When Rev James Franklin West Sr was born in 1778, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, Sgt James Franklin West, was 43 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Chadwick, was 38. He married Eunice Bowen West in 1800, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Habersham, Habersham, Georgia, United States in 1850 and White, Georgia, United States in 1860. He died in 1865, in Cleveland, White, Georgia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in West Family Cemetery, Cleveland, White, Georgia, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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