Elisha WEST

1693 - Abt 1738  (44 years)

• Name	Elisha WEST
  Birth	2 Mar 1693	Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2815814
  Reference Number	2853048
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/West-1786
  Death	Abt 1738	Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Person ID	I260	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter WEST,   b. 1648, Duxbury, Plymouth d. 20 Feb 1721, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Patience UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1652, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony d. 8 May 1725, Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1673	Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BEARSE,   b. Abt 1696   d. 29 May 1728 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1718	Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  == Biography ==Elisha West was born on March 2, 1692/93 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His parents were [[West-1688|Peter West]] (1648 - 1720) and [[Freeman-16190|Patience (Freeman) West]] (~1652 - 1725). Elisha married first '''Mary Bearse''', daughter of James and Experience (Howland) Bearse, on 10 Dec 1718 - Their children were: #[[West-23186|Peleg West]] (1719 - ) #[[West-3584|Deacon Peter West]] (1721 - 1786). #[[West-23187|Elisha West]] (1724- ). #[[West-23188|Thomas West]] (1726- ). After the death of Mary he married '''Martha Ransom''' on 17 May 1729"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCC3-52T : 28 July 2021), Elisha West, 1729. at Kingston, Plymouth, MA Bay - parents of Fear West Elisha died in 1738 in Kingston, Plymouth aged 46. === Probate ===His will is dated 30 January 1737/38 and proved on 6 April 1738 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Martha, and his children, Peleg West, Elisha West, Peter West, Thomas West, Mary West, Sarah West, and Fear West, and his brother Samuel West. He also provided for the unborn child his wife was carrying. His inventory was taken on 28 March 1738 in Kingston."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-D2BD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 212 of 242; State Archives, Boston. In 1738, his two daughters Mary, Fear, and Sarah, who were under the age of fourteen, were appointed a guardian, Mr. Timothy Ripley of Plimpton."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-D249 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 227 of 242; State Archives, Boston. In 1739, his debts and estate charges were recorded by his executors."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-NKN2 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 44 of 288; State Archives, Boston. == Sources == * Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-V9J : 15 January 2020), Elisha West, 1692. * Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Ancestral File Number: QZHM-HH*Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1558/i/20959/22309-co4/45599571 Case 22309: Will] == Acknowledgment ==* WikiTree profile West-1786 created through the import of JKD1.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by [[Draper-310 | Richard Draper]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=West-1786 Changes page] for the details of edits by Richard and others.