When Edward West was born on 27 February 1799, in Halifax, Virginia, United States, his father, Miles Stephen West, was 27 and his mother, Lucy Parker, was 27. He married Nancy Kemp in 1820, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Stewart, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Macon, Tennessee, United States in 1860. He died on 23 July 1874, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Macon, Tennessee, United States.
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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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