Brief Life History of Amy
When Amy West was born on 9 September 1761, in Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Oliver West, was 27 and her mother, Thankful Nye, was 25. She had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Seth Nye. She lived in Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1824 and Genoa, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1835. She died on 13 January 1839, at the age of 77, and was buried in East Venice Cemetery, Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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- 9 Sep 1761, Amy West, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- 13 Jan 1839, Amy West Nye, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ama West, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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