Elijah
West
Born about in Cornwallis, Annapolis County, Colony of Nova Scotia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Elijah West
and Esther (Loomer) West
Husband of
Mary (Coffin) West
— married
13 Dec 1815 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Father of
Elijah Coffin West
Died about
at about age 80
in Gaspereau, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 28 Aug 2010
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Biography
Elijah West son of Elijah and Esther Loomer was born 1792 and died 03 Oct 1872 at Gaspereau[1]
He married 13 Dec 1813 Mary Coffin daughter of Prince and Experience (Ells) Coffin
Children
- Ruth Sept 11 1816
- Enoch Oct 6 1818
- Abraham May 13 1821
- Deborah Huntley
- Mary J Borden
- Gibbs Pineo West
- William
- Elijah Coffin West
- John West.
As per the updated memorial Find A Grave source, the children are listed as:
- Ruth West Hicks 1816–1880
- Enoch West 1818–1891 - went to Colorado
- Abraham West 1821–1867
- Edgar West
- Mary Jane West Borden 1824–1914
- Gibbs P West 1829–1889 m. Sarrah J. West 1835–1908
- Leander E. West 1870–1879
- John West 1833–1928 m. Martha Elizabeth West 1834–1919
- Harry E West 1863-1876
- William West 1836–1923 m. Mary Mildred Alice Brown West 1837–1917 (m. 1861)
- Fred G West 1861–1947
- George G. West 1862–1950
- Esther Ann West Fox 1865–1954
- Flora Dell West Cogswell 1869–1963
- Elijah Keene West 1871–1945
- Christine Martha West Holmes 1874–1966
- Josephine West 1876–1879
- Mildred Mary West Kinsman 1879–1979
- Wylie James West 1881–1963
- Deborah West Huntley unknown–1898 m. Oct. 1, 1851: At Lower Peraux, David HuntIey of Hantsport to Deborah, daughter of Elijah West of Peraux.[2]
- Inez Ruby Huntley Sandford 1854–1894
- Mary Etta Huntley 1860–1875
- Fenwick W Huntley 1860–1924
Oct. 2, 1850: Elijah Coffin West married Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Rand, both of Lower Peraux, Cornwallis. As per Marriage Records, 1847-1857 of the Rev. A. S. Hunt, Baptist Minister at Cornwallis[3]
As per this source[4], Abraham married Lavinia Ells and had three children:
- Mary West ♀ 1849–
- Emily Jane West ♀ 1851–1932
- Frederick West ♂ 1854–1869
Sources
- ↑ "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PL-1P2 : 28 November 2014), Elijah West, 03 Oct 1872; citing Cemetery, Pereaux, Kings, Nova Scotia, reference cn 201, p89; FHL microfilm 1,298,861.
- ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nskings/1847-57cornwallisbaptist.html
- ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nskings/1847-57cornwallisbaptist.html
- ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KC9Y-LM4/abraham-west-1821-1867
- Find A Grave: Memorial #182858351
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Marcia (Basch) Benton
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H10e1, FTDNA kit #N39685
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~1.56%
Kelly (Beardsley) Nordstrom :
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~0.78%
Charles Whiting :
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~0.78%
Murray Power :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch BA2626177 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN69334
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