Joseph West Esq. (1766 - 1847)

Born 22 Oct 1766 in Newport, Rhode Island

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Died 21 Aug 1847 at age 80 in Minerva, Essex County, New York, USA

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Biography

Born: Joseph West, son of Ebenezer & Waite (Carr) West and twin to John West, was born 22 Oct 1766, at Newport, Rhode Island.^[1]

Died: Joseph died 21 August 1847, age 82 yrs. 10 months, in Minerva, Essex County, New York^[2][1]

Military: Joseph West filed for a pension after his service in the revolution and from these documents came a lot of what we know of him. As a resident of Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, he enlisted as a substitute for Noah Bishop, during May 1779. He served as a private in Captain Theodore Catlin's Company, Colonel Beebe's Connecticut Regiment of state troops or militia. He was discharged after two months in July 1779.^[1]

He enlisted again in June 1780 as a private in Captain Quick's (?) Company, Colonel Samuel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment. He was discharged after three months at the end of his term in Sept 1780.^[1]

His last enlistment was for nine months with the Continental Forces, Connecticut Line, as a private in Captain Judson's Company, Colonel Butler's Regiment. He was discharged Jan/Feb 1783.^[1]

During these enlistments he was never in a battle. He was at Horse Neck in Connecticut; Danbury, Stamford, CosCob, Horse Neck all in Connecticut then to White Plains, New York; lastly at Highlands of New York, Danbury, near Kingsbury and West Point, New York.^[1]

Residences: Born at Newport, Rhode Island. Enlisted at Litchfield, Connecticut. Shortly after the War he went to Vershire, Orange County Vermont , stayed about five years.^[1] He was there for the 1790 Census. (2 males under 16, one male 16 and over, one female^[3] He next went to Hartford, Washington County, New York until 1824, when he moved to Minerva, Essex Co, New York^[1] He was dismissed from the Hartford Baptist Church 19 Jan 1824.^[4]

Civil: In his civil life Joseph was a farmer and a justice of the peace.

Joseph West married twice:
He and Ruth Munson, daughter of John Munson of Wllingford, Connecticut were married about 1783. Their Children were:

Child: Huldah West^[5] was born 24 Sept 1784^[2]

Child: Ithamar West^[5] was born 12 Sept 1786^[2]

Child: John Munson West^[5] was born 1 June 1789.^[2]

Child: Lydia T. West^[5] was born 1 Oct. 1791.^[2]

Child: Joseph West^[5] was born 21 Sept 1794^[2]

Child: Calvin West^[5] was born 29 Oct. 1796.^[2]

Child: Spencer West was born 21 May 1799^[2]

Child: Lyman West^[5] was born 11 Aug 1805^[2].

Joseph married second Sally Felch, November 1805 at Granville, Washington County, New York.^[1] She died 3 February 1861. Age 82 yrs 10 mos.^[2] Their children were.

Child: Chester F West was born 30 March 1807;^[2] died 15 March 1852, age 44y 11m and a half.^[2]

Child: Sydney C West was born 22 May 1811;^[2] died 4 November 1750 age 39y 5m 13d^[2]

Child: Samuel F. West was born 10 August 1816;^[2] married Esther Julina Morse, age 19, 2 July 1854^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Publication Number: M804, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. NARA. National Archives Catalog ID: 300022, National Archives Catalog Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900. Record Group: 15. Joseph West Connecticut W. 9157. Sally West widow.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15} Space: Sally (Felch) West Bible
3. ↑ First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1790; Census Place: Vershire, Orange, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 219; Image: 165; Family History Library Film: 0568152. Accessed at Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Harding, Anne Borden. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. Three. George Soule. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Munson, Myron A. 1637-1887. The Munson Record. A Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants. Vol. II. p.1072 #1170. New Haven, Conn.: Printed for the Munson association, 1895.