Born in Maryland, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Elijah West
— married
about 1812 in Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Nathanial A. West
Died
at about age 75
in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth "Betsy" Henderson was born about 1791 in Maryland.
She married Elijah West about 1812 in Kentucky.[1]
Elijah died in 1840 and she appeared on the census of 31 Aug. 1850 with some of their children at Sangamon County, Illinois.[2] She appeared on the census of 22 Sep. 1860 in the home of her son William and his family at Sangamon County, Illinois.[3]
Elizabeth died in 1866 in Sangamon County, Illinois.[1] She has memorial at West Cemetery, Thayer, Sangamon County, Illinois with a photo of a modern stone and links to those of family members.[4]
Children of Elizabeth and Elijah
See Elijah.
Census
31 Aug. 1850
Sangamon County, Illinois.
- Elizabeth West 60 b. MD. farmer.
- John West 30 b. KY farmer.
- William West 22 b. KY farmer.
- Milton West 20 b. KY farmer.
- Elizabeth West 17 b. KY.[2]
22 Sep. 1860
Sangamon County, Illinois.
- W M West 31 b, KY farmer.
- H West 22 b. IL.
- C West 5 b. IL.
- F West 3 b. IL.
- W West 1 b. IL.
- E West 70 b. MD.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Carroll Power. History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois: "centennial Record" 1876. page. 763. A Google E-book. Early Settlers of Sangamon County
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Year: 1850; Census Place: Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M432_127; Page: 142B; Image: 292 1850 US Census Elizabeth West
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Year: 1860; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: M653_226; Page: 671; Image: 669; Family History Library Film: 803226 1860 US Census. W M West
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 28932143 Elizabeth "Betsy" Henderson West
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Carole Hansen 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch JR2613012 [compare]
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~3.12%
Karen (Coy) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A005106 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jennifer (Smith) Avedissian :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T919759 [compare]
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