Frances West

Femaleabout 1734–

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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(Maj) Langborn
1730–
Frances West
1734–
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  • Adventurers of Purse and Persons, Vol. 3 (R-Z), by John F. Dorman, (2007), p. 493: Francis West and family

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    1775

    Age 41

    "Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

    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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