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Barzillai Rhume West (1793 - 1862)

Barzillai [uncertain] Rhume "Barzilla, Barzillai" West
Born in New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , [half] and [half]
Husband of — married before 1818 (to 29 Feb 1836) in New Jersey, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 68 in Harrison Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Biography

Barzilla R. West married Phoebe/PhebyTomlin of Greenwich Township, Gloucester County by Gloucester County Justice of the Peace Ephraim Miller12 Nov 1840.[1]

Barzillai wrote his will 30 August 1858 leaving his farm to wife Phoebe during her life. Witnesses were Isaac C. Dilkes, Isabell Armstrong, and George Flavell. Will was proved 11 Feb 1862 in Gloucester County court.[2]

Six children named in will

  1. Samuel (I. or J.) West
  2. Theadocia Emily Richards
  3. Sarah E. Panderslice
  4. Abigail A. Dawson
  5. Alfred R. West
  6. Mary R. Cheesman

Barzilla/Barzillai West is buried in Saint Pauls Methodist Cemetery, Paulsboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.[3]

The death of his widow Phebe on 8 December 1884 at the age of 86 was recorded in John Eastlack's diary.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Gloucester County Clerk, 1779 - 1893, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61376/images/TH-1-9880-25359-3?pId=259497
  2. ↑ Gloucester County Will Books Vol E-F 1846-1873, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8796/images/005669987_00378?pId=287751
  3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112724771/barzillai-r-west: accessed 30 March 2023), memorial page for Barzillai R. West (12 Apr 1793–28 Jan 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112724771, citing Saint Pauls Methodist Cemetery, Paulsboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Joseph R. Klett (contributor 47554493).
  4. ↑ Eastlack, John C. Gloucester County in the Eighteen-Fifties: Being the Diary of John Cawman Eastlack. (Woodbury, NJ, Gloucester County Historical Society, 1952)

See also:

GCHS Private Survey Collection, Gloucester County Historical Society, 2009, p. 134





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