Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances West was born about 1734, in Warwick, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Colonel Francis West, was 33 and her mother, Susanna Littlepage, was 18. She married (Maj) Langborn.
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Sources (1)
- Adventurers of Purse and Persons, Vol. 3 (R-Z), by John F. Dorman, (2007), p. 493: Francis West and family
Spouse and Children
1730– Male
1734– Female
Parents and Siblings
1702–1796 Male
1717–1750 Female
Siblings (10)
1734– Female
1735–1815 Male
1739– Male
1741– Male
1742–1794 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (1)
1775
Age 41
Name Meaning
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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