, his wife, was a member of the house of bur-