Ursula Susannah (West) Martin (1658 - 1708)

Born 24 Dec 1658 in New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of George Thomas Martin — married 28 Apr 1683 in New Kent, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 12 May 1708 at age 49 in Elsing Green, King William, Virginia

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Biography

(Ursula) Unity Susanna [unknown], b. 24 Dec1658 in New Kent Now, King William, Virginia, is claimed to have married George Thomas Martin (b. 1656) in 1676 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia. There is no evidence that George Thomas Martin ever existed, either. She supposedly died on 12 MAY 1708 in Elsing Green, King William, Virginia.

She has no connection to Ursula Unity (Croshaw) aka Crenshaw (daughter of Joseph Croshaw and 1st wife: Unknown) who was born about 1630 in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia, and died Aft. October 1693 in New Kent Co., Virginia. Her name has been found also as Unity. She married first Robert Blackwell about 1645-1646 in Virginia, son of Robert Blackwell. She married second, Colonel John West before 1664.

Born 24 Dec 1658. West Point, New Kent Now King William CO, VA.

Died 12 May, 1708. Kent, Delaware, United States,.

Marriage 1667

This woman was NOT the daughter of Col. John West.

Research Notes

None of the following information pertains to the woman in this profile.

• Colonel John West, II

Also Known As: "Col John West" Birthdate: circa June 6, 1632 (57) Birthplace: York River, York County, Virginia, Colonial America Death: 1689 (52-60) West Point, New Kent, now King William, County, Virginia, Colonial America Place of Burial: Virginia Immediate Family: Son of Capt. John West and Ann West Husband of Unity West Partner of Cockacoeske, Leader of the Pamunkey Father of Capt. Nathaniel West; Anne Fox; Unity Martin; Captain Thomas West and John West, III Brother of Thomas West; Anthony West and Matthew West Occupation: Colonel, Lt. Colonel in the British Army [1]

• Cockacoeske

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cockacoeskie (also spelled Cockacoeske) (ca. 1640 – ca. 1686) was a 17th-century leader of the Pamunkey tribe in what is now the American state of Virginia. During her thirty-year reign, she worked within the English system, trying to recapture the former power of past paramount chiefs and maintain peaceful unity among the several tribes under her leadership. She was the first of the tribal leaders to sign the Virginia-Indian Treaty of Middle Plantation. In 2004 Cockacoeske was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History". Family.

Cockacoeske's only documented child was her son, John West, born probably around 1656-57 and "reputed the son of an English colonel." On the basis of his name, and birth after her husband's death, he has often been considered an illegitimate son of John West, who established a plantation (now the town of West Point at the confluence of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, where they form the York River), or his son John West. The Virginia-Indian Treaty of 1677/1680, which this youth signed, identified him as "Cap't John West, sonne to the Queen of Pamunkey." Cockacoeske died in 1686, and, as this was a matrilineal society, was succeeded by her niece, Betty. [2]

Sources

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile West-1342 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams.